United Nations University/Cal Poly Disaster by Drought Summit October 4-9th, 2015 www.disasterbydrought2015.calpoly.edu
Schedule of Events — Student Invitation If you plan to attend, please fill out this survey (also found on the website above).
Date/ Time
Event
Location
Sunday, October 4th 7pm-8pm
Keynote address: David Wrathall (United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security)
Spanos Theatre
Monday, October 5th 2:00-3:30 p.m.
California Drought Panel I Hydrological, Agricultural, and Ecological Dimensions
KTGY Gallery Bldg. 21, Rm. 105
4:00-5:30 p.m.
California Drought Panel II City and Regional Planning and the Drought
Simpson Lab Bldg 187 Mezzanine
4:00-5:30 p.m.
California Drought Panel III Infrastructure and Engineering and the Drought
KTGY Gallery Bldg. 21, Rm. 105
6:00-7:30 p.m.
California Drought Panel IV Cal Poly’s Response to the Drought
Simpson Lab Bldg 187 Mezzanine
6:00-7:30 p.m.
California Drought Panel V Indigenous, Field Laborer, and Feminist Perspectives on the Drought
KTGY Gallery Bldg 21-Rm105
Date & Time
Event
Location
Tuesday, October 6th 4:00-5:30 p.m.
UNU Panel I -Slow change and livelihoods Raphael Nawrotzki University of Minnesota (Africa) Julie Maldonado U.S. Global Change Research Program-Climate Change Assessment (U.S.) Christian Barthelt MunichRe Foundation (Germany) Sarah Henly-Shepard Disaster Resilience, L.L.C. (El Salvador)
4:00-5:30 p.m.
UNU Panel II -Climate as a compounding factor: inequality, poverty, marginality
Simpson Lab Bldg 187 Mezzanine
KTGY Bldg 21-Rm105b
Diana M. Contreras University of Salzburg, Austria (Colombia) Md Ashique Rahman University of Arizona (Bangladesh) Malashree Bhargava GIZ-DETA, Afghanistan (Indonesia) Ryan Alaniz Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo (Honduras)
6:00-7:30 p.m.
UNU Panel III -Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods David Wrathall UNU-Institute for Environment and Human Security (Bangladesh) Christopher Lawless School of Applied Social Sciences (SASS), Durham University, UK. (Int’l) Kees van der Geest UNU-Institute for Environment and Human Security (Ghana)
6:00-7:30 p.m.
UNU Panel IV - Scaling Interventions Laura Olson
Simpson Lab Bldg 187 Mezzanine
KTGY Bldg 21-Rm105b
FEMA; UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (Middle East) Vivek Prasad George Mason University, USA; (India) Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson UNU-Institute for Environment and Human Security (Bangladesh)
Wednesday, October 7th 9-10:30 a.m.
UNU Scholars meet and greet with students
Library Atrium
10:30-12 p.m. 12-1 p.m.
Awareness Gallery and Honors Poster Presentations UNU scholars have lunch with students