Details

General Information

  • Date: November 3 - 4, 2022
  • Venue: Western University - Physics & Astronomy Building (Room PAB 106)
    • Available in hybrid mode - Please register to request access
  • Program Information: See detailed order and speakers in the Program Tab

Day 1: November 3 rd, 2022

  • Session 1 (9:30 AM – 11:00 AM) – Wind and hail hazards and risks (led by the Northern Tornado Project team, https://www.uwo.ca/ntp/ )
  • Session 2 (11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) – Wildland fire hazards and risks
  • Session 3 (2:00 PM – 3:40 PM) – Natural hazards and disaster risk reduction for British Columbia
  • Session 4 (4:00 PM) - Geological and Geosocietal Hazards – Mixed
  • Workshop social dinner (free to join but requires registration)

 ** Click to see the pictures from this full in-person Day **

Day 2: November 4 th, 2022

  • Session 1 (9:30 AM – 11:00 AM) – Climate-resilient infrastructure and buildings (co-led by the Western’s Smart Cities group and the Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction, https://www.iclr.org/ )
  • Session 2 (11:30 AM – 1:30 PM) – Climate change and society (led by the Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, https://nest.uwo.ca/climatecentre/)
  • Session 3 & 4 (2:30 PM – 3:45 PM & 4:00 PM – 17:30 PM) – Hydroclimatic extremes in a changing climate Parts I & II

Organizing Committee

Katsuichiro Goda
Cindy Mora-Stock

Reza Najafi
Ayan Sadhu
Greg Kopp
Keith Porter

Douglas Woolford
Jinfei Wang
Isaac Luginaah
Bing Li

Lead Manager

Cindy Mora-Stock

Session Organization

Greg Kopp - Keith Porter
Douglas Woolford - Johanna de Haan Ward
Katsu Goda - Cindy Mora-Stock

Ayan Sadhu
Reza Najafi - Mohammad Fereshtehpour
Isaac Luginaah - Mirindi Eric Dusenge

Complete Volunteers Team

Johanna de Haan Ward
Mohammad Fereshtehpour
Mirindi Eric Dusenge
Wooyoung Na


Behnoush Honarvar
Jin Yang
Arnold Yuxuan Xie

Support Acknowledgements

The workshop organizers wish to express their sincere thanks to the Departments and Organizations that have made this collaboration possible: