June 3-5, 2024 marked the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Disaster Risk Management Conference & Expo at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, hosted by PODS Emergency Management Consultancy & Solutions.

TTDRM brought together Public Sector, Private Sector & NGOs for further integration, collaboration and country-level implementation, as stakeholders explored what is getting in the way of building our nation’s resilience to hazards and reduce impact to lives and livelihoods, business and communities.  

PODS vision for TTDRM is to: 

1. Strengthen disaster risk governance 
2. Promote stakeholder collaboration – working across silos
3. Advocate for a “whole-of-society approach”
4. Demonstrate technological and product advancements n disaster risk reduction
5. Effect culture change

Through a dynamic cohort of speakers, presenters and panellists, TTDRM was a resounding success where partnerships were built and the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago began to chart a new way forward for disaster risk management and risk reduction in Trinidad and Tobago.