ASTARTE was presented at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan held on 14-18 March, 2015.

Bringing together over 6,500 participants from 187 Member States, the conference adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030. The ASTARTE presentation was entitled “Assessment, Strategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe – New Directions for Tsunami Research in Europe” (by Maria Ana Baptista and the ASTARTE Team). It was presented on March 15, 2015 by Dr. Kenji Satake who works at the Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan — one of the partners in the ASTARTE consortium.