PAT REID MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dedicated to the memory of Patricia Mary Reid (1945-2012)

In South Africa and Africa as a whole, limited opportunities exist to scrutinize and debate burning issues surrounding disaster risk reduction. For some time the ACDS has considered the idea of implementing an annual lecture that will stimulate consideration and discussion of disaster risk reduction matters. To this end it was decided to introduce the Pat Reid Annual Lecture from 2006 (renamed the Pat Reid Memorial Lecture from 2012). The naming of the lecture has provided an opportunity to recognise the work and dedication of a pioneer in the disaster risk reduction fraternity in South Africa.

From 2012 the Pat Reid Annual Lecture in Disaster Risk Reduction was known as the Pat Reid Memorial Lecture in Disaster Risk Reduction due to the passing of Ms. Reid. The aim of the Pat Reid Memorial Lecture in Disaster Risk Reduction is to provide a platform from which internationally recognised experts can address a topical disaster risk reduction issue, which will also elicit some debate.

• 2006 – The first Pat Reid Annual Lecture was presented by Ms. Pat Reid with the topic: Risky mind-sets and clichés: the challenges of mainstreaming disaster risk management into development practices
• 2007 – The second Pat Reid Annual Lecture was presented by Dr. Ailsa Holloway from UCT with the topic: South Africa’s Disaster Management Act: one scrum … three tries … lackluster conversion
• 2008 – The third Pat Reid Annual Lecture was presented by Dr. Marla Petal with the topic: Making disaster prevention stick
• 2009 – The fourth Pat Reid Annual Lecture was presented by Dr. Per Becker (visiting professor: Lund University) with the title: Climate change adaptation: new wine in old bottles?
• 2010 – The fifth Pat Reid Annual Lecture was presented by Mr. James Lewis with the title: Corruption: the hidden perpetrator of under-development and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters
• 2011 – The sixth Pat Reid Annual Lecture was presented by Dr. Elaine Enarson with the title: Gender, disaster and climate change: new ways forward to reduce risk
• 2012 – The seventh Pat Reid Memorial Lecture was presented by Prof. Ken Hewitt (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) at the First Biennial SASDiR Conference with the title: Disasters in ‘development’ contexts: social vulnerability, precautionary and preventative concerns
• 2013 – The eighth Pat Reid Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. Terry Gibson with the title: Reflective practitioners: the importance of critical thought fpr change agents
• 2014 – The ninth Pat Reid Memorial Lecture was presented by Prof. Lori Peek at the Second Biennial SASDiR Conference with the title: Drivers, scales and context of disaster risk reduction
• 2015 – The tenth Pat Reid Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. Rowena Hay with the title: Trends and patterns in disaster reduction
• 2016 – The eleventh Pat Reid Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. Bernard Manyena at the Third Biennial SASDiR Conference with the title: El Niño-induced drought disaster: a critical juncture for a paradigm shift in disaster risk reduction approaches in Southern Africa