DATE: Monday, November 21, 2016
LOCATION: Franklin Lew Forum, Peter A. Allard School of Law University of British Columbia, 1822 E Mall, Vancouver
TIME:
□Part one: 10 am – 12:30 pm (General Session)
□Part two: 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm (Technology Session)
□Networking Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30
*This event is now full. Thank you for the RSVPs.
PROGRAM:
9:30- Registration
10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks
Professor Yves Tiberghien, Institute of Asian Research,
University of British Columbia
Ms. Asako Okai, Consul General of Japan in Vancouver
Honarable Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness
Session 1 General Session |
Session Chair: Dr. David Edgington, Department of Geography,
University of British Columbia
10:15-11:15 Keynote Presentation
Dr. Satoru Nishikawa (Executive Director of Research, Japan Center for Area Development Research)
“Disaster Reduction for a Safer & Resilient Metropolis, Hints from the Japanese Experience”
11:15-11:30 Q & A
11:30-12:15 Case Study Presentations
Moderator: Mr. Hiro Nishiguchi (President, Japan Bosai Platform)
“Introduction of several case studies on successful earthquake damage mitigation by JBP member companies”
12:15-12:30 Q & A
12:30-13:30 Networking Lunch |
Session 2 Technology Session |
13:30-14:30 Dr. Akira Wada (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and President of Japan Society of Seismic Isolation)
(1) “Damages to buildings and housings in 2016 Severe Earthquakes: Central Italy Earthquake and Kumamoto Earthquake”
(2) “Recent Application of advanced seismic design to Housings in Japan; Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Reinforcements”
14:30-14:45 Q & A
14:45-15:05 Coffee Break
15:05-16:05 Dr.Kazuhiko Kawashima (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
“Bridges Damages in 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes, and Recent Renovation in Japan”
16:05-16:20 Q & A
16:20-16:55 Presentations and Dialogues with academia
16:55-17:00 Closing remarks
ABOUT THE DELEGATES:
ABOUT THE SEMINAR:
This event is jointly organized by the Ministry of State for Emergency Preparedness, the Consulate General of Japan, and UBC with presentations by a team of top-notch disaster reduction experts from Japan.
The purpose of this roundtable is:
-To share with Canadian policy makers and disaster management practitioners, the hands-on experiences of Japan and to have exchange views.
-To raise awareness towards disaster reduction in Canada.
-To share the tested Japanese earthquake engineering expertise with the scientific community and the construction industry in Canada and to have dialogue among participants
The focus this time is earthquake resilience, which will include aspects of disaster management structure, seismic engineering, and early warning systems.
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