OXFORD, Miss. – A mini-conference on the Disaster Resilience Flagship Constellation at the University of Mississippi is set for Jan. 19.
Information related to disaster resilience will be shared at the event through a general-information session led by the interim constellation leadership team, a series of five-minute presentations from individual faculty and researchers, and breakout discussions focusing on constellation sub-themes.
The event is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 19 with in-person and online participation options. A location is to be announced. Lunch will be provided.
The mini-conference is open to all faculty and staff, but pre-registration is requested by 5 p.m. Jan. 17.
There are two ways to register. Oxford campus attendees who have not decided to present a five-minute talk can register at http://www.research.olemiss.edu/upcoming-presentations. Be sure to click on the appropriate registration option: in person or remote. Registrants will be contacted later to see if they want to present.
Everyone else – including all University of Mississippi Medical Center personnel and anyone who already knows they want to present – should email Ahmed Al-Ostaz, Brevard Family Chair in Civil Engineering and professor of civil engineering, at alostaz@olemiss.edu. Once again, registrants should specify whether they will attend in person or remotely.
Attendees interested in giving a five-minute talk should specify a title, and provide a 150-word (max) abstract – or an abstract can be offered later.
Questions about this mini-conference should be directed to Al-Ostaz.
The Flagships Constellations are a new UM initiative involving multidisciplinary teams of faculty, staff and students searching for meaningful solutions to complicated issues through collaborative thinking in four areas: big data, brain wellness, community wellbeing and disaster resilience.