On May 12,2022, the 14th anniversary of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and the National Disaster Reduction Day, IDMR “5.12” High-level Scientific Symposium on Sustainable Development was successfully held at Wangjiang campus of Sichuan University. Sichuan University President Li Yanrong, Vice President Yao Leye, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Zhang Wei, Hong Kong Polytechnic University President Teng Jinguang, and Hong Kong Jockey Club Executive Director Raymond Tam Chi-yuen attended the symposium. More than 80 experts and scholars from Sichuan University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, Beijing Normal University and other domestic and international universities and scientific research institutions participated in the symposium in person or online. It was also livestreamed and attracted more than 3000 views worldwide.
The meeting was recorded and can be accessed at the following site:
https://wx.vzan.com/live/tvchat-1233047895?ver=637876895982230714&sharetstamp=1652063998223
The Scientific Symposium included keynote presentations by the following speakers:
Academician Guo Huadong, Director, International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)
Academician Zhang Renhe, Vice President, Fudan University
Academician Cui Peng, Co-Chair, Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR)
Professor Simon Redfern, Dean of Sciences at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, former Head of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University
Professor Yang Saini, Beijing Normal University
Professor Wang Juanle, Research Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences; Executive Director, Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service in the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO
Professor Marie-Luce Chevalier, Research Professor, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Professor Toshio Koike, Executive Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM)
Professor Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Head of the UN Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Advisory Group (APSTAG). Distinguished Part-Time Professor at IDMR. "Intergovernmental Collaborations for Disaster Risk Reduction
Professor Han Qunli, Executive Director, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) program
Dr. Mandira Shrestha, Program Coordinator, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Professor Fumihiko Imamura, Director, the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
Dr. Mizan Bisri, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
Prof. Wang Tun, College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University
Professor Maurice Yap, Professor Emeritus, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and former Dean of their Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
On the same day, IDMR also launched a series of science lectures, thematic exhibitions, and knowledge contests for the public. The scientific symposium together with those activities have received wide attention and participation from experts, students, and the public. In the future, IDMR will develop more collaborations among governmental agencies, universities and non-governmental organizations and raise the public awareness of DRR.
