PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Day 1 (January 12, 2019): Inauguration and Plenary Session
Inauguration
Time Activity
9.00 a.m. Registration and Welcome Tea/Coffee
10:00 a.m. Recitation from the Holy Quran
10:05 a.m. Welcome Address from Organizing Committee of ICDRM 2019
10:15 a.m. Address from Sponsors
Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus,
10:30 a.m. Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research, BRAC
University
Speech by Special Guest Mr. Hitoshi Hirata, Chief Representative
10:55 a.m. Bangladesh Office of Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA)
Speech by Special Guest Mr. Abu Syed Mohammad Hashim,
11:10 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – Director General, Department of Disaster Management
12:55p.m. Speech by Special Guest Engr. Brigadier General Ali Ahmed
11:25 a.m. Khan, Psc, Director General, Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil
Defence
Speech by Special Guest Mr. Md. Abdur Rahman, Chairman,
11:40 a.m.
RAJUK
Speech by Guest of Honor National Professor Dr. Jamilur Reza
11:55 a.m. Choudhury, Honorable Vice-Chancellor, University of Asia Pacific
12:15 p.m. Speech by Honorable Chief Guest
Speech by Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Saiful Islam, Honorable
12:35 p.m. Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology (BUET)
12:55 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch
Plenary Session
Time Activity
Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Kazuo Konagai, Professor Emeritus, University of
2:00 p.m.
Tokyo; Principal Researcher, International Consortium on Landslides
Keynote Speech by Mr. Patrick Coulombel, Architect, Architectes de l'urgence;
2:25 p.m.
Co-founder, Architects of Emergency Foundation
Keynote Speech by Dr. J.W.F Erik Wiersma, Research Fellow, BUET-JIDPUS;
2:50 p.m.
Co-founder and Safety Expert of Fair Production, Netherlands
Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Kimiro Meguro, Professor, Institute of Industrial
3:15 p.m. Science, the University of Tokyo; Director, ICUS and Team Leader, Create and
Operationalize Urban Resilience Unit within RAJUK
Invited Speech by Prof. Dr. Stefano Tsukamoto, Professor, Osaka University;
3:40 p.m.
Deputy Director of Global Risk Solutions Center (GRSC)
Invited Speech by Dr. Deepak Chamlagain, Assistant Professor, Department of
4:05 p.m.
Geology, Tri-Chandra M. Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
4:30 p.m. Open Discussion
5:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea
Programme Schedule of Day 2 (January 13, 2019)
Time Venue (8th Floor, West Wing, ECE Building, West Palashi Campus, BUET)
9:00 am –
Session on Disaster Risk Management Projects in Bangladesh (Room No. 808)
11:00 am
11: 00 am –
Tea Break (Room No. 808)
11:15 am
Room- 802 Room- 803 Room- 804
Session 1C:
Session 1B:
Socio, Political and Economic
11:15 am – Session 1A: Fire and
Issues+
1:15 pm Geo-technical Issues Technological
Institutional Arrangement +
Hazards
Disaster Finance
1: 15 pm –
Lunch Break(Room No. 808)
2:30 pm
Session 2C:
2:30 pm – Session 2A: Session 2B:
Climate Change and
4:00 pm Geo-technical Issues Structural Issues
Environmental Issues
4:00 pm -
Tea Break(Room No. 808)
4:15 pm
Session 3A:
GIS/RS Application+
Community based Session 3C:
4:15 pm – Session 3B:
Disaster Management Emergency Response, Recovery
5:45 pm Structural Issues
Warning and and Rehabilitation
Forecasting+ Education
and Outreach
5:50 pm Exposition (In front of ECE Building)
7:00 pm Conference Dinner (Room No. 808)
Programme Schedule of Day 3 (January 14, 2019)
Time Room- 802 Room- 803 Room- 804
Session 4A: Session 4C:
Session 4B:
9:00 am – Indigenous Technologies + Hydrological and
Fire and Technological
11:00 am Community based Approach + Atmospheric
Hazards
Indigenous Practices Issues
11: 00 am –
Tea Break (Room No. 808)
11:15 am
Session 5C:
Session 5A: Session 5B:
11:15 am – Climate Change
Flood, Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake and
1:15 pm and Environmental
Erosion etc. Landslide
Issues
1: 15 pm –
Lunch Break (Room No. 808)
2:30 pm
Session 6C:
Session 6A: Emergency
2:30 pm – Session 6B:
Flood, Cyclone, Drought, Response,
4:00 pm Structural Issues
Erosion etc. Recovery and
Rehabilitation
4:00 pm -
Tea Break (Room No. 808)
4:15 pm
4:15 pm
Closing Ceremony (Room No. 808)
onwards
