The International Emergency Management Society (Tiems) was founded in Washington (USA) in 1993, and is today registered as an international, independent, not for profit NGO in Belgium. Tiems is a global forum for education, training and certification in emergency and disaster management and his international expert network comprises users, planners, researchers, industry, managers, response personnel, practitioners, social scientists, and other interested parties within emergency and disaster management. Within its network TIEMS stimulates to the exchange of information on the use of innovative methods and technologies within emergency and disaster management to improve society's ability to avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural and technological disasters.