Agenda
Thursday, August 17

Venue:
Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar Convention & Exhibition Centre
Location

09:00-12:30 1999 KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE ANNIVERSARY SESSION
Room: Topkapý A

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 RAPPORTEUR REPORTS
Room: Topkapý A

Chair:

Tao Ye

Speakers:

15:00-16:45 CASE STATION-FIELD CAMPUS (CASiFiCA) PANEL
Room: Topkapý A

As a visible product of the past series of IIASA-DPRI Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Forums, the scheme of “case station-field campus” (CASiFiCA) system has been proposed by Okada and others as an innovative framework for disaster research and education in the 21st century. This scheme was first presented at a thematic session in the 2005’s WCDR Kobe Conference and received a very positive response from the session attendants. In April 2005, a proposed research project on CASiFiCA was successfully approved by the MEXT (Japanese Ministry of Education). Since then it has gained a further momentum and started to take a real shape. A focus has been placed on five Asian countries, i.e., Japan, China, India, Nepal and Turkey.

Major objectives have been set as

  1. Promotion of IDRiM education at all levels.
  2. Multilateral knowledge sharing and knowledge creation
  3. Implementation of knowledge and the knowledge gain from implementation
Major outcomes have been identified as
  1. Co – learning and cross learning
  2. Spatial and time crossing in implementation
  3. Constant and cross monitoring

This panel session is intended to provide IDRiM forum participants with an overall perspective of CASiFiCA and to discuss the ongoing challenges currently made by a team of researchers led by Okada under this MEXT research grant project. The session consists of brief introductory presentations on each country’ case station-field campus (each 10 minutes), then followed by 10 minutes discussions. The remaining time will be allocated to interactive questions, answers, and suggestions among the panelists and also with the audience. The session will conclude with overall assessment of further research challenges needed in the next five years.

Chair:

Norio Okada

Speakers:

16:45-17:00 Coffee Break

17:00-18:30 IDRiM: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES UPDATED SESSION
Room: Topkapý A

The concept of integrated disaster risk management (IDRiM) has undergone a series of innovative changes and refinements during the last few years since it was initially proposed by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University in 2001. As a result of these major substantive changes that have been incorporated in the discourse on IDRiM since its inception, it is rapidly evolving as the technique of choice in the disaster management filed. The purpose of this thematic session is to integrate, synthesize and showcase in a single forum the multiple strands of innovations and refinements that have occurred in this body of knowledge. With this in mind, we propose to present a series of papers distilling and highlighting the significant recent developments as part of a coherent new framework with the potential for wide-ranging policy application in developed and developing countries. The overarching goal of IDRiM, in brief, is to substantially augment and enhance the implementation viability of disaster management policies. Cases in point are the Disaster Reduction Hyperbase initiated recently that supports IDRiM with an open and interactive database of implementation technologies, and the Integrated Disaster Risk Governance program on what the governments should do and how they can contribute to IDRiM's goals.

Chair:

Peijun Shi
Introduction

Speakers:

18:30-19:00 CLOSING

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