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×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ IRDR Third Academic Summit, 24th June 2015

15 April 2015

Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience:ÌýStrengthening the Links between Academics and Practitioners Co-sponsored by ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction andÌýthe Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management Wednesday 24th June 2015, 09:30 - 17:30 Venue:ÌýGustave Tuck Theatre, Second Floor, South Wing, ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳, Gower Street London WC1E 6BT (entrance at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ South Junction) Convener:

ucl.ac.uk/silva/rdr/people/david-alexander">Prof David Alexander




°Õ³ó±ðÌýThird Annual Academic SummitÌýwill take place at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ on 24th June 2015 under the auspices of the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳-IRDR). The theme of this year's symposium will be"Disaster risk reduction and resilience: strengthening the links between academics and practitioners".ÌýDiscussion topics will include:

  • Making academic research more useful to practitioners
  • Improving communication between academics and practitioners
  • Training, teaching and exercising challenges
  • Bridging the gaps with integrated research

At this event, the academic network discussed in previous summits will be inaugurated and illustrated in a short demonstration.

The summit, which is co-sponsored by the Institute for Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM), is an opportunity for academics and practitioners to get together and share information, knowledge and expertise. Its main purpose is to debate the most important issues that academics face as they collaborate in order to make disaster risk reduction and resilience a thriving discipline that serves the needs of users and society.

°Õ³ó±ðÌýAcademic SummitÌýis free to attend, but participants are asked to register so that the size of the audience can be estimated.

Ìý09:30-09:45 Welcome by ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳-IRDR's Director, Prof Peter Sammonds
Welcome by Roger Gomm on behalf of the Executive Council of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, and David Jones on behalf of Global Rescue
09:45-10:00 Orientation by Prof David Alexander, ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳-IRDRÌý
10:00-11:15Ìý Making academic research more useful to practitioners
11:15-11:45Ìý Tea and Coffee Break (South Cloisters)Ìý
11:45-13:00Ìý Improving communication between academics and practitioners
13:00-14:15Ìý Lunch breakÌý
14:15-14:25Ìý Introduction to the Academic Network website and demonstrationÌý
14:25-15:40Ìý Training, teaching and exercising challenges
15:40-16:00Ìý Tea and coffee break (South Cloisters)Ìý
16:00-17:15Ìý Bridging the gaps with integrated research
17:15-17:30Ìý Summing up by Prof David Alexander, ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳-IRDRÌý

Gustave Tuck LT route map
Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre at red dot on 2nd Floor

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