When the Waters Rise: Dr. Mahar Lagmay at UC Berkeley

Schedule

Mon Nov 09 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00
Location

Sutardja Dai Hall | Berkeley, CA

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What does it take to keep Filipino communities safe as floods and typhoons get worse?
Dr. Mahar Lagmay, Executive Director of the UP Resilience Institute and the scientist behind Project NOAH's national flood hazard maps, joins UC Berkeley scholars Dr. Lisandro "Leloy" Claudio (Southeast Asian Studies) and Dr. Diana Martinez (Architecture) for a public conversation on the science of flood risk, the history and politics behind how the Philippines protects itself, and how cities and homes can be designed to live with water.
Free and open to everyone. Co-hosted with PhilDev.
Monday, November 9 at UC Berkeley
11 AM: Development Engineering 203 guest lecture
4 to 5 PM: Panel, Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
From 5 PM: Reception and networking, B100 Blum Hall
RSVP and details: https://gregor-posadas.github.io/lagmay-visit-hub/event/
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Sutardja Dai Hall, U C Berkeley,Berkeley, California, United States

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