1. Home>
  2. Public Relations>
  3. What's New>
  4. What's New 2012>
  5. The 10th Environmental Research Symposium – Disasters and the Environment “Protect, Prepare, Overcome!”
2012-10-18

The 10th Environmental Research Symposium – Disasters and the Environment “Protect, Prepare, Overcome!”

Taisuke YOSHIZAWA
Headquarters, Network for Environmental Research Institutions
National Institute for Environmental Studies,Planning Department
Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba City
Ibaraki Prefecture
JAPAN 305-8506
Tel: 029-850-2303, Fax: 029-851-2854

The Network for Environmental Research Institutions, comprised of 13 National and Independent Administrative Institutions and National Universities which are responsible for environmental research will convene the 10th Environmental Research Symposium on November 14 (Wednesday), 2012 at the Hitotsubashi Auditorium in Hitotsubashi University (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo City) in order to widely report on the respective outcomes relating to environmental research carried out by the different institutions. The current symposium will comprise nine lectures and a keynote speech and takes as its theme: Disasters and the Environment – “Protect, Prepare, and Overcome!”. In addition, with a poster presentation of over 100 posters, each institution will comprehensively convey its latest research outcomes in the environmental field. Entrance to the symposium is free, however anybody who wishes to participate will be required to complete registration in advance.

1. Date

November 14 (Wednesday), 2012　Time: 12:00-17:45

2. Venue

Hitotsubashi University, Hitotsubashi Auditorium (in Academic Centre),
Hitotsubashi 2-1-2, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo 101-8439

3. Entrance Fee

Free

4. Registration

Registration period has ended.

5. What is the Network for Environmental Research Institutions?

In order to address the various environmental issues with which we are currently confronted, without any bias towards particular fields of specialty, it is imperative that each specialist field be treated of from an integrated viewpoint. Moreover, it is becoming increasingly necessary to provide new platforms for the exchange of information and expertise, both to forge ties and to foster closer cooperation in order to simultaneously address the various needs relating to environmental research and to promote efficient and effective research.

To facilitate this exchange the Network for Environmental Research Institutions was established in 2002, between the participating National and Independent Administrative Agencies, and National Universities who have since worked in close proximity.

The Network implements the following:
(1) Facilitation of mutual understanding
(2) Exchange of information on important outcomes of environmental research
(3) Facilitation of collaboration in environmental research via closer contact

6. The following institutions currently comprise the membership of the Network for Environmental Research Institutions (current as of October 2012)

  • National Research Institute for Earth Sciences and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
  • National Institute for Material Sciences (NIMS)
  • National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES)
  • Forestry and Forest Proiducts Research Institute (FFPRI)
  • Fisheries Research Agency
  • National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM)
  • National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST)
  • Meteorological Research Institute
  • Buildings Research Institute
  • Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)
  • Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)
  • National Institute for Environmental Research (NIES)
  • University of Tsukuba

7. Contact

Taisuke YOSHIZAWA,
Network for Environmental Research Institutions, Headquarters, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Planning Department,
Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN 305-8506
Tel: 029-850-2303, Fax: 029-851-2854

8. Venue Access Map

Academic Centre: 3 minutes on foot from Jinbocho station or 4 minutes on foot from Takebashi station

9. Symposium Schedule

[Lectures]
●　13:00: Opening Remarks - Shinichiro OHGAKI, President, National Institute for Environmental Studies
●　13:05: Keynote Speech (40 Minutes) 
Speaker: Arata HIRAKAWA, President, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDES)
●　13:45: Lecture ① Extreme weather conditions as seen from observational data (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Fumiaki FUJIBE, Head, Environmental and Applied Meteorological Department, Meteorological Research Institute
●　14:05: Lecture ② Projections for maximum level high tides in Tokyo and Ise Bay (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Tomokazu MURAKAMI, Senior Researcher, Water and Land Disaster Research Unit, National Research Institute for Earth Sciences and Disaster Prevention
●　14:25: Lecture ③ Initiatives relating to Tsunami prevention and mitigation – lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Yoshio SUSA, Head, Water Bodies Research Unit, Maritime Division, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
●　14:45: Lecture ④ Earthquake and Tsunami damage to ports and forthcoming policy (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Yoshiyuki NAKAMURA, Research Supervisor, Port and Airport Research Institute
●　15:20: Lecture ⑤ Research on risk assessment for low-frequency large-scale disasters (20 Minutes)
Speaker: Hiroki YOTSUMOTO, Head, Scientific Safety Research Division, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology
●　15:40: Lecture ⑥ High rise apartments and large buildings disaster prevention measures for water supply and drainage: Post disaster residential environment support and maintenance (20 Minutes)
Speaker: Toshihiro SANKAI, Senior Researcher, Environmental Research Group, Buildings Research Institute
●　16:00: Lecture ⑦ Mountain and forestry disasters recovery technologies for extreme weather (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Hiromu DAIMARU, Head, Water and Soil Conservation Division, Forestry Research Institute
●　16:20: Lecture ⑧ Radioactive contamination of crops and agricultural land – current status and policy (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Ichiro TANIYAMA, Research Coordinator, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
●　16:40: Lecture ⑨ Establishing circumstances and behavior clarification of radioactive materials for multimedia environment (20 Minutes) 
Speaker: Toshimasa OHARA, Director, Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
●　17:00: Closing Remarks – Akihide SENOUE, Director General, Meteorological Research Institute
[Poster Display]
►　Display Hours: 12:00-17:45
►　Presentations: 12:00-12:45 / 17:00-17:45

Public Relations