ARISE Japan Public Symposium 2025: breakthroughs via collaboration: how various forms of DRR partnerships address resilience challenges

Time

10:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. (GMT+9)

About

This year marks ten years from the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction on March 2015. While a certain amount of progress has been made, we chase an elusive and moving high bar that is a disaster resilient society, through pandemics, extreme weather, and a changing climate. With less than five years remaining until 2030, the target year, what more can be done to resolve difficult challenges?

In this symposium, we will re-focus on “collaboration” as emphasized in “V. Roles of Stakeholders” of the Sendai Framework, and learn and discuss examples of collaboration across sectors, including business, government, and academia, and between businesses in different industries. Through such discussions we aim to accelerate and expand collaboration in the next five years to dramatically strengthen resilience and reach the goal of the Sendai Framework. 

Tentative programme

Note: The event will be in Japanese 

10:00 Welcome Remarks 

Mr. Masato Takamatsu, ARISE Japan Lead; President, Tourism Resilience Japan

Ms. Yuki Matsuoka, Head, UNDRR Kobe Office

10:20 Keynote 

Importance of collaboration for DRR and resilience |Mr. Nishiguchi, CEO, Japan Innovation Network

11:00 Panel discussion: the many forms of collaboration for disaster resilience 

Moderator: Mr. Shigeki Honda, Adviser, Minerva Veritas Co., Ltd. 

• Collaboration in the Philippines | Engr. Liza B. Silerio, Co-Chair, ARISE Philippines
• Public-private-academia collaboration towards international standardization and better DRR | Dr. Takahiro Ono, General Manager Business Design, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
• Private-private collaboration and knowledge-sharing for realistic training materials| Ms. Yoshiko Abe, DRR Working Group, Global Compact Network Japan 
• Collaboration towards better communication during disasters | Mr. Hirokazu Akiba, CEO, Sonae Co., Ltd. and Mr. Ryuta Taniguchi, CXCC Communication Director, Dentsu Inc.
• Collaborations in satellite remote sensing | Dr. Yoriko Arai, Manager Business Strategy, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) 

12:20 Closing remarks

Ms. Sandra Wu, Former ARISE Board member, Chairperson and CEO, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. 

Event supported by

Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ)

Association for Resilience Japan (ARJ)

Japan Bosai Platform (JBP)

Sponsored by

Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.