Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2016 (ACDR2016)25-26 February 2016
Phuket, Thailand
Organized by Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of Thailand,
Cabinet Office of Japan, the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR),and Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
OutlineThe Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction, ACDR2016 will jointly be organized by theGovernment of Thailand, Government of Japan and Asian Disaster Reduction Center, ADRC
on 25-26 February 2016 in Phuket, Thailand in cooperation with International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction, UNISDR.
Objectives
The ACDR2016 is expected to explore, amongst all, following themes in order to elaborate
solutions adapted to the natural conditions in Asia and the present socio-economic transition
facing Asian countries towards sustainable economic development.
The Conference will
-explore anti-tsunami measures requiring multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary efforts
including those for recovery, reconstruction and development process for a long term
towards building back better as well as preparedness and emergency rescue operation,-examine new DRR and DRM tools to further promote disaster resilience focusing on
human resource development for strengthening governance structure, and raisingawareness, adapted to rapidly developing Asian countries and-propose how to upgrade CBDRM in Asian cities and regions by better using both cuttingedge technology and locally based technologies including “low tech”, which will help
member countries to implement the post-2015 Development Agenda and SFDRR andother internationally agreed plans and strategies.

It will also share the latest information on the recent large-scale disasters and the status ofrecovery.
Background
More than 10 years have passed from the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, which brought hugedamages, while International communities have been discussing the International Tsunami
day with the lessons learnt from the past experiences. The ACDR2016 will thereby firstly
spotlight diverse anti-tsunami measures extending from preparedness, evacuation, rescue,
recovery and reconstruction through the good practices in Phuket since 2004 and the other

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back better. The Conference will raise also other key issues, in particular, science andtechnology, which will help to upgrade CBDRM in member countries as well as humanresource development.
In Asia, the year 2015 alone was a number of disasters such as the earthquake in Nepal inApril, the floods in Myanmar lasting from July to October, the earthquake affecting Afghanistan
and Pakistan, which brought about huge loss of lives and properties, while Asian countries
face the most dynamic period of demographic and economic growth and urbanization. The
need for strengthening DRR efforts cannot be overstated. Furthermore, recent disasters could
bring about trans-border damages due to progressively globalizing logistics structure. It is aprecondition for further growth of Asia to promote DRR in close cooperation beyond theborders.
Since its establishment in 1998, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, ADRC has engaged in avariety of initiatives to strengthen national DRR capability in collaboration with the member
countries and partners. In order to facilitate member countries exchanging views and learningfrom each other, ACDR was held 11 times since 2003. The 12th ACDR2016 will be held inPhuket, thanks to Thailand, to continuously support member countries through closer andwider cooperation by sharing good practices.
ACDR2016 will provide an opportunity for disaster management officials and relevant officialfrom Thailand and Asia to get together and exchange information on their DRR efforts forbuilding disaster resilience in member countries. In addition, it will review the efforts forreconstruction from mega disasters made by relevant sectors, in particular, those from theIndian Ocean Tsunami in 2004.
ACDR2016 will also share the achievements of capacity developments and new trends ofdisaster education, as well as community based disaster management by utilizing newtechnologies.

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Program
Day 1: 25 February 2016 (Thu.)
Plenary session:
9:00-9:20
Opening Ceremony- Opening remarks: Dr. Masanori Hamada, Chairman, ADRC
- Opening remarks: Mr. Julio Serje, UNISDR- Opening remarks: Dr. Masao Nishikawa, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination,
Ph.D., Cabinet Office, Government of Japan- Welcome address: H. E. Mr. Sutee Makboon, Deputy Minister of Interior,
Thailand
9:20-9:50
Commemorative photo
9:50-10:50
Keynote Speeches1) Nepal Earthquake 2015: Lesson Learnt and Future Guidance:- Dr. Narayan Bahadur Thapa, Under Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal
2) Lessons learnt from the Great East Japan Earthquake- Dr. Masao Nishikawa, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ph.D., Cabinet
Office, Government of Japan
3) Reconstruction from the Indian Ocean Tsunami- Mr. Suporn Ratananakin, Advisor to Director General of DDPM, Thailand
Thematic Session:
11:00-12:30 Session 1: Policy Measures to Survive Mega Disasters
1 -1 Mega Disasters-1:Tsunami
Chair: Mr. Sugeng Triutomo, Chairman, DRR Indonesia
1) Lessons learnt from mega disasters: long-term efforts for BBB, Good practices ofmega-evacuation, transferring lessons to the next generation Phuket- Mr. Suraphol Sarikkaphan, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Officer, Patong
Municipality- Mr. Bhuritt Maswongssa, President, Tourism Council Phuket2) Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami and tsunami mitigation in Japan- Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri, International Research Institute of Disaster
Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
3) Learning Lessons From Disaster Recovery: 2004 Tsunami- H.E.Ms. Fathimath Thasneem, Deputy Minister, Head of National Disaster
Management Center, Maldives
12:30-14:00 Tsunami Lunch- Tsunami display tools (damages, process of reconstruction)/ Tsunami video- Poster session
14:00-17:00 1-2 Mega Disasters-2: Earthquake, Tropical Cyclone, Volcano, etc.
Chair: Mr. Satoru Mimura, Deputy Director General, Global Environment
Department, JICA
1) Disaster Management in Bangladesh: An Overview- Mr. MD Shah Kamal, Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief,
Bangladesh
2) Management of Mega Disasters (Floods)- Major General Asghar Nawaz, Chairman, National Disaster Management
Authority, Pakistan
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3) Lessons Learn from Mout Merapi: Planning Toward Disaster Resilience- Dr. Raditya Djati, Deputy Director, Directorate for Disaster Risk Reduction,BNPB, Indonesia
4) An Overview of GLOF Hazards and Risk Reduction Initiatives in Bhutan- Mr. Chhador Wangdi, Director, Department of Disaster Management, Ministryof Home & Cultural Affairs, Bhutan5) Lessons learnt from Dzud (tbc)- Dr. Ganzorig Tsogtbaatar, Colonel, Deputy Chief, NEMA, Mongolia
6) Transfer Lessons from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake to the SFDRR
through the HFA- Mr. Masahiko Murata, Director, Research Department, Disaster Reduction andHuman Renovation Institution (DRI), Japan7) Lessons Learn from the Spitak Earthquake- Mr. Vigen Harutyunyan, Head, Data Acquisition Processing and Analysis, NSSP,Armenia
8) Expect the Unexpected Disasters -Mainstreaming DRR into development- Mr. Satoru Mimura, Deputy Director General, Global Environment
Department, JICA
Welcome Dinner (Welcome drink is available from 18:00)

