The United Nations Platform for Space-based
Information for Disaster
Management and
Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) has
announced that its 2013 international conference is holding in the city of
Beijing, China in October, to deliberate on "Disaster risk identification
and response."
DigitalSENSE
Business News gathered that the International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management would hold between 23 and 25 October 2013, just as
the international training programme “Flood Risk Mapping, Modelling and
Assessment using Space technology” will be organised for 25 participants during the conference.
The
UN-SPIDER Beijing office noted it has organised two successful conferences in
the past two years, which offered a forum for disaster management
communities and experts to strengthen their capabilities in using space based
information to identify, assess, monitor and respond to disaster risks and
integrate space technology into long-term disaster risk management efforts.
According to UN-SPIDER, the rationale is that despite technological advances in
the earth observation and the existence of
ground-based systems for disaster prediction and monitoring, several countries
face challenges to assess and reduce disaster risks. They noted that these
challenges could be addressed by setting up a mechanism for identifying,
assessing, monitoring and responding to disaster risks.
“With advances in the earth observation technology and increasing access
to the space based information, several opportunities are available for
disaster managers to use space technology effectively for disaster management.
The conference is an opportunity to share information on latest methods,
approaches and models used for identifying, assessing and reducing disaster
risks,” the official statement made available to DigitalSENSE Business News read.
Also, the conference is expected to focus on how to operationalize
technological developments to address challenges at the national level by the
national disaster management authorities.
“The sole purpose of this conference is to bring together the
technologists and end users on a single platform to ensure that space-based information is effectively employed in
decision making that saves life and prevents economic losses.” UN said.
Remmy Nweke/DigitalSENSE Business News
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