The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) is pleased to announce the upcoming Special Sessions, which will be held in different countries, across the globe over the next few months.
There are two types of Special Sessions: closed and open. The closed Special Sessions are facilitated by the ADN’s Organisational Partners for closed audiences or participants. The participants are, generally speaking, policymakers, NGOs and first responders involved in risk, crisis, disasters and development activities in low-and middle-income countries. The topics for the closed Special Session are decided by the participants keeping in mind their needs for skill and capacity building. These Special Sessions are unavailable to the general public, ADN’s Affiliates and Partners.
The open Special Sessions are open to the general public, ADN’s Affiliates and Partners. These Sessions are also facilitated by the ADN’s Organisational Partners in their respective countries and regions. They are designed to share cutting-edge research and innovative solutions to reduce disaster deaths, avoidable deaths, transdisciplinary ideas and solutions for sustainable development and disaster risk reduction – among other topics. These Sessions are suitable for disaster responders, students, academics, researchers, policymakers, opinion formers, and practitioners interested in avoidable deaths, the UN’s Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction’s Global Targets A and B, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The details of the upcoming virtual and hybrid Special Sessions for the Winter - Spring season are below.
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Thursday, 19 January 2023: Workshop on Building Capacity of Health Journalists on Reporting Disasters Triggered by Natural Hazards and Human Activities. This session will be held in a hybrid format at 10:00 - 16:00 PST (Pakistan). This national training workshop will take place at the Latif Ebrahim Jamal National Science Information Center (LJNSIC), International Center for Chemical and Biological Science, University of Karachi, Pakistan. The speakers are Dr Mohammad Wasay (Pakistan Academy of Sciences), Mr Waqar Bhatti (The News International and Geo News), Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett (ADN, University of Leicester), Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita (ADN, Kansai University), Dr Aditya Ghosh (University of Leicester) and Dr Nimra Iqbal Choudhary (ADN, Auckland University of Technology). This is an open Session targeted at health journalists, organised in collaboration with the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Sindh Innovation Research, and Education Network (SIREN) and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS Sindh Chapter). For registration click here.
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Flooding in Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan on 22 August 2022.
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Wednesday, 8 March 2023: Afghan Women in Transition. This session will be led by Dr Inshah Malik (ADN Regional Coordinator - Afghanistan, Ilia State University), in collaboration with Dr Khadijeh Norouzi (ADN Regional Coordinator - Iran, Sultan Qaboos University), Ms Anuradha (ADN Regional Coordinator - India, Doers), Ms Shaiza Khawaja (ADN Regional Coordinator - Pakistan), Dr Lutfa Ferdous (University of Leicester), Institute of Environmental Futures, The BRIDGE Network, and South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes, amongst others.
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Monday, 13 March 2023: Launch of a Global Campaign: International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD). This event will take place in a hybrid format at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan at 12:30 - 16:00 JST (Japan). This event is funded by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account 2019: Leicester (ES/T501967).
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Osaka Castle During Spring in Osaka, Japan.
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Friday, 5 May 2023: Sensitising on Disaster Management and Mitigation in the University Curriculum. This hybrid seminar will be held in collaboration with Dr Madhulika Sahoo (ADN Editorial Manager and Regional Coordinator - India) at Kalahandi University, Odisha, India.
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