CRC in Sendai

Follow all the action from the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

Several Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC researchers and end-users are participating in the United Nations conference in Sendai, Japan, and will be active in social media during the conference week 14-18 March.

Dr Briony Towers, from RMIT University, will be posting regular updates on the BNH CRC Twitter and Facebook pages - so be sure to follow us now and lookout for #WCDRR and @unisdr

Other CRC participants and presenters include Professor Kevin Ronan, CQUniversity, Dr Michael Eburn, Australian National University, Professor John Handmer, RMIT University, and end-users Tony Jarrett from the NSW Rural Fire Service, Damien Killalea, Tasmania Fire Service and John Richardson of the Red Cross.

The CRC will also be prominent in the Australian Government's booth in the exhibition hall, which is open to conference delegates and to the general public.

The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC is officially linked to the conference as the appointed coordinator for the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) in Australia.

For more on the conference go to www.wcdrr.org