CANCELLED...The National Hurricane Conference highlights hurricane preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation in order to save lives and property in the United States and the tropical islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. This conference serves as a forum for federal, state, and local officials to exchange ideas and recommend new policies to improve emergency management.

POSTPONED TO OCTOBER-CHECK BACK FOR NEW DATES...Intelligence Analytics 2020 focuses on key challenges across the intelligence community, while offering a unique platform for the exchange of best practices and cooperation among stakeholders. The summit focuses on large-scale data collection and validation, real-time actionable intelligence exchange, and creation of a cross-services and cross-allies unified language, as well as the latest technologies supporting intelligence analytics.

CANCELLED...The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) European Symposium provides a forum for the exchange of ideas with colleagues from across Europe working in industry, government, and academia. The symposium is an excellent forum to gain knowledge about the latest developments and techniques in food science and safety.

CANCELLED...The 2020 Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Symposium provides leadership training to address the unique needs of volunteer leadership within departments, networking opportunities, and an exhibit hall with the tools and equipment necessary to ensure everyone on the team comes home.

CANCELLED...“Working Together, Training Together: Public Health, Emergency Preparedness, and Healthcare” is the theme of the 2020 Public Health Learning Forum & TRAIN Learning Network Annual Meeting. The meeting highlights effective practices in workforce development, online learning, and learning platform administration across the health sector.

POSTPONED-CHECK BACK FOR NEW DATES...This conference brings together the entire unmanned systems community to include technologists, regulators, and users across commercial and defense sectors. Attendees share ideas, collaborate across markets, capitalize on next practices and emerging trends, and harness the power of unmanned technology.

POSTPONED TO 2021...The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) International’s 1st Biosecurity Symposium will galvanize and bring together biosecurity professionals from a wide range of disciplines with varying expertise to share their experiences and knowledge. The agenda includes themes on biosecurity governance, implementation, personnel reliability, bioeconomy, biosecurity in DIYbio communities, biosecurity training, cyberbiosecurity, and interactive discussions on lessons learned and public engagement for the future.

CANCELLED...The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) Conference is unique in that it brings together volunteers, practitioners, and experts across disaster relief sectors. Professionals and volunteers in the emergency management field come to share their experiences, consider new concepts, and develop whole community solutions to build more resilient communities. 

NEW! ONLINE EVENT FORMAT...The Wildfire Management Summit promotes collaboration, coordination and communication across the varied agencies involved in wildfire management throughout the US and the world. The speakers, events and programs address the use of innovative strategies and emerging technologies for more efficient wildfire prediction, prevention, detection, and suppression. 

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED...The 2020 Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium provides a forum for members of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), federal government, state and local government, private industry, academia, and other relevant chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) stakeholders to discuss the latest updates in advancing a government-wide approach to improving CBRN defense, readiness and response strategies, and capabilities.

Biodetection Technologies, an internationally recognized event for experts in the detection and identification of biological and chemical threats, will explore the latest R&D developments as well as ready-to-market systems for major biothreat detection, identification, and analysis - both in the field and at the point of care. This event focuses on strategies for the identification of global biological threats and translational gaps in bringing technologies from lab to field.

This year’s conference will focus on trends and how they impact technology, human capital, policies, and design as you plan and implement your sports and entertainment industry safety and security programs. This gathering of top professionals in the field provides an environment dedicated to security/safety technologies, products, services, and education for safeguarding assets and spectators.

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED...The 21st Annual Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo brings stakeholders together for training, demonstrations, and networking relevant to existing homeland security issues and initiatives. The primary objectives of the conference are to raise awareness with regard to terrorist threats, mitigation strategies, and response capabilities necessary to protect Michigan citizens.

NACCHO 360: Raising the Reach of Public Health connects the traditional NACCHO Annual conference with PHIITS: Public Health Informatics, Information Technology, and Surveillance. This event goes beyond informatics to also explore local health department information technology infrastructure and public health surveillance.

The National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual Conference is the largest meeting of county elected and appointed officials from across the country. Participants from counties of all sizes come together to shape NACo's federal policy agenda, share proven practices and strengthen knowledge networks to help improve residents’ lives and the efficiency of county government.

The Crimes Against Children Conference provides practical and interactive instruction to those fighting crimes against children and helping children heal. The conference is conducted to provide training to those employed by government or nonprofit agencies in the fields of law enforcement, child protective services, social work, children’s advocacy, therapy, and medicine, who work directly with child victims of crime.

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED...The Preparedness Summit is the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness. The summit presents new research findings, shares tools and resources, and provides a variety of opportunities for attendees to learn how to implement model practices that enhance the nation’s capabilities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. This year’s theme is “Fixing Our Fault Lines: Addressing Systemic Vulnerabilities.”

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED...The Counter-UAS Summit provides a forum for military leaders, program executive officers, industry executives, academics, and researchers from across the United States to share and discuss both theoretical and practical knowledge of advanced UAS technology. Themes include securing airports, drone swarms, directed energy weapons, electronic warfare systems, science and technology challenges, and counterterrorism. The summit takes a closer look at how to integrate the latest technology designed to combat emerging drone threats, while working toward improving the regulatory issues facing all sectors.

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED...The global marine transportation system is changing and nowhere is that more apparent than in seaports. PORTCON is a unique professional learning opportunity for the entire seaport and marine terminal industry designed to help management professionals stay abreast of current and emerging topics and trends in the industry.

The Food Safety Summit is a solution-based conference and expo designed to meet the educational and informational needs of the entire food industry – including growers, processors, retailers, distributors, foodservice operators, regulators, and academia. This educational program provides opportunities to learn from subject matter experts, exchange ideas, and find solutions to current challenges.

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED...The International Association of Fire Chief’s Wildland Urban Interface conference offers hands-on training and interactive sessions designed to address the challenges of wildland fires. Attendees include those responsible for protecting local forests or educating landowners and communities about the importance of land management.