IDRC Davos 2010
30 May 2010 - 03 June 2010, Davos, Switzerland
As recent mega-disasters and crises have shown, risk management from a single perspective is no longer adequate to address the complex threats to today’s society. The conference will address different kinds of risks, disasters and crises. A truly integrated and participative approach is planned to ensure that the valuable lessons learned about risk reduction from a wide spectrum are applied correctly to create safer, more resilient and thus sustainable societies for the benefit of communities, countries, and regions.
The following topics of interest will be discussed at the IDRC Davos 2010:
Participants are given the opportunity to offer Special Sessions, Workshops and Training Courses. Proposals can be submitted through the conference website.
The following topics of interest will be discussed at the IDRC Davos 2010:
- Natural Hazards
- Emerging risks
- Urban risk & Mega cities
- Pandamics & Health security
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Critical infrastructures buildings, components, systems and services
- Mitigation, Prevention
- Early warning
- Disaster and Crisis management
- Disaster and Crises recovery
- Financial tools for risk transfer and disaster recovery support
- Risks and Ethics
- Resources and Risks
- Gender aspects
- Governance, Decision making
- Vulnerability reduction and Resilience increase (political, structural, social, environmental)
- Sustainable livelihood
- Education, Knowledge transfer, Capacity building
- Desertification, land degradation, drought
- Environmental Emergencies
Participants are given the opportunity to offer Special Sessions, Workshops and Training Courses. Proposals can be submitted through the conference website.