2007 Events
A chronological list of events on demining. In some cases, past conferences have links to their proceedings. To add your own events to this list, contact us describing the event.
TBD = To Be Determined
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| February 9 | Arms Control Association Press Briefing | Washington, D.C., USA | Wade Boese, (202) 463-8270 x104 for more information or to RSVP |
| ONLINE INFO | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070202/unf302.html?.v=2 | ||
| Inaugural meeting hosted by the Norwegian government of its initiative to ban cluster munitions. The ambassadors will discuss the respective initiatives of their countries and the other panel experts will discuss what international and U.S. policy should be on this crucial issue. | |||
| February 12 | Assisting Landmine Survivors: A Decade of Efforts | Vienna, Austria | markus.reiterer@bmaa.gv.at |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.apminebanconvention.org/ | ||
| The symposium will feature panel presentations on key aspects of landmine victim assistance. | |||
| February 22 - 23 | Oslo conference | Oslo, Norway | |
| A conference aiming to obtain a ban on cluster bombs | |||
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| March 13 - 14 | Third CEN Workshop on the Test & Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment (CW 26) | Brussels, Belgium | t.lardner@gichd.ch |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.cenorm.be/CENORM/BusinessDomains/TechnicalCom... | ||
| March 15 | NDRF Miniseminar in co-operation with FAES (Language: Scandinavian) | Sessvollmoen, Norway | Ole Nymann |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.ndrf.dk/documents/groupp/MS19-Programme.pdf | ||
| March 19 - 22 | Tenth International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and UN Advisors | Geneva, Switzerland | vardis@un.org |
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| April 4 | International Mine Action Day celebration at the GICHD | Geneva, Switzerland | d.orifici@gichd.ch |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.gichd.org/calendars/calendar-of-events/ | ||
| April 18-21 | CEN Workshop Meetings on Mechanical Applications WS 28 & 29 | Chilmark, Wiltshire UK | a.macdonald@gichd.ch |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/businessdom...ops/ws28.asp http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/businessdom...ops/ws29.asp |
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The Workshop Agreement (CWA 15044) Testing and Evaluation of Demining Machines established working standards to be achieved before considering the deployment of a demining machine. Workshop 28 sets out to describe post mechanical clearance processing options. CEN Workshop 28 'Post Mechanical Clearance Requirements', and the linked 'sister' Workshop 29 'Evaluation Methods for Quality Control (Sampling) after Mechanical Demining', follow on from the work carried out to develop CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) 15044: 2004 for The Test and Evaluation of Demining Machines. The linked Workshop 29 will examine:
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| April 23 - 27 | Intersessional Work Programme, Meetings of the Standing Committees of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention | Geneva, Switzerland | k.brinkert@gichd.ch |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.apminebanconvention.org/index.php?id=1455 | ||
| April 24 - 27 | Humanitarian Demining 2007 - Mechanical Demining | ?ibenik, Republic of Croatia | sanja.vakula@ctro.hr |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.ctro.hr/english/ | ||
The central theme of the Humanitarian Demining 2007 Symposium will be mechanical demining and will specifically look at the following core issues that are of special interest to the mine action community:
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| April 26-29 | 11th International Rescue-dog Symposium | Salzburg (A) | d.orifici@gichd.ch |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.iro-dogs.org/index.php?mID=38&id=146 | ||
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| May 8 - 9 | Detection Technologies and EOD Tools | ? | info@foerstergroup.de |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.foerstergroup.de/ | ||
| May 14 - 15 | LandMines on May 14th and a meeting of the WADEM Land Mine Task Force on May 15th | The 15th World Congress of Disaster and Emergency Medicine | Dr. Schneider: bm.schneider@uni-ulm.de |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.wcdem2007.org/ | ||
| The Key Note Speaker of the whole Congress will be Gino Strada from www.emergency.it at the opening on Sunday the 13th. | |||
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| June 2 - 3 | Introduction to Mine Action in cooperation with DANDEC (Language: Scandinavian) | Hevring, Denmark | Ole Nymann |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.ndrf.dk/documents/groupp/PGE-02-Programme.pdf | ||
| June 15 | Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion: A Benefit Performance for CPI | Burr & Burton's Riley Center | |
| ONLINE INFO | http://clearpathinternational.org/cpiblog/archives/000903.php | ||
| Sarah Lee Guthrie, the granddaughter of Woody Guthrie and the daughter of Arlo, returns to perform in Manchester, VT with her husband, critically acclaimd Johnny Irion and special guest Rick Redington. | |||
| June 18 | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) | Geneva, Switzerland | d.orifici@gichd.ch |
| Preparatory Committee of the first Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War | |||
| June 19 - 27 | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) | Geneva, Switzerland | d.orifici@gichd.ch |
| Group of Governmental Experts, including the continuation of the Meetings of the Military and Technical Experts | |||
