We have a guest speaker from Médecins Sans Frontières (or Doctors Without Borders). All are welcome!
Presentation schedule
Date: Tuesday, February 2
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Place: HNE 034
Contact information: Prof. Fuminori Toyasaki (toyasaki@yorku.ca)
Speaker: Mr. Harry MacNeil, Logistics Office of Doctors without Borders
Presentation title: MSF Working in Humanitarian Disasters
The presentation includes employment information at MSF as well as their logistics operations, including the following:
- coordination with other organizations (other aid agencies, private companies, governments, and/or military),
- inventory management,
- procurement,
- transportation and distribution,
- volunteer labor assignments,
- depot positioning
- fundraising, finance and accounting