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Margie Brown
Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)
Georgia Tech
Margie.Brown@gtri.gatech.edu
Summary Sentence: Experts, policy makers, researchers, and decision makers share research, new challenges, and current efforts for improving disaster response from pre-planning to mitigation.
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Flood rescueWHAT: Disaster Management Forum: Pre-Planning to Mitigation
WHEN: April 27, 2016, 12:30-6:30PM
WHERE: The Garage@ on 5th (Tech Square, 848 Spring Street, NW)
REGISTER: online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disaster-response-and-mitigation-forum-tickets-24292304938. There is no charge for the event, but please register in advance.
The Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) with the Georgia Tech Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) will bring together governmental experts, policy makers, researchers, and decision makers to share current efforts, research, and new problems identified in the space of disaster and humanitarian response. Through this limited engagement, stakeholders will share, learn, and build problem solving coalitions against the many new and rapidly emerging population-level problems affecting our country and the world at-large.
The objectives of the Forum are to:
To submit a poster to present at the event on technologies and applications to meet the challenges of disaster response, visit: http://ipat.gatech.edu/disaster-response-and-mitigation-forum-poster-session.
The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) connects Georgia Tech researchers to a network of industry, government and nonprofit partners to create game-changing ideas and new technologies that drive economic growth and empower people through five main areas of research: health, media, education, humanitarian systems and enterprise transformation. To learn more about IPaT partners and initiatives on and off campus, visit: ipat.gatech.edu.
The Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) is an Interdisciplinary Research Center (IRC) at Georgia Tech aiming to improve healthcare delivery and operations, public health, and humanitarian response and development though education, outreach and innovative solutions. To learn more about the center's educationla offering, events and projects, visit hhscenter.gatech.edu.
