India Hosts World Landslide Forum 7 in Faridabad

India will host the World Landslide Forum for the first time, convening the seventh edition of the conference (WLF7) from November 23 to 27 in Faridabad, Delhi-NCR, according to republicworld.com republicworld.com. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham serves as the host institution for the five-day gathering, making India the fifth country to host the event following Japan, Italy, China, and Slovenia republicworld.com. The forum, organised under the International Consortium on Landslides, includes participation from over 1,900 authors across more than 75 countries and 760 institutions republicworld.com.

Organisers have scheduled the conference under the theme of landslide science for resilient communities, drawing partnerships with the Geological Survey of India, the National Disaster Management Authority, and the Indian Space Research Organisation republicworld.com. More than 1,280 international attendees are scheduled to review over 700 submitted abstracts and full technical papers republicworld.com.

Monitoring systems and sensor networks

The event focuses on hazard mapping, risk mitigation, remote sensing, and early-warning technologies republicworld.com. Pre-conference sessions scheduled for November 22 will address satellite-based observation frameworks such as Sentinel-1, NISAR, and InSAR, alongside digital twins and geospatial modelling tools republicworld.com.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham reported that its operational landslide research program, established in 2006, integrates deep-earth instrumentation with sensor networks and field deployments republicworld.com. The university previously deployed wireless monitoring systems for hazard warning in Munnar, Kerala, followed by an installation in Sikkim developed at the request of the Government of India republicworld.com. The operational network comprises over 300 connected sensors deployed across hazard zones, supported by field survey data collected from more than 70 landslide sites nationwide republicworld.com.

Global risk reduction collaboration

The forum addresses geotechnical hazards impacting critical infrastructure, including transport links, power networks, and residential settlements republicworld.com. Researchers and institutional delegates will review monitoring performance standards and community alert systems designed for geologically active regions republicworld.com.

The host university's landslide research initiative has maintained recognition as a World Center of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction under the International Program on Landslides across three evaluation cycles: 2017–2020, 2020–2023, and 2023–2026 republicworld.com.

India to host World Landslide Forum 7 in Faridabad with 1,900 authors participating

Monitoring systems and sensor networks

Global risk reduction collaboration

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