The inaugural Frontiers of Development Symposium will take place Monday 12 February – Wednesday 14 February in Kigali, Rwanda. Delegates will arrive on Sunday 11 February for an informal networking reception and welcome dinner.
Mayor Abby Binay shared Makati City’s formula for disaster preparedness at an international workshop hosted by De La Salle University, Philippines and the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
Professor Amaratunga and Professor Richard Haigh of the University’s Global Disaster Resilience Centre chair 7th international conference in Bangkok. A UK-based professor who is a Leading expert on disaster resilience has described the need for international partnerships to curtail the devastation caused by episodes such as the 2004 Tsunami. There is also a call for new scientific research in the subject to be fully explained and applied in communities likely to be affected.
