In 2017, the Tohoku University in Sendai started holding the “World Bosai Forum/International Disaster Risk Conference” from 2017 in Sendai City every two years, in partnership with the International Disaster and Risk conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland. Officials and experts from national and overseas, including governments, international organizations, academia, private sector, NGOs, media, as well as local citizens are invited to participate in the Forum to be held from November 9 - 12, 2019 in Sendai/ Japan. This year, the Forum focusses on “the Global Target E” out of the seven global targets of the Sendai Framework that aims to achieve significant increase in the number of countries by 2020 with holding national and regional disaster management strategies, on climate change adaptation, and on how to apply advanced technologies such as AI or IoT technology in disaster risk reduction.

To submit a poster, please follow:
http://www.worldbosaiforum.com/2019/english/contents/index.html?id=poster-presentations

General information:
http://www.worldbosaiforum.com/2019/english/

We have decided to organize a 1-day symposium, a sort of mini IDRC Davos 2018 Conference on Risk, Resilience and Disaster Management with international top experts in risk and disaster management. The symposium informs first hand on the Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami which hit Indonesia on the 29 September 2018, presents some new insights into the macro-economic analysis of risk reduction measures, the sustainability and resilience of engineered systems, the role of the media in Japan and Switzerland in times of disasters, and advocates for a changing paradigm in hybrid threats and their risk management. A Panel Discussion shall outline the needs in science, education, training and public awareness rising for a risk and resilience based disaster risk management.

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