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| August 22 - 24 | NDRF Summer Conference in cooperation with DANDEC (Language: English) | Varde, Denmark | Ole Nymann |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.ndrf.dk/documents/groupp/SS07-Programme.pdf | ||
| August 27 - 30 | UXO/Countermine/Range Forum 2007 | Orlando, Florida | TheForum@ImpactStrategicEvents.com |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.theforum2007.com | ||
| The UXO/Countermine/Range Forum 2007? assembles the best researchers, developers, policy-makers, and program planners from industry, government, and contractors to showcase cutting-edge technologies, ideas, programs and partnerships. The most difficult challenges in countering explosive threats will be addressed in technical presentations, exhibits, speeches, and networking events at The Forum. | |||
| August 28 - 30 | Workshop on Soil Magnetism | Cranfield University, UK | Jacqueline Hannam |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.msu.edu/~rvd/soilmag07/. | ||
| This workshop will bring together researchers and technologists from a broad spectrum of disciplines to discuss the theoretical base of soil magnetism and to identify emerging applications of soil magnetism in environmental, geological, and soil sciences. | |||
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| Septemper 17 | Civil Society Conference at the 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty: ?Towards Human Security? | Oslo, Norway | icbl@icbl.org |
| Hosted by the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development at the Henri Dunant Conference Centre in Oslo, Norway. | |||
| Septemper 18 | 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines | Oslo, Norway | Kerry Brinkert |
| Septemper 25-27 | Gender Equality in Mine Action Annual Workshop | Nairobi, Kenya | Shelley Inglis |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.gichd.org/fileadmin/pdf/calendar/ Gender-Equality-Workshop-September2007.pdf |
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| The workshop seeks to advance the implementation of the Gender Guidelines for Mine Action Programmes in mine action programmes in Ethiopia and the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, Lao People?s Democratic Republic, Malawi, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Zambia. Delegates from these programmes will work together with colleagues from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Jordan, and Lebanon, gender experts and colleagues from the UN Mine Action Team, donor representatives and NGO partners. | |||
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| October 2-4 | Belgrade Conference on States Affected by Cluster Munitions | Belgrade, Serbia | Eniko Horvath |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.affectedstatesbelgrade2007.org/ | ||
| The Government of Serbia is holding a conference on States that are affected by cluster munitions from 3 ? 4 October in Belgrade Serbia, as well as an International Forum organised by Cluster Munitions Campaign on 2 October. | |||
| October 10-14 | First Cin?a V?it?International "Rendez Vous" | Monaco and Paris, France | |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.cinema-verite.org | ||
| Cin?a V?it?aims at supporting socially engaged cinema, and offering a meeting platform where film makers, socially conscious artists and leading figures will unite to reflect and expose their preoccupations and suggestions on specific issues. The main focus of the first edition of the festival is landmines and cluster bombs, on the 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty. It will open with a high level ceremony in Monaco to pay tribute to the 1997 Nobel Laureate for Peace, Jody Williams and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Documentaries and films will be screened, in Monaco and Paris, on landmines and cluster bombs, as well as other pressing issues. | |||
| October 25 | NDRF Miniseminar in cooperation with FOI (Language: Scandinavian) | Grindsj?, Sweden | Ole Nymann |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.ndrf.dk/documents/groupp/MS20-Programme.pdf | ||
| October - November | Senior Mine Action Managers Training Course (By invitation only) | Harrisonburg, Virginia USA | maic@jmu.edu |
| ONLINE INFO | http://maic.jmu.edu/about/training/smc/smc.htm | ||
| This course is designed for high-level officials who are involved in the management of humanitarian landmine action in nations at risk. | |||
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| November 5 - 13 | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) | Geneva, Switzerland | d.orifici@gichd.ch |
| Ninth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, First Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, and the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. | |||
| November 18 - 22 | Eighth Meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. | Dead Sea, Jordan | k.brinkert@gichd.ch |
| ONLINE INFO | http://www.8mspjordan.org | ||
| DATE | EVENT NAME | EVENT LOCATION | CONTACT |
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| December 1 - 9 | Vienna Conference | Hotel KUNSThof | HI-ERoW@yahoogroups.com |
| ONLINE INFO | http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/HI-ERoW/ | ||
| December 4 - 6 | SERDP and ESTCP to Host Annual Technical Symposium and workshop | Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. | partners@hgl.com |
| ONLINE INFO | http://uxoinfo.com/blogcfc/client/index.cfm/2007/6/20/ SERDP-and-ESTCP-to-Host-Annual-Technical-Symposium--workshop |
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| December 3 - 4 | 10th Anniversary of the Convention?s Signing Conference | Ottawa, Canada | Kerry Brinkert |
