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Asia-Oceania Symposium on Information Technology/Strategy

for Earthquake Disaster Reduction
Program (Draft, Last Update 2002/2/12 )

(Language : English and Japanese, simultaneous translation will be prepared)

February 20th (Wed.)

Opening Session (10:00-10:50)

Chair: Kazutoshi Hasegawa (Research Managing Director, NRIFD, Japan)
Opening Remarks

Toshisuke Hirano (President, NRIFD, Japan)

Keynote Lecture : Contribution of Information to Emergency Response Activities just after an Earthquake

Osamu Hiroi (Director, Tokyo University Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, Japan)

　

Part 1 : Lessons learned from large earthquakes, especially roles of information for emergency response activities (10:50-17:00)

This part aims at sharing the experiences of the participating nations and regions. The speakers are expected to introduce what was prepared before earthquakes, what emergency response activities were taken during earthquakes and what countermeasures have been considered based on the lessons learned from earthquakes, referring to the state of affairs of each participating nation or region such as the system of emergency responses and the information infrastructure.

Chair: Yutaka Ohta (Professor, Aichi Syukutoku University)
1. 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake

Hiroaki Yoshii (Professor, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan)

2. 1999 Turkey Marmara (Kocaeli) earthquake

Oktay Ergunay (Deputy General Director, Turkish Red Crescent Society, Turkey)

Lunch (12:20-13:30)

Chair: Guna Selvaduray (Professor, San Jose State University, USA)

3. 1999 Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake

Kuang-Hua Hsiuang (Associate Professor, Central Police University, Taiwan)

4. 2000 India Gujarat earthquake

M. Sahu (Chief, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, India)

Coffee Break (15:00 - 15:30)

5. 2000 Sumatera earthquake in Indonesia

Fauzi (Coordinator, National Seismological Center, Meteorological and Geophysical Agency, Indonesia)

6. Review of country reports from participating nations and regions

Itsuki Nakabayashi (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Reporters:

Oktay Ergunay ( Deputy General Director, Turkish Red Crescent Society, Turkey)

H. Huseyin Guler (Consultant, Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

D. K. Paul (Professor, Roorkee University, India)

Katta Venkataramana (Associate Professor, Kagoshima University, Japan)

Maria Leonila P. Bautista (Associate Scientist, Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Philippines)

Haji Pariatmono (Secretary of the Working group on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, Ministry of State for Research and Technology, Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia)

Shen-Wen Chien (Associate Professor, Central Police University, Taiwan)

Guna Selvaduray (Professor, San Jose State University, USA)

Chen Jianying (Assistant Director, Institute of Geology, China Seismology Bureau, China)

Myong-O Yoon (Professor, University of Seoul, Korea)

Geoff Thomas (Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

　

Special Session (17:00-)

Quick Report on the Sultandagi Earthquake on February 3rd, 2002 in Turkey
Dr. H.Huseyin GULER (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

　

Welcome Reception (18:00 -)

February 21st (Thur.)

Part 2: Information technology for earthquake disaster reduction

Session 1: Present state and subjects of quick damage estimation (10:00 - 12:00)
Chair: Yujiro Ogawa (Special Advisor, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Japan)

1. The city of Yokohamaﾕs system for the real-time assessment of earthquake disaster (READY)

Tetsuya Nakajima (Chief, Disaster Prevention Technical Division, Office of Disaster Preparedness, City of Yokohama General Affairs Bureau, Japan)

2. Earthquake damage prediction and loss assessment in China

Yifan Yuan (Professor, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Seismology Bureau, China)

3. Development of a rapid earthquake damage assessment system for the Philippines

Bartolome Bautista (Chief Science Research Specialist, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Philippines)

4. Landform classification method for earthquake damage estimation using satellite data

Masafumi Hosokawa (Senior Researcher, NRIFD, Japan)

Lunch (12:00 - 13:00)

Session 2: Prompt gathering of real damage information (13:00 - 15:00)

Chair: Haruo Hayashi (Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

1. Practical use of information systems for gathering and sharing of disaster information

Takayuki Urayama (Deputy Director, Disaster Management Communication Division, Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Japan)

2. Search, integration, analysis and dissemination of disaster information for supporting emergency responses after a large earthquake in municipalities

Shinsaku Zama (Head, Research Group for Disaster Management, NRIFD, Japan)

3. Response information management system: disaster reporting California-style

Terry Gitlin (Director, Office of Emergency Services for Santa Clara County, USA)

4. Management of information to acquire real-time information about earthquake damage

Tadaichiro Suzuki (Councelor to Fire Chief, Disaster Division, Tokyo Fire Department, Japan)

Coffee Break (15:00 - 15:30)

　

Part 3: Information strategy for decision-making in emergency response activities during earthquakes (15:30 - 17:00)

This part will provide an international forum on the following issues: (1) gathering, transmission, evaluation and estimation of disaster information; (2) decision-making of disaster countermeasure headquarters and/or fire services; (3) directions to disaster sites; (4) dissemination of disaster information to the public; (5) interactive communication processes and so on. The discussion aims at pursuing what problems awaiting solution we share and what the international information network of research should be.
Panel Discussion

Coordinator (Chair):
Ai Sekizawa (Chief, Fundamental Research Division, NRIFD, Japan)

Panelist:

Haruo Hayashi (Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

Yujiro Ogawa (Special Advisor, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Japan)

Hitomi Murakami (Associate Professor, Yamaguchi University, Japan)

Myong-O Yoon (Professor, University of Seoul, Korea)

Guna Selvaduray (Professor, San Jose State University, USA)

Oktay Ergunay (Deputy General Director, Turkish Red Crescent Society, Turkey)

　

Closing Remarks (17:00-)

Masakuni Nohira (Vice-President, NRIFD, Japan)
　

Banquet (18:00-)

February 22nd (Fri.)

10:00 - 16:00

Technical Tour + Honjo Bosai-kan (Japanese) operated by the Tokyo Fire Department to promote awareness for disaster prevention [http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/ts/hj/honjo.htm] + National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster [http://www.fri.go.jp/indexe.html]

Adviser

Murosaki Yoshiteru (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)

Yutaka Ohta (Professor, Aichi Syukutoku University, Japan)

Akihiko Nunomura (Counselor, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)

Makoto Sugawara (Deputy Director, Disaster Management Division, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan)

Muneto Hino (Research Manager, Institute for Fire Safety and Disaster Preparedness, Japan)

Yifan Yuan (Professor, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Seismology Bureau, China)

Bartolome Bautista (Chief Science Research Specialist, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Philippines)

Geoff Thomas (Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Sponsored and Organized by National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster 14-1, Nakahara 3 chome, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8633, Japan Telephone +81-422-44-8331 Telefax +81-422-42-7719 URL http://www.fri.go.jp/indexe.html