Mitigating disaster through design & construction: Planning and building for resiliency

The conference will explore issues that are most critical to advance the dialogue regarding disaster mitigation including:

- How the public and private sectors can improve planning to create resilient urban, as well as rural, communities to withstand the outcomes of natural hazards
- Creating common risk-assessment methodologies
- Inspection mechanisms and training programs
- Managing society’s evolving expectations
- Incentive (i.e. tax credits) and disincentive programs that plan for mitigation and resilience
- Determining funding priorities
- How social media has helped raise awareness