TARIKH: 22 Mac 2022 (Selasa)

MASA: 9.30 am – 11.30 am

PLATFORM: https://utm.webex.com/utm/j.php?MTID=m41f97e597a1cd49a9e6741eca8d43cd8
Meeting number (access code): 2510 084 5149
Meeting password: CnTRp93P3d7

Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur akan menganjurkan SENDAI 2030: DPPC WEBINAR SERIES, Bencana Maritim: Isu dan Cabaran ke Arah Memperbaharui Komitmen Terhadap Rangka Kerja UNDRR Sendai Bagi Pengurangan Risiko Bencana bersempena Sambutan Hari Wanita 2022 yang akan diadakan pada 22 Mac 2022 di platform WEBEX.

Webinar ini akan disampaikan oleh Komander (M) Dr. Suzanna Razali Chan, Ketua Penolong Pengarah, Bahagian Carilamat dan Bantuan Bencana Maritim, Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM). Ucapan aluan akan disampaikan oleh Prof. Madya Dr. Siti Hamidah Mohd. Setapar, Timbalan Dekan (Penyelidikan, Inovasi, Pengkomersialan dan Jaringan), MJIIT, UTM Kuala Lumpur.

Pendaftaran untuk webinar ini boleh dibuat di pautan di SINI

Agenda untuk webinar ini boleh dirujuk di bawah:

SENDAI 2030: DPPC WEBINAR SERIES SLOPE SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE PROGRAM 2030

DATE: 6 December 2021 (Monday)

TIME: 9.45 am – 12.00 pm

VIA WEBEX PLATFORM

The Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur will be organizing the  SENDAI 2030: DPPC WEBINAR SERIES, on Slope Sustainability & Resilience Program 2030, towards renewing our commitments to UNDRR Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in commemorating the 2008 Taman Bukit Mewah landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa on 06 December 2008 that will be held on 6 December 2021 via WEBEX platform.

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’ Hj. Zakaria Mohamad, Chairman, Board of Geologists (BOG) Malaysia
2. Prof. Ir. Dr. Azman Kassim, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Skudai, Johor
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shohei Matsuura, JICA Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
4. Ir. Hj. Zafrul Fazry Fauzi, Director, Engineering Department, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ)
5. Eriko Motoyama, Program Director, SlopeWatch / Servis EDA Sdn. Bhd.

Opening and welcoming remarks will be given by Prof. Ts. Dr. Ali Selamat, Dean, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur and the closing remarks will be given by the Director of Slope Engineering Department (CKC), Public Work Department (JKR)

Please find the program book of the webinar down below:

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

Webinar Kesiapsiagaan Menghadapi Bencana Berganda: Pandemik COVID-19 & Banjir

Tarikh: 23 September 2021 (Khamis)

Masa: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

VIA WEBEX PLATFORM

The Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur akan mengadakan Webinar Kesiapsiagaan Menghadapi Bencana Berganda: Pandemik COVID-19 & Banjir dengan tema Memperkasakan sains dan teknologi dalam program pengurangan risiko bencana, keselamatan empangan dan daya tahan komuniti yang akan diadakan pada 23 September 2021 menerusi platform WEBEX. Objektif webinar ini adalah seperti berikut:

1. Memahami ancaman bencana berganda dan usaha-usaha kerajaan dalam menangani impak bencana berganda, serta peranan pihak-pihak berkepentingan;
2. Meninjau isu setempat dan menerokai solusi yang kos efektif dalam menghadapi bencana berganda yang turut mengambilkira aspek keselamatan empangan;
3. Menyediakan platform pelbagai agensi dan pihak pemegang taruh dalam memperkukuh kesiapsiagaan bencana dalam memberi tindak balas yang berkesan di semua peringkat agensi termasuk kawasan dan komuniti yang rentan;
4. Memperkukuhkan pemahaman sistem amaran awal, komunikasi risiko, respon awal dan juga konsep ‘build-back-better’ pada fasa pemulihan yang pantas;
5. Menilai tahap kesiapsiagaan agensi kerajaan persekutuan, kerajaan negeri, pihak berkuasa tempatan dan masyarakat yang rentan terhadap wabak COVID-19 dan risiko bencana banjir termasuk pengurusan risiko bencana yang berasaskan empangan

Seramai 5 penceramah jemputan dijemput ke webinar ini untuk berkongsi ilmu dan pengalaman mereka, iaitu:

1. Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
2. En. Sapian Mamat, Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA)
3. Lt. Kol. (PA) Lokman Hakim Abdul Rahman, Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (APM)
4. Tn. Hj. Rahsidi Sabri Muda, Tenaga Nasional Berhad Research (TNBR) Sdn. Bhd.
5. Tn. Hj. Ir Ahmad Afzainizam Mokhtar, TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd, Tenaga Nasional Berhad

Berikut ialah agenda webinar dan nota konsep webinar tersebut:

SENDAI 2030: DPPC WEBINAR SERIES

DATE: 29 AUGUST 2021 (SUNDAY)

TIME: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm (Malaysia & Taiwan time)

VIA ZOOM PLATFORM, DPPC FACEBOOK LIVE & DPPC YOUTUBE LIVE

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 Webinar On Sediment-Related Disaster Risk Reduction: From Mapping & Modelling to Early Warning & Mitigation with the theme Towards Renewing Our Commitments to UNDRR Sendai Framework For Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 that will be held on 29 August 2021 via ZOOM platform (FOR FIRST 100 PARTICIPANTS ONLY), DPPC Facebook Live and DPPC Youtube Live. In commemorating the 1996 Pos Dipang Tragedy that happened 25 years ago, on 29 August 1996 at 6.00 pm that killed 44 people and 5 still missing from Pos Dipang, Kampar, Perak, this program aims to achieve the following outputs and commitments:-

1. To understand regional issues and global challenges related to sediment-related disaster risk, and to explore cost-effective solutions for preventing future risk;
2. To exchange international best practices and national concerns in mapping and modelling sediment-related disaster (e.g. debris flow), designing the early warning system, and co-producing disaster mitigation and risk reduction 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 explore new insights into co-developing a long-term strategic action and an integrated framework for sediment-related disaster risk reduction and resilience

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

1. Dr. Senro Kuraoka, Chief Engineer, Research Development and Center, Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., Japan
2. Prof. Chjeng-Lun Shieh, Director, Disaster Prevention Research Center (DPRC), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan
3. Dr. Hsiao-Yuan (Samuel) Yin, Director of International Cooperation, Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB), Council of Agriculture, Taiwan
4. Dr. Frederick Francis Tating, Deputy Director, Department of Minerals and Geosciences Malaysia (JMG) Sabah
5. Ir. Haji Abd Rahman Pandi, Director, Slope Engineering Branch, Malaysian Public Works Department
6. Dato’ Zakaria Mohamad, Chairman of Board of Geologists (BOG) & Chairman of Geomapping Technology Sdn. Bhd. (GMT)
7. Ir. Dr. Norlida Mohd. Dom, Deputy Director, Humid Tropics Centre (HTC KL) Kuala Lumpur, The Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Malaysia
8. P.Geol. Gs. Abd Rasid Jaapar, Vice President, Society for Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics Malaysia (SEGRM), President, Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM) & Chairman, IAEG Malaysia National Group (IAEG)

Please find the concept note and agenda of the webinar down below:

Documentary on the 1996 Pos Dipang Tragedy (video credits to TV3MALAYSIA Official:)