Announcement of the World Bosai Forum 2025
A Global Biennial Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai:
Open to All Citizens and Specialists
Sendai is a city that experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. This city is where the global framework for disaster risk reduction, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR), was adopted as the outcome of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
This is why we started the World Bosai Forum in Sendai. Our vision is to offer a platform for worldwide stakeholders from various sectors to propose, discuss, and share disaster risk reduction strategies.
Our purpose is to “end the misery of people suffering from disasters.”
What is Bosai?
The term “Bosai” covers everything you do to prepare for a disaster, what you do when it happens, and how you recover and rebuild afterwards. This concept has been cultivated from Japanʼs long history of living with natural hazards, such as the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Reflecting on the previous World Bosai Forum
A total of 5,412 participants from 40 countries and regions attended our forum in 2023. This diverse program facilitated dialogue among exhibitors and visitors from international organizations, governments, academia, the private sector, NGOs, and citizens.
Advocacy to the United Nations:
At the World Bosai Forum 2023, we formulated recommendations for the Mid-Term Review Process of the SFDRR, which were encapsulated in the WBF Sendai Declaration 2023. These recommendations were handed over to Ms. Mami Mizutori, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Reduction and Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Subsequently, our recommendations were presented at the UN General Assembly in May 2023. The full text of the declaration can be accessed on our website.
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Outline （Scheduled)
| Conference Name | World Bosai Forum 2025 |
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| Dates | March 7 to 9, 2025 |
| Venue | Sendai International Center - Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 980-0856, Japan |
| Organizer | World Bosai Forum Local Organizing Committee/International Steering Committee |
| Co-organizer | Tohoku University |
| Partnership | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Aomori Prefecture / Iwate Prefecture / Fukushima Prefecture / Japan Science and Technology Agency |
Contents
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Oral Sessions | 60-minutes / 45-minutes |
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| Flash Talk Presentation | 15-minutes oral presentation | |
| Poster Session | Poster session with core time | |
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World Bosai Forum Online |
A collaborative online event where various organizations from industry, government, academia, and citizens come together to share Bosai. A wide variety of themes will be presented to increase awareness for the forum before it begins.
Date : January 6 (Mon)- March 31 (Mon), 2025 Venue : Event website for World Bosai Forum Online |
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World Bosai Forum EXPO |
An exhibition and business meeting event where you have the opportunity to promote products, services, technologies, and activities. Come and meet stakeholders from around the world who are involved in Bosai.
Dates : March 7 (Fri) - March 8 (Sat), 2025 Venue : Sendai International Center |
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World Bosai Festival |
TBD | |
Registration for the World Bosai Forum 2025
Registration will begin on August 1st, 2024, on the official website. All participants are required to register. Only registrants with full access can apply for a session. No extra charge is required to apply for a session.
Contact for Inquiries
| Secretariat | World Bosai Forum Foundation |
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| Address | 468 -1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan E501, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University |
| TEL | +81-22-263-1688 |
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