Day 2: 26 February 2016 (Fri.)
Thematic Session (continued):
9:30-12:00
Session 2: Strengthening DRR and DRM by capacity development training andeducation
Chair: Mr. Suporn Ratananakin, Advisor to Director General of Department ofDisaster Preparedness and Mitigation (DDPM); International Cooperation on
Disaster Management Specialist, DDPM, Thailand
Co-Chair: Dr. Rishiraj Dutta, Technical Specialist, Climate Change & Climate Risk
Management, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
1) Introductory updates for capacity development for DRR and DRM in the ADRC
member countries- Ms. Kyoko Kondo, Executive Director, ADRC
2) DRR Training and Education Program in the Philippines- Ms. Liza Fidelis Fernandez Cañada, Civil Defense Executive Officer, Office ofCivil Defense (OCD), Philippines
3) DRR capacity development training and education in South Asia
- Mr. MJH Jabed, Director for Agriculture and Rural Development, SAARC
Secretariat4) Urban Search and Rescue training course at Singapore Civil Defense Academy- Mr. Alan Chow, Commander, 1st SCDF Division, Singapore Civil Defence Force(SCDF), Singapore
5) “MDRM@MJIIT-UTM”: A new postgraduate Master of Disaster Risk
Management (MDRM) at Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology(MJIIT), University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)- Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, UTM Razak School of Engineering and AdvancedTechnology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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14:00-17:00

Closing:
17:15-17:30

6) Towards more effective training adapted to today’s DDR in Asia--- Ex-ADRC
Visiting Researchers’ (VR) views from the ADRC member countries- Mr. Arun Pinta, Director of International Cooperation Section, DDPM(Thailand)
7) Needs for stocktaking and mapping of all training facilities in Asia and theconcept and methodology for the proposal to APEC
- Dr. Rishiraj Dutta, ADPCLunch(Side Event: Special Session on DRR Policy Reporting for Better Governance)
Session 3: Science and technology supporting CBDRM: Upgrading DRM at local
level
Chair: Dr. Lal Samarakoon, Director, Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute ofTechnology (AIT)1) Opening remarks- Dr. Lal Samarakoon, Director, Geoinformatics Center, AIT2) On-Site Visualization as a new monitoring scheme for disaster reduction- Prof. Shinichi Akutagawa, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Facultyof Engineering, Kobe University
3) Proposing an International Standard for Landslide Early Warning System- Dr. Teuku Faisal Fathani, Head of Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering. Universitas Gadjah Mada
4) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Utilization for Disaster Risk Reduction- Dr. Wahyu Wilopo, Head of Central Laboratory, Geological EngineeringUniversitas Gadjah Mada
5) Reduction of flood risk by optimizing reservoir operation using real time flood
forecast- Dr. Guna Nidhi Paudyal, Senior Expert, Flood Risk Management, DHI/AIT6) How ICT and Volunteers can help for Disaster Resilience and Response- Mr. Kuo-Yu Chuang, CEO, Geo Things
7) Climate Change Adaptation- Mr. Prasong Thammapala, DDPM, Thailand
Closing Session- Conference summary, Ms. Kyoko Kondo, Executive Director, ADRC
- Closing remarks (Thailand)

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