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What Gets You Up in the Morning? Making a Difference with Disaster Risk Reduction

Tue. 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Interlocken A/B

Although economic losses and social disruptions from disasters continue to skyrocket, there is hope for the future. This plenary session will highlight innovative, grassroots efforts and systematic institutional changes that are making progress in helping people and communities reduce various forms of disaster risk while increasing collective resilience.

Moderator
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Alexa Dietrich, Social Science Research Council
Panelists
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Matthew Behnke, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Lynn Jennings, Legal Services Corporation
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Howard Kunreuther, University of Pennsylvania
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Forbes Tompkins, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Recorder
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Sahar Derakhshan, University of South Carolina
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