CIB World Congress 2010

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(2010), "CIB World Congress 2010", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 1 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe.2010.43501aab.002

CIB World Congress 2010

Article Type: News reports From: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Volume 1, Issue 1

10-13 May 2010, The Lowry, Salford Quays, United Kingdom

The 2010 CIB World Congress is focused on Building a Better World. The construction and built environment sectors are already hugely important to achieving a world in which people are properly housed, in which buildings and transport systems support the efficient operation of our economies, and in which people are happy and healthy. But we can do better. Connecting and channeling the full capacities of the construction and built environment industries to meet the needs of the human race, head on, will transform the world, for us and for future generations.

The CIB World Congress is the place to be to learn about the state of the art in markets, research and innovation linked to construction and the built environment. The congress will include high profile presentations by leading authorities and thought leaders; trend reports covering a wide range of disciplines; perspectives on national and regional markets around the world; and the latest academic papers from every corner of the global built environment research community.

Hundreds of researchers from around the world will be meeting at the congress, representing a strong multi-disciplinary mix of over forty CIB working commissions and task groups. As well as running their own academic streams, they will be supporting a range of other activities, including responding to global challenges from bodies such as the UN, OECD, WHO and EC, and engaging in a busy social programme.

The CIB’s Task Group 63, disasters and the built environment, will be hosting a dedicated theme that considers how built environment professionals are able to contribute towards improved resilience to disasters. Papers that address a more expansive view of the construction lifecycle of infrastructure projects are particularly encouraged.

To stimulate linkages between groups at the CIB 2010 Congress, and to raise the impact that the research community makes on the global stage, a series of joint challenges have been set with international partner organisations, such as the WHO, OECD and United Nations. In order to respond to these challenges, Task Group 63 is organising a special track at the congress under the theme, “Communicating scientific knowledge about disasters and the built environment to policy makers”. The more we know about the causes and consequences of disasters on societies and on our built environment, the more we are able to be better prepared to respond, to rebuild and to reduce risks. This theme aims to bring together scientific research about disasters and the built environment in such a way that it can be communicated to those who are responsible for policy making international organisations or government entities.

Arrangements will be made to have selected papers in the area of disaster management published in a special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment.

For more information on the conference, please visit the conference website at: www.cib2010.org