CALL FOR ABSTRACTs : Outlines of Theme Sessions (TS) & General Sessions (GS)
CFA: The session invites abstracts (“Call for Abstract”).

Theme Sessions (TS)No.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS1-1

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Advanced
Concept
andImplementationofSeismic
Design Methods for Resilience
Against Intense Earthquake

TS1-2

CFA

Long Life Steel Bridges：Design,
Construction, Replacement andMaintenance Technologies toExtend the Life of Steel Bridges

TS2-1

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Coastal Erosion in AsianCountries-Monitoring,
Evaluation
andPrediction
Techniques Foward Coastal
Protection
andAdaptation
Strategies-

Riki Honda, Professor, The University of Tokyo
Experience of various destructive earthquakes indicates that it is essential for seismic design to deal withthe extremely severe conditions with practical solutions, which may exceed the situation defined in thedesign codes. Such concept has been accepted by many engineers and variety of methods have been
proposed.
They are not, however, yet been widely utilized in the ordinary design codes.
Considering such background and social needs, this session discusses the advanced concept ofmethodologies for seismic design that considers considerably strong ground motions. Resilience-based andperformance-based design methods are of our main interest. We also put emphasis on the implementationof those concepts as design codes. We review current design codes, such as ISO 23469(2005), which wasdeveloped based on the knowledge of advanced skills, and discuss the design methods for the next
generation.
Hiromi Shirahata, Professor, Tokyo City University
In order to extend the life of steel bridges, the development of corrosion, fatigue measures, maintenanceand management technology is an important issue. In addition, there is a demand for updating technology
of existing bridges and technology of newly constructed bridges with a longer life, which are easy to maintainand manage. Even in Japan, as the number of steel bridges exceeding 50 years has increased rapidly, theimportance of technology on long life has been increasing more and more, we will discuss the latest efforts
and future issues with international experts.
Yoshimitsu Tajima, Professor, The University of Tokyo
This proposed session focuses on how we should monitor, evaluate and predict chronical or rapid coastal
erosions in Asian countries and how we should adapt to such changes of coastal environment. Potential
speakers from different countries, such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, Japan and Sri Lanka, will present featuresof coastal erosion problems in each country and discusses how the monitored or predicted features ofcoastal erosion can be applied for planning and designs of future coastal protections and adaptation
strategies. These presentations in each country are then followed by panel discussions of how thesemonitoring techniques and adaptation strategies can reflect future climate change scenarios.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS2-2

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Development of Quality Port
Infrastructure
ThroughtheEstablishment of the National
Technical
Regulations
andStandards

TS2-3

CFA

Development of the Northern
Sea Route and Its Future Tasks

TS2-4

CFA

Integrated Risk Management for
Sediment Related Disasters

Atsushi Fujii, Director of Planning and Research Administration, National Institute for Land andInfrastructure Management
It is very important to have its own technical standards for each country to develop quality infrastructures.
In this session, the technical assistance by Japan to develop new technical standards for design andconstruction of port facilities in Viet Nam will be shared. Then a panel discussion will be held on theimportance of having its own technical regulations and standards as well as on how to develop engineers’
ability for quality infrastructure development.
Natsuhiko Otsuka, Professor, Hokkaido University Arctic Research CenterWith declining sea ice in the Arctic Ocean due to global warming, the international concerns over the
Northern Sea Route are highlighted. Marine transport across the Arctic Ocean Passage has increased
rapidly since 2010, but has declined sharply since 2014. On the other hand, the total cargo volume of the
Arctic Ocean Passage continues to increase, and the international interest in future Northern sea routecommercial operations still remains high. Also, internationally, Arctic Ocean traffic research has been widely
conducted, not only in the fields of science and engineering, but also in the fields of environment, social
economics, international politics, security, and other interdisciplinary areas. Further, Asia is considered to
be a major player in this Northern sea route, which subsequently increases the international attention toward
Japan. In the current session, recent development of the Northern sea route and its future tasks are
discussed.
Atsushi Okamoto, Director, SABO Dep. NILIM, MLIT
Although increased scientific progress, it is still difficult to predict the timing and location of sediment related
disasters and to estimate the mass volume of debris flows, landslides, slope failures or flash floods whichcause human and socio-economic losses. This leads to challenges for the proper design of structural
measures and early warning. Furthermore, climate change, urbanization as well as earthquakes andvolcanic activities increase sediment disaster risks in the Asia Pacific Region.
Since studies and countermeasures have been taken in the Region for different solutions adapted to eachspecific situation, lessons learned in the past should be shared in the Region.
Therefore, the Session will focus on the integrated risk management by an optimal combination of various
measures. The Session will cover the technologies and strategies to reduce the disaster risks such as
monitoring of torrents and slopes, hazard maps, early warning, emergency response, design of preventive
facilities and awareness building.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS2-5

