Conference


-2005 Nov, Japan

Name/Title International Symposiumu on Utilization of Disaster Information
~Organizing and Sharing Disaster Information in Asian Country~
Venue: Country,City Japan, Hiroshima
Date Nov 24-25, 2005
Organizer The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
Abstract On November 24-25, 2005, International Symposium on Utilization of Disaster Information ～Organizing and Sharing Disaster Information in Asian Country～ was held in Hiroshima, Japan. About 70 people participated in the Symposium, Nov 24 and about 40 people participated in the excursion, next day.
The Symposium program is as follows.

Program(Noveber 24)
1.Lecture Meeting
"The recent trends and measures of sediment-related disasters in one's country"
1) Dorothea Agnes Rampisela(Lecturer at Dept of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Hasanuddin University)
2) Guillerma Jayne T. Atienza(Senior Geologist, Bureau of Design Department of Public Works and Highways
3) Chyan-Deng Jan(Director of the Disaster Prevention Research Center, Professor of the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University)
4) Ryosuke Tsunaki(Director of Research Center for Disaster Risk Management, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management)

2.Panel Discussion
Theme：Organizing and Sharing Disaster Information in Asian Country
Coordinator：Roy C. Sidle（Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University）
Panelist：Takahisa Mizuyama（Professor, Graduate school of Agriculture, Kyoto University）
Libor Jansky（Senior Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University）