Conference Information

The Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction Conference (ITDRR 2025) provides a critical platform for global thought leaders to converge and address these contemporary challenges. Building on current multidisciplinary approaches that emphasize the integration of fields such as climate science, cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, and human-centered design, ITDRR 2025 fosters collaboration across sustainable development, cyber-physical systems, humanitarian aid, and urban planning. The conference will spotlight breakthroughs in IT that cater to the dual needs of combating climate-induced disasters and protecting critical digital infrastructure against emergent threats.

The Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction Conference (ITDRR 2025) provides a critical platform for global thought leaders to converge and address these contemporary challenges. The conference will spotlight breakthroughs in IT that cater to the dual needs of combating climate-induced disasters and protecting critical digital infrastructure against emergent threats.ITDRR 2025 extends an invitation to innovators, policy formulators, scholars, and practitioners passionate about harnessing IT for societal safety and resilience. The conference aims to foster a dynamic academic and practical environment conducive to groundbreaking discussions and collaborative solution-building, bridging the gap between research, policy, and grassroots action. This gathering is an opportunity to sculpt the future of disaster risk reduction in an era that demands adaptability, foresight, and unyielding commitment to community empowerment.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers of total length 10 - 16 pages according to IFIP AICT Guidelines (including tables, figures, and references)
  • Paper submission is handled via the Easychair system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=itdrr2025
• Posters (abstract within 2 pages; the poster will not be part of the proceedings)
  • Poster submission is handled via email: Poster_ITDRR2025@dimsis.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp 

Important Dates

• Paper Submission: 30 April 2025
• Notification of Acceptance: 20 June 2025
• Conference Date: 14-16 October 2025
• Camera Ready Paper: 30 November 2025

List of Topics

The organizers of this conference invite prospective authors to submit high-quality research papers addressing, but not limited to, the following topics of interest:

•  Advanced ICT (IoT, sensors) for disaster management
•  Artificial Intelligence and disasters
•  Climate change and disaster risk
•  Climate information management
•  Cloud Computing in emergency management
•  Command and control studies
•  Crowdsourcing, digital volunteers and citizen journalism
•  Data analytics and information visualization for disasters
•  Digital transformation in emergency management
•  Disaster information processing
•  Disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness
•  Disaster relief and resilience
•  Disaster vulnerability and risk management and assessment mapping
•  Disaster monitoring
•  Disaster information management systems
•  Disaster risk reduction
•  Disaster communications
•  Emerging technology support for disaster risk reduction (Robotics, UAV, Generative AI)
•  Ethical issues arising from the technology usage for disasters
•  Geographic Information Systems
•  Hazard and vulnerability analysis
•  ICT challenges in emergency management
•  Integrated risk governance
•  Mobile computing and emergency management
•  Pandemic management
•  Satellite imagery and remote sensing
•  Security and privacy issues in disaster management
•  Simulation and gaming for disaster management
•  Situation awareness and common operational picture
•  Social disaster
•  Social media and disasters
•  Socio-economic impacts of disasters
•  Trust Issues in the disaster risk reduction context
•  Universal design thinking for disaster risk reduction
•  VR/AR technology application for disaster management and training

Oganiging Committee

• General Chair
  • Michinori Hatayama, Kyoto University, Japan
• Program Co-Chairs
  • Jaziar Radianti, University of Agder, Norway    
  • Kei Hiroi, Kyoto University, Japan

Program Committee

• Reem Abbas       Auckland University of Technology
• Victor Banuls      Universidad Pablo de Olavide
• Marcos R. S. Borges        Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Tadeusz Czachorski         Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics – PAS
• Ioannis Dokas     Democritus University of Thrace
• Julie Dugdale      University Grenoble Alpes
• Terje Gjøsæter   University of Agder
• Rob Grace          Texas Tech University
• Igor Grebennik    Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
• Kei Hiroi Kyoto University
• Depak Khazanchi             University of Nebraska Omaha
• Thomas Lampoltshammer             University for Continuing Education Krems
• Tim A. Majchrzak              University of Agder
• Yutaka Matsuno  Nihon University
• Kenny Meesters  Tilburg University
• Tilo Mentler         Trier University of Applied Sciences
• Yuko Murayama Tsuda University
• Sofie Pilemalm    Linköping University, Sweden, University of Agder, Norway
• Jaziar Radianti    University of Agder
• Mihoko Sakurai   International University of Japan
• Jun Sasaki          Yamato University
• Hans Jochen Scholl         University of Washington
• Walter Seböck    University for Continuing Education Krems
• A Min Tjoa          TU Wien
• Denis Trcek        University of Ljubljana
• Osamu Uchida    Tokai University
• Keisuke Utsu      Tokai University
• Dimiter Velev      University of National and World Economy
• Christian Webersik           University of Agder
• Christopher Zobel             Virginia Tech
• Plamena Zlateva             Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Publication

ITDRR2025 proceedings with all accepted papers will be published in IFIP AICT series by Springer as post-conference proceedings and they will be indexed by Scopus.

Venue

The conference will be held at Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. The 10th IFIP WG5.15 Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR2025) will be held in a hybrid setting. You can either join as a participant on-site or join virtually. All talks and keynotes will also be accessible through a dedicated a hybrid conference, providing our virtual attendees with a way of experiencing the conference and interacting with our speakers.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to ITDRR2025@dimsis.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp