Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference or GAREC is a yearly conference held by the International Amateur Radio Union for discussion of Amateur radio operation during natural disasters and other emergencies. GAREC was first held in Tampere, Finland in 2005, coinciding with the adoption of the Tampere Convention, a globally binding emergency communications treaty that had been signed in Tampere in 1998. GAREC was held again in Tampere in 2006.

The third annual conference, GAREC-07, was held 16–17 August 2007 in Huntsville, Alabama, in conjunction with the Huntsville Hamfest and the ARRL's yearly convention.

GAREC-2008 is scheduled for 26–27 June in Friedrichshafen, Germany.