{"521691":{"#nid":"521691","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Disaster Response and Mitigation Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough our keynote and two panel sessions, we are bringing together governmental experts, policy makers, researchers, and decision makers from the public and private sector to share current efforts, research, and new problems identified in the space of disaster and humanitarian response.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe goal for the Forum relates to understanding ways in which to advance science and technology to improve disaster response. The Forum will feature two panels including federal, state and local agency representatives, as well as speakers from NGOs, industry, and academic researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETopics we will explore include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe current state of the art practices and strategies for disaster response and mitigation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eongoing research and technology development to support and enhance our current capabilities\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe role of community in response\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ethe gaps and opportunities to improve response systems, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eunderstanding the ways in which to advance science and technology to improve response and mitigation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough this limited engagement, stakeholders will share, learn, and build problem solving coalitions against the many new and rapidly emerging population-level problems affecting our country and the world at-large. We will follow up with a networking reception featuring a poster session at the end of our day.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/disaster-response-and-mitigation-forum\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evisit the event website\u003C\/a\u003E to learn more about speakers, the poster session, and how to register for free.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) and the Georgia Tech Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) are pleased to host the 2016 Disaster Response and Mitigation Forum on April 27, 2016."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2016-04-05 10:28:18","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:04","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-04-27T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-04-27T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-04-27T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-04-27 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-04-27 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-04-27 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}