An international Search and Rescue conference
Since 1990 ICE-SAR, Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue, has hosted a search and rescue conference called "Björgun" ("Rescue"). Through the years the conference has developed and grown into a full blown SAR conference with 50-60 interesting lectures in four different halls so everyone should find something of interest. In 2006 it was for the first time held in both English and Icelandic with international participants as well as lecturers.
Built on experience
There are 99 volunteer rescue teams in Iceland doing every kind of rescue work on sea and land in urban and wilderness environment. In a hostile nature these rescue teams have built up a lot of experience and it is time to share it with the global rescue community.
Make the most of it...
Rescue 2010 will be held
October 22.-24. 2010. Participants will be able to attend pre conference courses at various locations in Iceland before the conference starts and take part in various other activities outside the conference. That way you can make the most out of your visit to Iceland for Rescue 2010.
Language
The lecturers will belong to many different nationalities, and the lectures will be held in either Icelandic or English. As a gesture for our foreign guests, the Icelandic lectures will be translated into English, and for our Icelandic guests, the lectures in English will be translated into Icelandic. That way, all our participants should gain as much as possible from the lectures, which they attend.
Venue
The conference will be held at
Grand Hotel Reykjavík which is a first-class hotel for business travellers, conference guests and tourists who demand excellent service and facilities.
Reviews of Rescue 2008
„Lives will be saved because of the information shared. A great range of speakers covering a wide and pertinent range of subjects. Well done ICE-SAR“
Ross Gordon, SARINZ, New Zealand
„The conference was well organized and it was a pleasure to be over to Iceland. The extras around the conference, conference dinner and the superjeep tour, were great.“
Ton Haasnoot,Maritime Rescue Institution, Scotland
„This is the second time I attend a Rescue conference. It was perfect both times. Everything was good, from A-Z.“
Regin Jespersen, Chairman of the rescue team in Faroe Islands.
„It was a unique experience. Very well organized. I gained a lot of experience from the preconference course. Our instructor was very well informed and was very efficient in getting across his ideas.“
Irene Rania Fyntanidou, Rescue diver, Hellenic Rescue Team, Greece.