WECC2015 Program Structure（as of October 2015)
Track
Theme

Track 1Room A

Track 2
Room B-1

Track 3
Room B-2

Track 4
Room C-1

Track 5
Room C-2

Resilient Infrastructure
Energy for
Natural Resources for Urban Development
Mobility andfor Societya Sustainable Society a Sustainable Society
and Infrastructure Communication Technology

Track 7
Room E

Industry for SocietyLife Innovation

Track 8
Room F

Track 9
Room GEngineering for Society and Engineering Education andEngineering in Society
Women in Engineering

Track 10
Room H
Groundwork for
the Future

09:0010:10

Opening Ceremony (Main Hall)

09:0010:10

10:10-10:30

Break (20 minutes)

10:10-10:30

10:3012:30

Plenary Session: Conference Plenary Lectures【 Part 1, 2, 3】(Main Hall)

10:3012:30

12:30-Lunch

12:3014:00

14:0016:00

Plenary Session: Conference Plenary Lectures【Part 4, 5, 6】(Main Hall)

14:0016:00

Nov 30 14:00(Mon)

16:00-16:20

16:2018:00

1-1Reconstruction
innovation

2-1

Wider applications forfossil resources: Conventionaland non-conventional resources

3-1 Satellite-based technology,

Environmental
land and marine survey, resource friendly and sustainable
investigation, disaster monitoring
cities & housing
4-1

09:0009:50

Break (20 minutes)

5-1 Railway technology,

high-speed train, urban
transportation, maintenancetechnology

1-2

10:1012:30

Land/city conservationand disaster mitigation

2-2

Power generation
technology

3-2

Supply chain ofmineral resources and life
cycle of human beings

4-2 Net zero energy building

5-2technology, new air-conditioning Automotive technology,
and sanitary technology, green
society and mobility inbuilding technology, water2030
utilization technology

12:30-

14:0016:00
16:00-16:20

16:2018:10

09:0010:40
10:40-11:00

11:0012:40
12:4014:00

Dec 2 14:0015:30

solving social issues throughthe big data revolution

Break (20 minutes)

Dec 1 14:00(Tue)

6-1 Creating value and

Design of safe andsecure communities,
reflections on human and robot

7-1【Session Keynote Lecture】
Engineering for the society【Session Keynote Lecture】
Liberal arts education in engineering

10-1【Session Keynote Lecture】
Risk communication as the essential sociotechnical system Promoting female leaders in engineering【Session Keynote Lecture】

International
Round Table on
Engineering

6-2

Trends in utilizing
intellectual property forpromoting innovation

Renewableenergy sources andenergy storage
technologies

3-3

4-3

2-4
StrengtheningEnergy saving
national interests andcreating new industries and efficient energy use
using big data

3-4

4-4

1-5

3-5

Robot technology
used at disaster sites
and its operating system

2-3

1-4

Creating
a resilient economy

Resilience inmanufacturing andenergy sectors

1-6

2-5

Energy management
2-6

Smart grid,
smart community

Water resourceand environmental
management

Advancedrecycling technology

Process
technology
for sustainability

3-6 Agricultural machinery

Measuring,
control, security
technology,
robot technology

Molecular
imaging in early
diagnosis/treatment

8-1

Social missionsof engineering andethics for engineers

9-1

Promotingfemale leaders
in engineering

10-2

Environment
and Water

Next generation
broadcasting systems

4-5

4-6

Recovery from disease:
Part 1 (Nanomedicine)

5-4

7-4 Recovery from disease:

Break (20 minutes)

Construction
technology andmanagement

Innovation forand food engineering,
maintenance and renovation ofagricultural mechanization,
sustainable civil infrastructure
agricultural structures

Aeronauticaltechnology

Innovative
telecommunications
technologies

5-5

Break (20 minutes)

5-6

Information
security and privacy

6-4

Value-added
manufacturing forcompetitiveness

7-3

Part 2 (Minimally invasive
therapy and personalizedtreatment)

8-2 Science & technology

based on the societal
trust & communication
Part 1: Fukushima Daiichithe lessons learned

Science & technology
based on the societal
trust & communication
Part 1: Fukushima Daiichithe lessons learned【Panel Discussion】
Promoting young women in engineering:
Part 1 Information and communication technology
9-2 Break (10 minutes)【Panel Discussion】
Promoting young women in engineering:
Part 2 Social infrastructure technology
Break (20 minutes)【Session Keynote Lecture】(1) Features of engineering education in Japan(2) World Trend of ICT in Education

14:0016:00
Break (20 minutes)

6-5
7-5 Recovery from disease:8-3 Science & technology based
9-3
10-3
Innovation ofWorld humanon the societal trust & communication
cutting-edge technology and Part 3 (Regenerative medicine, Part 2: For the society of robust and resource development andnext generation devices
Tissue engineering)
engineering education
secure infrastructure
6-6Advancedfunctional materials

10:1012:30
12:3014:00

6-3
Marine technology,
Role of financeships, ocean energy
utilization, marine resource in industrial innovation
developments

5-3

16:2018:00

9:50-10:10

7-2Lunch, Poster Session
1-3

16:00-16:20

09:0009:50

Plenary Session: Conference Plenary Lecture【Part 7】(Main Hall)

9:50-10:10(Wed)

Track 6
Room D

7-6

Sustaining good health(Medical and healthcare devices)

Engineering
qualification systemsand ethics

8-4

9-4 Development andcontribution ofthe Japanese engineering
education to the world

16:00-16:20

16:2018:10

Others

09:0010:40
10:40-11:00

11:0012:40

Lunch, Poster Session

12:4014:00

Summary and Concluding Remarks of the Sessions (Room A)

14:0015:30

Break (20 minutes)

15:30-15:50

15:5017:00

Closing Ceremony (Room A)

15:5017:0019:0021:00

Banquet (The Westin Miyako Kyoto)

19:0021:00

15:30-15:50