Please save the date for the UNISDR “Science and Technology Conference on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030”, to be held in Geneva on 27-29 January 2016. ICSU is one of the co-organizers of the conference.

The conference aims to bring together the full diversity of the science and technology community, policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all geographical regions, at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss how the science and technology community will best support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

The conference will launch the UNISDR Science and Technology Partnership for the implementation of the Sendai Framework and discuss and endorse the UNISDR Science and Technology road map (the draft road map will be available in October on the event website) .

For registration, conference description, agenda, practical information, key documents, etc, please visit the event website, which is updated regularly: http://www.unisdr.org/partners/academia-research/conference/2016/.

Please note the following deadlines:

• Registration is open until 31 December 2015 (link on event website)
• The call for abstracts is open until 31 October 2015 (link on event website)