Natural hazards such as earthquakes occur around the world and when combined with people create natural disasters. How can we improve our response and ensure vulnerable communities are protected as much as possible?

Dame Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive, Oxfam GB

Cameron Sinclair, Co-Founder, Architecture for Humanity

Professor David Sanderson, Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University

Robert Hodgson, Chair of RedR International

Brendan Gormley, chief executive, Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

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