Global Conversations sessions are 90-minute lively Zoom synchronous sessions in which students from several international partner institutions interact in a guided, facilitated manner on a list of global topics.  

The session will explore the role coordination plays during a crisis situation and the impact of communication and logistics on successful relief operations. Specifically, using the case of the recent Turkey and Syria earthquakes, students will discuss the tradeoffs between centralized vs decentralized decision-making looking at the problem from the lens of communication and logistics. The pre-requisites for coordination and the consequences of an uncoordinated response will be discussed. ​​