International webinar:“LESSONS LEARNT FROM PAST DISASTERS TO PROTECT OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS FROM FIRE. CAN WE PREVENT THE NEXT TRAGEDY?”
September 06, at 13:00 BST.
With this webinar, Dr Augustin Guibaud and Dr Emma Cunliffe will explore and suggest ways to improve heritage conservation and introduce the Blue Shield movement, and more widely about the challenges of emergency response generally in conflict and disaster, with a focus on fire.
Organised by The Technical Committee on Disaster Risk Management of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and the Peruvian Engineers Association (CIP).
Event information: https://www.cip.org.pe/lessons-learnt-from-past-disasters-to-protect-our-historic-buildings-from-fire/
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/869393457180
(Simultaneous translation Eng / Spanish)
Speakers
Dr Augustin Guibard is a Lecturer in Energy in the Dept. of Civil Engineering, University College London, and a member of the CNRS/MC Notre Dame Research Group researching fire in complex environments.
Dr Emma Cunliffe is the Secretariat of Blue Shield International and Senior Research Associate in Cultural Property Protection and Peace at Newcastle University, UK.
Moderator
Dr Valentina Putrino is a Catastrophe Risk Analyst at Ariel Re, and a Leader of Working Group 4 – Capacity Building of WFEO-CDRM, UK.
