A two-day workshop led by Florida International University will explore the topic of disaster risk management (DRM) on March 23 and 24 at 91亚色 U at Schulich Executive Centre.
鈥淒isaster Risk Management in Business Education鈥 is a UNISDR-sponsored workshop supported by the Federal Government of Germany鈥檚 Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
It is the first event focusing on this particular topic, said Ali Asgary of 91亚色鈥檚 Distaster & Emergency Management program.
鈥淪ince our program (thus 91亚色) is one of the leading universities in Disaster & Emergency Management in Canada and (internationally) we were asked to participate in this initiative (Disaster Risk Management in聽Business Education),鈥 said Asgary.聽鈥淭his is part of a larger聽UNISDR initiative called聽Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE). The aim is to expand disaster risk reduction efforts into the private sector in which business education plays a key role.鈥
Objectives for the event include: present and discuss white papers on DRM in business education; discuss options for mainstreaming DRM within the curricula of undergraduate, graduate, outreach and professional development programs; explore partnerships and agreements to move toward an implementation phase; and propose mechanisms for monitoring.
The event will run from 8am to 4pm on March 23; it begins at 8am on March 24, and concludes at 5pm with a closing session.
Institutions participating in the event include: FGV鈥怑AESP Escola de Administra莽茫o de Empresas de S茫o Paulo (Brazil); John Molson School of Business 鈥 Concordia University, School of Administrative Studies 鈥 91亚色, and Rotman School of Management 鈥 University of Toronto (Canada); Universidad EAFIT (Columbia); Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (India); Mona School of Business and Management 鈥 University of West Indies (Jamaica); Business School 鈥 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico); ESAN Graduate School of Business (Peru); Faculty of Economics and Business 鈥 University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia); FIU 鈥 College of Business' Small Business Development Center (SBDC) (U.S.A.); and, University De Chile .