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Objectives and Scope

• To advance multi-disciplinary resilience research
• To foster cross-disciplinary collaboration
• To promote evidence-based practices to enhance the resilience of communities and systems worldwide
• To organize resilience research initiatives and form international, cross-disciplinary teams to investigate pressing global challenges
• To establish networks for communication and collaboration among resilience scholars, practitioners, and stakeholders worldwide
• To engage with decision makers to inform evidence-based resilience policies and cope with the challenges

Venue

Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Committees OC/SC members

President:

Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Professor, Waseda University, Japan

John W. van de Lindt, Professor, Colorado State University, USA

Vice-President:

Changhai Zhai, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Sponsorship & Exhibition Contact:

Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Professor, Waseda University, Japan

Secretary:

You Dong, Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

Advisory Committee

• Lili Xie, Professor, Tianjin University, China

• Dan M. Frangopol, Professor, Lehigh University, USA
• Bruce Ellingwood, Professor, Colorado State University, USA
• Michel Ghosh, Professor, The City College of New York, USA
• Xiuli DU, Professor, Beijing University of Technology, China

• Mengqian LU, Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Darwin Choi, Associate Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Paul G. Harris, Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Sami Al-Ghamdi, Associate Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
• Dongping FANG, Professor, Tsinghua University, China
• Ying Zhou, Professor, Tongji University, China
• Min Ouyang, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
• Paolo Bocchini, Professor, Lehigh University, USA
• Fabio Biondini, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Jamie Padgett, Professor, Rice University, USA

About IAMDR

• The association is named the International Association for Multi-Disciplinary Resilience (IAMDR)
• Importance of multi-disciplinary resilience and a holistic approach
• The association will encompass a diverse range of disciplines, including engineers, economists, social scientists, and more
• The association begins with 4 -6 countries/ regions, gradually expanding its membership, such as China, the U.S., the EU, New Zealand, and Japan

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