First Call for Paper: AIWEST-DR 2014, 10th year of The Indian Ocean Tsunami

Conference Theme:
"Surviving from Disaster with Knowledge Capacity: Lessons Learnt from
Universities"

First Call for Papers

The Annual International Workshop and Expo on Sumatra Tsunami Disaster
and Recovery (AIWEST-DR 2014) organizing committee are pleased to
announce this call for papers for the 2014 event. This year, the
workshop is held in conjunction with the 4th Annual International
Conference (AIC) of Syiah Kuala University.AIWEST-DR has become one of
the largest conferences related to tsunami disaster research and
management in the Indian Ocean region, with over 1.000 delegates
attending the event consecutively since its first commencement in
2006. In 2014, the event becomes very important for commemorating a
decade of tsunami disaster that struck the Indian Ocean region on
December 26, 2004.Lessons have been learnt in the past ten years
during which interactions among different stakeholders, including
researchers, government officers, educators, students and industries
from different field of expertise have taken place.

As a key university in the region that directly affected by the 2004
Indian Ocean tsunami,SyiahKuala University has been actively involved
in the process of recovery. It also plays an important role
innurturing and delivering the disaster related knowledge to
thesociety, as well as to share lessons learnt from the disaster
mitigation. Other universities with similar experiences, either in
national or in foreign countries, must have been playing similarly
important role during the recovery of such disasters in their own
region. It is, therefore, the aim of AIWEST-DR 2014 is to provide a
platform to share each other's knowledge capacity in dealing with such
large scale disasters. Thus, this year's conference is dedicated for a
theme of"Surviving from Disaster with Knowledge Capacity: Lessons
Learnt from Universities".

Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit their extended
abstracts dealing withthe AIWEST-DR 2014 themes or related topics,
eitheir in special or regular sessions.
Panel Session
Panel session will be addressed by invited speakers (to be announced)
from various universities that directly affected by mega disasters.
The speakers will share their perspectives on the topic ofLessons
Learnt from Universities on Surviving Mega Disaster. Among others, we
are confirming representatives of the following Universities or
Institutes to share their lessons learnt and best practices:

1. Tohoku University, Japan
2. Kobe University, Japan
3. Fukushima University, Japan
4. GadjahMadaUniversity, Japan
5. Andalas University, Indonesia
6. Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia
7. Thammasak University, Thailand
8. University of Philippine, Philippines
9. Christchurch University, New Zealand
10. Istanbul Technical University
11. University of Hawaii
12. International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran

We are looking forward to taking this opportunity to initiate the
"World Forum of Mega-Disaster-Affected Universities" as a platform for
sharing the best-practices and knowledge pertain to mega-disasters
among the directly affected universities.

Topics for Special Session
We will hold several special sessions that closely related to the
progress and status of recovery after 10 years of Indian Ocean
Tsunami. You are invited to submit extended abstracts related to the
recovery topics, which based on different perspectives and lessons
learnt from countries that were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
The topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Recovery Plan: Formulation and Implementation
2. Infrastructure and Housing Reconstruction
3. Socio-economic Recovery
4. Mental Health Recovery
5. Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Preparedness
6. City Planning and Urban Renewal
7. Governance and Leadership during Recovery

Topics for Regular Session
Authors are also invited to submit their extended abstract in regular
sessions, which topics include, but are not limited to:
* Review and Recent Progress of Tsunami Science and Engineering
* Seismicity and Tectonics
* Hydro-Meteorology
* Disaster Education and Outreach
* Human Security
* Disaster Risk Management
* Disaster-related Technology
* Disaster Law, Institution, and Policy Matters
Student Forum
Especially for highly enthusiastic young researchers, we are
dedicating a special session for under-graduate and post-graduate
students to present their research works as well as to discuss
critical issues related to disaster-related research, best-practices
and lessons learnt from their participation during the recovery of
mega-disaster events.
Extended Abstract Submission
Please submit your extended abstract which has a maximum length of 2
pages (A4 size paper) to:

E-mail (1):aiwest-dr@tdmrc.org
E-mail (2): aiwestdr2014@aic.unsyiah.ac.id

Important Dates
Extended Abstract submission deadline:1 June 2014
Notification of extended abstract acceptance: 30 June 2014
Full papers submission deadline: 16August 2014
Registration payment deadline: 1 September 2014
Conference dates: 22 - 24 October 2014
Excursion payment: to be announced

Contact
AIWEST DR 2014 Secretariat
Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC)
Syiah Kuala University
Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Hasan Street, Gampong Pie, 23233
Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Phone: +62-0651-8052009
Fax. +62-651-8052168
weblink: http://www.tdmrc.org, email: office@tdmrc.org

Registration form, paper writing instruction, and for more information
please visit:
www.aiwest-dr.org or email to: aiwest-dr@tdmrc.org

For other inquiries, kindly contact:
Dr. Ella Meilianda, E-mail: aiwest-dr@tdmrc.org, or
aiwestdr2014@aic.unsyiah.ac.id