RES/CON is the premier annual international conference on the practice of successful resilience and disaster management in an evolving global environment.

This is a rebranding of a conference called International Disaster Conference and Expo (IDCE) that has brought over 800 registrants to New Orleans annually since 2012.

Based in New Orleans — a globally recognized hub of resilience, disaster management and innovation — this 3-day conference will bring a previously unseen mix of disaster and resilience practitioners to explore profound and powerful topics that impact communities and economies worldwide.

Plenary sessions, workshops, policy debates, best-practice reviews and peer networking events will engage and promote participation from all who attend.

Topics

• Economic Resilience
• Emergency Management
• Coastal Restoration and Water Management
• Technology, Homeland Security
• First Response
• Business Continuity and all aspects of Disaster Resilience, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation.

Urban Resilience Research Network (URNet) celebrates six years of leveraging its global network of scholars and partners to promote and co-organize the 11th International forum on Urbanism Conference. The conference will convene academics from different disciplines and policy leaders to discuss the most relevant research challenges related to urban resilience conceptualization and implementation. The conference will help to bridge science and policy while supporting a consistent operationalization of the New Urban Agenda and the 11th Sustainable Development Goal: “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.”

Topics

• Post-disaster and post-conflick resilience
• Climate resilience governance and planning
• Urban design and management: Infrastructures and services
• Community resilience