Photos of the ACDR 2023

Date: 20 October 2023

Group photo

MC: Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman, Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

Opening speeches:

- Ms Sattoriyon Matlubakhon Amonzoda, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan
- Ms Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for DRR (video message)
- Mr MATSUMURA Yoshifumi, Minister of State for Disaster Management, Japan (video message)

- Prof. HAMADA Masanori, Chairman of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (online or video message)
- Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman, Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

Moderators:

- Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman of the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
- Ms TSUNOZAKI Etsuko, Board member, SEEDS Asia
- Mr Sebastian Penzini, Acting Head of the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, UNDRR Office

Rapporteurs:

1. Mr Sebastian Penzini, Acting Head of the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, UNDRR
2. Iran – H.E. Dr Mohammad Hassan Nami, Head, National Disaster Management Organisation (NDMO)
3. Armenia – Dr Sos Margaryan, Director, National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP)

4. Bhutan – Mr Kado Zangpo, Director, Department of Disaster Management (DDM), Ministry of Home Affairs
5. Indonesia – Mr Raditya Jati, Deputy Minister, National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB)
6. Malaysia – Mr Mohd Faizal Bin Ab. Hamid, Senior Principal Assistant Director, National Disaster Management Authority (NADMA)

7. Maldives – Mr Hisan Hassan, Chief Executive, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
8. Mongolia – Brigadier General Batmunkh Uuganbayar, Deputy Chief, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
9. Nepal – Mr. Panth Mahadev, Joint Secretary, Disaster and Conflict Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA)

10. Pakistan – Mr Badar Zaman, Director General, Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehbilitation Authority (ERRA), National Disaster Management Authority
11. Papua New Guinea – Mr Laso Mana Dusete, Acting Director, National Disaster Centre (NDC)
12. Philippines – Mr Markus V. Lacanilao, Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Defense (OCD)

13. Singapore – Mr Wesley Ho, Director Planning and Organisation Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
14. Sri Lanka – Major General Retired Sudantha Ranasinghe, Director-General, Disaster Management Centre (online)
15. Tajikistan – Mr Jamshed Kamolzoda - Head of the Main Department of the Population and Territories Protection, CoES

16.Thailand – Ms Chatchadaporn Boonpeeranat, Deputy Director-General, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) (online)
17.Türkiye – Mr Maruf Yaman, Head, Foreign Relations Department, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD)
18.Viet Nam – Ms Nguyen Thị Xuan Hong, Viet Nam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority (VDDMA)

Moderators:

Mr Pulod Aminzoda, Director of the Institute of Geology, Earthquake Engineering and Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, and Dr Sos Margaryan, Director, National Survey for Seismic Protection, Armenia.

Speakers:

- Mr Pulod Aminzoda, Director, Institute of Geology, Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, National Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan
- Mr Ulan Abdybachaev, Lead Researcher/ Deputy Head of Department “Geodynamics and Georisks”, Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Kyrgyz Republic (online)
- Dr David N. Nguyen, Concurrent Associate Professor, International Research Institute for Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University/ Researcher, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), Japan (online)

- Mr Dilshod Kodirov, National Coordinator, UN Office on UNDRR, Tajikistan
- Mr Azizjon Azizmurodzoda, Researcher, CoES, Tajikistan
- Mr Majid Hamedani, Director, Department of Refugees and Natural Disasters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran

- Prof. Dr Orhan Tatar, General Director for Earthquake and Risk Reduction, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), Ministry of Interior, Türkiye

Moderators: Prof. Abdulhamid Kayumov, Director of the Center for Glacier Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and Dr Changjae Kwak, Research Officer, Disaster Information Research Division, National Disaster Management Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Speakers:

- Prof. Abdulhamid Kayumov, Director, Centre for Glacier Studies, National Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan
- Mr Serik Aubakirov, Director, Centre for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction (CESDRR)
- Dr Mandira Singh Shrestha, Senior Water Resources Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (online)

- Dr Changje Kwak, Research Officer, National Disaster Management Research Institute (NDMI), Republic of Korea
- Ms Firuza Tursunzoda, Head of the National Disaster Risk Management Project, CoES, Tajikistan
- Mr Najib Yaminov, Head of Emergency Situations Department, Habitat Branch of the Agha Khan Agency, Tajikistan

Presenter:

- Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman, Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

- ACDR2023 Summary by Mr SASAHARA Akio, Executive Director, ADRC

Closing speeches:

- Dr OGAWA Yujiro, Executive Secretary of ADRC
- Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman of the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan