Let's Talk about .. Events in UNWCDRR 2015

On January 15, 2015, I joined the Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience 2015 (ISDRRR2015) at The University of Tokyo. I found the information in the poster session mentioned about the interesting international symposium.

This symposium is Disaster Management Policies - Preparedness against Large Tsunamis and Earthquakes etc.

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and UNESCO will hold this international symposium on March 14, 2015 (Saturday)

Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 13:00-20:00 (Reception desk opens at 12:45)
Venue: Sendai City AER TKP Garden City Sendai, Hall D (30th Floor)
Language: English/Japanese with simultaneous translation equipment

- "GRIPS Disaster Program & a Policy Proposal after 2011 Tohoku Earthquake" (by Adjunct Prof. Shigeru Morichi, GRIPS)
- "Japanese National Government Policy on Disaster Management (DM)" by Mr. Hiroto Izumi, Special Advisor to PM)
- "Updated DM Policies of Large Cities in Japan" (by Prof. Fumio Takeda, GRIPS)
- "Landslide Dams formed by Earthquake and their Countermeasures" (by Prof. Hiroshi Ikeya, GRIPS)
- "Japan's Crisis Communication and Foreign Responses during the nuclear disaster" (by Senior Prof. Keiichi Tsunekawa, GRIPS)
- "Comparison of Reconstruction System of the Queensland Flood and of the Great East Japan Earthquake" (by Prof. Hajime Inamura, Tohoku Institute of Technology)
- "Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction" (by Ms. Chikako Takase, Director of UN Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD))
- "Public Opinion in Areas Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake" (by Assoc.Prof. Kazunori Kawamura, Tohoku University)
- and more

If you are interested in this symposium, please contact to Prof. Shoichi Ando (ando@grips.ac.jp) by March 3, 2015.