The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness is calling for presentations for the 20th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM), to be held in Toronto, Canada, June 20 - 23, 2010.  Its theme will be "20 Years of Progress — Are We Prepared to Face Future Challenges?  Emergency Management and Business Continuity Working Together."  The program will include experts in emergency planning and management, businesss continuity, emergency response, risk management, IT disaster recovery, disaster management research, emergency communications, emergency health, and community planning.

Presentations should fall into one or more of the following areas: lessons learned, emerging trends, the human element, technical issues, preinciples and practices, and research and development.  The deadline for abstract sumbission is December 6, 2009.  For more information, please visit www.wcdm.org.