-- Program --

Day 1 (November 24th)

Registration
(9:00-)
Welcome Session
(9:30-10:15): 		Opening remarks
Objectives and Roadmap
Self-introduction Session
(10:30-12:00): 		Each organization is asked for the short presentation (3 min) to introduce their activities, interests and thoughts
(Lunch 12:00-13:00)
Keynote Lectures
(13:00-14:30): 		Chair: Masayoshi Nakashima (Director, DPRI)
New Findings and Scientific Challenges Based on the Lessons Learned from the Great Natural Disasters
  • The lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Issues and Lessons from the Event (Prof. Hajime Masse, Disaster Prevention Institute, Kyoto University, Japan)
  • Lesson Learned from the 2010 Merapi Eruption to Improve Hazard Mitigation of Volcanoes in Indonesia (Prof. Sukhyar, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia)
  • Risk and Improbable Events: The Heavy Tail of the Earthquake Probability Distribution (Prof. William L. Ellsworth, Earthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
Group Discussion
(15:00-17:30): 		New Paradigms of Natural Disaster Research
     (1) Integrated Disaster Risk Management (Kawase)
     (2) Earthquake and Volcanic Disaster (Hashimoto)
     (3) Atmospheric and Weather Related Disaster (Hori)
     (4) Geo-Hazards (Chigira)
(Dinner 18:00-20:00)

Day 2 (November 25th)

Keynote Lecture(2)
(9:00-10:00): 		Chair: Norio Okada (DPRI)
Issues and Challenges in International Collaboration on Natural Disaster Research:
  • The role of the Bristol Cabot Institute in Natural Disaster Research (Prof. David Smith, Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, UK)
  • Linking Research and Field Practices through University Network: Experiences of AUEDM (Prof. Rajib Shaw, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)
  • TBA (Dr. Reinhard Mechler, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)
(Break 10:00-10:15)
Panel Discussion
(10:15-12:15): 		Coordinator: Kaoru Takara (DPRI)
Exploring New Paradigms of Natural Disaster Research and Establishing Natural Disaster Research Networks
New Paradigms of Natural Disaster Research
    (1) Reports from the group discussion
    (2) Panel member: one selected from each group
Overall Discussion and wrap-up
(12:15-12:25) : 		Draft of Resolution (Jim Mori, DPRI)
Concluding remarks
(12:25-12:30) :
*You are also cordially invited to attend the DPRI 60th Anniversary Ceremony and Party which will be held on November 25th at The Westin Miyako Hotel in Kyoto. Ceremony (15:30-17:00)
Party (17:15-19:00)