CDRI Fellowship: Announcing the Cohort of 2023-2024 (Virtual Event)
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About The Event
The CDRI Fellowship Programme, launched in September 2020, aims to develop a global pool of professionals shaping a resilient future for infrastructure. It provides a 12-month seed grant, financial support, peer learning, and capacity development opportunities to foster transformative solutions for disaster resilience.
This third edition (2023-24) of the Fellowship focuses on Inclusive and Resilient Infrastructure amid Global Transitions. Proposals for Cohort 2023-24 have undergone a thorough three-tiered review process, and the selected winners will be announced at ICDRI 2023.
Session Objectives:
- Provide an update on the Fellowship Programme, including a showcase of the achievements of Cohort 2022-23 CDRI Fellows.
- Facilitate perspective sharing by CDRI Fellows from Cohorts 2021-22 and 2022-23.
- Gather reflections from the International Jury on the Fellowship Programme.
- Officially announce the awardees of the CDRI Fellowship 2023-24.
The CDRI Fellowship Programme, launched in September 2020, aims to develop a global pool of professionals shaping a resilient future for infrastructure. It provides a 12-month seed grant, financial support, peer learning, and capacity development opportunities to foster transformative solutions for disaster resilience.
This third edition (2023-24) of the Fellowship focuses on Inclusive and Resilient Infrastructure amid Global Transitions. Proposals for Cohort 2023-24 have undergone a thorough three-tiered review process, and the selected winners will be announced at ICDRI 2023.
Session Objectives:
- Provide an update on the Fellowship Programme, including a showcase of the achievements of Cohort 2022-23 CDRI Fellows.
- Facilitate perspective sharing by CDRI Fellows from Cohorts 2021-22 and 2022-23.
- Gather reflections from the International Jury on the Fellowship Programme.
- Officially announce the awardees of the CDRI Fellowship 2023-24.
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Agenda
23rd June 2023
08:20 - 09:00 : Arrival of participants & registration
09:00 - 09:15 : Welcome Remarks and overview of the workshop objectives
9.15 - 9.40 : Introduction:
- Milestones for new system development and rollout
- Status and next steps
- Use-cases and user-journeys
9.40 - 10.30 : Session 1: New system data model and methodological framework:
- Data model
- Interoperability with hazardous event catalogues
- Standards, taxonomies, baseline and metadata
10:20 - 10:40 : Tea / Coffee
10:40 - 12:30 : Group work 1: Feedback on data model, methodological framework and system architecture
12:30 - 13:30 : Lunch
13:30 - 14:45 : Session 2: Users-journeys for data acquisition and ingestion module
- Standard variables and customizable extensions
- Structure of the module – disaster event record, effects' records ( human dimensions, damages, losses and disruption) + operational/programmes/responses
- Data import functionalities, automatic data ingestion, field data collection tools and manual record entry
- Integration of images, GIS maps, etc.
14:45 - 15:00 : Tea / Coffee