UCL IRDR 9th Annual Conference

Unviversity College of London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) will be holding their 9th Annual Conference on the 19th June 2019, whose theme this year is "Cascading and Interconnected Risk"

The Conference welcome researchers, students, practioners, NGOs, city professionals and the interested public to a day of thought-provoking discussions where our in-house and guest experts will present the latest research and issues in cascading and interconnected risk, through a combination of talks, panel discussion, conversation, and poster presentations. The conference themes and presentations will promote a better understanding of the multidisciplinary components of cascading and interconnected risk.

Conference Programme:

09:00 - 09:20 Registration
9:20 - 9:30 Welcome by Prof. Peter Sammonds
09:30 - 11:00 Thinking the Worst: complex, cascading and extreme disasters. Chair: Prof. David Alexander
11:00 -11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 Keynote by Lord Toby Harris
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30 Assessment and modelling of multi and interconnected hazards in the built environment. Chair: Dr. Joanna Faure Walker
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:00 In conversation. Guest interviewer: Connie St Louis
17:00 - 17:30 Poster presentation