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September 2026
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DMISA Disaster Risk Reduction Conference 2026
21-22 October 2026, Gauteng Province, South Africa
The Annual Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA) Conference is the largest annual Disaster Management Conference in Africa. This year’s theme is “Resilience starts with us – Building sustainable communities and advancing the SDGS for a safer future”. The conference provides opportunity for a diverse range of stakeholders in disaster management from across Southern Africa and the world to gather and share skills, knowledge and experience in order to promote disaster risk reduction in Southern Africa and beyond. DMISA invites practitioners, researchers, policymakers and civil society leaders to submit papers for presentation at the 2026 Disaster Risk Reduction Conference (DRRC).
DMISA is the non-profit professional association and community of practice for Disaster Management in Southern Africa and the SAQA recognised professional body for Disaster Management in South Africa.
This year’s conference focuses on collective responsibility for resilience and sustainable development, as well as teamwork in disaster risk and response management, working towards prepared homes, resilient communities and sustainable futures.
Disaster Risk Reduction 2026 will provide opportunity for considering past and future manifestations of disaster risk in Southern Africa and internationally and to build enlightened consensus towards active disaster risk reduction, resilience and risk governance in both urban and rural settings.
In step with the multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral nature of disaster risk reduction and resilience building, there are of course many specific topics that could be covered under the “Resilience starts with us” banner and DMISA would like to encourage innovate and forward-looking discourse that activates and encourages on a practical level.
The call for papers will soon be available on our website or Facebook page.
For more information, go to www.disaster.co.za or Facebook.
DMISA is the non-profit professional association and community of practice for Disaster Management in Southern Africa and the SAQA recognised professional body for Disaster Management in South Africa.
This year’s conference focuses on collective responsibility for resilience and sustainable development, as well as teamwork in disaster risk and response management, working towards prepared homes, resilient communities and sustainable futures.
Disaster Risk Reduction 2026 will provide opportunity for considering past and future manifestations of disaster risk in Southern Africa and internationally and to build enlightened consensus towards active disaster risk reduction, resilience and risk governance in both urban and rural settings.
In step with the multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral nature of disaster risk reduction and resilience building, there are of course many specific topics that could be covered under the “Resilience starts with us” banner and DMISA would like to encourage innovate and forward-looking discourse that activates and encourages on a practical level.
The call for papers will soon be available on our website or Facebook page.
For more information, go to www.disaster.co.za or Facebook.