Poster Presented @WCDM 2014

The World Conference on Disaster Management (@WCDM) is coming to a close today. What an excellent conference. Every… single… presenter… was fabulous. Learned a lot and shared in some great conversations.

I presented a poster at the conference titled “Digital Convergence, Emergency Management & Resilience” and wanted to share.

You can download the pdf here

Abstract (from here on the WCDM website).

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Learning Objectives

1. To identify the relationship between convergence of technology and emergency management
2. To identify the gaps in existing emergency planning processes to accommodate convergence and identify resilience development as a more holistic solution
3. To provide resilience development strategies to adapt to the ever evolving convergent landscape – See more at: