Representatives from cities that have already benefited from similar activities are invited. Participants will include mayors and local authorities from cities around the world, and representatives of international organizations working on urban development such as ICLEI, Rockefeller Foundation and UN-Habitat. This will be an interactive session with the specific objective of discussing global urban risk due to earthquake or other natural hazards, with key stakeholders. The development of this initiative will be discussed with key stakeholders attending the conference. With this in mind, GEM Foundation is seeking partners to address risk due to earthquakes or other natural hazards in cities around the world. These are essential elements of sustainable development. Most importantly, perhaps, proper risk considerations can then be incorporated in decision- and policy-making as well as in development planning and investment programs. Other firms such as Iomega and Buffalo offer similar products.A comprehensive understanding of the disaster risk a city faces can offer crucial insights that can guide the development of a framework for disaster planning and also help increase the city’s resilience when disaster strikes. The drives measure 79 x 111 x 15mm, and come in colors including black, red, blue and silver.The company already offers a line of 'Canvio Personal Cloud' hard drives for home use, with a similar remote access feature, that require their own power supply. With Toshiba's software, the device can serve as a USB-based file server whichever PC it is connected to.Toshiba said the Canvio Connect will also come with 10GB of free online storage, but didn't say how long that offer would last. It will be available in various sizes, from a 500GB version for $99.99 to a 2TB model for $189.99.Both Windows and OSX offer remote file sharing, as well as a host of third-party applications, but those must often be configured separately for each computer. The contents of the NFTS drive can be accessed remotely from a different computer or smartphone, using apps for iOS and Android.The device will go on sale via Toshiba's website and 'select retailers' in May in the U.S. Toshiba is set to launch a portable USB hard drive that comes with PC or Mac software that can turn it into an Internet-accessible file server.The company said its Canvio Connect drive has built-in software that turns it into an online file server when it is plugged into a Windows or Mac computer.
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