The Friedrichshafen Ham­fest in Ger­many on June 24–26 is to have an IARU Region 1 ses­sion about radio ama­teurs involved in emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions around the world. 

Infor­ma­tion is being gath­ered by IARU Region 1 Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Coor­di­na­tor, Greg Mossop G0DUB. The ses­sion at Friedrichshafen is undoubt­ed­ly the biggest and best event for hams in Europe. 

Mean­time the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Region 2 that cov­ers the Amer­i­c­as and sur­rounds will hold an Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Work­shop in Chile this October. 

That will be at the 19th IARU Region 2 Gen­er­al Assem­bly. The aims of both events is to net­work and share infor­ma­tion on the capa­bil­i­ties of radio ama­teurs to react to disasters. 

— Jim Lin­ton VK3PC, Chair­man IARU Region 3 Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Committee)