The “Symposium on Risk, Resilience, and Disaster Management,” hosted by the Global Risk Forum (GRF), was held in Davos, Switzerland, on November 23, 2018. A total of 20 people participated, including representatives from UNESCO, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, as well as disaster management experts from various countries, and members of the media. Prof. Fumihiko Imamura, the Director of IRIDeS, was also invited to the symposium, along with other IRIDeS faculty members. He reported on his on-site research on the earthquake and tsunami in Paru, Indonesia and participated in a discussion on the importance of flexible solutions to disaster management and personnel training, alongside other honorable guests. The launch of the 2nd World Bosai Forum was also announced jointly by Dr. Walter Ammann (founder and the CEO of GRF), Prof. Imamura (chairperson for the executive committee of the 1st World Bosai Forum), and Prof. Yuichi Ono (Secretary general of the 1st World Bosai Forum). The second forum is scheduled to be held in Sendai, from November 9 to 12, 2019. Prof. Imamura stated his prospect that the 2nd forum would also be attended by multiple stakeholders involved in disaster risk reduction in government, academia, private sectors, the media, etc.

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