（20）Strengthening contributions to the international community through multidisciplinary disaster science research
Organizer
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and Tohoku University
Speakers
- Susumu Satomi
- President, Tohoku University
- Christopher Tremewan
- Secretary General, APRU
- Fumihiko Imamura
- Director, IRIDeS of Tohoku University
- Wei Sen Li
- Executive Director, APEC Emergency Preparedness Capacity Building Center (EPCC)
- Gwendolyn Pang
- Head of Country Cluster, Country Cluster Support Team, IFRC Beijing
- David Alexander
- Professor, University College of London
- Fatma Lestari
- Professor, University of Indonesia
- Hiroki Takakura
- Professor, Tohoku University
- Tadahiro Hayasaka
- Professor, Tohoku University
Moderator
- Christina Shoenleber
- Director (Policy and Programs), APRU
Overview
This session focuses on the review of the research needs for science and technology application in DRR efforts as well as discussion on strengthening multidisciplinary disaster science researches. It will invite the speakers and panelists from academia, and international organizations to share their experience and thoughts on the effective collaboration among different stakeholders and how multidisciplinary researches can contribute to enhancing disaster resilience society and the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.