The GAREC logo.

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference or GAREC is a yearly conference held by the International Amateur Radio Union for discussion of amateur radio operation during natural disasters and other emergencies with the motto, "Saving lives through emergency communications".[1] GAREC was first held in Tampere, Finland in 2005, coinciding with the adoption of the Tampere Convention, a globally binding emergency communications treaty that had been signed in Tampere in 1998.[2] In later conferences, the venue has attempted to rotate in sequence through ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3 (though not necessarily in that order).

Subsequent conferences

Year Location Dates Notes
GAREC-2006 Tampere, Finland

(IARU Region 1)

19–20 June Held in conjunction with the International Conference on Emergency Communications, ICEC-2006, which reviewed the status of implementation and application of the Tampere Convention.
GAREC-2007 Huntsville, Alabama

(IARU Region 2)

16–17 August Held in conjunction with the Huntsville Hamfest and the ARRL's yearly convention.[3]
GAREC-2008 Friedrichshafen, Germany

(IARU Region 1)

26–27 June Held in conjunction with the 33rd annual HamRadio exhibition.[4][5]
GAREC-2009 Tokyo, Japan

(IARU Region 3)

24–25 August Theme: "Emergency Communications across Borders". Held in conjunction with the Japan Amateur Radio League's JARL Ham Fair.[6][7][8]
GAREC-2010 Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

(IARU Region 2)

11–12 October Theme: "Learning through Practicing"[9][10]
GAREC-2011 Sun City, South Africa

(IARU Region 1)

15–19 August Theme: "Building Partnerships". Held as part of the IARU Region 1 Conference.[11]
GAREC-2012 Port Dickson, Malaysia

(IARU Region 3)

11–15 November Also known as "MyGAREC 2012"[12]
GAREC-2013 Zurich, Switzerland

(IARU Region 1)

25–28 June Held in conjunction with the HAM RADIO exhibition in Friedrichshafen.[1][13][14]
GAREC-2014 Huntsville, Alabama

(IARU Region 2)

14–15 August Held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Huntsville Alabama, United States 35801.[15][16]
GAREC-2015 Tampere, Finland

(IARU Region 1)

23–24 June Event was cancelled in April 2015

It seems 2014 was the last conference held successfully.

References

  1. ^ a b "GAREC". International Amateur Radio Union. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  2. ^ "The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations". www.iaru.org. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  3. ^ "GAREC-2007". iaru.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  4. ^ IARU Emergency Communications. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-13.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed 12 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Statement of the fourth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC-2008)". GAREC: Saving lives through Emergency Communications. Rientola Radioamateur Club OH3AG. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  6. ^ "GAREC-2009: Emergency Communications Across Borders". ARRLWeb. American Radio Relay League. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  7. ^ "Report on GAREC 2009 held on 24–25 August 2009 in Tokyo, Japan". VR2KY. Alan Kan. 2009-08-26.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Statement of the fifth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC-2009)". GAREC. 2009-09-25. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  9. ^ "GAREC 2010 to Convene Next Month". www.arrl.org. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
  10. ^ Corey, Mike. "The 2010 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference". www.arrl.org. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-03-19.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) GAREC-2011
  12. ^ "GAREC 2012". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  13. ^ "入浴剤 ホットタブ の 温活365 で冷え性改善 できるか？". www.garec2013.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  14. ^ www.columbus-interactive.de, Columbus Interactive GmbH. "HAM RADIO - June 01 - 03, 2018". www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  15. ^ "GAREC 2014". www.arrl.org.
  16. ^ "GAREC 2014". www.w4ozk.com.
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