The First Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction was organized by the Royal Thai Government, Ministry of Science and Technology of Thailand, and UNDRR in collaboration with ASTAAG, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Future Earth and other scientific organizations and networks. The Conference brought together more than 300 senior policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and academics, civil society and the private sector in the realm of disaster risk reduction from across Asia, and more widely, to discuss how to strengthen science based DRR policy development in support of the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Asia. An outcome document, which consists of twelve recommended actions aligning with and contributing to the ‘Science and Technology Roadmap to Support the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030’, was agreed at the conference.
Asia’s science, technology and academia community agreed during the First Asian Science and Technology conference to hold such a Conference every two year in advance of the AMCDRR so that science and technology influences the implementation and monitoring of the ‘Asia Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030’.