On 21st August 2016, DPPC team members, accompany with officers from Minerals & Geoscience Department Malaysia (JMG), Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (JPS), Forest Research Institute Malaysia and Disaster Management Unit of Selangor State Government, held a site visit to Hulu Langat Forest. This visit purpose is for DPPC research activity which involves storm flood and water/debris issues which occurred in Malaysia.Below are some of the moments captured during the program. For more photos of the events please visit MJIIT Official Facebook Page.

Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japanese University Consortium (JUC) and University of Tsukuba Japan are hosting the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Seminar 2016, together with the Open Day of the Master of Disaster Risk Management (MDRM) at UTM Kuala Lumpur. The Seminar was officiated by Tuan Mohd Ariff bin Baharom, Deputy Director General, Planning & Preparedness Sector, National Disaster Management Agency, Malaysia. Officers from the Malaysian Civil Defense Department were also there for a demonstration on Disaster Management.

On 15 of June 2016, a delegation from UTM Kuala Lumpur, consist of lecturers from UTM Razak School and DPPC MJIIT visit the Public Works Depatment (JKR), Training Division. Upon arriving, the chairperson welcome and thanked us for this visit. The chairperson starts the meeting by explaining the purpose of this meeting, which are:
1. To introduce postgraduate courses offered by Razak School to JKR officials
2. To introduce DPPC and MDRM courses to JKR officials
3. To collaborate with JKR in terms of technical and research expertise

As usual, this meeting starts with self-introduction by everyone. The meeting continues with presentation from Razak School academic staff regarding to Razak School itself and several new courses offered by Razak School which related to sustainability development. After that, the Deputy Director of DPPC, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali Yuzir give a short presentation on DPPC followed by short presentation on MDRM course by Dr. Khamarrul. During the sharing session, all of the participant discuss with each other on how to enhance the collaboration between UTM and JKR in terms of technical and research. The meeting finished with souvenir giving ceremony and group photography session.

On 9 June 2016, a courtesy visit to Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) was held at their headquarters just near UTM Kuala Lumpur. Upon arriving APM headquarters, the chairperson of this meeting welcome thanked us for the courtesy visit. The meeting kick-off with explanation of purpose of this meeting by the chairperson. This visit aims to introduce DPPC and MDRM course to APM official and at the same time create a collaboration with APM in terms of technical and research expertise. The meeting continues with self-introduction by everyone in order to get to know more between each other’s background. After that, Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, MDRM course coordinator and DPPC member give a presentation on DPPC and MDRM course. One of the APM official, PPj. (PA) Haji Norhafifi Bin Haji Ismail share some his experience teaching in UTM with subject related to disaster risk management. During the Q & A session, a lot of questions had been raised, for example PhD course in disaster risk management, MJIIT scholarship and credit exemption for MDRM course. This meeting finish with souvenirs giving ceremony and group photography session.

This meeting was held on 2nd of June 2016 at Meeting Room 3, Level 2 MJIIT UTM KL. The participant of this meeting consist of disaster risk management experts from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, JICA experts, DPPC members and DPPC associate members. Started at 10.00 a.m., the chairperson, Prof. Datin Dr. Rubiyah Yusof welcomes all of the participant to this meeting followed by a brief introduction about Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre (DPPC). Chairperson end her welcoming remarks by explaining the objectives of this meeting, which are:

i. To create a platform for benefits to the nation in terms of disaster risk management
ii. To collaborate with other universities in Malaysia in order to gain better results
iii. To establish useful collaboration for Malaysia and can be example for other Asian countries

The meeting continues with brief introduction about education background and research interest by all the participant. Prof. Masafumi Goto, whom the Director of DPPC, proceed with in details explanation about DPPC and continued by presentation by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali Yuzir regarding to the integrated study cluster proposal. Four component of flagship study was proposed by DPPC, which are:

RM 2 million will be allocated for the four component studies for two years’ period (RM 500k for each component) and this money allocation can only be used for asset purchasing. Several issues were raised regarding to this money allocation, such as traveling expenditure for researchers and how the assets are managed in Malaysia. After that, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali continue his presentation by presenting the cluster one and five in details followed by presentation by Ir. Dr. Zool Hilmi for component two. The meeting concluded with group photography session.