All India Institute of Local Self-Government

LACDE - NIDM - AIILSG { International Conference } - Second Announcement

6th LACDE - NIDM - AIILSG

2^nd Announcement

NOTE: THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN MILLENNIUM PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DISASTERS SCHEDULED FOR 13 - 15 NOVEMBER 2006 is postponed sometime in 2007.

International Conference on
Urban Millennium Partnership
for the Management of Disasters

You are not Alone

13-15 November 2006,
Mumbai, India.

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Preamble

LACDE [Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies] and the AIILSG [All India Institute of Local Self Government] have crafted a partnership to assist urban local authorities in the area of disaster and organizing an International conference on 'Urban Millennium Partnership for the Management of Disasters'.

The Partnership in knowledge management is in response to a spate of major disasters that have visited several countries and cities and the need to strategies afresh on preventing and handling them. It is also a response to fresh kinds of catastrophe that have revealed themselves and new dimensions of traditional disasters that have unfolded.

As the first Joint Venture of their partnership, LACDE and the AIILSG, have the pleasure of announcing an International Conference on Urban Millennium Partnership for the Management of Disasters for 13-15 November 2006 in Mumbai, India. A host of other agencies, including Governments, Multi-laterals and Bi-laterals are lightly to partner the initiative.

Objectives

The three day International Conference will have the following main objectives

To bring to gather Governments, Mayors, Commissioners, Practitioners, Academies, NGOs, other Stake Holders and decision makers on an International platform to deliberate on the Nature of Disasters that confront the world and especially cities today.
To share recent experiences of major disasters, how they were tackled and what were the lessons learnt to strategies on the direction of future planning and preventive majors that could help avoid such disasters.
To strategies on the direction of future planning and preventive measures that would help avoid such disasters.
To get acquainted with recent development with technologies and other knowledge that can yield prevention and mitigation of the disaster, and
To chart out a future road map on disaster management, especially for cities of the developing world.

General Information

Participations

Participation shall be by invitation, Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Commissioners, Experts in Disaster Management, Academicians, Institutes, Government Representatives, City Administrators and selected NGOs will be invited to participate in this International Conference.

Venue and Dates

Inauguration ceremony: Mayor's Hall

First Day - 13th November 2006:
All India Institute of Local Self-Govt, Sthanikraj Bhavan, C.D. Barfiwala Marg, Andheri [W], Mumbai 400 058. India.

Workshop [2nd and 3rd Days] - 14th & 15th November:
Hotel Sea Princess, Juhu Beach, Mumbai 400 049, India.

Language

The language of the conference shall be English.

Program Overview

The program of the International Conference will be spread over three days. It will have 9 plenary sessions and one set of parallel sessions.

Plenary Session

There will be plenary sessions each of 45 minutes duration. All participants will attend 9 plenary sessions during the workshop. The themes to be discussed are:

Criteria of Safe Cities
Environmental health in emergencies
Community based Disaster Management
Coastal Cities Securities
Building and Planning
Shelter and supply chain management of disasters.
Trauma Handling
Comprehensive Capacity Building
Forecasting, Early Warning of Natural Disasters using Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS.

Parallel Sessions

There will be one set of Parallel Sessions. The participants other that the Mayors will be divided into 2 groups. Each group will have an opportunity to participate either of the subjects given below, during the parallel session in the workshop.

Disaster Recovery and Business Resiliency Planning
Role of NGOs - Rescue, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction including the role of Ham Radio Operators.

Valedictory Session

The Valedictory session will be of 25 minutes duration all participants shall attend this session.

