The World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2011
will follow on from the success of the World Conference on Drowning
Prevention 2007 (WCDP2007) held in Matosinhos and Porto, Portugal in
September 2007. WCDP2007 was a global conference
offered by the International Life Saving Federation. This conference
followed on the resounding success of the World Congress on Drowning
that was organised in 2002 and the ILS International Medical and Rescue
Conferences in 1997 in San Diego USA and in 2001 on the Gold Coast
Australia.