12-13 October 2022, New Delhi, India
Adaptive Pathways for Resilient Infrastructure
Call for Abstracts
Update: Invitation link for submitting/uploading manuscripts have been sent to the authors of shortlisted abstracts. In case you have any query please contact Publications@cdri.world
Last date for submitting manuscripts 10 September 2022.
About Technical Conference
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) aims to bolster global thinking and action on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (DRI) through knowledge creation, curation and dissemination.
With this background, CDRI is organizing a technical conference, DRI Technical Conference 2022. The conference will be complemented by a Special Issue of the Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure journal, on the theme Adaptive Pathways for Resilient Infrastructure . The initiative aims to promote multidisciplinary approaches for disaster and climate resilient infrastructure that has traditionally straddled several domains.
DRI Technical Conference 2022, will bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in disaster and climate resilient infrastructure (DRI) to exchange, review, critically assess and evaluate pertinent issues. The 2022 conference aims to produce a defining narrative on Adaptive Pathways for Resilient Infrastructure and identify avenues for future research and policy planning for disaster and climate resilient infrastructure. The technical conference will feature presentations by leading researchers, thought provoking discussions, and debates on developmental and policy matters that the world must focus on.
DRI Technical Conference 2022 will be in person on 12 -13 October 2022, Delhi, India, to commemorate the International Day for Disaster Reduction, and parts of which will be broadcasted live.
Call for Abstracts
Today, uncertainty is increasing in the external environment. This is characterized by climate
change and disaster risks, dynamic geopolitical situations, market conditions and changing
behaviour of people. Under this dynamic context, societies need to make long-term infrastructure
investment decisions.
Building climate and disaster resilience in infrastructure systems is essential for long-term
sustainable development and safety of investments. However, such efforts require dealing with
uncertainties, and understanding causes and impacts of disasters through holistic, systemic, and
multi-disciplinary analysis. They will also require making risk informed decisions and shifting
planning processes from static to dynamic, for reliability of critical services under acute
shocks and stresses triggered by climate change and disasters.
Adaptive and integrated disaster resilience is defined as the ability of nations and
communities to build resilience in an integrated manner and strengthen mechanisms to build
system adaptiveness. It provides the ability to deal with complexities and uncertainties by
designing institutional processes that function across scales, sectors, to engage with
multiple stakeholders and to promote social learning [1]. In addition, adaptive
pathways for resilient infrastructure aims to integrate flexibility into infrastructure
planning and is more relevant for large-scale, long-term infrastructure projects. Depending
on future states and dynamics, adaptive pathways highlight a series of actions which can be
implemented progressively [2] for inclusive and resilient infrastructure.
While there are several success stories of adaptive pathways in real-world settings, mainly
in large-scale infrastructure projects, e.g., Rhine Delta, there is yet a gap in the
adoption of this approach in dealing with uncertainty in different scales, contexts,
governance, resource and cultural settings [3]. Drawing from the insights of Mexico City on
adaptive pathways and coupled infrastructure, history also demonstrates that the very best
solutions today may present critical challenges for tomorrow and that collectively people
have far more agency and influence over complex systems [4].
In the context of DRI Technical Conference 2022, abstracts are invited highlighting solutions
related to uptake and implementation of adaptive pathways and fostering resilience of
infrastructure systems to disasters and climate change.
Abstracts are invited on the following themes:
- Dynamic disaster and climate change risk assessments
for development of resilient infrastructure.
- Strengthening stakeholder collaboration for adaptive
pathways for resilient infrastructure.
- Implementation of adaptive pathways in and across
sectors (telecommunication, power, transportation, health, urban, etc.) fostering
resilience in complex and interdependent infrastructure systems.
Contributions and abstracts are invited from delegates:
- Who have been consistently engaged in building knowledge on the theme and subthemes
- Who have intensive experience of shaping national, regional, and global policies on
disaster and climate resilient infrastructure
- Who have on-ground experience of engaging with issues of adaptive pathways for disaster
and climate resilient infrastructure
Contributions in the form of papers may include case studies, literature review, original
research, scientific articles, policy analyses.
Submission Process
As an expression of interest for participation, CDRI invites abstracts from delegates clearly
proposing relevance to the conference theme and subthemes.
- Submission of abstracts by 23:59 IST,
15 August 2022
Please submit an abstract of maximum 600 words, including up to 5 keywords online
via the submission form (T&F website) . Abstracts will be reviewed by eminent
experts, and upon selection the delegates may be invited to provide a detailed
background paper or detailed proposal to be presented at the technical conference.
- Notification of decision on abstract by 19 August 2022
Author(s) will be notified of the decision on approval of abstracts by above
mentioned date. Selected author(s) will be invited to submit a detailed background
paper or detailed proposal to be presented at the technical conference.
For DRI Technical Conference 2022, CDRI has received a large number of abstracts which are under peer review. The decisions on the abstracts will be communicated soon (by 22 August 2022 for authors located outside India; by 25 August 2022 for authors located in India).
Click here to download the template for Conference Paper.
A link for submitting the full manuscript will be open by 5 September 2022
- Submission of detailed papers and presentation by 23:59 IST, 10 September 2022
Author(s) will have to submit and present detailed papers or proposals, to be invited
in-person at the conference. Full papers must not exceed 3000 words (including all
references, tables, and illustrations). Paper template will be provided.
Please note: submission of detailed papers does not guarantee
invitation and presentation at the technical conference, and final decision will
rest with CDRI. Author(s) are highly encouraged to submit detailed papers well
before the deadline.
- Invitation to present full paper at conference by 15 September 2022
Following a review on quality of paper, credentials and relevance to the theme and
subthemes of the conference, final decision to present in-person at the conference
will be communicated to author(s) by above mentioned date.
- Publication of accepted proposals
Post conference, authors of accepted papers will have a choice of further publishing
their paper as indexed Conference Proceedings alongside extended Special Issue of
the Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure journal, published by Taylor and
Francis.
Date of Conference: 12-13 October 2022 (Residential event)
Venue of Conference: New Delhi, India
Fees: There is no registration fee for conference. visa, travel and
accommodation of invited authors may be sponsored by CDRI.
Contact and further information
vicky.truter@tandf.co.uk
publications@cdri.world(
Use emails only for queries. Abstract submitted through email will not be considered. Use the below submission form to submit abstract.)