CFA

Recent Water-Related Natural
Disasters in Asian Region

TS2-6

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Water and Disasters-Toward
Building Resilient Society under
Climate Change-

TS2-7

CFA

Wave and Tide Observation andAnalysis

TS3-1

CFA

Applications of Geosynthetics for
Various
Civil
Engineering
Disciplines

Hitoshi Tanaka, Professor, Tohoku University
Devastating water-related natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, landslides and storm surges, haveoccurred in various countries in Asian region especially in recent years. It is noted that climate change willcause further increase of number and severity of these water-related natural disasters in the near future. In
addition recent tsunamis in 2004 and 2011 have caused highly serious impact to the region. The aim of thepresent session is to bring together diverse experiences induced by water-related natural disasters invarious Asian countries and to share their knowledge and lessons learned.
Tetsuya Ikeda, Chief Researcher, Public Works Research Institute / International Centre for Water
Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
In order to build resilient society under the future climate change in the Asia-Pacific region, where waterrelated disasters such as floods, drought and high tides are devastating, this session aims at sharing
expertise through the presentations by the experts from the member countries, and at trying to establish
partnership and collaboration scheme on disaster forecasting and damage mitigation.
Hiroyasu Kawai, Director, Marine Information and Tsunami Department, Port and Airport ResearchInstitute (PARI), National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT)
This session focuses on the process from the acquisition of hydro/meteo information to the application tocoastal disaster mitigation. Wave, tide (astronomical tide, storm surge, and tsunami), wind, and atmosphericpressure are observed by permanent nationwide observation networks and temporary standalone sites in
Asian countries.
These data are inputted to wave generation-propagation-transformation analysis models and are used inwave and tide statistical analysis. These outputs are applied to real-time and permanent coastal disasterprevention/mitigation/control such as coastal defense construction and inundation warning.
Chiwan Hsieh, Distinguished Professor, National Pingtung Univ. of Science & Technology
Geosyntheic includes eight main product categories: geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes,
geosynthetic clay liners, geofoam, geocells and geocomposites. Geosynthetics are available in a wide rangeof forms and materials. These products have a wide range of applications and are currently used in many
civil, geotechnical, transportation, geoenvironmental, hydraulic, and private development applications
including roads, airfields, railroads, embankments, retaining structures, reservoirs, canals, dams, erosion
control, sediment control, landfill liners, landfill covers, mining, aquaculture and agriculture. The objectivesof this session will provide some technical presentations to introduce the applications of geosynthetics invarious Civil Engineering disciplines. This session will also to assist the promotion of the use ofgeosynthetics in all member economic regions. In addition, the session will invite some international
geosynthetic organizations to participate this program.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS3-2

CFA

Experiences and Challenges inConstruction and Managementof Underground Infrastructures

TS4-1

CFA

Civil
Engineering
Heritage:
Preservation, Reuse and Social
SignificanceTS4-2

Invitation
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Civil Engineers’ Contributions to
SDGs
ThroughPromotingResilient Infrastructure andCommunity
Initiatives
forLivelihood Improvement

