A team of three faculty members from Department of Architecture, BRAC University attended the 7th International Conference on Building Resilience, (ICBR), held in Bangkok, Thailand. The annual conference was jointly organised by the Global Disaster Resilience Centre at the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom, and Chiang Mai University, Naresuan University and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Thailand. Dr. Mohammad Faruk, Assistant Professor, Ayesha Labiba Khalil, Teaching Assistant and Muhammad Ferdous, Coordinator PPDM, attended the conference.
Dr. Mohammad Faruk presented two papers at the conference, titled ‘An analysis of inclusiveness and accessibility of Cyclone Shelters, Bangladesh’ and another titled ‘Children's perspective on adaptation to heat waves and heavy precipitation in Dhaka, Bangladesh.’ Lecturer from the Department Sadia Subrina’s research paper titled ‘Urban Dynamics: An undervalued issue for water logging disaster risk management in case of Dhaka city, Bangladesh’ was also presented at the conference.
The conference provided a platform for capacity building of higher education institutes across Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Young researchers and academic staff from across eight Universities in Asia were supported to attend and contribute to the event as part of the ASCENT initiative.