Participation fee is free!
Announcement of JSCE/JICA online seminar on

Maintenance and Management of Road Infrastructure
held on December 21th, 2021

Organizers
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Scope of the seminar
This seminar aims to discuss on the future prospects for maintenance and management of road infrastructure especiallyfor bridges based on an introduction of present situation of road infrastructure maintenance and on-going JICA projectin Republic of Mozambique (hereinafter, Mozambique) as an example, and lectures on infrastructure management byexperts from Japan. It is expected that, from Mozambique, road managers, engineers and academia will participate tothis seminar. In addition, participation from not only Mozambique and Japan, people concerned from the other countries
are welcome. By utilizing the advantage of online method, it is appreciated if this seminar can provide a borderless
opportunity to know activities in other countries and internationally exchange information.

Date & Time: December 21th, 2021, 08:00-12:30 (Mozambique Time, UTC+2:00)
ProgramTIME

CONTENTSPEAKER

[MOZ]

[JST]

08:00 – 08:15

15:00 – 15:15

Opening address and introduction of activities in JSCE

Dr. K. Nagai(The University of Tokyo)

08:15 – 08:30

15:15 – 15:30

Introduction of JICA projects

JICA representative

08:30 – 08:45

15:30 – 15:45

Issues in maintenance of road infrastructure in Mozambique

ANE representative

08:45 – 09:10

15:45 – 16:10

Significance of asset management and its concept

Dr. K. Nagai(The University of Tokyo)

09:10 – 09:35

16:10 – 16:35

Knowledge transfer in training programs

Dr. M. W. Henry(Shibaura Institute of Tech.)

09:35 – 09:50

16:35 – 16:50

Q&A--

09:50 – 10:05

16:50 – 17:05

Break--

10:05 – 10:30

17:05 – 17:30

Damage examples and countermeasures (steel structure)

Dr. T. Nishikawa(Nagasaki University)

10:30 – 10:55

17:30 – 17:55

Damage examples and countermeasures (concrete structure)

Dr. K. Matsumoto(Hokkaido University)

10:55 – 11:15

17:55 – 18:15

Q&A and short break--

11:15 – 11:40

18:15 – 18:40

Inspections

Dr. K. Kinoshita(Gifu University)

11:40 – 12:05

18:40 – 19:05

Data utilization and monitoring

Dr. K. Nagai(The University of Tokyo)

12:05 – 12:20

19:05 – 19:20

Q&A--

Closing remarks

Mr. Matsumoto
Chief Representative, JICA
Mozambique Office

12:20 – 12:30

19:20 – 19:30

Method of the online seminar
This seminar will be held by Zoom. You can get information of the Zoom meeting (URL and passcode) via the preregistration. You have to install the Zoom application in advance. For details and download of Zoom, please access tohttps://zoom.us/.

Pre-registration
Please access to the following Google Form for the pre-registration and type your email address, name, and affiliation.
https://forms.gle/Qh5ok7H7766WauvCA

After you submit the above information, you can check the Zoom meeting information in the small window on the GoogleForm.
*If you register as a group, we will request you to submit a participant list later.

Inquiries about the seminar
Please contact to jscejica@gmail.com (Dr. Takafumi Nishikawa, Nagasaki University, Japan).