7. Awareness raising by diverse media and conferences7-2. 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
DRC participated in
the 11th Meeting ofTyphoon Committee
Working Group on
Disaster RiskReduction

DateVenue
May 24-27 Korea
2016(Ulsan)Sponsors
The United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific(UNESCAP), the World MeteorologicalOrganization (WMO) TC Secretariat and theNational Disaster Management ResearchInstitute(NDMI)

AttendeeContributions
Mr. Ueda Reported also about the Asian Conference on
Disaster Reduction 2016, and basic informationof the Kumamoto Earthquake that had occurred inApril

ISDR Asia Partnership June 21(IAP) meeting of 2016 22, 2016

Thailand UNISDR Asia Pacific(Bangkok)

Ms.Kondo Provided the initial report on Kumamoto
earthquakes published at the end of May

7th UN-SPIDER
June 16Regional Support20, 2016
Offices (RSO) MeetingAustria(Vienna)

The United Nations Office for Outer Space
Affairs (UNOOSA)

Mr. Ikeda Gave a presentation on its 2015 activities andaccomplishments as well as its plans for 2016,
and discussed many ideas with the secretariat
and other RSOs

APEC Emergency
Aug. 15Preparedness Working 18, 2016
Group and otherrelevant meetings

Peru(Lima)

APEC

Ms.Kondo Prepared and chaired the EPWG meetings as oneof co-chairs,. Attended relevant meetings byrepresenting EPWG and reported about theactivities.

6th Annual UNSPIDER Conference
and Visited Relevant
Organizations

Sept 1922, 2016

China(Beijing）

UNOOSA and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Mr. Ueda
the People's Republic of China

The 10th APEC Senior Oct. 8-9,
Disaster Management 2016
Officials Forum

Peru(Iquitos)

INDECI, Peru

Ms.Kondo Prepared and attended the meetings as EPWG
co-chair and chaired one of the session.

11th Integrated
Oct 24-26, Philippine
Workshop of Typhoon 2016
sCommittee(CebuCity)

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

Mr. Ueda

Nov. 2-5
Asian Ministerial
Conference on Disaster 2016.
Risk Reduction

India(Delhi)

Government of India

Ms.Kondo Co-organized a Thematic Event “Partnershipsand Innovations for improving Disaster Loss
Accounting. And many bilateral exchanges withADRC member countries and relevantorganizations.

Nov. 1623rd Session of theAsia-Pacific Regional 17, 2016
Space Agency Forum(APRSAF-23)

Philippine The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy Mr. Ikeda Reported a trend of Emergency Observation
Request in the past decade and introduced two(Manila) and Emerging Technology Research andgood practices in Vietnam and in Myanmar
Development - Department of Science andTechnology of the Philippines (DOSTPCIEERD), Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) andJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA).

The 2nd Steering
Jan. 19- Thailand JAXA
Committee Meeting of 20, 2017 (Bangkok)
Sentinel Asia

Reported the importance of proactive
participation in learning events and capacity
building enhancement in each country to facilitatesharing of space-based information.

Explained the characteristics of typhoons thatlanded Japan this year and reported on theenormous damage these had brought to areas thathave not frequently been hit by typhoon such asKanto, Tohoku regions and Hokkaido from the
Pacific side

Ms.Kondo Made a presentation representing DRR
organizations and discussed the idea of thestrategic plan, and so on.

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Table 7-2-2 Academic Conferences and Symposium

Conference
Japan Society of
Civil Engineers

Date
7 Sep
2016

Venue
Tohoku Univ.

Sponsors
Japan Society of
Civil Engineers

Attendee
Mr. Ikeda

Contributions
Presentation
regarding Chile
SATREPS Project

Table 7-2-3 Articles

Newspaper/Journal
Kindai Shoubou

DateAuthor

Jun. 2016

Mr. Arakida
Ms. Kodama
Ms. Shiomi

80TitleAsian Conference on
Disaster Reduction 2016