This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Mario Silva, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Institute of Guadalajara; Xavier Tiana, Director of International Affairs at the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona; and Octavi de la Varga, Secretary General of Metropolis.

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This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Laia Bonet, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona for the 2030 Agenda: Digital Transition and International Relations and Miquel Rodriguez Planas, Commissioner of 2030 Agenda at Barcelona City Council.

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A discussion on the prospects for applying Multi-Hazard Impact-based Early Warning Systems (MHIEWS) to pandemics, drawing on insights about what works well when communicating information about risk.

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This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured David Jácome Polit, Chief Resilience Officer of the City of Quito; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank President and Roy Steiner, Senior Vice President for the Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation.

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This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Anne-Marie Hitipeuw, Chief Resilience Officer of the City of The Hague; Johanna Lovecchio, Associate Director at Columbia University’s Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes; and Grga Basic, Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes.

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This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Dr. Jenna Jambeck, Full Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia and Lakshmi Narayanan, (Co-) Founder of Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) and SWaCH Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha.

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This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Dr. Maurice D Kugler, Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University and Dr. Juan Mauricio Ramírez, Secretary of Finance for Bogotá, Colombia.

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The 2020 Consultative Group (CG) meeting of GFDRR, jointly organized by the Government of India and the World Bank, will take place on May 27, 2020.

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Robert Muir-Wood, Chief Research Officer, Risk Management Solutions (RMS); Daniel Stander, Global Managing Director, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and Mahesh Harhare, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Pune, India.

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This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Vittoria Zanuso, Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council; Nora Preciado, Director, Immigrant Affairs, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles; and Samer Saliba, Urban Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee.

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