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| Dr. Mutuc, Dr. Juanzon and Dr. Oreta |
CESDR subcenter on DRR-CCA members, Dr. Andres Oreta and Dr, Jose Edgar Mutuc attended the
7th International Conference on Building Resilience (7ICBR) held on
November 26-29, 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Two papers with Dr. Oreta as co-author were presented - First
author, Dr. Joseph Juanzon presented the paper on “An assessment on the effective preparedness
and disaster response: The case of Santa Rosa City, Laguna.” while Dr. Oreta presented the paper co-authored with
Engr. Rizalyn Illumin on “A
Post-Disaster Functional Asset Value Index for School Buildings.”
Dr, Mutuc and his MSIE PhD advisee, M. Gutierrez presented their paper on "A model for humanitarian supply chain: an OR approach."
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| Dr. Mutuc and Dr. Oreta wuth HUD partners - Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga ad Prof.Ricahrd Haigh |
The conference is part of the activities under the URCO RPW on Building Resilient Cities & Communities. Hence, on
November 28, 2017, a meeting with UK partners in the Newton Fund Research
Links was held. Dr. Jose Edgar Mutuc and Dr. OretaI met Prof. Dilanthi Amaratungga,
Prof. Richard Haigh and Dr. Ezri Hayat University of Huddersfield University (HUD) to
discuss the incoming workshop on January 22-26, 2018 which will be held in Manila with CESDR members as the organisers. Dr.
Mutuc and IDr. Oreta also attended the workshop on ESPRESSO – Enhancing disaster risk
reduction and climate change adaptation strategies for disaster prevention.
Interesting Poster at the 7ICBR by Prof. Dilanthi et al:
