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The international conference *COV6-Tenerife 2010* will be held at the Conference Center of Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) from May 31 to June 4, 2010.

*COV6-Tenerife 2010* is hosted by the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife and ITER and co-hosted by the Comission of Cities and Volcanoes (CaV) of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) and several international, national, regional and local institutions and organizations. CoV6-Tenerife 2010 is planned as an international forum on volcanic risk managment. Scientific and technical sessions are planned to bring together geoscientists working on active volcanoes, authorities, civil protection specialists, city planners, social scientists, economists, psychologists, educators, health specialists, engineers, mass media and general members of communities living in active volcanoes to exchange and understand their experiences and knowledge in order to evaluate and improve prevention/mitigation actions, land-use planning, emergency management, and all required measurements to improve volcanic risk management in densely populated volcanic regions. This meeting will be also an ideal international forum to discuss about the plus side of living in an active volcanic environments.

Other co-hosted institutions and organizations supporting CoV6-Tenerife 2010:

• The City Council of Puerto de la Cruz
• Autonomic Government of the Canary Islands
• Spanish State Secretariat of International Cooperation
• Spanish State Secretariat of Research
• Spanish Civil Protection (DGPCyE)
• Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME)
• Spanish Government Delegation in the Canary Islands
• Spanish Commission for the International Year of Planet Earth
• Spanish Geological Survey (IGME)
• Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
• Spanish National Geographic Institute (IGN)
• Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO)
• Spanish Official Association of Professional Geologists (ICOG)
• Canary Islands Official Association of Professional Arquitects (COAC)
• Spanish Geological Society (SGE)
• Spanish Volcanological Society (SVE)
• Spanish Society of Experimental Psychology (SEPEX)
• Spanish Sociological Federation (FES)
• Spanish Society of Rock Mechanics (SEMR)
• University of La Laguna (ULL)
• International University Menendez Pelayo (UIMP)
• University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM)
• Spanish Open University (UNED)
• Federación Canaria de Municipios (FECAM)
• Cabildo Insular de La Palma
• Cabildo Insular de La Gomera
• Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote
• Cabildo Insular de El Hierro
• Cabildo Insular de Fuerteventura
• Teide Nacional Park - UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Timanfaya National Park
• Fundación Telesforo Bravo-Juan Coello
• Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Tenerife
• Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos de Canarias
• CajaCanarias
• Asociación Volcanológica de Canarias (AVCAN)
• NGO World Geologists
• Ministério do Ambiente e Agricultura, Cape Verde
• Universidade do Cape Verde (UNICV)
• Laboratorio de Engenharia Civil (LEC), Cape Verde
• Serviçio Nacional de Protecçao Civil (SNPC), Cape Verde
• Instituto Nacional de Gestoã dos Recursos Hidricos (INGRH), Cape Verde