APEC Webinar Programme in Rejuvenating Cities and Resilience Capacities for Multi-Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic, Extreme Weather Events and Climate-Induced Disaster (REJUVENATE-CITIES-C19) I EPWG 01 2020A

APEC Webinar Programme in Rejuvenating Cities and Resilience Capacities for Multi-Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic, Extreme Weather Events and Climate-Induced Disaster (REJUVENATE-CITIES-C19) I EPWG 01 2020A

DATE: 13 October 2021 (Wednesday)

TIME: 9.30 am – 5.00 pm

VIA WEBEX PLATFORM

REGISTRATION LINK HERE

The Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur will be organizing the APEC Webinar Programme in Rejuvenating Cities and Resilience Capacities for Multi-Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic, Extreme Weather Events and Climate-Induced Disaster (REJUVENATE-CITIES-C19) I EPWG 01 2020A that will be held on 13 October 2021 via WEBEX platform. In conjunction with the United Nations (UN) International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction which is held on 13 October every year, this program aims to achieve the following outputs and commitments:-

1. To understand regional issues and global challenges related to multi-challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events, and climate-induced disaster in vulnerable cities;
2. To build the regional and local capacity by reinforcing risk-informed decision making for action and realigning domestic DRR and resilience strategies;
3. To build up the scientific knowledge, innovation and education and strengthen the disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels;
4. To develop a set of key recommended actions to strengthen debris flow disaster policy, technical solutions, and advocacy based on science and technology for building disaster resilient society;
5. To revitalize health-emergency disaster-risk-management (Health-EDRM) to prevent future pandemic risk in an extreme climate for societal transformation in the cities.

A list of prominent speakers from multiple agencies will be joining us to share their knowledge and insights on this webinar. They are:

1. Dato’ Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang, Secretary-General, Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia
2. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, President, MERCY Malaysia
3. Datuk Dr. Heng Aik Cheng, Vice President I, MERCY Malaysia / Executive Council, Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network
4. Dato’ Hj. Zakaria Mohamad, Chairman, Board of Geologists (BOG) Malaysia
5. Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga, Professor of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Head of Global Disaster Resilience Centre, School of Applied Science, The University of Huddersfield United Kingdom
6. Professor Dr. Terrence Fernando,Director of the THINKlab, School of Science, Engineering & Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom
7. Professor Bingunath Indirige,Director, Centre for Disaster Resilience,School of Science, Engineering & Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom
8. Ir. Dr. Norlida Mohd. Dom, Deputy Director, UNESCO Head of Coordination, The Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for South-East Asia and the Pacific / Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia
9. Dr. Li Wei-sen, Secretary-General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Chinese Taipei
10. Dr. Arakida Masaru, Director, Research Department, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) Kobe Japan
11. Dr. Bach Tran Xuan, Vice Head, Department of Health Economics, Hanoi Medical University Vietnam/ Adjunct Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University USA
12. Dr. Clarissa Rios Rojas, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom / Global Young Academy
13. Dr. Renzo R. Guinto, Chief Planetary Health Scientist and Co-founder Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Sunway University, Malaysia
14. Dr. Irwan Meilano, Dean, Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung Indonesia
15. Aslam Perwaiz, Deputy Executive Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) Thailand
16. Glenn Banaguas, Chairman, Asian Science Diplomats
17. Aloysius Rego, Founder, MARS Practitioners Network / Principal Trainer, VERVE Volunteers Program India and Myanmar
18. Geraldine Clare Westwood, Committee, Gabungan Darurat Iklim Malaysia (GDIM)
19. Xiaoning Zhang, Co-Chair, Emergency Preparedness Working Group, Asia Pacific Economy Cooperation (APEC)

Opening and welcoming remarks will be given by Professor Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM); Mr. Suzuki Koji, Co-Chair, APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group; and Datuk Dr. Aminuddin Bin Hassim, Director-General, National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA)

Please find the program book of the webinar down below:

For more information on the this project, please visit HERE