Venue
Uppsala University Main Building, formal address: Biskopsgatan 3.
The conference takes place at the Uppsala University Building (“Universitetshuset” in Swedish). The conference hall is just a few minutes walking distance from the city center. Link to more history about the building
http://uu.se/en/about-uu/history/buildings/university-main-building/
Download the complete programme at the following link.
Conference Programme
Monday 10 June
10:00–12:00 Arrival of delegates at the conference venue, and welcome desk
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:00–13:45 Opening address
14:00–15:30 Panel sessions: Panel 16, Panel 14, Panel 8, Panel 6, Panel 11
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:30 Panel sessions: Panel 16, Panel 8, Panel 6, Panel 11
17:30–18:30 Sal X Keynote 1: Lenore Manderson Agility and the Possible: Art, science and the challenges of a warming world
18:30 Drink reception at Gustavianum Museum (included in registration fees for conference delegates; via tickets for accompanying guests)
Tuesday 11 June
9:00–10:30 Panel sessions: Panel 12, Panel 13, Panel 17, Panel 9,
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–12:00 Sal X Keynote 2: Amir AghaKouchak Compound and concurrent climate extremes in a warming climate: Modeling and risk analysis
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:00–16:00 Panel sessions (double): Panel 10, Panel 5, Panel 2, Panel 7
16:00–16:30 Coffee break
16:30–17:30 Sal X Keynote 3: Claire Horwell Converging and diverging: Challenges and rewards of inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations in disaster health research
17:30–18:30 Networking group activity 1 and research plans: Being in your element
19:30 Conference dinner at Östgöta Nation (tickets via registration for delegates and accompanying guests)
Wednesday 12 June
9:00–10:30 Panel sessions: Panel 1, Panel 3, Panel 18, Panel 15
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–12:00 Networking group activity 2 and research plans: Nature, Society, Scale and Other Risky Business
12:00–13:00 Sal X Keynote 4: Vinh-Kim Nguyen Anthropological approaches to emergencies and disasters: Recent findings from current conflicts and on-going epidemics
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Panel sessions: Panel 1, Panel 12, Panel 15
15:30–16:30 Sal X Panel 4 Roundtable (Plenary Session) Author meets critics: Learning from Hurricane Katrina
16:30–17:30 Closing session and next NEEDS conferences
17:30–18:00 Departure of delegates
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The conference received financial support from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond – The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences. The participation of keynotes has been possible thanks to support received from Vetenskapsrådet – The Swedish Research Council.
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