Description

The 6th WCDM will be organized jointly by Government of Uttarakhand, Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS), Hyderabad, Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) and Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST), Dehradun.

Call For Papers

The 6th WCDM will provide a platform for interested scientific, technical, research, and academic institutions to organize Special Technical Sessions of 2-3 hours each on specific issues related to the theme of the conference. These sessions would run parallel to other Technical Sessions. The organisers will be given liberty to decide the structure and format of the session, invite speakers /panelists and conduct the sessions.

Theme

  • Innovations in disaster risk reduction and resilience 
  • Mountain specific hazards and their management
  • Challenges in tackling DRR issues 
  • Multidisciplinary research and best practices 
  • Traditional risk reduction practices and voices from the grassroots 

WCDM 2023 shall open excellent opportunities for researchers to contribute their research papers for peer reviewed oral and poster presentations in different Thematic Sessions of the Congress. Each accepted full-length paper shall be published in Scopus-Indexed Conference Proceedings.

Submission Timeline

  • Last date for submission of abstracts  15-Oct-23
  • Intimation of acceptance of abstracts  15-Oct-23
  • Last date to submit full-length papers  30-Oct-23
  • Acceptance of full-length papers for publication 30-Oct-23

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

  • Submit abstract not exceeding 500 words online at the WCDM 2023 website. For more information click here
  • Cite Abstract title, Author(s) name, Affiliation and Contact details (email, mobile)
  • Mention name of additional Technical Session, proposed, if any.

Scientific and Technical Committee

  • Prof. Durgesh Pant, Director General, Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST) & Chairman, Scientific &Technical Committee, 6th World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to convenor@wcdm.co.in, sixth @wcdm.co.in.

For more details, please visit www.wcdm.co.in