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SURI organized the Disaster Resilience Seminar (CEE 209S)
The seminar highlighted topics like natural hazards (earthquakes, wildfires, storms), post-disaster response, risk communication, socio-economic impacts, and catastrophe insurance.
Seminar Roster
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep | Course Staff | Stanford University | Introduction and overview of urban resilience |
| 04-Oct | Janise Rodgers | GeoHazards International | Scenarios and risk mitigation |
| 11-Oct | Forrest Lanning | FEMA | Emergency management and policy development |
| 18-Oct | Chris Godley | Stanford University | 2017 Sonoma County Wildfire |
| 25-Oct | Sara McBride | US Geological Survey | Social Science and ShakeAlert |
| 01-Nov | Chris Ford | Stanford University | Resilient Infrastructure Futures |
| 08-Nov | - | - | SURI Networking Night |
| 15-Nov | Sarah Fletcher | Stanford University | Adaptive and affordable water supply planning for urban drought resilience |
| 29-Nov | Khalid Osman | Stanford University | Infrastructure equity/Urban resilience |
| 6-Dec | Alice Chang-Richards | University of Auckland | Climate change adaptation |
