Our 3rd Annual Conference, with the theme Fighting Global Poverty – Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) takes place on Friday 30th October, hosted by the Geological Society of London. Here we introduce the speakers taking part in Session 3, mini-presentations and a panel discussion on ‘Geohazards and Disasters: From Sendai to the SDGs’…
Dr Julie Calkins (Disaster Risk Reduction Research Fellow, UK Collaborative on Development Sciences)
Julie has a fascinating background, having gained BSc and MSc degrees in geochemistry and a PhD in Environmental Science and Management. She has previously worked at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on ocean remote-sensing and health impacts surveillance, as well as for the US Geological Survey, the British Antarctic Survey and the US Antarctic Program. Julie’s current work at the UKCDS involves works with UN agencies, governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to enhance the role of science in disaster risk reduction, both within the UK and globally.
Read more about Julie’s work here: www.ukcds.org.uk/about-us/julie-calkins-0
Julia Hall (Senior Consultant, Risk Management Solutions)
Julia Hall is a senior consultant at RMS where she advises on the use of catastrophe modelling techniques and solutions. Although based in London, she has worked with many global (re)insurance companies and public and academic partners on disaster risk management. Recently, Julia applied learnings from insurance industry techniques and made recommendations for the post-2015 UN frameworks on setting, measuring and monitoring targets for Disaster Risk Reduction. During the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai earlier this year, she presented on ‘The Challenges of Measuring Disaster Risk’ and was involved in a panel discussion on ‘Measuring Disaster Resilience’. Julia holds a MSci in Natural Sciences, with a specialism in geology, from the University of Cambridge.
We recommend this background reading, co-authored by Julia: Setting, Measuring and Monitoring Targets for DRR
Emma Visman (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Geography, King’s College London)
Emma has been working with humanitarian and development operational and policy research organisations for more than twenty years, including with Save the Children programmes in Iraq, Somalia, Angola, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. From 2005-2014 she worked with the Humanitarian Futures Programme, King’s College London. Between 2011-14 she was awarded a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship with the UK Natural Environment Research Council to support strengthened dialogue between the providers and users of science for strengthening resilience amongst at risk groups. Emma has a BA in Swahili and African Art and Archaeology from the School of Oriental and African Studies and an MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex.
Read more about Emma’s work: www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/geography/people/researchstaff/Emma-Visman/Emma-Visman.aspx
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(Please note that many of our speakers are involved in work that requires them to travel overseas at short notice. The programme/speakers may change at short notice).
