Tentative Program The 2nd International Conference on Disaster Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities 12 – 13 May, 2009

May 12, 2009 9.00 – 9.30 9.30 – 10.00	Registration Opening Ceremony Welcome remarks by ................................ Congratulatory remarks by President of DAISY Consortium Report by Senator Monthian Buntan, Chairman of Phuket Initiative Conference Opening remarks by ............................ President of DAISY Consortium present souvenir / group photo
10.00 – 10.15 10.15 – 11.15	Coffee Break Session I : Keynote addresses Prof. Hideki Shimamura, Marine Bottom Earthquake Researcher. Tsunami Preparedness – Urakawa’s Experience from the implementation of Ocean Bottom Seismographs (OBS)
11.15 – 12.30	Session II : Review of current situation: legislations and policies
12.30 – 13.30 13.30 – 15.30	Lunch Session III : Progress on technology development
15.30 – 15.45 15.45 – 17.00	Coffee Break Session IV : Practice and experience sharing including traditional knowledge
17.00 – 18.00 18.00 – 21.00	Free Reception Dinner

May 13, 2009 8.00 8.30 9.00 – 10.00	Meet at Lobby Leave from Hotel Demonstration of Disaster Preparedness for Person Disabilities (role play)
10.30 – 10.45 10.45 – 12.30	Coffee break Session V : zLook into the future; role of accessible ICT
12.30 – 13.30 13.30 – 15.00	Lunch Session VI : Open discussion, questions and answers
15.00 – 15.15 15.15 – 16.00 16.00 – 16.15	Coffee break Session VII: Conclusion statement. Closing Ceremony by Senator Monthian Buntan