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Housing, Health & Extreme Events: Developing Good Practice & Sound Policy
Why this conference?
We are organising this conference as extreme events - including heatwaves, flooding, droughts, wild-fires, tsunamis, tornadoes and earthquakes – are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. These events damage and destroy homes and communities causing physical, mental and financial suffering.
A flyer for the Conference is available here.
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What will the conference cover?
This conference will look at the support victims and communities need post-event; how housing can be replaced; how existing housing can be adapted and new housing designed and constructed to build resilience into housing and neighbourhoods and protect mental, physical and social health.
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What approach will we take?
Our approach focuses on housing as a prime protector of health, supporting feelings of safety and well-being and creating a sense of home. We want to exchange reactions to dealing with the aftermath of extreme events; extend the knowledge base linking people’s health and wellbeing. We want to provide a forum for sharing international experience, approaches and case studies which include preventive/protective solutions to avoid problems in the future. We want the conference to enable an international network of professionals, academics, organisations and bodies to develop.
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Who should attend?
Individuals and bodies directly and indirectly involved in housing and health, and in predicting and responding to all forms of extreme events, including housing professionals; medical doctors; public health professionals; sociologists; meteorologists and first responders.
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Keynote Speakers
Keynote speakers to date include:
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Dr David Jacobs
Chief Scientist, US National Center for Healthy Housing
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Dr Nathalie Roebbel
Lead on Urban Health, World Health Organization
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Professor Caradee Wright
Chief Specialist Scientist: Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Dr Angie Bone
Associate Professor of Practice, Planetary Health, Monash Sustainable Development Institute
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Professor Taibat Lawanson
Professor of Urban Management and Governance, University of Lagos
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Dr Michael Agenbag
Senior Lecturer/Community Service Co-ordinator (Environmental Health), Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Dr Marilyn Black
Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor, Chemical Insights Research Institute, Underwriters Laboratories
How will the conference be organised?
This will be a recorded on-line event leading to the production of a conference report. It will consist of a half day session setting out the conference ambitions; a full day of good practice presentations and thematic workshops and a final half day summarising what have we have learnt and still need to learn.
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When will the conference take place - and what will it cost?
The conference will take place on 8-10 April 2025. The registration fees are as follows:
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Full delegate rate: £280.00 + £56.00 VAT = £336.00 until 31 October 2024, £350.00 + £70.00 VAT = £420.00 from 1 November 2024
LMIC (Low- or Middle-Income Countries): £50.00 + £10.00 VAT = £60.00 fixed rate
Student rate: a limited number of free places will be available for students
Registration & Submission of Papers
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You can register for the Conference and submit an abstract here
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