On 15 March 2015, the GAR results and main findings were presented during the working session on Global Risk Trends at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan. IRDR SC member Omar Dario Cardona presented the progress in probabilistic risk modelling. Omar also serves as the Director of IRDR International Centre of Excellence in Understanding Risk & Safety based in the Institute of Environmental Studies (Instituto de Estudios Ambientales – IDEA), National University of Colombia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Manizales City, Colombia
See Omar Cardona’s presentation: Multi-hazard Probabilistic Assessment
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, UN Resident Coordinator in Malaysia, chaired the Global Risk Trends session and Andrew Maskrey, Coordinating Lead Author or the GAR, answered questions from the audience.