Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference

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).

The GAREC logo.

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. "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.
  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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