As part of the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2023, a prestigious summer school programme for pre-university students from both the UK and Japan since 2015, we welcome the public to our Symposium and Reception on Friday 28th July from 1pm.

UCL-Japan Youth Challenge webpage:
https://www.ucl-japan-youth-challenge.com/programme-2023/

Eventbrite site for conference and reception:
https://ucl-resilience-symposium.eventbrite.com/

Our world in 2023 is experiencing diverse challenges, including natural disasters, war, the pandemic and economic recession. We need a society where it can adopt rapid and agile recovery from dynamic and unpredictable challenges. Therefore, we are confronting the topic of ‘resilience of the global society’ in the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2023 this year, offering opportunities to every individual to consider what resilience means to you.

We are delighted to welcome speakers from the senior team of the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), including Prof David Alexander and Prof Joanna Faure Walker, Head of Department.

In collaboration with Tohoku University, world-leading researchers including Prof Shinichi Kuriyama, Director of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) and Prof Masahiro Yamaguchi, Vice President for Education Reform and Global Engagement, deliver talks on the summer school's programme theme ‘Resilience’.

We are pleased to return to the UCL Bloomsbury campus for the first time since 2019, inviting the public to this event to discuss our post-pandemic future in light of resilience.