Shinichi Akutagawa, Professor, Kobe University
Effective usage of underground space is now one of the MUSTs for Asian region to sustain its large
population with fast growing economy. A great number of construction projects are now underway forbuilding underground infrastructures such as tunnels, underground power house, shopping zones, andmore. At the same time, in some regions, aged underground infrastructures are starting to show
maintenance problems. In the proposed session, special attention is paid not only to organization and risk
management of newer projects, but also to effective maintenance of aging underground infrastructure, withspecial interests in employment of advanced monitoring technologies.
Masaaki Okada, Professor, Kindai University
Recently civil engineering heritages are obtaining more interest in academia or local communities. Somehave already been designated as world heritage sites, such as Forth Bridge in UK, Porto Bridge in Portugal
or Ponte Vecchio in Italy, evaluated in cultural aspect. Other than such a global or national scale, civilengineering heritages are cherished by local residents or visitors and have been applied as items toenlighten the local history, to show the great achievements of former engineers, or to enhance local
identities.
This session attempts to invite diverse professionals, such as engineers, archaeologists, architects,
museologists, heritage practitioners, or even enthusiasts worldwide who are interested in this subjects anddiscuss what and how to appreciate, brand, survey, publicize, utilize or localize the civil engineering heritagein various contexts.
Makoto Kimura, Professor, Kyoto University
This session is to discuss how civil engineers can contribute to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) bypromoting not only major infrastructure fundamental to economic growth but also local to people’s livelihood
improvement. Particularly, feeder roads provide roadside communities access to basic human needs.
However, due to the limited number of beneficiaries and localized economic effect, less interventions on
those roads have been implemented compared to major roads, thus, their conditions have remained poor.
It is time for civil engineers to consider how to improve feeder roads as one of the issues to be treatedthrough their professions.
Several cases to improve feeder roads, one of which is through enhancing community initiatives with
innovated method, will be presented by researchers, road authorities, consultants and NGOs. It can be
expected that the session attract civil engineers interests into even local infrastructure for livelihood
improvement and expedite the approach towards them.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS4-3

Invitation
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How to Utilize Big Data forTransportation Planning andManagement

TS4-4

Invitation
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ITS-based Solutions for Urban
Transportation in Asia PacificCountries

TS4-5

Invitation
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TS4-6

CFA

PublicSpacesfor
Local
Communities as the Resilient
Infrastructure-based on theExperiences on Post-disaster
Recoveries; How to Develop the
Methodology
forSpatialPlanning and Design Fused with
Community Enhancement? Quality
andResilient
Infrastructure in Asia: How Can
Investment Gap Be Bridged?

Akimasa Fujiwara, Professor, IDEC, Hiroshima University
This session focuses on the utilization of big data as the transportation planning and management tool. The
person trip survey has been used as the basic tool for urban transportation planning, however that includes
some problems such as the cost of survey, so that it is hard to conduct the survey frequently. In recent
years, it became feasible to utilize the big data as a supplement tool for trip survey such as CDR along withthe penetration of cell phone especially in developing countries. In this session, we are going to discuss thepossibility of such big data for the trip survey tool and to show the future direction of its application to thetransportation planning and management through the some case studies.
Shunsuke Kamijo, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
In recent years, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) such as Electronic Fee Collection (EFC), traffic control,
information provision, utilization of probe data, etc. have been introduced in Asian countries. Several Asian
countries have realized some cost-effective services by utilizing advanced ICT. Many of the world's
megacities are concentrated in Asian region, and they often have common urban traffic problems.
Therefore, useful ITS solutions are highly expected to be effected in other countries as well. In this session,
we will invite experts involved in ITS policy of Asian countries as speakers, introduce latest examples ineach country, and discuss effective ITS introduction methods.
Yu Nakai, Professor, The University of Tokyo
Public space is one of the most essential infrastructures for local communities. The spatial quality of public
spaces is an index of not only richness of daily life but also resiliency to natural disasters of local
communities. Now it is important to develop the philosophy and methodology to fuse public spaceplanning/design with community enhancement, due to the fact that grave natural disasters have been
increasing lately in Asia. The aim of this session is to discuss how to develop the methodology for spatialplanning and design fused with community enhancement based on actual cases of post-disaster recoveries.
Mikio Ishiwatari, Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency
There is significant gap between infrastructure demand and actual investment in Asia. According to the ADB
report “Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs”, Asia and the Pacific region will need around $1.7 trillion peryear from 2016 to 2030 in economic infrastructure. In addition, a JICA research project reveals that there isa substantial demand for disaster prevention and social infrastructure.
This seminar will examine how to formulate policies and mechanisms to bridge the gap to develop quality
and resilient infrastructure in Asia. The participants will discuss:(i) what scale of the gap between needs and investment in economic and social infrastructure,(ii) how to arrange financing source for more resilient infrastructure, and(iii) how to establish ecosystem to mainstream investment in social and disaster prevention infrastructure
within the development planning and budgetary process.

