 In lieu of this, the International Conference on Safety was organised as a part of the summit.Sudhir K. Jain, Director, IIT-GN, said that the loss of lives during the 2001 earthquake in Bhuj was not merely caused by the earthquakes, but by human failure to construct safer buildings.Therefore, the speakers discussed on safety measures across various sectors like fire, transportation and buildings, buildings in over various aspects such as design, regulation and economics, in where we lack and what we need to do in future to improve the standards of safety in the country.