Abu Dhabi: Some 500 experts and security specialists will take part in a two-day Crisis and Emergency Management Conference (CEMC 2012) which starts on Monday in Abu Dhabi.
The annual event is hosted by the UAE's National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) and is organised by the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA).
Participants from the GCC, the US, EU, Asia and other Arab countries will discuss enhancing response culture to the risks threatening lives and assets in the region.
The conference will be held under the patronage of Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor and Vice-Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council.
Natural disasters
Jamal Al Hosani, director of information and communications technology at NCEMA, said: "The idea of this conference came from the need to develop the concepts of the crisis, disaster and emergency management and to deepen the overall national response culture to the risks threatening lives and assets."
Nader Haddad, INEGMA's business development and strategic communications manager, said: "The attendance is expected to include a remarkable number of prominent high-level governmental officials, decision makers, industry partners and NGOs."
"The main topics that will be addressed… are the strategic insights for planning and executing in post-disaster recovery operations, managing natural disasters and challenges as well as measuring resilience-community subsystems and their ability to withstand disasters," said Ali Rashid Al Niyadi, Director, NCEMA Operations Department.
