The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) and The Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation (CDM) invite you to join us for the premier west coast disaster mitigation conference. The fifth annual Disaster Resistant California (DRC) Conference will be held May 15 - 18, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Sacramento, California. This unique conference series will continue its tradition of offering an exciting and highly dynamic exploration of disaster mitigation, planning, preparedness, response and recovery through plenary panels, workshops and professional development courses. The goal of the conference is to increase coordination between federal,state and local governments, and the private sector in the implementation of hazard mitigation measures in the state of California.

The DRC Conference is designed to bring together emergency management professionals, local, state and federal government representatives and private business partners to share ideas, technology and resources for the purpose of mitigating disasters. As in past conferences, DRC will continue to promote partnerships as a means of reducing the vulnerability of individual communities to natural and human-caused disasters. The DRC will also highlight California hazard mitigation success stories and recognize those California communities which have made significant strides toward making their individual jurisdictions Disaster Resistant California Communities.

There will be a variety of training and networking opportunities. This year's program will include compelling cases from local, state and federal authorities and national and international experts offering innovative solutions for today's emergency management environment. The DRC will again welcome several international delegations for the purpose of sharing knowledge, experiences, ideas and innovations in emergency management with California communities and businesses.

Focusing on the importance of disaster resistant communities, the conference's presentations, displays, and demonstrations will emphasize successful systems, technologies, and strategies to implement hazard mitigation measures and programs. As in the past, there will be a diverse representation of vendors and exhibitors from the public and private sectors on-site to answer questions and showcase the latest development in emergency products.

We invite you to participate in as many ways as possible.

If you would like to be an exhibitor, please visit the Exhibitors page, and fill out the Application form. We urge you to do so as soon as possible since exhibitor space is limited.

Even better, if you would like to be a Conference Sponsor, and benefit from the exposure this event offers, please visit the Conference Sponsors page, and fill the Sponsorship form.

The deadline for Submission of Abstracts for DRC05 has passed. However, the deadline to submit abstracts for the DRC06 conference will be August 2006. Watch for further details.

We look forward to seeing you in Sacramento during DRC05!