Featuring:

Dr. David Abramson

Steve Dozier

Bob Ottenhoff

Tony Pipa

Joe Ruiz

Moderated by:

Following a natural disaster, philanthropy plays a vital role in aiding affected communities and can have an equally critical role in building long term community resilience. As private entities, philanthropists can operate with flexibility across sectors and creativity that generates unique contributions across the lifecycle of disasters—from preparedness to recovery.  CSIS and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation hosted an on-the-record panel discussion exploring how to move toward more effective disaster philanthropy.

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The CSIS-Pennington Family Foundation Series on Community Resilience has been made possible, in part, with support from Walmart.

The CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, along with LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, cordially invite you to a session of the

Regine Webster 

Edmund Cain

The CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3) and LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI) invite you to the next session of the CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

on

Economics of Disaster Prevention: Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction

featuring

Olivier Mahul

Charles Setchell

Shabbar Saifee

Rod Snider

Moderated by

Stacey White

Opening remarks and an update on the disaster situation on-the-ground caused by the flooding in the Mississippi River Valley

by

Tom Anderson

RSVP is required. Please RSVP (acceptances only) to [email protected]

Addressing recurrent vulnerability to natural hazards through disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become a central tenet of modern statehood and a critical component of humanitarian and development practice. A major obstacle in attracting the interest and commitment of policymakers to the DRR agenda is a dearth of evidence on the economic benefits of disaster prevention and a lack of understanding about how to measure the costs and benefits of preventative action. In short, when one says $1 spent on prevention saves $4 in disaster losses, what exactly does one mean and how does one arrive at those figures across highly variable contexts? This event will consider the latest thinking and action in measuring costs and benefits of DRR.

The CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response is an academic partnership between CSIS and the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI).  The series is made possible through the generous support of SDMI and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation of Baton Rouge.

The series provides a forum for government officials, experts, academics, and nongovernmental organizations dealing with disaster management and emergency response to discuss critical issues facing the United States’ ability to address disaster and emergency situations domestically and internationally. 

The CSIS Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation (C3) Program and LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI) hosts

CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

with

Yukio Tada

Arthur Alexander

Marcus Noland

On

Toward Disaster Recovery: The Fiscal, Economic, and Social Challenges for Japan in the Aftermath of the Tohoku Earthquake

Introduction by

Moderated by

The CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response is an academic partnership between CSIS and the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI).  The series is made possible through the generous support of SDMI and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation of Baton Rouge.

The series provides a forum for government officials, experts, academics, and nongovernmental organizations dealing with disaster management and emergency response to discuss critical issues facing the United States’ ability to address disaster and emergency situations domestically and internationally.

The CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program and LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI) hosted a session of the

CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

with

W. Craig Fugate

on

Moderated by

The CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response is an academic partnership between CSIS and the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI).  The series is made possible through the generous support of SDMI and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation of Baton Rouge.

The series provides a forum for government officials, experts, academics, and nongovernmental organizations dealing with disaster management and emergency response to discuss critical issues facing the United States’ ability to address disaster and emergency situations domestically and internationally.

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The CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program and LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI) hosted a session of the

CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

with

W. Craig Fugate

on

Moderated by

The CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response is an academic partnership between CSIS and the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI).  The series is made possible through the generous support of SDMI and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation of Baton Rouge.

The series provides a forum for government officials, experts, academics, and nongovernmental organizations dealing with disaster management and emergency response to discuss critical issues facing the United States’ ability to address disaster and emergency situations domestically and internationally.

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The CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Energy and National Security Programs, along with LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI), hosts the inaugural session of the

CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Hosted in conjunction with the

CSIS Impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill Series

with

Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
National Incident Commander, Deepwater Horizon Response

on

“A Strategic Review of the Gulf Oil Spill”

Introduction by
Dr. John Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS

Moderated by
Rick “Ozzie” Nelson
Director, CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program

CSIS and the Louisiana State University Stephenson Disaster Management Institute are co-sponsoring a regular series of events to discuss issues related to disaster management and emergency response.

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