Past Events
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.

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.

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.

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.

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Grainia Long, Commissioner for Resilience for Belfast; Toby Kent, Chief Resilience Officer for Melbourne; Sameh Wahba, Global Director for the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience, and Land Global Practice; and Lauren Sorkin, Acting Executive Director, Global Resilient Cities Network.

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Eric Friedlander, Acting Secretary Cabinet for Health and Family Services Frankfort, Kentucky and Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville, Kentucky.

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Dr. Jeremy Lim, Co-Director of Global Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Melissa Kwee, CEO, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre/City of Good Campaign.

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Mohammed Zanna, “Vagabond King,” a community organizer, activist and a leader of the Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation; Julian Baskin, Principal Advisor, Cities Alliance; and Farouk Braimah, Executive Director-People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements and Part-Time lecturer with the Institute of Local Governments Studies (ILGS).

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Alexandria McBride, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Oakland and Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami Beach.

This session of the Coronavirus Speaker Series featured Fernando Straface, Secretary-General and Secretary for Foreign Relations, Government of the City of Buenos Aires and Michael Berkowitz, Founding Principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst.
