The third in the Disaster Risk Management Professional Practice Group's fireside chat series. 

The panel brings together international experts with a diverse range of experience in disaster risk reduction: from government agencies, the World Bank, humanitarian NGOs to academics involved with teaching and research. The panellists will discuss the ways by which we can reduce disaster risks - from communities and businesses, through to national governments and international organisations.

 

Speakers

  • Prof Richard Teeuw - DRM PPG Committee and Professor of Geoinformatics and Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Portsmouth

  • Liz Hughes - CEO, MapAction

  • Dr Stuart Fraser - Consultant, World Bank

  • Dr Kate Crowley - Co-Director, Edinburgh Climate Change Institute

 

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