Schedules

First Day - 13th November 2006

0930 - 1200	Registration	Hotel Sea Princess
1200 - 1300	Lunch	Hotel Sea Princess
1300 - 1400	Executive Committee Meeting & the Council meeting of LACDE	Hotel Sea Princess
1600	Proceed to inauguration venue
1630 - 1830	Inauguration of the International Conference at the Gracious hands of the Honorable Minister - Mr. Shivraj B. Patil. [Home Minister, Government of India]	The Mayors Hall, A I I L S G
1830 - 2000	Cultural Program	Hotel Sea Princess
2000	Dinner	Hotel Sea Princess

Second Day - 14th November 2006

0900 - 0945	Criteria for safe cities
0945 - 1040	Environmental health in emergencies
1040 - 1145	Community based Disaster Management
1125 - 1140	Tea Break
1140 - 1220	Coastal Cities' Security
1220 - 1300	Building and planning
1300 - 1400	Lunch Break
1400 - 1930	Site visit
2000	Dinner

Third Day - 15th November 2006

0900 - 0945	Shelter and supply chain management in disasters.
0945 - 1030	Trauma handling
1030 - 1115	Comprehensive capacity building
1115 - 1140	Tea Break
1140 - 1230	Forecasting, early warning of natural disasters using remote sensing, GIS and GPS.
1230 - 1300	Mumbai flood disaster management case study
1300 - 1330	Case study from abroad
1330 - 1430	Lunch Break
1430 - 1545	Mayors round table meeting on Disaster Management
A	Comprehensive capacity building
1545 - 1600	Tea Break
1600 - 1700	Mayor's Interview by Media
A
1430 - 1700	Parallel Session 2
B	Subjects:
	Disaster Recovery & Business Resiliency planning. Roll of NGOs rescue, relief, rehabilitation and construction including the roll of Ham Radio operations.
1700 - 1730	High Tea
1730	Valedictory session

Registration for the Conference

Registration may be done online on the website www.aiilsg.org. Alternatively, please download the registration form and submit it to the conference secretariat along with the registration fees after filling the necessary information in capital letter. All the participants are requested to register themselves as early as possible. Registration will be complete on the receipt of the registration fees from the delegates.

Fees for the conference:

For other countries **

Delegates: US $ 250
Accompanying person: US $ 75

** Considered currency conversion rate is IND Rs. 45 / - [Approximately] per US $.

Indian participants

Delegates: IND Rs. 5,000 / -
Accompanying person: IND Rs. 2,500 / -

Registration fees includes

for Delegates

Participation in all the sessions of the conference and the exhibition
Delegate's Kit
Official Banquet, Opening and closing ceremonies
Buffet Lunch along with Tea and Coffee servings on all conference days.

for Accompanying persons

Official Banquet, opening and closing ceremonies
Buffet Lunch along with Tea, Coffee serving on all conference days
Half day city tour of Mumbai

Submission of the papers

To be acceptable for inclusion in the conference proceedings, the papers must necessarily address one the listed themes. Abstract of papers of length 200 to 300 words may be sent as a hardcopy, softcopy or by email to reach the secretariat by the deadlines given below. Detailed instructions for submission of full length will be given while communicating the acceptance of the abstract.

Deadlines for the submission of the papers

Abstracts of papers	30th July 2006
Acceptance of abstracts	15th August 2006
Full length papers	30th August 2006
Acceptance of papers	15th October 2006

Proceedings

All the registered delegates will receive one copy of proceedings of the conference free of charge. More copies would be available on payment

Expected outcome of the conference

An action plan for disaster mitigation and management identifying the role of governments, international agencies, civil societies and local bodies, is expected to be evolved at the end of the deliberations in the conference.

Travel

The delegates will make their own travel arrangement for international travel. The Conference Secretariat at the AIILSG will assist in their visit to Mumbai and in the vicinity of Mumbai.

Help / Accident Insurance and VISA

The organizers shall not provide help/accident insurance for the delegates. Appropriate arrangements for insurance coverage may be made by the delegates.

VISA is required from most countries to travel to India. The delegates are requested to make the necessary arrangements with the Embassy/Consulate in their countries well in advance of travel plan.

Climate

The temperature in Mumbai during the Conference will be moderate and is likely to be in range of 24 to 29 degrees Celsius. Light clothing is recommended.

Access and Communication

Mumbai has excellent air connectivity with most international destinations. The Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport of Mumbai is about 20 kms from the main city. However, the venue is likely to be within 5 km of the international airport.


Ranjit Chavan	Avi Rabinovitch	Dr. Jatin Modi.
Director - General	Dy. Director General	President
*AIILSG*	*LACDE*	*AIILSG*