A bi-annual forum that focuses on how small and rural Northern communities can best respond to floods, wildfires and other natural disasters will convene its next conference in Thunder Bay.

Northwest Response Forum chair Sharon Bak said a number of factors led organizers to choose the region's main city as its venue, including the potential to expand the event, which was created in 2009.

This year's event was held in Dryden in April at that city's modern regional training and cultural centre.

"We love Dryden, but logistically, it makes more sense to have it in Thunder Bay," Bak said on Wednesday.

Since the forum attracts experts and speakers from across the U.S. and Canada, it will likely be easier for them to book commercial flights if their destination is the Lakehead's international

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