International Symposium: The 30th International Tsunami Symposium (ITS2021)
Information
Day 1 Program is open to the public with simultaneous translation from English to Japanese. (for online participants only)
Date
July 1, 2021 – July 3, 2021
Venue
International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University (with online streaming)
Link
https://site2.convention.co.jp/30its/index.html
Invited Speakers
Toshitaka Baba (Tokushima University)
Eddie Bernard (Tsunami Consultant, USA)
Lori Dengler (Humboldt State University)
Yuji Dohi (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
Alexander Frolov (National Research Center, "Kurchatov Institute" / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
Yoshiaki Kawata (Kansai University)
Shunichi Koshimura (Tohoku University)
Abdul Muhari (National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB))
Jun Takahashi (Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.)
Yuichiro Tanioka (Hokkaido University)
Kenji Satake (University of Tokyo)
Tomoya Shibayama (Waseda University/Yokohama National University)
Ceren Ozer Sozdinler (Kagawa University)
Cecilia Valbonesi (University of Florence / Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Ahmet Yalciner (Middle East Technical University)
Time Schedule
- 09:00 – 09:15
- Opening Ceremony
- Kazuko Koori (Sendai City Mayor)
Yuichiro Tanioka (Chair of the IUGG Joint Tsunami Commission)
Fumihiko Imamura (Chairperson of Committee of the ITS 2021)
- Keynote Lectures and Panel Discussions
- Moderator: Shunichi Koshimura (Tohoku University)
- 09:15 – 09:35
- Eddie Bernard (Tsunami Consultant, USA)
- Tsunami preparedness: Is zero casualties possible?
- 09:35 – 09:55
- Ahmet Yalciner (Middle East Technical University)
- Assessment, awareness and resilience in coastal disasters
- 09:55 – 10:15
- Tomoya Shibayama (Waseda University and Yokohama National University)
- Field surveys of recent coastal disasters
- 10:15 – 11:00
- Panel Discussion
- 11:00 – 11:30
- Break
- 11:30 – 12:30
- Poster Presentation viewing
- 12:30 – 14:00
- Break
- Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami session
- Chair: Fumihiko Imamura (Tohoku University)
- 14:00 – 14:15
- Kenji Satake (University of Tokyo)
- The 2011 Tohoku earthquake: Lessons from the unforecast event for future hazard
- 14:15 – 14:30
- Shunichi Koshimura (Tohoku University)
- Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami disaster and future outlook towards tsunami-resilient society
- 14:30 – 14:45
- Abdul Muhari (National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Indonesia)
- Ten years after the 2011 Japan tsunami: Lessons from the megathrust event and the emerging challenges from the last non-tectonic events in Indonesia
- 14:45 – 15:00
- Lori Dengler (Humboldt State University)
- Kamome: How a small boat promotes outreach, education and tsunami awareness in a time of global pandemic
- 15:00 – 15:15
- Break
- Public session 1
- Chair: Anawat Suppasri (Tohoku University)
- 15:15 – 15:30
- Yuichiro Tanioka (Hokkaido University)
- Development of near-field tsunami forecasting method using ocean-bottom pressure sensor network (S-net)
- 15:30 – 15:45
- Toshitaka Baba (Tokushima University)
- Amplifying pulling-dominant tsunamis due to dispersion: Case studies for outer-rise and submarine landslide tsunamis
- 15:45 – 16:00
- Jun Takahashi (Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.)
- Tsunami evaluation and measures at Onagawa nuclear power station
- 16:00 – 16:15
- Alexander Frolov (National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
- Towards a 10-year research, development and implementation programme to achieve transformational advances in tsunami warnings, to enhance the coastal community responses: an IOC/TOWS-WG initiative
- 16:15 – 16:30
- Break
- Public session 2
- Chair: Anawat Suppasri (Tohoku University)
- 16:30 – 16:45
- Yuji Dohi (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
- Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment considering possible maximum earthquakes: Study of earthquakes occurring along the Nankai Trough
- 16:45 – 17:00
- Ceren Ozer Sozdinler (Kagawa University)
- 3D simulation and visualization for tsunami public awareness of Nankai trough earthquake in Takamatsu city
- 17:00 – 17:15
- Cecilia Valbonesi (University of Florence / Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
- The management of natural risks: Countermeasures, legislative framework and judicial consequences between Italy and Japan ten years after the great east Japan earthquake
- 17:15 – 17:30
- Yoshiaki Kawata (Kansai University)
- Japanese government wants to establish the significance of World Tsunami Awareness Day
- Day 2 – July 2, 2021
- Please refer to the link.
- Day 3 – July 3, 2021
- Please refer to the link.