UCL’s hazard and risk community cordially invites you to: Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice November 4th – 6th, 2009 University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference REGISTRATION NOW OPEN We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming conference “Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice”, to be held at University College London on November 4th – 6th, 2009. The meeting will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, civil authorities and the humanitarian, development and business sectors. The aim of the meeting is to examine the concept and process of disaster risk reduction, with particular emphasis on multi-hazard environments and multi-disciplinary approaches within natural hazards. A key objective of the conference is to define ways in which disaster risk reduction may become more effective in the future. Registration is now open. Forms can be downloaded from the website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference/Registration_Page.htm. Price includes conference fee, lunch on day two and three, refreshments and a wine reception on the evening of day one. Early-Bird (before August 28th, 2009): Professional £100, Student £50 After August 28th, 2009: Professional £130, Student £80 Conference dinner is scheduled for the evening of Thursday November 5th, price £40 per person. We plan to visit Imperial China restaurant in Soho http://www.imperial-china.co.uk/ (venue to be confirmed). Abstract deadline is August 28th, 2009. Template and abstract form available on the website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference/Abstracts_Page.htm Confirmed keynote speakers and session chairs include: J-C Gaillard (University of Grenoble), Julia Becker (Joint Centre for Disaster Research and GNS Science, New Zealand), Jessica Mercer (CAFOD), Tom Mitchell (Institute of Development Studies) and John Twigg (Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre). Planned sessions include: Session 1: What is DRR and how does it work in practice? (invited session) Session 2: Quantifying hazardous natural processes Session 3: Assessing vulnerability, resilience and capacity Session 4: Cultural perceptions of hazard and risk Session 5: Effective communication and decision making For further information please see the website: www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference Or contact the organisers on: es-drrconference@xxxxxxxxx The meeting is sponsored by the UCL DRR Hub, SPIDER Network, CAFOD, Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre and UCL Grand Challenges, with support from EPICentre and the UCL Development Planning Unit. Kind Regards, Carina Fearnley and Catherine Lowe Conference Organisers ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
