Symposium on“Lessons from Recent Large-Scale Fires and Future Directions”

Hosted by National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Building Research Institute (BRI)The Itoigawa Great Fire occurred in December 2016, and a large logistics warehouse in Miyoshi,
Saitama, was hit by a fire in February 2017. Furthermore, in June 2017, a fire that occurred in London
engulfed a whole high-rise apartment building. In the symposium, the current status of measures
based on lessons learned from such fires will be introduced, and future directions will be exploredto make buildings and cities more resilient.
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Supported by:Thursday, December 13, 2018 1:30pm – 5:00 pm Open from 1:00pm
Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor of GRIPS (See map below) (Max. 300 persons)Japanese/English (simultaneous translation provided)
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Building Research InstituteNational Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management of the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan Housing Financing Agency, Urban RenaissanceAgency, Curtainwall Fire Window’s Association, Building Performance Standardization
Association, Consortium for Building Research & Development, Japanese Association ofBuilding Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Institute of Social Safety Science, Japan
Association for Fire Science and Engineering, Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, TheJapan Institute of Architects, Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan Federation of Architects &Building Engineers, Japan Association of Architectural Firms, The Japan Building Disaster
Prevention Association, Japan Rolling Shutters & Doors Association, Japan Academic Network
for Disaster Reduction, Association of Living Amenity, Building and Equipment Long-life Cycle
Association

Program:
MC: Hiroki SUNOHARA (Professor, GRIPS)
1:30-1:40pm Introductory Remarks
Yoshihiko HAYASHI (Director, Dept. of Fire Engineering, BRI)
1:40-3:00pm Part 1: Improving safety of buildings and urban areas based on the experience oflarge-scale fires
Moderator: Mamoru KOHNO (Professor, Tokyo University of Science)
Tatsuya IWAMI (Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Housing and Urban Planning, BRI)
“Lessons from large-scale fire in Itoigawa and measures taken”
Tensei MIZUKAMI (Senior Research Engineer, Fire Standards Division, NILIM)“Lessons from Large-scale warehouse fire and measures taken”
Atsuo FUKAI (Director, Building Disaster Prevention Office, Housing Bureau, MLIT)“Recent development of building codes for fire safety”
Q&A and SummaryBreak
3:10-4:50pm Part 2: Towards realizing resilient buildings and cities
Moderator: Mamoru KOHNO (Professor, Tokyo University of Science)
Paul EVERALL (Chief Executive, Local Authority Building Control, England and Wales)“Review of building regulatory system based on lessons from residential tower fire in London”
Yuji HASEMI (Professor, Waseda University)“A new fire safety system - change in mindset to break a deadlock”
Q&A and Summary
5:00pmClosingAccess to GRIPS(7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Free of charge (Pre-registration required)
Please send your name and affiliation to the e-mail address below
by Mon, Dec. 10, 2018
Contact: Institute of International Harmonization for Building andHousing (IIBH) (E-mail: grips2018@iibh.org )Profile of Moderator and Presenters

Mamoru KOHNOProfessor, Tokyo University of Science

BS. Eng., MS. Eng. Kyoto University, Dr. Eng. Nagoya University. He has morethan 30 years of professional career at Nagoya University, BRI, NILIM andcurrent position at TUS which he joined in 2009. His research area includes
structural reliability, performance-based fire safety standards, and postearthquake fire safety issues of high-rise apartment buildings.
Tatsuya IWAMI
Senior Research Engineers, Dept. of Housing and Urban Planning, BRI
Tatsuya Iwami received a master's degree of Engineering from KobeUniversity in 1997. He has researched a modeling and risk analysis of city fire
since 1997 at Building Research Institute and National Institute for Land andInfrastructure Management. He is a staff of Dept. of Housing and Urban
Planning, BRI, JAPAN.
Tensei MIZUKAMI
Senior Research Engineer, Fire Standards Division, NILIM
Ph.D., Kyoto University, 2012. He has started his career in fire testinglaboratory and engaged in 1) Performance-based engineering for 6 years.
After joining in NILIM, he has engaged in 2) Risk-based fire safety design and3) Fire investigation, such as 2016 Itoigawa city fire to support theimprovement of building regulations.
Atsuo FUKAIDirector, Building Disaster Prevention Office, Housing Bureau, MLIT
He joined the Ministry of Construction in 1990. He has been engaged mainly
in housing and building administration at the Ministry of Construction, theMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, local governments,etc. He was appointed as Director, Elevator and Building Accidents
Investigation Office, Housing Bureau, MLIT in 2016. He has been in thecurrent position since 2017.
Paul EVERALL
Chief Executive, Local Authority Building Control, England and Wales
CBE MA (Cantab) CEng. Has been CEO of LABC since 2005, the body which
represents all of the local authorities in England and Wales with building
control responsibilities. Prior to that he was Head of Building Regulations inthe UK Government between 1991 and 2005, and a Senior Civil Servant since1981.
Yuji HASEMI
Professor, Waseda University
BS, MS, and PhD, Waseda University. After 22 years engagement in fire
research at BRI, he has been Professor at Waseda University since 1997 andis conducting research and practice to alleviate disaster risks in contemporarysocieties. He has been awarded the AIJ Annual Award (1987), P. H. Thomas
Medal (IAFSS, 1988), H. W. Emmons Award (1999, IAFSS), Special Honor by
Tokyo Metropolitan Fire Department (2017) etc.