<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://gadri.net/summit/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">4th Global
Summit of Research</a></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://gadri.net/summit/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction</a></span></b></div></b><p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Theme: Increasing the effectiveness and relevance of our
institutes</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Date: March 13-15, 2019</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Location: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.knt-ec.net/2019/gsri/#howto" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">EARLY BIRD
REGISTRATION</a> ENDS JAN 31</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Fourth Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster
Risk Reduction (4GSRIDRR2019), sponsored by the Global Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes (GADRI) and DPRI, Kyoto University, is the fourth session
of the Global Summit Series. It provides a platform for researchers,
practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders in both government and
non-governmental institutes involved in disaster risk reduction and resilience
to come together to discuss, share and exchange ideas to contribute and be
relevant to the priority areas of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction. <br>
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The programme will include keynote speeches, discussion sessions, oral/poster
presentations, and panel sessions. In addition, research institutions are
encouraged to hold side events and academic booths.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conference details: <a href="http://gadri.net/summit/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">gadri.net/summit</a></p></div>
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