OpeningRemarks

H.E. Mr. OKONOGI Hachiro
Minister of State for Disaster Management,
Government of Japan

Opening & Keynote Speech- Can we adapt to New Normal?
Approaches from Asia –H.E. Mr. Rustam Nazarzoda
ChairmanCommittee of Emergency Situations andCivil Defense, Tajikistan

20 Oct. 2020 15:00 - 17:00 (GMT+9)
Prof. HAMADA Masanori
Chairman
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

SpecialSpeech

Mr. NAKAO Akifumi
Director
International Cooperation Division
Disaster Management Bureau,
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

KeynoteSpeech

Asian Conference on DisasterReduction 2020

Mr. Sanny Ramos Jegillos
Senior AdviserDisaster Risk Reduction Bangkok
Regional Hub, UNDP

Prof. ISOBE Masahiko
President
Kochi University of Technology

REGISTER

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Dr. Arnold M. HowittFaculty Co-Director
Program on Crisis Leadership,Harvard Kennedy School

Prof. Ian Robert Davis
Visiting Professor, Kyoto, Lund, Oxford
Brookes Universities and Honorary Visiting
Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute ofTechnology (RMIT) in Europe

Programme
Opening Session
15:00 - 15:25

Opening Remarks:
H.E. Mr. OKONOGI Hachiro, Minister of State for Disaster Management, Government of Japan
H.E. Mr. Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman, Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense, Tajikistan
Prof. HAMADA Masanori, Chairman, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

15:25 - 15:40

Special Speech
Mr. NAKAO Akifumi, Director, International Cooperation Division, Disaster Management Bureau,Cabinet Office, Government of Japan"Two Global Crises - Experience from Japan"

15:40 - 17:00

Keynote Speech
Mr. Sanny Ramos Jegillos, Senior Adviser, Disaster Risk Reduction Bangkok Regional Hub, UNDP,"Recovering from COVID-19: Lessons from Past Disasters in Asia and the Pacific"
Prof. ISOBE Masahiko, President, Kochi University of Technology,"Two-level Framework for Coastal Disaster Reduction"
Dr. Arnold M. Howitt, Faculty Co-Director, Program on Crisis Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School,"The Challenge of Concurrent Crises"
Prof. Ian Robert Davis, Visiting Professor, Kyoto, Lund, Oxford Brookes Universities and Honorary
Visiting Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Europe"Integrating Holistic Approaches in Tackling Intensifying Hazards Associated with Climate Change"

17:00

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Moderator

Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika
Director
Geoinformatics Center
Asian Institute of Technology

ADRC Member Countries

Ms. Myat Moe Thwe
Director
Coordination and Research Division,
Department of Disaster Management,
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement, Republic of the Union
MyanmarMs. Nguyen Thi Xuan HongSpecialistScience, Technology and International
Cooperation Department, Vietnam DisasterManagement Authority, Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam

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Session 1

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures andchallenges to the Intensifying Disaster Risks

21 Oct. 2020
15:00 - 17:00(GMT+9)Mr. Umar Fikry
Deputy Chief Executive
National Disaster Management Authority,Maldives
Mr. TANAKA Yasuhiro
JICA expert
Advisor for Disaster Risk Management,Vietnam Disaster Management Authority,
Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Vietnam

Mr. TAKAHASHI Kazuaki
Director of Climate Change Adaptation
Office, Global Environment Bureau,
Ministry of the Environment, JapanREGISTER

Mr. Kamolov Jamshed
Head of Main Department on Protection ofPopulation of Territories
Committee of Emergency Situations andCivil Defense, Tajikistan

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Experts

Dr. Mizan Bustanul Fuady Bisri
Post-doctoral Researcher
United Nations University, Institute for the
Advanced Study of Sustainability andUniversity of Tokyo

Prof. Cees van Westen
Faculty of Geo-Information Science andEarth Observation (ITC), University ofTwente

Mr. Keith Paolo C. Landicho
Disaster Monitoring & Analysis Officer
AHA Centre

Asian Conference on DisasterReduction 2020 (ACDR2020)

Programme
Session 1: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures and challenges to the Intensifying
Disaster Risks
15:00 - 15:05

Introduction by Moderator
Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika, Director, Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology

15:05 - 15:55

Presentations by ADRC Member Countries
Ms. Myat Moe Thwe, Director, Coordination and Research Division, Department of Disaster Management,
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Republic of the Union of Myanmar"Cyclone Risk Analysis and Countermeasures in Myanmar"
Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan Hong, Specialist, Science, Technology and International Cooperation Department,Vietnam Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
Mr. TANAKA Yasuhiro, JICA expert, Advisor for Disaster Risk Management, Vietnam Disaster
Management Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam"Natural Disasters and Disaster and Disaster Risk Management in Vietnam - Flood and Flash flood"
Mr. Umar Fikry, Deputy Chief Executive, National Disaster Management Authority, Maldives"Island Level Disaster and Future Outlook – Maldives Case Study"
Mr. Kamolov Jamshed, Head of Main Department on Protection of Population of Territories
Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense, Tajikistan"Disaster Risk Reduction Measures and Challenges Strengthening Natural Disasters"
Mr. TAKAHASHI Kazuaki, Director of Climate Change Adaptation Office, Global Environment Bureau,
Ministry of the Environment, Japan"Initiative for “Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction”"

