This symposium was hosted by National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan, the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, and Japan-Italy Geo-Risk Joint Lab (GRJL), and held in Tokyo on May 29, 2007 with collaboration from Public Works Research Institute (PWRI). The aim of the symposium was to further advance the joint researches, which are underway based on Joint Laboratory on "Research, Training and Documentation on Hydro-geological Risks," which was agreed at the 7th Japan-Italy Science Technology Joint Committee Conference (held in Tokyo on October 30, 2002).

Conference Proceedings (Honorifics are omitted)

[Opening Speech]

Aldo AMATI

(Minister, Embassy of Italy)

Koji KAMEE

(Director-General, Sabo (Erosion and Sediment Control) Dept., River Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

[Keynote Speech]

1. "Geohazards in a changing Earth: perspectives and opportunities for the expansion of the Japan-Italy collaboration"

Giuseppe CAVARRETTA

(Director, The Earth and Environment Department, National Research Council)

2. "Characteristic of Sediment and Flood Disasters and Problems for Disaster Management In Japan"

Shozo KOGA

(Director, Research Center for Disaster Risk Management, NILIM)

[Presentation]

1. "Creating Hazard Map for Debris Flow Disaster and Dissemination"

Hideaki MIZUNO

(Senior Researcher, Erosion and Sediment Control Div., NILIM)

2. "HAZARD MAPPING AS A TOOL TO MITIGATE RISK"

Alessandro PASUTO

(Managing Director, Italy-Japan Documentation, Research and Training Lab on Hydrogeological Risk, CNR-IRPI)

3. "Landslide risk and mitigation: review of legislation, rules, and methods in five European countries"

Sandro SILVANO

(Research Director, CNR-IRPI Research Institute for Geological and Hydrological Hazard Prevention, Padova)

4. "Progress of Disaster Management Administration in Japan"

Shingo KOCHI

(Deputy Director, International Office for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office)

5. "Warning information service using the new warning system of sediment-related disasters"

Kazuya AKIYAMA

(Senior Researcher, Erosion and Sediment Control Div., NILIM)

6. "THE PREDICTION OF RAINFALL INDUCED SLOPE FAILURES"

Gianluca MARCATO

(Researcher, CNR-IRPI Research Institute for Geological and Hydrological Hazard Prevention, Padova)

[Discussion]

Coordinator:

Hideki TERADA

(Group Leader, Erosion and Sediment Control Research Group, Public Works Research Institute)

Panelist:

Nobutomo OSANAI

(Head, Erosion and Sediment Control Division, Research Center for Disaster Risk Management, NILIM)

Keiji TAMURA

(Senior Researcher, Erosion and Sediment Control Research Group, Public Works Research Institute)

Kazunori FUJISAWA

(Senior Researcher, Erosion and Sediment Control Research Group, Public Works Research Institute)

Giuseppe CAVARRETTA

Sandro SILVANO

Alessandro PASUTO

Gianluca MARCATO

Participants under discussion