[Sci-tech-public] MIT-wide Symposia: BIG Questions after Big Hurricanes

[Kris Kipp]

>To the MIT Community,
>
>Big questions have arisen as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and 
>their devastating aftermath. Questions concerning science and engineering, 
>politics and leadership, cities and their citizens. MIT faculty members 
>will address some of the many urgent questions in a series of MIT-wide 
>symposia entitled "BIG Questions after Big Hurricanes."  The first one is 
>this Friday, September 30.  Details on the later symposia will follow.
>
>The Katrina Response Advisory Group is committed to encouraging and 
>sustaining the momentum mobilized on campus following these 
>events.  Please join us - and bring your friends and colleagues - to these 
>discussions.
>
>
>Thank you,
>The Katrina Response Advisory Group
>
>
>MIT-wide Symposia:
>BIG Questions after Big Hurricanes
>
>Friday, September 30, 2005
>4:00pm - 6:00pm
>Kirsch Auditorium - Ray and Maria Stata Center
>
>How Can We Improve Disaster Response?
>"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:  Explaining Federal Responses to Katrina"
>Professor Kenneth A. Oye, Political Science and Engineering Systems
>
>"Recurring Problems with Disaster Response Systems"
>Professor Richard C. Larson, Civil and Environmental Engineering and 
>Engineering Systems
>
>"Resilient Enterprises"
>Professor Yossi Sheffi, Civil and Environmental Engineering and 
>Engineering Systems, Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics
>
>Moderated by Daniel E. Hastings, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics 
>and Engineering Systems, Director of the Engineering Systems Division
>
>Future Events in the Series
>
>Wednesday, October 5, 2005
>4:00 pm, Kirsch Auditorium
>How Can Communities, Cities and Regions Recover from Disaster?
>
>Tuesday, October 18, 2005
>4:00 pm,. Kirsch Auditorium
>How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?
>
>Monday, October 31, 2005
>What does current scientific research have to say about the present
>and future risks associated with hurricanes?
>
>
>Please visit http:/web.mit.edu/katrina for a complete list of MIT 
>activities, benefits and resources helping with the Hurricane Katrina 
>recovery efforts.
>
>
>--
>Ted E. Johnson
>Associate Director of the Information Center and
>Director of Community Services
>
>Community Services Office
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>Room E19-432
>77 Massachusetts Avenue
>Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
>
>Email: tej at mit.edu
>Phone: 617-253-4940
>FAX:   617-253-8006
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Kris Kipp
Academic Administrator
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and
Science, Technology and Society (HASTS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Mass. Ave., E51-185
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-9759
Fax: 617-258-8118
Email: kipp at mit.edu 
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