This year as the conference continues to expand CDEMA and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Jamaica are collaborating to host the CDM Conference. ODPEM serve as host for the event.

1. To share good practices on youth and community resilience initiatives that promote CDM
2. To facilitate exchanges on CDM related research, tools, models, products, information and education materials and to promote CDM knowledge sharing underpinned by scientific data and research.
3. To highlight and promote disaster risk management using multi-sectoral approaches.