7-2. Participation in International Conferences andContribution to Magazines
In order to develop organic networks with international organizations and NGOs in addition tomember countries, ADRC attended the following international conferences and contributed tomagazines to increase its presence and to participate in discussions with relevant organizations
on international cooperation for disaster risk reduction.
Table.7-2-1. Participationin International Conferences
Conference
ISDR Asia Partnership(IAP) meeting of 2017

DateApril 5-7,
2017

Venue
Mongolia, Ulan
BatorSponsors
UNISDR Asia
PacificAttendee
Ms. Kondo

Technical Meeting ofSentinel Asia

Apr 272017

Thailand,
Bangkok

JAXA

Mr. Arakida

2017 Global Platformfor Disaster Risk
Reduction

May 2427, 2017

Mexico, Cancun

UNISDR

Ms. Kondo

Reported ADRC
statement, and manybilateral exchanges withADRC member countries
and relevantorganizations.

The 12th Annual
Meeting of theWorking Group on
Disaster Risk
Reduction by the
UNESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee

May 3031, 2017

Korea, Ulsan

The United Nations
Economic and Social
Commission for Asiaand the Pacific(UNESCAP), theWorld
MeteorologicalOrganization(WMO) TC
Secretariat and theNational DisasterManagement
ResearchInstitute(NDMI) ,Korea

Ms. Shiomi

Reported on their recent
public awareness andeducation activities.
shared activity updates
on WMO,NDMI andother DRR organizations.

ERIA Technical
Workshop andCAPSA-MARDI
Regional Training
Workshop

July 1718, 2017

Malaysia,
Putrajaya

UNESCAP, CAPSA,ASEAN, ERIA,
MARDI

Ms. Shiomi

Reported about the loss
assessment within the
ASEAN region, as aninterim report

APEC Emergency
Preparedness Working
Group and otherrelevant meetings

Aug 1722, 2017

Viet Nam, Ho Chi
Minh

APEC

Ms. Kondo

APEC workshop,
APEC Senior
Disaster Management
Officials Forum

Sept 1922, 2017

Viet Nam, Hanoi,Vinh

APECMs. Kondo

Prepared and chaired theEPWG meetings as oneof co-chairs. Attended
relevant meetings byrepresenting EPWG andreported about theactivities

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Contributions
Reported ADRC updates,and many bilateralexchanges with ADRC
member countries andrelevant organizations.
Discussed about web
tools with the secretariat

Prepared and attended
the meetings as EPWG
co-chair and chaired oneof the session

7. Awareness raising by diverse media and conferences
Technical Meeting of
Sentinel Asia

Oct 52017

UAE, Dubai

JAXA

Mr. Arakida

Shared information ofSpace technology andutilization to DRR

Joint Workshop on
Networking forEnvironmental
SustainabilityCooperation in East
Asia entitled"Reflection andimprovement ontransnational
networking forEnvironmental
sustainability
cooperation in EastAsia"

Oct 12,2017

Korea, Seoul

SEJONG Institute(Korea) and Instituteof Developing
Economies (Japan)

Mr. Ueda

Reported "The role ofADRC in trilateral
cooperation on disasterprevention andreduction: focusing on
the nexus of environmentand disaster"

7th Annual UNSPIDER Conference
and Visited Relevant
Organizations

Oct 2426,
2017

Chin, Beijing

UNOOSA and theMinistry of Civil
Affairs of thePeople's Republic ofChina

Mr. UedaTyphoon Committee

Oct 3031, 2017

Korea, Jeju

Constructing A
Community of Shared
Future in East Asia:
China, Japan andSouth Korean Searchfor Social
Reconciliation andCooperation

Nov 4-5,
2017

China, Hangzhou

UNESCAP, WMO
TC Secretariat ,Philippine
Atmospheric,Geophysical andAstronomical
Services
Administration(PAGASA) and theLocal Organizing
Committee of Cebu

Ms. Kondo

Reported ADRC has
been playing the role ofRegional Support Office(RSO) of UN-SPIDER
through the initiative ofSentinel Asia

Technical Meeting ofSentinel Asia

Nov 62017
Nov 1417, 201724th Session of theAsia-Pacific Regional
Space Agency Forum(APRSAF-24)

Report on Japanese
typhoon, government
response to torrential
rain in Kitakyushu etc.

Department ofFaculty of Social
Science and Schoolof Public
Administration,
Zhejiang University

Mr. Ueda

reported the present
status and challenges ofinternational cooperationin disaster reduction, by
highlighting thebackgrounds Asian
Disaster Reduction
Center and activities

Thailand,
Bangkok

JAXA

Mr. Arakida

India, Bengaluru

Department of Space(DOS), IndianSpace Research
Organization(ISRO), Ministry of
Education, Culture,
Sports, Science andTechnology(MEXT), and theJapan Aerospace
Exploration
Agency(JAXA).

Mr. IkedaDiscussed about web
tools with the secretariat

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Reported on Trends inEmergency Observation
Requests of Sentinel
Asia.

Global Forum onScience andTechnology for

Nov 2315,2017

Japan, Tokyo

Science Council ofJapan (SCJ), United
Nations International
Strategy for
Disaster Reduction(UNISDR),
Integrated Researchon Disaster Risk
(IRDR),
Public Works
Research Institute(IRDR) and National
Research Institutefor Earth
Science and Disaster
Resilience (NIED)JAXA

Ms..Kondo

ADRC reported on thestatus and possibilities ofusing GLIDESC

Dec 1314, 2017

Thailand,
Bangkok

Ms.Kondo

ADRC reported about theprogress
ontheCommunicationandcoordination
relatedactivities in the StrategicPlan.

UNISDR- IAP meetng

Dec 1415, 2017

Thailand,
Bangkok

UNISDR

Ms Kondo

ADRC reported activities
based on the Sendai
Framework after theprevious IAP meeting.

APEC
Emergency
preparedness working
group meetingFeb 2526, 2017

Port Moresby,
PNG

APEC

Ms.Kondo

ADRC
reportedforJapoan on recent
disasters,
futureof
GLIDE、GLIDE, asa wellas the progress of the
APEC project. ADRC
also reported about thefuture DRR priorities ofADRC members.

Disaster Resilience2017

Sentinelmeeting

Asia

Table.7-2-2. Academic Conferences and Symposium

ConferenceDateVenue

Sponsors

AttendeeWorld BOSAI Forum /IDRC 2017 in
SENDAINov 27,2017

SendaiInternationalCenter

Japan Society of
Civil Engineers

Mr. Arakida

Asian Conference on
Urban Disaster
Reduction (ACUDR) I

Nov 27,2017

SendaiInternationalCenter

Institute of Social
Safety Science(ISSS)

Mr. Arakida

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Contributions

Presentation regarding
Past and Current
Activities and Future
Plans of TC21
Presentation regarding
Town-Watching forDisaster Risk Reduction
Utilizing ICT Tool