{"49867":{"#nid":"49867","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Global Response to Humanitarian Logistics Conference 2009","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 180 participants converged on the Georgia Tech Conference Center on February 19th and 20th, all with the common goal of enhancing humanitarian logistics. Stewart School of ISyE Professors Ozlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak, and Julie Swann organized the 2009 Humanitarian Logistics Conference that addressed pressing challenges in humanitarian relief and development, and inspired new ideas and practices towards positive change.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants came from across the globe representing a variety of organizations interested in disaster relief including academia, NGO\u0027s, UN, government, private organizations, and military. The conference opened dialog among the various humanitarian efforts and contributed towards new collaborations and synergies across many different organizations represented by the attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference consisted of several keynote and panel speakers on disaster preparedness and response, long-term development and humanitarian aid, and intra- and inter-organizational collaboration in disaster planning and long term humanitarian aid. Amer Daoudi of the World Food Programme issued these words of wisdom to the attendees, \u0022we cannot continue business as usual. We have to change; we have to adapt.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 2 of the conference consisted of two workshops: managing performance in humanitarian logistics, and pre-planning and response to large-scale domestic events.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGiven the complexity of the problems faced and the lives at stake, the Humanitarian Logistics Conference 2009 articulated the opportunities and challenges in preparing and responding to disasters or addressing long term problems, both from a humanitarian and a corporate\/economic perspective; it identified important research issues, creating academic awareness for the research opportunities and establishing priorities for non-government organizations (NGOs), corporations, and the government in terms of their strategies, policies, and investments.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDaoudi of the World Food Programme summarized the underlying theme of the conference, \u0022today the humanitarian communities are talking to each other. We are getting better at complementing rather than competing, and there are areas where we ask other agencies to go on our behalf and vice versa. That is working. Are we there yet? No. But at least we\u0027ve started.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the Conference presentations and workshops, visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/dpr09\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/dpr09\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about ISyE\u0027s work in humanitarian logistics, visit:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe conference opened dialog among the various humanitarian efforts and contributed towards new collaborations and synergies across many different organizations represented by the attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Global Response to Humanitarian Logistics Conference 2009"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-03-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:59","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49868":{"id":"49868","type":"image","title":"Amer Daoudi","body":null,"created":"1449175366","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:46","changed":"1475894451","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:51","alt":"Amer Daoudi","file":{"fid":"126991","name":"tnv08608.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnv08608_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnv08608_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":33329,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tnv08608_0.jpg?itok=YL78zqeY"}},"49869":{"id":"49869","type":"image","title":"Working lunch","body":null,"created":"1449175366","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:46","changed":"1475894451","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:51","alt":"Working lunch","file":{"fid":"126990","name":"tge08766.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tge08766_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tge08766_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":35919,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tge08766_0.jpg?itok=YUe9T9Dg"}},"49870":{"id":"49870","type":"image","title":"Poster sessions","body":null,"created":"1449175366","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:46","changed":"1475894451","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:51","alt":"Poster sessions","file":{"fid":"126989","name":"tkr08909.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkr08909_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkr08909_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":35134,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tkr08909_0.jpg?itok=aN79hd1q"}}},"media_ids":["49868","49869","49870"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1240","name":"humanitarian logistics"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1237","name":"Julie Swann"},{"id":"1238","name":"Ozlem Ergun"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}