CDRI’s Infrastructure Resilience Academic Exchange (IRAX) program will fostering a new generation of industry-ready professionals. This session directly aligns with IRAX objectives: exploring challenges and promoting collaboration between academia and industry to develop innovative DRI curricula and capacity building programs.

• Dr. Satoru Nishikawa, JICA Senior Advisor/Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
• Mr. Barjor Mehta, President, CEPT University
•  Ms. Susan Wisialko, CEO, Global Infrastructure Finance
•  Dr. Eugenie L. Birch, Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research; Chair, Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania
• Mr. John Dora, Director, Climate Sense
• Mr. Arun Sahdeo, Program Management Specialist (Disaster Risk Management), USAID
• Ms. Ranjini Mukherjee, Director - Research, Knowledge Management & Capacity Development, CDRI (Moderator)