CUHK Earth Month 2023: Seminar on Turkey–Syria Earthquake

Created on 9 March 2023


CUHK Earth Month 2023: Seminar on Turkey–Syria Earthquake is co-organised by the CUHK Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (MoCC) and the Department of Geography and Resource Management. This seminar will examine how the earthquake occurred and became a devastating incident, what humanitarian responses are, and how global solidarity in disaster management can contribute to global sustainable development.

Date

17 March 2023 (Friday)

Time

3:30 – 6:15 pm (HKT) | Convert to your time zone

Venue

LT1, Li Koon Chun Hall, 3/F Sino Building, CUHK

Format

Hybrid (In-person / Online via Zoom)

Speakers

Professor TAN Yen Joe
Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme,
Faculty of Science, CUHK

Mr CHAK Kwok Wai
Divisional Officer, Fire Services Department, Hong Kong SAR Government

Ms Elaine FONG
Acting Senior Programme Coordinator for Emergency Health,
International and Relief Service, Hong Kong Red Cross

Ms Lalita GURUNG
Programme Coordinator for Emergency Response and Preparedness,
International and Relief Service, Hong Kong Red Cross

Moderator

Dr CHIU Hon Chim
Lecturer, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK

Language

Cantonese supplemented with English

Online registration:
https://bit.ly/3SzGx9n

Details of the Seminar on Turkey-Syria Earthquake can be found on the MoCC website.

17 Mar 2023 (Friday)
15:30-18:15

Speaker(s)

Professor TAN Yen Joe

Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, CUHK

Mr CHAK Kwok Wai

Divisional Officer, Fire Services Department, Hong Kong SAR Government

Ms Elaine FONG

Acting Senior Programme Coordinator for Emergency Health, International and Relief Service, Hong Kong Red Cross

Ms Lalita GURUNG

Programme Coordinator for Emergency Response and Preparedness, International and Relief Service, Hong Kong Red Cross