On the afternoon of March 17, Mr. Sun Jianping, Dean of the URMI, hosted an urban risk management training conference. Related personnel from URMI and School of Economics & Management, Tongji University (Tongji-SEM) attended the conference.

The conference mainly discussed and studied issues for setting up a future Urban Risk Management Seminar. Mr. Gong Xuan, Executive Director of Tongji-SEM EDP Center, introduced the profile of the EDP Center. Mr. Gao Xin, Deputy Dean of the URMI, introduced the start-up program for the Urban Risk Management Seminar. The first seminar will be jointly organized by the URMI and the SEM. The specific implementation is to be handled by the SEM EDP Center. The course will be oriented to construction and transportation management personnel, supervisors, and insurance brokers. A total of 50 people involved in the construction, transportation and insurance sectors will be enrolled. Invited lecturers are all industry insiders, and the classroom is to be at the location of the SEM. The course will commence in the second half of this year after it has been fully prepared.

Conference participants also discussed issues on the publication of an Urban Risk Management Series, which will provide a reference work for the trainees to study the relatively comprehensive theory and practices in urban risk management, particularly regarding the fields of construction, operation, meteorology, early warning index and alternative risks.

Mr. Jin Fuan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the SEM, pointed out that the course should have horizontal and vertical integration of knowledge, and the curriculum system must be clear, so as to provide some help for the trainees.

Mr. Sun Jianping believes that Tongji-SEM EDP Center has the capacity to undertake the Urban Risk Management Seminar, and it can facilitate the URMI to achieve its goal of high-end think tank, communication platform and transformation carrier as well as talent training base in the field of urban risk management.