Meetings list

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Title: Final MICRODIS Steering Committee Meeting
Location: Delhi, India
Date-Start: December 2, 2010
Description: This will be the last meeting for the MICRODIS partners in the duration of the project. We will discuss activities in year four, reporting requirements, publications, future steps for MICRODIS partnerships and scientific work, and any other important issues. The meeting will be held in Delhi, India and will be co-organized by UoD and UCL. Only one member of each partner institution is required to attend.
Date-End: December 3, 2010
Duration: 1 day
Host Institution(s): 
Coordinating Institution(s): UoD UCL        

Title: MICRODIS Multi Meeting Workshop
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date-Start: October 10, 2009
Description: The MMW will host the Asian & European R&M Meetings for the Health, Social and Economic Working Groups. Three additional days will be reserved for plenary workshops (training & informative sessions on data analysis with MICRODIS data, integration discussions, final tool analysis presentations & discussions, survey information sharing & dataset presentations, joint initiative presentations and authors meetings, etc).
Date-End: October 15, 2009
Duration: 5 days
Host Institution(s): UoI
Coordinating Institution(s): UCL UoI UoN ULK-HD SWECO     

Title: Health Working Group Meeting
Location: Orissa, India
Date-Start: May 22, 2009
Description: Health Working Group members met together to discuss the standard coding for the health impacts assessment protocol and other issues such as standard report writing, publications and data merging. The Asian coordinator was also there to comment on social issues and general concerns for Asian partners.
Date-End: May 23, 2009
Duration: 1 day
Host Institution(s): VHAI
Coordinating Institution(s): VHAI UCL ULK-HD HSPH UoD     
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: MICRODIS Second Annual Meeting
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date-Start: February 25, 2009
Description: The MICRODIS Consortium will meet to discuss the progress from the 2nd year of the project and map out the future tasks for the year to come. All consortium members will be represented, along with EC officials, member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and members of related scientific projects. This 3 day meeting will include thematic meetings, opening ceremonies, scientific results and preparation presentations, a steering committee meeting, and planning for the third year of the project.
Date-End: February 27, 2009
Duration: 2 days
Host Institution(s): UCL
Coordinating Institution(s):          
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Training Workshop for Survey Coordinators
Location: Hanoi, Viet Nam
Date-Start: May 19, 2008
Description: The Principle Investigators of each survey site met for a week-long training session based on the planned empirical work in the project. Methods and tools which are to be used in each site were discussed, along with guidelines and coding. Questionnaires were reviewed and modified in thematic and mixed thematic groups, and some standard definitions were discussed. Sampling methods and other techniques were presented. Training on EpiInfo software was also given on the last day.
Date-End: May 23, 2008
Duration: 4 days
Host Institution(s): Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH)
Coordinating Institution(s): HSPH UCL UoD       
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: MICRODIS Official Launch
Location: Delhi, India
Date-Start: February 21, 2008
Description: This event was the official media launch of the MICRODIS project, with many invited dignitaries and media sources attending. Partners discussed important disaster issues, held a panel question session for media and guests. This event was followed by a workshop on integration of thematic conceptual models (facilitated by UoG).
Date-End: February 21, 2008
Duration: 0 days
Host Institution(s): Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)
Coordinating Institution(s): VHAI UCL        

Title: MICRODIS First Annual Meeting
Location: Delhi, India
Date-Start: February 17, 2008
Description: MICRODIS partners came together in Delhi to review the first years achievements and challenges faced by the thematic groups and country teams. Thematic groups met together to review their questionnaire tool and other issues. Potential survey sites were presented to the plenary, and thematic groups assessed the sites on the impact relavence to their disciplines. Expected outcomes and responsibilities for the next phase of the project were discussed and a steering committee meeting was held.
Date-End: February 19, 2008
Duration: 2 days
Host Institution(s): University of Delhi (UoD)
Coordinating Institution(s): UoD UCL        
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Integration Working Group Meeting - London
Location: Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
Date-Start: November 27, 2007
Description: Thematic leaders and the coordination team met with the integration working group to discuss recommended methodologies to be agreed upon in the First Annual Meeting in Delhi, India. The implications of these methodologies on survey sites, especially how to achieve comparability and integration between Asian and European surveys (criteria for selection), were outlined.
Date-End: November 28, 2007
Duration: 1 day
Host Institution(s): University of Greenwich (UoG)
Coordinating Institution(s): UoG UCL        
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Economic Working Group Meeting
Location: Kolkata, India
Date-Start: November 1, 2007
Description: EWG aimed to develop an economic conceptual model which will enable the group to assess the impacts of natural disasters at a microeconomic level and review the assessment protocol related to the field surveys and data collection.
Date-End: November 4, 2007
Duration: 3 days
Host Institution(s): EWG
Coordinating Institution(s):          
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Integration Meeting and Shift 2007 Conference
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Date-Start: October 4, 2007
Description: IWG and the leaders from each working group, opened dialogue on survey methodology and site selection criteria. This meeting also served to clarify progress made and future tasks for each WG. (and attended PIK/SCENARIO Shift in Thinking Conference).
Date-End: October 7, 2007
Duration: 3 days
Host Institution(s): IWG
Coordinating Institution(s):          
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Social Working Group Meeting
Location: Newcastle, United kingdom
Date-Start: September 3, 2007
Description: SWG aimed to review work so far and to discuss the major issues of producing the conceptual framework and designing the methodology for later field research. Discussion of the integration issue was of top priority.
Date-End: September 7, 2007
Duration: 4 days
Host Institution(s): SWG
Coordinating Institution(s):          
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Health Working Group Meeting
Location: Hanoi, Viet Nam
Date-Start: August 29, 2007
Description: HWG worked on developing a health conceptual model keeping in mind that this will lead to methodology development and field survey. Also deliverables were discussed and planned for, considering each the relevant workpackage.
Date-End: September 1, 2007
Duration: 3 days
Host Institution(s): HWG
Coordinating Institution(s):          
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: Integration Working Group Meeting - Paris
Location: Paris, France
Date-Start: June 19, 2007
Description: IWG focused on developing ideas for integration within the project and between the Thematic Work Groups. This included relations between the three thematic areas and groups, Asia and Europe, in the implementation of surveys, site selection and criteria.
Date-End: June 20, 2007
Duration: 1 day
Host Institution(s): UPS
Coordinating Institution(s): UPS         
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document

Title: MICRODIS Kick Off Meeting
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date-Start: April 18, 2007
Description: Partners met for the first time to discuss the terms of the MICRODIS project and to plan for future events. Details were given on regulations and each partner was represented.
Date-End: April 19, 2007
Duration: 1 day
Host Institution(s): CRED-UCL
Coordinating Institution(s):          
 Associated Files:
 • Meeting Report -  Document