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  • Public-Private Partnerships for Critical Infrastructure

    Public-Private Partnerships for Critical Infrastructure

    In my last post, I announced that I would be speaking as part of the public-private partnerships track at Global Risk Forum‘s 4th Conference on Community Resiliency.  I am pleased to report that the conference was a successful event that led to stimulating discussion about anti-disaster strategies and other topics.  The main topic of the conference was… Read more

  • Global Risk Forum’s 4th Conference on Community Resilience

    Global Risk Forum’s 4th Conference on Community Resilience

    I am proud to announce that I will be presenting at the Global Risk Forum’s “4th Conference on Community Resilience on Building Resiliency into Critical Infrastructures: International Goals – National Strategies – Local Actions” in Davos, Switzerland. The event is to be held August 29-30, 2013 at the Davos Congress center. The 4th Conference on… Read more

  • The Leadership for Peace and Prosperity Conference at the University of San Diego

    The Leadership for Peace and Prosperity Conference at the University of San Diego

    I have been invited to present my Master’s thesis as a part of the impact investing series at an upcoming conference. The University of San Diego’s Ahlers Center for International Business and the Center for Peace and Commerce, along with the Institute for Economics and Peace, is hosting the 2013 Leadership for Peace and Prosperity Conference, to… Read more

  • Lessons from Impact Investing

    Lessons from Impact Investing

    Inevitably following a disaster, there is a tremendous amount of scrutiny regarding the response of charitable organizations and the government.  If private sector actors become involved through impact investing, the scrutiny will increase.  Critics have already voiced numerous concerns about the role of the private sector in addressing social problems. Interestingly, one of the leaders… Read more

  • Ideas from Impact Investing

    Ideas from Impact Investing

    When problems seem insurmountable, innovative solutions are needed to try to solve them.  The government plays a key role in incentivizing financial preparedness through risk-sharing government programs and awareness building as well as through public/private partnerships. From a financial perspective, the primary means of preparing for and rebuilding a disaster is insurance, in various forms.  … Read more

  • Building New Hope

    Building New Hope

    This post examines the issue of preparedness for and response to high-impact weather events, a discipline that is loosely referred to as disaster studies.  Disaster studies includes the study of community resilience or how communities can be better prepared to mitigate and prepare for risks. One of the reasons that disasters are so difficult to… Read more