DATE: 17 MARCH 2021
VIA ZOOM PLATFORM (link will be provided later) and FACEBOOK LIVE
The Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur will be organizing the COVID-DRR Webinar on “Responding and Preparing for Natural Hazards under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sharing Challenges and Lessons from Malaysia and Japan” that will be held on 17 March 2021 via ZOOM platform and Facebook Live. This program aims to share the challenges and lesson in Malaysia and Japan on responding to compound disaster under COVID-19 pandemic and suggest the way forward to better reduce and prevent future disasters. Several distinguish guests will be joining this program, whom are Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Health; Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, the Vice Chancellor of UTM; H.E. Hiroshi Oka, Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia; and Mr. Masahiko Takizawa, Chief Representative of JICA Malaysia. Invited panelist are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shinji Akitomi, Director of Department of Medical Crisis Management at the Medical Corporation Ioukai, Japan; Mr. Said Alhudzari Ibrahim, General Manager of Program Operations in MERCY Malaysia; Dr. Naoki Sakai, Chief Researcher at the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), Japan; and Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, Director of Operations at the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) Malaysia
