BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2341979:Event:149702 DTSTAMP:20260404T042056Z SUMMARY:Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference 2017 DESCRIPTION:With great pleasure we inform you that the Dept of Geology , University of Kerala, Trivandrum, is organizing the Disaster, Risk a nd Vulnerability Conference 2017 (DRVC 2017) from 29 -- 31 March 2017. The conference is in continuation of the hugely successful DRVC March 2011 and DRVC April 2014. \nThe conference is planned to enrich the research and development in disaster management with practical experie nce collated with professionalism. Discussions on disaster management, risk and vulnerability reduction can lead to increased awareness of d isasters and its various hues, strategies for resiliency and newer tec hnologies for disaster management. We intend to organize the conferenc e in such a way that it would include key note addresses, paper and po ster presentations, and focused thematic lectures during in these days . The occasion would be a premier event for disaster management profes sionals, scholars and students offering unique educational and operati onal knowledge sharing within the broad spectrum of disaster managemen t. It will provide an opportunity to gain valuable education, training and best practices to assist you and the community to mitigate, prepa re for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters. Natural and manmade disasters, DM and public administration, disaster respons e and emergency management, various technological applications, commun ity Participation in risk reduction, capacity development initiatives are the major cross cutting themes of the event. There is a half day f ield trip arranged to the famous Varkala cliff on 31st March 2017.    \nPapers are invited on the above or related themes for oral and post er presentations. For registration and more details please visit https ://goo.gl/forms/3342w35Td9fqoBQb2 .\n \nImportant Dates\nConference d ates: 29 to 31 March 2017\nRegistration ends on: 15th March 2017\nDead line for the Submission of Abstract: 5th March 2017\nDeadline for the Submission of Full paper: 10th   March 2017\nFor any further queries please feel free to contact,\nDr AP Pradeepkumar, Organizing Secretar y DRVC2017\nDepartment of Geology, University of Kerala\nTrivandrum, I ndia Mob: 9895 24 5380\nMr. Joice K Joseph, Mob: 9895795044\nMr. Akhil dev Mob: 9847231604\n\nFor more information visit https://paryavaran.n ing.com/events/disaster-risk-and-vulnerability-conference-2017 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170329T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T173000 CATEGORIES:conference LOCATION:Department of Geology, University of Kerala Trivandrum, India WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="KARUNAKARAN AKHIL DEV":https://paryavaran.ning.com/profi le/KARUNAKARANAKHILDEV ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2824353182?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="KARUNAKA RAN AKHIL DEV":https://paryavaran.ning.com/profile/KARUNAKARANAKHILDEV END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR