Thursday, August 13, 2020

WEBINAR on ICT for Disaster Risk Reduction & Management for SHS Faculty and Students


Members of the CESDR Disaster Resilience Unit and the URCO RPW on ICT4DR served as resource speakers in the DR&RR Webinar: Information and Communications Technology for DRRM held on August 8, 2020 (Saturday), 9:00AM - 11:30AM via Google Meet and Live Stream. 

The webinar's participants are the faculty and students of DLSU Senior High School students who are taking the course on Disaster Readiness & Risk Reduction (DISREAD). The webinar was coordinated by Kenneth Toral of the CE Department and a teacher of DISREAD and Dr. Andy Oreta of CESDR DRU. 

The highlights of the webinar are summarized below:

  • Overview of ICT4DR by Dr. Ann Dulay
  • Lecture No. 1 -  by Engr. Joenel Galupino on Strengthening ORDER in Schools (SOS): Sharing Resources Online and Mobile Application for School Resilience Building
  • Lecture No. 2 - by Engr. Daniel Valerio on GIS in Disaster Risk Reduction in a Pandemic
  • Lecture No. 3 - by Dr. Gerino Mappatao 0n Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction Planning and Management using Drones
  • Q & A - Moderated by Dr. Renan Tanhueco and SHS Faculty
Lecture 1