The University of Bradford in England organized an international disaster management virtual conference on the Internet 1st June-31st August,1996 instead of hosting another traditional disaster conference at the University which it had done each year between 1989 and 1993.

The United Nations Secretariat for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and the Regional IDNDR Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in San Jose, Costa Rica organized an internet conference August 16- October 16, 1996 as part of the IDNDR "Cities at Risk" public awareness campaign.

FEMA has a Preparedness, Training and Exercise Directorate. The Preparedness Branch of the Training Division has a Family Preparedness Program. This program's "Parnership in Action" project held a discussion conference on the Internet on June 20, 1996 and plans to have another Internet conference in November 1996. (Originally published in the ASPEP Journal, 1996)