2. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION PRE-CONGRESS SUMMIT WORKSHOP AUGUST 19-22, 2001 WORLD CONGRESS MEETING AUGUST 26-30, 2002 REGIONAL FORUMS AND ACTIVITIES 2002-2007 PRE-CONGRESS SUMMIT WORKSHOP AUGUST 19-22, 2001 WORLD CONGRESS MEETING AUGUST 26-30, 2002 REGIONAL FORUMS AND ACTIVITIES 2002-2007

3. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION A MECHANISM FOR CREATING A NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS TO SOLVE GLOBAL PROBLEMS ALLIANCE OF 1,000 SPONSORSSPONSORS PRE-CONGRESS SUMMIT MEETING 2001 DONORSDONORS GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE REGIONAL FORUMS AND PROJECTS 1ST ED. 2ND ED. WORLD CONGRESS MEETING 2002 DISASTERS

4. EVERYONE HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY

5. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION “ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION” “ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION” GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE REGIONAL FORUMS AND PROJECTS REGIONAL FORUMS AND PROJECTS KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DATABASES KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DATABASES CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION IS AN EPISTEMIC COMMUNITY TO CREATE A NETWORK FOR SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS THE WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION IS AN EPISTEMIC COMMUNITY TO CREATE A NETWORK FOR SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS

6. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION GOAL OF GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLANNING IS TO CREATE A COMMON AGENDA FOR GOAL OF GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLANNING IS TO CREATE A COMMON AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITY EDUCATIONEDUCATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PP TT SS OO CA

7. GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE WHAT SHALL WE DO? (A STRATEGIC PLAN) GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, & APPLICATIONS WHAT SHALL WE DO? (A STRATEGIC PLAN) GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, & APPLICATIONS HOW SHALL WE IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC PLAN? (AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN) BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION HOW SHALL WE IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC PLAN? (AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN) BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION

8. PRE-WORLD CONGRESS SUMMIT WORKSHOP THEME A THEME B THEME C FACT: GLOBAL TOLL IN PAST DECADE WAS 650,000 DEATHSS AND $400 BILLON IN DAMAGES STRATEGIC GOAL: IMPROVING GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE

9. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION Living With Potential Disaster Agents (Improving The Capacity For:) Continuing and Distance Education Community Sustainability Vulnerability Reduction Emergency Management Public Awareness Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Building To Withstand Disaster Agents (Improving The Capacity For:) Safer New Low-Rise Construction Hazard Characterization Risk Assessment Inspection Technologies Risk Assessment for Communities Learning From Disasters and Sharing Knowledge (Improving Capacity For:) Accelerating Implementation of Knowledge Using Disasters as Laboratories Data Collection And Data Integration Sharing New knowledge and Technologies GLOBAL Blueprints For Change: Indicators of AND Solutions For Reducing Vulnerability

10. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION Living With Potential Disaster Agents (Improving The Capacity For:) Mitigating Interaction of Disasters Real-Time and Near Real- Time Communication Reducing Impacts on Public Health Emergency Management Urban and Land-Use Planning Reducing Risk to Cultural Heritage Building To Withstand Disaster Agents (Improving The Capacity For:) Managing Unacceptable Risk Environmental Risk Assessment Risk Assessment for Megacities Risk Control for Chemical and Energy Facilities New Generation of Codes and Standards Learning From Disasters and Sharing Knowledge (Improving Capacity For:) Improving Participation and Accountability Sharing New Knowledge and Technologies Assisting Community Chief Executive Officers GLOBAL Blueprints For Change: Indicators of AND Solutions For Reducing Vulnerability

11. WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER REDUCTION Living With Potential Disaster Agents (Improving Capacity For:) Human Rights, Rural Hazards, and Survival Insurance and Other Financial Instruments Building To Withstand Disaster Agents (Improving Capacity For:) Interaction of the Natural and Built Environments Resiliency of Transportation Systems Resiliency of Large Dams Learning From Disasters and Sharing Knowledge (Improving Capacity For:) Risk Assessment Tools for Financial Risk Managers Global Centers of Excellence GLOBAL Blueprints For Change: Indicators of AND Solutions For Reducing Vulnerability

12. THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND REGIONAL NEEDS ARE GREAT

13. THE GREATEST NEEDS CAN BE MET WHEN EVERYONE PUSHES

14. THE CONTRIBUTION OF EVERY PERSON AND ORGANIZATION COUNTS

15. WILL WE CONTINUE TO DO STUPID THINGS FOREVER?

16. TOGETHER WE CAN ELIMINATE THE CAUSES OF MANY DISASTERS

17. GLOBAL ALLIANCES REGIONAL ALLIANCES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES “ CENTERS OF EXCELENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: 2002-2007 PROMOTING REDUCION OF PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, ENTERPRISE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITIES” “ CENTERS OF EXCELENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: 2002-2007 PROMOTING REDUCION OF PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, ENTERPRISE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITIES”

18. 80 % OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN 2050 DOES NOT EXIST NOW

19. THE QUESTION IS HOW FAST CAN WE CHANGE INADEQUATE PRACTICES AND POLICIES