1. World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
WADEM was founded as the Club of Mainz on 2 October 1976 in Mainz, Germany with the goal of focusing its members' expertise on the scientific investigation and improvement of disaster and emergency response.
Following the constant development of its scope and extension worldwide, and to better reflect its nature, the organization's name was changed to the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine.

2. Mission
The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine is a multidisciplinary professional association whose mission is the global improvement of prehospital and emergency health care, public health, and disaster health and preparedness.
Vision
WADEM will be a leading international organization recognized for working with partners to disseminate scientific evidence and best practices in prehospital and emergency health care, public health, and disaster health and preparedness and provide academic and evidence-based input into the development/review of relevant policies and educational programs.

3. Organization Professional association with 600 members worldwide
Multidisciplinary (doctors, nurses, disaster researchers, emergency managers, first responders, and students)
Members span the globe representing more than 55 countries.
Executive Committee (appointed by Board of Directors for two-year terms)
Board of Directors (elected by membership every two years through online election)
Professional Interest Sections, Committees, and Regional Chapters

4. Functions
Facilitate academic and research-based education and training
Interpretation and exchange of information via an international network of members and publications
Development and maintenance of evidence-based standards of emergency and disaster health standards
Encouraging publication and presentation of evidence-based research findings in scientific publications, international conferences
WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine - biennial - next in Toronto, Canada, April 2017
Prehospital Disaster Medicine (PDM)

5. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
WADEM’s peer-reviewed journal, scientific journal
Published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December) by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Currently in its 31st volume of publication
Distributed in more than 55 countries and available in over 6,000 institutions
Volumes 1-30 have been digitally archived
Current Editor-in-Chief - Dr. Sam Stratton, MD, MPH (University of California - Los Angeles)

6. Benefits of Membership
Annual print/electronic to Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (PDM), WADEM’s scientific journal
Unlimited access to the entire digital archive of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (30 Volumes) through Cambridge Journals Online
Registration discounts for the WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine - next in Toronto, Canada, April 2017
Global networking, contact, and collaboration opportunities
Participation opportunities in WADEM Professional Interest Sections, Committees, and Regional Chapters
Voting privileges for the Board of Directors
Special opportunities/discounts for students

7. WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Toronto, Canada, April 2017
Co-hosted by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the CBRNE Collaborative