INTERPRAEVENT International Symposium 2024 in Vienna Interpraevent 2024, an international conference on “Natural hazards in a changing climate – How to manage risks under global warming?”, was held in Vienna, Austria on June 10-13, 2024, with approximately 250 participants from about 13 countries around the world. Discussions were held on six themes: “Climate Change, Triggers…
The 5th JAPAN-Austrtia Sediment Disaster Risk Management Technical Conference The 5th Japan-Austria Sediment Disaster Risk Management Technical Conference was held in Austria on Friday 14 June 2024. After short speeches and keynote speeches, a total of seven topics were presented and discussed in two sessions on maintenance and monitoring techniques. …
Yilan County officials from Taiwan visit Sabo kaikan On Tuesday 18 June, a technical exchange meeting was held at Sabo K with a 25-member delegation (accompanied by one interpreter) led by Mr Wu Chih-hung, Secretary-General of the Yilan City Government. After a briefing by Dr. Hiroyuki Ohno on the outline of Japan’s landslide countermeasures, the…
Visit to Taoyuan City Govenment, Department of Water Resouces On the afternoon of May 9, 2024, six officials from the Taoyuan City Govement,Department of Water Resouces visited Sabo Hall. President Ohno gave a lecture on “An Overview of Landslide Disaster Prevention in Japan. During the Q&A session, there was a lively question-and-answer session on how…
We would like to express our deepest sympathies to all those affected by the April 3 earthquake off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan We also express our deepest respect to those who are engaged in rescue and restoration work in the affected areas. We sincerely pray for the earliest possible safety, restoration,…
