{"65038":{"#nid":"65038","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Health and Humanitarian Conference Provides Forum for Learning and Collaboration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan on\nMarch 11, 2011, occurred exactly one week after the third annual Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics Conference, amplifying the conference\u2019s call to\narticulate the opportunities, challenges, and successes in preparing for and\nresponding to health and humanitarian crises, particularly on issues that\nrelate to logistics. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBringing together participants from15 countries, the 2011\nHealth and Humanitarian Logistics Conference provided a forum for nongovernmental\norganizations (NGO), corporations, academia, and government to learn and\ncollaborate across their institutions, promote system-wide improvements in their\norganizations and the sector as a whole, identify important research issues to\nbe addressed, and establish priorities. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOccurring on March 3 and March 4, 2011, on the Georgia Tech\ncampus in Atlanta, the conference met its objectives through panel discussions,\nfocused workshops, lunchtime group discussions, and interactive poster sessions\nall delivered by representatives from the humanitarian sector, government and\nmilitary, NGOs, foundations and private industry, and academia. The\ninternational gathering drew participants from countries such as Canada,\nColombia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, India, Kenya, the Netherlands,\nSenegal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor those unable to attend this year\u2019s conference, or who\nwould like to review panel discussions, videos are now available at the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2011\/program\/\u0022\u003Econference website\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStephen Cross, Georgia Tech executive vice president for\nresearch, joined conference co-chairs Ozlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak, and Julie\nSwann in opening the conference. Panel discussions over the two-day period\nincluded:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELogistics of reducing impact of communicable\ndiseases\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDelivering solutions for water and sanitation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETechnology to improve logistics decisions\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPreparedness to prevent, mitigate, or improve\ndisaster response and recovery I\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPreparedness to prevent, mitigate, or improve\ndisaster response and recovery II\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panels comprised representatives from Aidmatrix; American\nRed Cross; Emory University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Girls in Kind\nInternational; INSEAD; John Snow, Inc.; Kuehne+Nagel; Living Water\nInternational; LLamasoft, Inc.; MIT Supply Chain Management Program; National\nPreparedness Directorate, FEMA\/DHS; Oxfam America; Oxfam Great Britain; Partners\nin Health; SIPRI Ethical Cargo; Task Force for Global Health \u2013 International\nTrachoma Initiative; UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen; World Food Programme;\nand the World Health Organization. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe more than forty posters in the poster session added\nbreadth to the topics covered. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2011\/posters\/ \u0022\u003EClick here\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\nto see a list of posters submitted and read the abstracts. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the afternoon of the second day, at the conclusion of the\nconference, participants had the opportunity to attend three concurrent\nworkshops: Managing Performance in Humanitarian Logistics, USACE Simulation and\nModeling Program for Disaster Preparedness, and Technology at Work in\nHumanitarian Relief: Aidmatrix and UPSTrackpad Case Studies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of United\nParcel Service, were key sponsors of the 2011 conference, generously supporting\nthe conference at the Leadership level. Additional sponsors included Focus\nHumanitarian Assistance; Northrop Grumman; Science Applications International\nCorporation (SAIC); and Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering, Distance\nLearning and Professional Education, Health System Institute,\u0026nbsp;H. Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Institute for Leadership\nand Entrepreneurship,\u0026nbsp;and the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Health and Humanitarian Logistics\u003C\/a\u003E,\na unit of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESupply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute \u003C\/a\u003Eand part of\nthe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia\nTech, has as its vision to improve humanitarian logistics (including short- or\nlong-term, man-made or natural disasters) and ultimately the human condition by\nsystem transformations through education, outreach, projects and research.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan on\nMarch 11, 2011, occurred exactly one week after the third annual Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics Conference, amplifying the conference\u2019s call to\narticulate the opportunities, challenges, and successes in preparing for and\nresponding to health and humanitarian crises, particularly on issues that\nrelate to logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Health and Humanitarian Conference Provides Forum for Learning and Collaboration"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-03-21 12:22:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65065":{"id":"65065","type":"image","title":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference","body":null,"created":"1449176783","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:23","changed":"1475894574","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:54","alt":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference","file":{"fid":"192155","name":"GeneralPoster_copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GeneralPoster_copy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GeneralPoster_copy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1394862,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GeneralPoster_copy_0.jpg?itok=VedS-00d"}}},"media_ids":["65065"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12155","name":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference"},{"id":"8884","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}