A Memorial Symposium on the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake & a Screening of the 3D Documentary: The Great March Eleven Tsunami
–Remembering for the future–
Information
Date
March 10, 2015
Venue
Tohoku University Centennial Hall (Kawauchi Hagi Hall)
[Access] Building D01 in the map
Invited Researchers
- Gordon McBean (President of the International Council for Science)
- Reid Basher (Former Advisor to the UN Special Rep. of the Secretary–General for DRR)
- Shuzo Koshino (Iwate University)
- Yoshihito Ozawa (Vice President of Fukushima University)
- Karl Kim (University of Hawaii)
- Andrew Gordon (Harvard University)
- John Rundle (University of California, Davis)
- Satoru Nishikawa (Vice President of Japan Water Agency)
- Badaoui Rouhban (Former Director of Section for Disaster Reduction, UNESCO)
- Walter Ammann (Founder and President of the Foundation GRF Davos)
Time Schedule
- Tue. March 10, 2015
- Section 1: Towards disaster–resilient societies
- MC: Shunichi Koshimura
- 12:30 – 12:35
- Opening Remarks
- Fumihiko Imamura (IRIDeS)
- 12:35 – 13:05
- Keynote Speech
- Gordon McBean (President of the International Council for Science) Video
- 13:05 – 13:25
- Report on the International Workshop on Implementing Practical DRR
- Reid Basher (Former Advisor to the UN Special Rep. of the Secretary–General for DRR) Video
- 13:30 – 14:15
- Report on the Recovery Status after 2011 GEJE–Implementation of DRR in the Affected Areas
- Shuzo Koshino (Iwate University) Video
- Nobuyoshi Hara (Executive Vice President of Tohoku University) Video
- Yoshihito Ozawa (Vice President of Fukushima University) Video
- 14:15 – 14:30
- Break
- 14:30 – 17:00
- Panel Discussion: “Has the academic research that aims to establish DRR society responded to the social needs?”
- Facilitator: Yuichi Ono (IRIDeS)
- 14:30 – 15:50
- Panel 1
- Karl Kim (University of Hawaii) Video
- Andrew Gordon (Harvard University) Video
- John Rundle (University of California, Davis) Video
- Reid Basher (Former Advisor to the UN Special Rep. of the Secretary–General for DRR) Video
- 15:55 – 16:55
- Panel 2
- Satoru Nishikawa (Vice President of Japan Water Agency) Video
- Badaoui Rouhban (Former Director of Section for Disaster Reduction, UNESCO)
- Walter Ammann (Founder and President of the Foundation GRF Davos) Video
- Gordon McBean (President of the International Council for Science)
- Fumihiko Imamura (IRIDeS) Video
- 16:55 – 17:00
- Closing Remarks
- Makoto Okumura (IRIDeS)
- Section 2: Pass on our memories to future generations!
- MC: Kiyoshi Ito
- 18:00 – 18:05
- Message
- Sadayoshi Ito (Executive Vice President, Director of TFC, Tohoku University)
- 18:05 – 18:35
- Talk show
- Fumihiko Imamura (IRIDeS)
- Atsunori Kawamura (Movie Director)
- Hideo Yanagisawa (NHK News Commentator)
- Satoko Yagyu (NHK Newscaster)
- 18:45 – 20:00
- NHK 3D Documentary Film: The 3.11 TSUNAMI
- 20:00 –
- Closing Remarks
- Fumihiko Imamura (IRIDeS)
Poster
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