Shelter and Disasters - Do Built Environment Professionals Matter? Guest Speaker: Graham Saunders Head, Shelter and Settlements, International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) Graham Saunders specializes in the design, management and technical support of shelter and settlement relief and
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development programmes. As the Global Shelter Cluster
Friday 12 October 2012 12.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Coordinator, he is also responsible for overseeing the interagency coordination role of the IFRC in natural disasters at global and country level. Followed by a Q&A Panel including: • Dr Esther Charlesworth, School of Architecture and Design • Professor John Fien, Sustainability and Innovation • Brett Moore, Shelter & Infrastructure Advisor, World Vision International
RMIT City Campus Design Hub, Building 100 Level 10, Pavilion 4 Corner Swanston and Victoria Sts Carlton Vic 3053 RSVP by Friday 5 October 2012 to esther.charlesworth@rmit.edu.au
• Tayyab Maksood, School of PCPM
This forum is hosted by RMIT School of Architecture and Design in conjunction with the Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) program of the RMIT Global Cities Research Institute and the RMIT Disaster Management Steering Network.
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