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World Congress on Disaster Management
(WCDM) 2021

World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) is a unique initiative of DMICS to bring researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management.

The mission of WCDM is to promote interaction of science, policy and practices to enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters.

Four editions of WCDM have been held so far. The first WCDM took place in 2008 in the Hitech city of Hyderabad. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India inaugurated the Congress while Y S Rajasekhara Reddy former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh presided over the inaugural function. More than 1000 delegates representing various national, provincial and local governments, UN bodies, scientific and technical organizations, universities, civil society organisations, corporate sector and media attended the Congress.

The second WCDM was organised jointly with Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2015 in the coastal city of Vishakhapatnam The Congress focused on the need for coordinated research and action involving all stakeholders for holistic management of disasters in all its cycles - during pre-disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness; on-disaster response and relief; and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.

The third WCDM was held in 2017 in Vishakhapatnam on a bigger scale to discuss the challenging issues of reducing risks and building resilience to disasters across sectors. The Congress adopted the Visakhapatnam Declaration and Plan of Action for building resilience across seven pillars.

The fourth WCDM was organised in Mumbai jointly with Government of Maharashtra, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. More than 1500 participants from 68 countries attended the event spread over 9 Plenary Sessions, 63 Technical Sessions and 6 Special Feature Events.

WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system.

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ORGANIZERS AND COLLABORATORS

Fifth WCDM (WCDM-2021) shall be organised jointly by the Government of National Territory (GNCT) of Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS) Hyderabad, in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)



Structure of WCDM - 2021

WCDM-2021 would be structured in a number of Plenary Sessions, Thematic Sessions and Special Feature Events. Besides poster presentations, exhibitions and start ups on disaster management would also be organised.

Plenary Sessions

  • COVID-19 : New Challenges and Opportunities of Building Resilience to Disasters

  • Emerging Technologies and Innovations for Reducing Risks of Disasters

  • COVID-19 : Lessons for Early Warning, Prevention, Preparedness and Response

  • Enhancing Investments for Building Resilience: Global and National Perspectives

  • COVID-19 : Overcoming Economic Slowdown and Finanacial Stress for Building Resilience

  • Capacity Development Strategies for Building Resilience to Disasters

  • Social and Psycho-social Issues for Long Term Recovery from Pandemics

Thematic Clusters and Sessions
Harnessing Technology for Disaster Risk Management
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
SESSIONS 1: New Innovations in Earthquake Resistant Housing and Infrastructure
SESSIONS 2: Roads, Railways and Bridges: Risk Assessment and Mitigation
SESSIONS 3: Making Power and Telecommunication Infrastructure Resilient
SESSIONS 4: Resilient Aviation in a Changing Climate
SESSIONS 5: Challenges and Opportunities of Green Infrastructure
SESSIONS 6: Early Warning of Hydro-Meteorological Disasters: Tasks Ahead
SESSIONS 7: Early Warning of Earthquakes: How Far, How Near
SESSIONS 8: Operationalising Early Warning of Landslides
SESSIONS 9: Remote Sensing, GIS and Drones for Disaster Risk Management
SESSIONS 10: Application of Artificial Intelligence for Managing Risks of Disasters
SESSIONS 11: Emerging Technologies for Climate & Disaster Resistant Agriculture
SESSIONS 12: Technology and Practices for Fighting Epidemics and Pandemics
SESSIONS 13: Emergency Health Management: New Concepts and Practices
SESSIONS 14: Managing Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in Disasters
SESSIONS 15: Technology Innovations for Disaster Response
SESSIONS 16: Small and Big Data: Challenges of Collection, Compilation, Innovation
SESSIONS 17: Technology Transfer and Technology Facilitation Mechanism
Enhancing Investments for Reducing Risk of Disasters
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
SESSIONS 18: Patterns and Trends in Public Expenditure for Disaster Management
SESSIONS 19: Making Private Investments Resilient to Climate and Disasters
SESSIONS 20: Corporate Social Responsibility for Disaster Risk Management
SESSIONS 21: International Development Assistance for Disaster Resilience
SESSIONS 22: Green Climate Fund: Problems and Prospects
SESSIONS 23: Risk Finance for Resilient Agriculture
SESSIONS 24: Risk Transfer, Risk Pool and Catastrophic Risk Insurance
SESSIONS 25: Micro-Credit and Micro-Insurance for Disaster Risk Reduction
SESSIONS 26: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Disaster and Climate Resilience Projects
SESSIONS 27: Mainstreaming DRR and CCA in Development Projects
Strengthening Capacity for Building Resilience
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
SESSIONS 28: Indigenous Capacity for Disaster Resilience: Strengths & Limitations
SESSIONS 29: Basic Education on Disaster Management for Protecting Lives
SESSIONS 30: Disaster Management in Higher Education: Ways Ahead
SESSIONS 31: Disaster and Climate Resilience in Engineering Studies and Research
SESSIONS 32: Disaster Management in Medical Education and Research
SESSIONS 33: Communicating Research on Disaster Resilience to Policy Makers
SESSIONS 34: Pedagogy of Training on Disaster Management
SESSIONS 35: Mass Awareness Strategies for Disaster Management
SESSIONS 36: Networking and Knowledge Management for Capacity Building
SESSIONS 37: North-South, South-South, Triangular Cooperation for Capacity Building
Major Disasters Since 2015
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
SESSIONS 38: Nepal Earthquake 2015
SESSIONS 39: Kerala Floods 2018
SESSIONS 40: Indoneia Earthquake 2018
SESSIONS 41: Indian Cyclones of 2019
SESSIONS 42: Mozambique Floods 2019
SESSIONS 43: Australian Bushfire 2020
SESSIONS 44: Pattern and Trend of Disasters post-2015
SESSIONS 45: Any Other Disaster
SESSIONS 46: COVID-19:Relook in National DM Policies, plans and guidelines?
SESSIONS 47: Lessons Learnt from Success: Kerala, Korea and Vietnam
SESSIONS 48: Origin, Transmission and Spread of COVID-19: Lesson for Future
SESSIONS 49: Managing COVID-19: Experience of Mega Cities
SESSIONS 50: Costs and Benefits of Lockdown for Managing Risks of Pandemics
Special Feature Events

  • Parliamentarians on Disaster Management

  • Mayors on Disaster Management

  • Youths on Disaster Management

  • Media and Disaster Management

  • Innovators and Start-ups on Disaster Management

Submit your Paper Now!

WCDM 2021 invites researchers, policy makers and practitioners to contribute papers for oral and presentations in different Technical Sessions of the Congress. Accepted full-length papers would be considered for publication in Scopus-Indexed Conference Publications.

Last Date for Submission of Abstracts: March 31st 2021

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