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