UCL IRDR 7th Annual Conference - Conference theme: Global Challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Conference theme: Global Challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Wednesday 21st June 2017
We welcome researchers, practitioners, NGOs, city professionals and the interested public to a day of thought-provoking discussions where our in-house and guest experts will present the latest research and issues in risk and disaster reduction, through a combination of talks, panel discussion, conversation, and poster presentations.
Annual Conference Sessions
- Safer Communities through Safer Schools and Digital Health (talks)
- Gender Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction – Rhetoric or Action? (in Conversation)
- Global Challenges and Advances in Disaster Risk Reduction (posters)
- Disaster law, rights, and altruism
Keynote Address: Emergency Medical Response in Conflict Areas
Speakers
- Professor Maureen Fordham
- Dr Karen da Costa, UCL Laws
- Ms Marie Aronsson-Storrier, University of Reading
- Dr Andreea Molnar, Lancaster University
- Dr Christophe Belperron, Save the Children
- Professor Dina D'Ayala, UCL CEGE
- Professor Lessandro Estelito O. Garciano, DLSU, Manilla, Philippines
- Dr. Benjamin Abo
Keynote: André Heller Pérache, Head of Programmes, MSF UK
Timetable
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 11:00 Safer Communities through Safer Schools and Digital Health (talks)
11:30 – 13:00 Panel discussion on Disaster Law and Human Rights
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30 Keynote address on disaster relief operations
15:30 – 16:00 coffee
16:00 – 17:00 In Conversation with Maureen Fordham on gender responsive disaster risk reduction – rhetoric or action?
17:00 – 17:30 Poster introductions
17:30 – 20:00 Reception and Poster Presentations
The event is free to attend, but you need to register on Eventbrite