The Rector Magnificus announces that Marc van den Homberg, appointed by the Executive Board of the University of Twente as Professor of Data for Disaster Resilience at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), will give his inaugural lecture in the Waaier building on Friday 29 November 2024 at 16:00 to mark the occasion of his appointment. The lecture will cover the chair’s three research areas of the strategic collaboration between ITC and the Netherlands Red Cross: Improving the quality of risk and impact data, Trigger models for anticipatory action (preparedness), and Selecting, monitoring, and building evidence for nature-based solutions (prevention).
The title of this lecture will be: THE PRINCESS MARGRIET CHAIR "DATA FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE"
(The lecture will be held in English)
The Rector Magnificus kindly invites you to attend this event. Before the inaugural lecture, coffee and tea will be served in the foyer of the Waaier building (from 3PM on). You may offer your congratulations after the lecture.
