Four Visiting Scholars at the Center for Disaster Management will lead a dialogue on the impact of recent extreme events in their respective countries, and outline new approaches for managing risk and building resilience to hazards at the community level. Dean John T.S. Keeler will introduce the research and exchange programs between GSPIA and Kobe University, Japan and Nanjing University, China for faculty and students.

The panel will include:

Art, Therapy, and Disaster Recovery: Popoki in the Tohoku Region, Japan - Ronni Alexander, Professor, GSICS, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.

Social Media and Community Resilience in Lushan, China: April 20. 2013 - Haibo Zhang, Deputy Director, Center for Public Risk and Crisis Management, Nanjing University, China.

The Emerging Crisis in Elder Care in China - Hongyun Zhou, Assoc. Professor, School of Public Administration, ZhongNan University ,Wuhan, China.

Visualization of Risk in Urban Environments - Fuli Ai, Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Disaster Management, GSPIA.

Sponsored by the Center for Disaster Management.
Tea and cookies will be served.