Updates: Venue and Program

 

 

 

Airport Arrival Information

Guide to Paper Presentors and Session Chairs

Hotel Accommodation near DLSU

There are various hotels near De La Salle University. Restaurants and a shopping mall are also very near. The LRT Vito Cruz Station is a walk away from the South Gate of DLSU.

 

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION:

1. Taft Tower Hotel (3 Star)

2339 Taft Ave, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila

(+632)567-0652

http://taft-tower-hotel.manila-hotels-philippines.com/en/

2. Orchid Garden Suites (3 Star)

Ocampo St., Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila

(+632) 523-9870

http://orchidgardensuites.com.ph/

3. Century Park Hotel (4 Star)

Ocampo St., Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila

(+632)528-8888

http://centurypark.com

4. Hotel Benilde (4 Star)

Arellano Avenue cor Estrada Street, Manila

http://www.csbhotel.com/

 

RCND2015 - Keynote Speakers

INVITED PLENARY SESSION KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

German Velasquez

Chief, Advocacy and Outreach Section

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland

“Making Cities Resilient: Lessons from HFA and Needed Actions based on the Sendai Framework for Action (SFA)"  

Alfredo Arquillano

Former Mayor, San Francisco, Camotes, Cebu and 

UNISDR Asia Pacific Regional Champion for Building Resilient Cities

                          "How can the academe support in  empowering local communities in DRR and CCA”

PLENARY SESSION KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 Norimi Mizutani

Professor, Nagoya University, Japan

                “Study on Countermeasures for Reducing Tsunami Force Acting on Buildings” 

 

 Junji Kiyono

Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

"Seismic Response Analysis of Vehicle on Expressway"

PARALLEL SESSION KEYNOTE PAPERS

UNDERSTANDING HAZARDS

•  “Overview of the Damage by the 2015 Nepal Gorkha Earthquake - A Reconnaissance Report,” By Hemanta Hazarika, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
•  “Assessment of Natural Hazards Affecting the Delta City of Jakarta," By Hasanuddin Z. Abidin, Professor in Geodesy, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

  ASSESSING VULNERABILITIES AND DISASTER RISKS

• “The Bohol Earthquake: Performance of Light Structures," By Emil Morales, Fellow, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
• "A Method to Identify the Dynamic Properties of a Structure using Cross-Correlation of Micro-Tremors," By Hitoshi Morikawa, Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

  PLANNING FOR RISKS

• “Risk -sensitive Land Use Planning in Surigao City, Surigao Del Norte: Insights in its Formulation and Implementation,” By Uriel E.S. Correos (presentor),  Assistant City Planning and Development Coordinator, City of Surigao. Co-authors: R. Tanhueco and D. Edera
  
  
  

REDUCING DISASTER RISKS

• “Improving Structural Performance of RC Beams using Turnbuckle Exterior Post-Tensioning,” By Bernardo A. Lejano, Assoc. Professor, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

 INCREASING PEOPLE’S RESILIENCE

•  "Analysis Of Coastal Disaster Awareness And Preparedness In Vietnam" by Anh Le Tuan,Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)

Invited Keynote Speakers from UNISDR at RCND2015

Dr. Velasquez and Mayor Arquillano with Sendai City Mayor Emiko Okuyama

Dr. Jerry Velasquez, Chief, Advocacy and Outreach Section of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) at Geneva, Switzerland and Head of the "Making Cities

Resilient Campaign" will deliver a keynote lecture at the“The 3rd AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Natural Disaster” with the theme “Building Resilient Communities”, scheduled from 25 to 26 September 2015 in Manila, Philippines. Dr. Velasquez  will deliver a plenary keynote lecture on “Making Cities Resilient: Lessons from HFA and Needed Actions based on the Sendai Framework for Action (SFA)." Dr.Velasquez has worked for various UN agencies for 20 years now since graduating from Nagoya University in 1994 with a D.Eng'g degree. He was the UNISDR resource person when the Philippine Climate Change Act of 2009 was being deliberated. Read Dr. Velasquez's views at Inquirer Online 2009 on CCA and his FB 2011 notes.

The Honorable Alfredo Arquillano, Jr., former  mayor of San Francisco, Camotes, Cebu and the
 UNISDR Asia Pacific Regional Champion for making cities resilient was invited to deliver a plenary keynote lecture on “How can the academe support in  empowering local communities in DRR and CCA.”  Al Arquillano is now the Vice Mayor of San Francisco, Cebu Province, Philippines. Under his leadership as former mayor, San Francisco won the UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2011 for its community empowerment program to boost the resilience of a mostly poor population living below the poverty line. The city's resilience hinges on the Purok system, which is an indigenous method of self-organization at the sub-village level. Under the Purok "Capital Build Up" programme, the community deposits an amount agreed on by residents as initial capital for emergency purposes, which increases fluid assets of the Puroks to use as a post-disaster assistance fund. In addition to this safety net, Mr. Arquillano implemented a system of solid waste management that contributes to better sanitation and drainage, which considerably reduces the risk of floods caused by clogged waterways. It is now touted as a national best practice example and is also being shared with cities in other nations, such as Bangladesh. He was appointed as campaign champion for making cities resilient of the UNISDR. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the United Nations Making Cities Resilient Campaign. 

Mayor Al Arquillano with UNISDR's Ms. Margareta Walstrom