Professor J R Choudhury, VC BU participated in the "World Conference on Disaster Reduction" held in Kobe, Japan, from 18-22 January, 2005. He made a presentation on "Recent Developments in Disaster Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Reduction in Dhaka City" in the session titled "Models of Disaster Risk Assessment for Megacities", organized by the EMI (Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative) and RCUSS (Research Center for Urban Safety & Security), Kobe University, Japan.