{"id":72080,"date":"2016-09-20T08:18:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=72080"},"modified":"2016-09-20T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:34:52","slug":"git-hosts-international-speakers-discussion-climate-change-disaster-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/09\/git-hosts-international-speakers-discussion-climate-change-disaster-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"GIT Center to host international speakers for discussion on climate change and disaster relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State\u2019s Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT Center) is hosting its second annual conference on disaster relief.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event is titled \u201cA Panel Discussion on Climate Change and Disaster in the Developing World: Perspectives From Africa and Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, staff and the community are invited to attend this free event Oct. 5 from 7-9 p.m. in the Baioni Conference Center in Broom Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The impressive panel features speakers from Vietnam, Mozambique and a United Nations member from China. Talbot Brooks, director of the GIT Center, will moderate the discussion.\u00a0Panelists will discuss the challenges faced every day in their nations and their struggle to become more resilient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event will focus on developing nations being particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and disaster,\u201d said Brooks. \u201cTheir populations, economies and physical environments are often fragile, and due to scarcity of resources, less able to respond to and recover from crisis than those of the developed world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"s1\">It is not only in our national interest to support stability in these regions, but a moral obligation,&#8221; added Brooks. &#8220;For example, the U.S. does $38-43 billion in trade with Vietnam each year, and a substantial loss to their manufacturing base due to a crisis would have a significant and direct impact on our economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The speakers include:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">-Dr. Quang Hoai Tran, vice director, Water Resources Institute of Vietnam<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">-Dang Quang Ming, director, Disaster Management Center of Vietnam<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">-Dr. Teresa Abeu, deputy general director, National Institute for Disaster Management of Mozambique<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">-Alfredo Magumisse, parliamentarian and member, Committee on Agriculture, Economy and Environment, Parliament of Mozambique<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">-Jaime Neto, parliamentarian and Member, Committee on Agriculture, Economy and Environment, Parliament of Mozambique<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">-Teixeira Almeida, director for Manica Province, National Institute for Disaster Management of Mozambique<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">-Jiayi Sun, United Nations Office for Outter Space Affairs, Beijing, China<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span>Learn more about the event at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/artsandsciences\/geospatial-information-technologies\/explore-the-center\/events\/perspectives-from-africa-and-asia\/\">https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/artsandsciences\/geospatial-information-technologies\/explore-the-center\/events\/perspectives-from-africa-and-asia\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State\u2019s Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT Center) is hosting its second annual conference on disaster relief. 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