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Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Academic Advisory Group (APSTAAG) Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted 08/06/2021

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan and other global experts from APSTAAG convened on 26 February 2021 to provide an update on activities and projects undertaken by the group during 2020 and formulate key ...

WHO ad hoc consultation: COVID-19 vaccines – Methodological approaches to assess variants effect on vaccine effects

WHO ad hoc consultation: COVID-19 vaccines – Methodological approaches to assess variants effect on vaccine effects

Posted 01/03/2021

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan participated in the World Health Organization ad hoc consultation on COVID-19 vaccines – Methodological approaches to assess variants effect on vaccine effects via ...

WHO ad hoc consultation: COVID-19 vaccines – knowledge gaps and research priorities

WHO ad hoc consultation: COVID-19 vaccines – knowledge gaps and research priorities

Posted 19/01/2021

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan participated in the World Health Organization ad hoc consultation on COVID-19 vaccines – knowledge gaps and research priorities via Zoom on 15 January 2021 to ...

WHO ad hoc consultation: COVID-19 new variants – knowledge gaps and research priorities

WHO ad hoc consultation: COVID-19 new variants – knowledge gaps and research priorities

Posted 19/01/2021

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan participated in the World Health Organization ad hoc consultation on COVID-19 new variants – knowledge gaps and research priorities via Zoom on 12 January 2021 to ...

WMO COVID-19 Task Team Webinar on MAQ influence

WMO COVID-19 Task Team Webinar on MAQ influence

Posted 19/01/2021

CCOUC Assistant Director Mr Chi Shing Wong represented CCOUC to join the World Meteorological Organization COVID-19 Task Team global Webinar on 12 January 2021 to seek input on the team’s review ...

ANSO-DRR Steering Committee Meeting

ANSO-DRR Steering Committee Meeting

Posted 19/01/2021

Professor Emily Chan, CCOUC Director and a steering committee member of the Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR), and Mr C S Wong of CCOUC team ...

IRDR China Committee Annual Meeting

IRDR China Committee Annual Meeting

Posted 11/01/2021

CCOUC Assistant Director Mr C S Wong and Research Associate Mr Zhe Huang represented CCOUC to join the IRDR China Committee annual meeting in Beijing via VooV on 11 January 2021. This meeting ...

Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Annual Conference 2020

Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Annual Conference 2020

Posted 15/12/2020

Mr C S Wong and Mr Huang Zhang of the CCOUC team participated in the two-day Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) 2020 Virtual Online Conference via Zoom from Colombo of Sri ...

UN-Habitat Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) 5.0

UN-Habitat Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) 5.0

Posted 15/12/2020

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan was invited as a key speaker during the UN-Habitat Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) 5.0 via Zoom from India on 9 December 2020. Entitled “Think innovAte aAT For Urban ...

Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum

Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum

Posted 15/12/2020

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan was invited to give a presentation on 1 December 2020 in the 2-day Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum organised by the United Nations ...