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Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2016

Date: 25-26 February 2016

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Opening Ceremony

Dr. Masanori Hamada, Chairman, ADRC
Mr. Julio Serje, UNISDR
Dr. Masao Nishikawa, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ph.D., Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
H.E. Mr. Sutee Makboon, Deputy Minister of Interior, Thailand

Keynote Presentations

Dr. Narayan Bahadur Thapa, Under Secretary, Ministry of Home Affarirs, Nepal
Dr. Masao Nishikawa, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ph.D., Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Mr. Suporn Ratananakin, Advisor to Director General of DDPM, Thailand

Session 1-1: Policy Measures to Survive Mega Disasters 1: Tsunami

Mr. Sugen Triutomo, Chaiman, DRR Indonesia
Mr. Bhuritt Mawongssa, President, Tourism Council Phuket
Mr. Suraphol Sarikkaphan, Disater Prevention and Mitigation Officer, Patong Municipalities

Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
H.E. Ms. Fathimath Thansneem, Deputy Minister, Head of National Disaster Management Center, Maldives

Session 1-2: Policy Measures to Survive Mega Disasters 2: Earthquake, Tropical Cyclone, Volcano, etc.

Mr. Satoru Mimura, Deputy Director General, Global Environment Department, JICA
Mr. MD Shah Kamal, Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh
Major General Asghar Nawaz, Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, Pakistan

Dr. Raditya Djati, Deputy Director, Directorate for Disaster Risk Reduction, BNPB, Indonesia
Mr. Chhador Wangdi, Director, Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs, Bhutan
Dr. Ganzorig Tsogtbaatar, Colonel, Deputy Chief, NEMA, Mongolia

Mr. Masahiko Murata, Director, Research Department, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI), Japan
Mr. Vigen Harutyunyan, Head, Data Acquisition Processing and Analysis, NSSP, Armenia

Session 2: Strengthening DRR and DRM by capacity development training and education

Mr. Suporn Ratananakin, Advisor to Director General of Department of Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation (DDPM); International Cooperation on Disaster Management Specialist, DDPM, Thailand
Ms. Miki Kodama, Senior Researcher (on behalf of Ms. Kyoko Kondo, Executive Director), ADRC
Ms. Liza Fidelis Fernandez Canada, Civil Defense Executive Officer, Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Philippines

Mr. Arun Pinta, Director of International Cooperation Section, DDPM, Thailand
Dr. Rishiraj Dutta, Technical Specialist, Climate Change & Climate Risk Management, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

Session 3: Science and technology supporting CBDRM: Upgrading DRM at local level

Dr. Lal Samarakoon, Director, Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Prof. Shinichi Akutagawa, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University
Dr. Teuku Faisal Fathani, Head of Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Universitas Gadjah Mada

Dr. Wahyu Wilopo, Head of Central Laboratory, Geological Engineering Universitas Gadjah Mada
Mr. Prasong Thammapala, DDPM, Thailand
Dr. Guna Nidhi Paudyal, Senior Expert, Flood Risk Management, DHI/AIT

Mr. Kuo-Yu Chuang, CEO, Geo Things
Mr. Evgenii Borisovich Sergeev, Senior Expert, All-Russian Center for Emergency Monitoring and Forecasting, EMERCOM of Russia

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