The 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2016), entitled "Disasters and Development: Towards a Risk Aware Society" with focus on "Natural Hazards and Disasters, Water and Climate Change" will be held in the historical city of Isfahan, Iran from October 1- 3, 2016. In collaboration with IDRiM, the 2016 conference is organized and hosted by the Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA) in collaboration with multiple national and international organizations.