AIWEST-DR 2023 Conference report (2023/10/11-13)
Theme: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, disaster risk reduction, international
conference
Venue: Faculty of Psychology, Gadjah Mada University (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and online
URL: https://aiwestdr.psikologi.ugm.ac.id/Gadjah Mada University, University of Syiah Kuala, Sydney University, and IRIDeS held the15th Aceh International Workshop and Expo on Sustainable Tsunami Disaster Recovery(AIWEST-DR2023) at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on October 11-13,2023. AIWEST-DR was established by the Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center(TDMRC) at Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, with the aim to share lessons
from the historic human suffering and infrastructure damage and reconstruction that followed
the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The conference gathered more than 200 international andIndonesian participants in Yogyakarta and online. IRIDeS members, particularly Assoc. Prof.
Anawat Suppasri (Tsunami Engineering Lab), Assoc. Prof. Erik Mas (Disaster Geo-informaticsLab), Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Maly (International Research Collaboration Office), and Assoc.
Prof. Sebastien Boret (International Research Collaboration Office) have been contributing toorganizing the AIWEST-DR conference for several years.
Following opening remarks from Prof. Ova Emilia (Gadjah Mada University) and Prof. Marwan(Syiah Kuala University), the first day included a keynote lecture, titled Adaptive andSustainable Resilient Society, by Prof. Dwikorita Karnawati (Director of BMKG and GadjahMada University), sharing research achievements about tsunami early warning systems
focused on Yogyakarta. The following panel session included a dynamic discussion on the roleof actors in building adaptive and sustainable resilience to disasters.
The second day began with a keynote speech from IRIDeS Director Prof. Shinichi Kuriyama(Disaster Public Health Lab), followed by a special session on inclusive disaster risk reduction,with the principal “Leave No One Behind,” one of the main Sustainable Development Goals.
The special session, organized by Assoc. Prof. Boret and moderated by Assoc. Prof. Maly,
aimed at identifying gaps and promoting the inclusion of vulnerable groups across multiple
areas and phases of disaster management. The session started with a special message fromMs. Miwako Takahashi, sharing the experiences she and her daughter Ms. MomokoTakahashi, as a severely disabled person, during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Following, there were six presentations from IRIDeS as well as a representative from ASBIndonesia and the Philippines (Worker’s Samaritan Federation). The special session provided
an opportunity to discuss inclusive disaster risk reduction in Japan and Indonesia for and withpeople with vulnerabilities. In parallel sessions, IRIDeS members and graduate students
presented their research in 16 presentations in person and online.
AIWEST-DR 2023 was an opportunity to gather international researchers and experts fromdifferent countries again after the COVID-19 pandemic and share current advances inresearch on a variety of topics to deal with disaster risks. The conference also highlighted
active international collaborations between all the participants and countries and learning frompast disaster experiences. AIWEST-DR 2024, commemorating the 20 years anniversary of the2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, will be held on November 8-9, 2024, by the Tsunami Disaster
Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, tocommemorate.
Text and Photos: Hyejeong Park (Disaster Medical Informatics Lab)Ryo Saito (Cognitive Sciences Lab)
Yuta Hara (2030 Global DRR Agenda Office)Miwako Kitamura (International Research Collaboration Office)Elizabeth Maly (International Research Collaboration Office)Sebastien Boret (International Research Collaboration Office)(Continues to the next page)Presenters and titles from IRIDeS members in the special session and parallel sessions
1. Special session
Representative
presenters

TitlesOverview and Featured Projects of the International
Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS),
Tohoku University
Leaving No One Behind: Disasters, Vulnerability, and Social Inclusion inJapan, Indonesia, and Their Partners
From Vulnerability to Resilience: Gender and Diversity
Miwako Kitamura
in Disaster Reduction
Specialsession
Sebastien Boret &Disaster preparedness with and for people with(Organizer: Hyejeong Parkdisabilities
Assoc. Prof.
Foreign residents, and disaster preparedness.
Sebastien Julia Gerster
Examples from Sendai City after the Great East Japan
Boret,
Earthquake
Moderator:
Future Directions of School BOSAI Cocreation ClassAssoc. Prof. Ryo Saito
in Japan for Building a Resilient and Sustainable
ElizabethSocietyMaly)David Nguyen
Tourism and Disaster Resilience
ASB Indonesia andDisability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction inthe Philippines,
Practice: Views from the Frontliners
DiDRRN
KeynoteShinichi Kuriyama

Keynote speech and a special session for Leaving No One Behind2. Parallel session
Representative
No.
presenters

Titles1

Akihiro Shibayama

Sustainability Issues of Digital Archives of the Great East
Japan Earthquake

2

Daisuke Sasaki

Measurement of Indicators of the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at Local Level: A Case
Study of Sendai City

3

Hyejeong Park

What Makes A Community Stronger in the Face of Disasters
and Its Risks: A Case Study of a Small Community during the2018 Heavy Rain and Floods in Western Japan

4Julia Gerster

School Memorials as “Lieux de Mémoire” After The Great East
Japan Earthquake

5Liz Maly

Disaster Picture Books in Japan and the United States: AnInventory and International Comparison

6Ryo Saito

Cocreation Phase-Free BOSAI Class in Triangle Model and its
Digitalization: A Case Study in Elementary School in Japan

7Sebastien BoretThe Temporality and Symbolic of Memory-Scape in Postdisaster Communities: A Study of the Monuments for theVictims of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Yuta Hara

How Does The Central Government Behave in The
International Arena of Disaster Risk Reduction? Focusing on
The Frequency of Statement Publication at The UN Global
Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

8Graduate students
9Elisa Lahcene

Coral Reef Response in the Maldives during The 2004 Indian
Ocean Tsunami

10

Muhammad Rizki
Purnama

Tsunami Numerical Modeling and Its Applications

11

Sesa Wiguna

Building Damage Classification Using Remote Sensing andDomain Adaptation Approach for Rapid Assessment

Online12Constance Chua

Developing Continuous Topo-bathymetric Elevation Models ofTsunami-prone Areas in Indonesia: A Focus Study on Bali
Province

13

Erik Mas

Forecasting Spatial Population Distribution in Tsunami Hazard
Zones Using Mobile Data

14

Kanako Iuchi

Unveiling The Rebuilding Progress in The Fifth Year Following
The 2018 Central Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami

15Kwanchai
PakoksungTsunami Resonance Characterization in Bay Due to An
Earthquake-Triggered Landslide: A Case Study in Ambon Bay,Indonesia

16Tomoki Nishida

A Study on Evacuation Decision-Making for Industrial Parks
Using Numerical Tsunami Simulations at Sendai Port

IRIDeS group and presenters in the parallel sessions