The First Israeli International Conference on Healthcare System Preparedness & Response to Emergencies & Disasters

The First Israeli International Conference on Healthcare System Preparedness & Response to Emergencies & Disasters (IPRED)

11-14 January 2010

Tel Aviv, Israel

The Israeli Ministry of Health and the Israel Home Front Command will be hosting the First Israeli International Conference on Healthcare System Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters. The meeting will provide an opportunity for professionals from around the world to share the latest findings and new experience regarding health system readiness for disasters and emergencies of all types.

Conference Aims:

1. To provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, experience and lessons learned for
practitioners and researchers involved in the field of preparedness and response to
emergencies and disasters.

2. To promote international networking between health care professionals in the fields of
preparedness and response to emergencies and disasters.

3. To enhance international research collaboration in the field of emergency and disaster
medicine and public health preparedness.

The IPRED scientific committee invites professionals interested in the various aspects of preparedness and response to emergencies and disasters to submit abstracts of papers for presentation at the conference. Proposals for oral or poster presentations are welcome. Please submit your abstracts through the IPRED web-site.