15:55 - 16:25

Presentations by Experts
Prof. Cees van Westen, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC),
University of Twente"Digital Technologies for Disaster Risk Management"
Dr. Mizan Bustanul Fuady Bisri, Post-doctoral Researcher, United Nations University, Institute for theAdvanced Study of Sustainability and University of Tokyo"Disaster-Related Professional Capacity Building and Knowledge Management in Asia-PacificCountries: Practice and Prospect"
Mr. Keith Paolo C. Landicho, Disaster Monitoring & Analysis Officer, AHA Centre"The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management: Disaster
Monitoring and Analysis Unit"

16:25 - 16:50

Question and Answer

16:50 - 17:00

Wrap-up

17:00

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Reduction 2020

ACDR2020
Session 2

DisasterPreparednessandResponse
MeasuresAmidstCOVID-1922October2020
15:00-17:00(GMT+9)

Moderator

Keynote Speaker

Prof ISHIWATARI Mikio
Visiting Professor, Graduate School ofFrontier Sciences, University of Tokyo,
Senior Advisor, Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Tan Sri Jemilah binti Mahmood
Special Advisor on Public Health to the
Honorable Prime Minister of Malaysia

ADRC Member Countries

Brig. Gen. (ret) Claudio L. Yucot
Director Regional Office V
Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
Philippines

Sh. Sandeep Poundrik, IAS,Adviser (Mitigation)
National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA), India

Mr KANG Jinmo
Senior Deputy Director
Disaster Management Policy
Division, Ministry of the Interior andSafety, Republic of Korea

Partner Organizations

Ms Syuzanna Vardazar Kakoyan
Head of the Department ofEducation, Administration ofActivities with Public, Regional
Survey for Seismic Protection,
Ministry of Emergency Situation ofthe Republic of Armenia

Mr Beda Nidhi Khanal
Under-Secretary
Disaster Research, Standards andCapacity Building Section, National
Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Authority, Ministry ofHome Affairs, Government of Nepal

Commentary

Ms Helen Mould
HeadOperations Unit, Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), United
Nations Office for the Coordination ofHumanitarian Affairs (OCHA)Dr SHIBASAKI RyosukeProfessor
Center for Spatial Information Science,
The University of Tokyo, JapanDr Khamarrul Azahari Razak
Director
Disaster Preparedness and Prevention
Center, University of Technology Malaysia

Closing

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H.E. Mr AKAZAWA Ryosei
State Minister of Cabinet Office
Government of JapanDr OGAWA Yujiro
Executive Secretary
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

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Reduction 2020 (ACDR2020)

Programme
15:00 Introduction:ManagingDisastersAmidstCOVID-19PandemicProfISHIWATARIMikio,VisitingProfessor,GraduateSchoolofFrontierSciences,UniversityofTokyo,
SeniorAdvisor,JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA)
15:05 KeynoteSpeech:BuildingAResilientFutureAmidstComplexCrises
TanSriJemilahbintiMahmood,SpecialAdvisoronPublicHealthtotheHonorablePrimeMinisterof
Malaysia
15:20 Presentations
・DisasterManagementOperationsforTyphoonAmbo(Vongfong)AmidstCOVID-19Pandemic
MrClaudioL.Yucot,DirectorRegionalOfficeV,OfficeofCivilDefense(OCD),Philippines
・ResponseActionstoCOVID-19byNDMASh.SandeepPoundrik,IAS,Adviser(Mitigation),NationalDisasterManagementAuthority(NDMA),India
・DisasterManagementMeasuresamidstCOVID-19
MrKANGJinmo,SeniorDeputyDirector,DisasterManagementPolicyDivision,MinistryoftheInteriorandSafety,RepublicofKorea
・MainPointsofDisasterResponseMeasuresAmidstCovid-19
MsSyuzannaVardazarKakoyan,HeadoftheDepartmentofEducation,AdministrationofActivities
withPublic,RegionalSurveyforSeismicProtection,MinistryofEmergencySituationoftheRepublicofArmenia
・AssessingtheChallengesofDisasterManagementinNepalafterCovid-19
MrBedaNidhiKhanal,Under-Secretary,DisasterResearch,StandardsandCapacityBuilding
Section,NationalDisasterRiskReductionandManagementAuthority,MinistryofHomeAffairs,
GovernmentofNepal
・Multi-sectoralPreparednessandResponsePlanningfortheCOVID-19Pandemic
MsHelenMould,Head,OperationsUnit,RegionalOfficeforAsiaandthePacific(ROAP),UnitedNationsOfficefortheCoordinationofHumanitarianAffairs(OCHA)
・SupportingtheUseofTelecomDatatoInformCOVID-19ResponseEffortswithOpenSourceSoftware(Mobipack),
DrSHIBASAKIRyosuke,Professor,CenterforSpatialInformationScience,TheUniversityofTokyo,
Japan
16:40 Commentary:LessonsfromthePresentations
DrKhamarrulAzahariRazak,Director,DisasterPreparednessandPreventionCenter,UniversityofTechnologyMalaysia
16:45 DiscussionsandWrap-up
17:00 ClosingSession
・ClosingSpeech,H.E.MrAKAZAWARyosei,StateMinisterofCabinetOffice,GovernmentofJapan・ClosingRemarks,DrOGAWAYujiro,ExecutiveSecretary,AsianDisasterReductionCenter(ADRC)
17:10 END

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Reduction 2020