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TS4-7

CFA

TS5-1

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

The Keys of
Promoting
Revitalization

Yoko Kabaki, Principal Engineer Division of Infrastructure, Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants
Inc.
The goal of this session is to identify the keys of success in promoting regional rehabilitation. Regional
revitalization has been initiated from various approaches such as city development, traffic networks
rebuilding, disaster prevention, environment protection, tourism promotion and sports events. Social
infrastructure and community development play the important role for these regional revitalization programs.
For example, regional revitalization has been promoted by developing disaster-resistant community coupledwith tsunami prevention infrastructure in the Tohoku region where the Great East Japan Earthquake andTsunami struck in 2011. In this session, some successful cases of regional revitalization utilizing the social
infrastructure wisely will be introduced, and the opinions will be exchanged about the following keys of
success in promoting regional revitalization:
・The contribution of social infrastructure to regional revitalization
・Leaderships
・Consensus building among stake- holders
・Community development
・Public involvement
Tetsuya Ishida, Professor, The University of Tokyo
The application of supplementary materials to concrete have been increased in many countries. Suchmineral admixtures can be utilized not only for the improvement of fresh properties and durability but also
for sustainability and ecology aspects because the slag and fly ash are by-products in steel plant and coal
power station, respectively. The chemical composition, however, is different in countries and regions
depending on the resource and manufacturing process of main product leading to distinct fresh anddurability properties of concrete with admixture. Hence, the session will discuss the application of mineraladmixtures in each country based on the characteristics. Since the slag cement has been used in Japanand fly ash cement has been used in Thailand with high replacement ratio, the specification or guideline willbe also introduced to deploy the application to developing countries where is suffering from the emission of
by-products.

Success inRegional

Sustainable and Eco-friendly
ConcretebyEffective
Application of Local Mineral
Admixtures

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS5-2

CFA

Wood
Utilization
Engineering

TS6-1

CFA

Advanced
Construction/Maintenance
Model Utilizing ICRT

TS6-2

CFA

Applicationsof
Artificial
Intelligence to Civil Engineering

Tadashi Hara, Professor, Vice-Director of Center for Disaster Prevention Promotion, Kochi
University
Global warming is an urgent issue to be resolved in the first half of the 21st century. Using wood for a longtime is one of concrete solutions for it. It is said that civil engineering field has four million m3 potential woodusage and once used a lot of wood in Japan, but it is no longer using them now. In addition, forest in Japanis now extremely rich and we are at the timing we have to harvest them.
For this reason, we should review wood use again and we would like to discuss this issue in civil engineering
field in this session. Latest technologies and environmental evaluation of using wood in civil engineering
field will be introduced.
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Supreme Engineer, Office of the CTO, Komatsu Ltd.
Rapid reduction in the working-age population will bring about a severe loss in the number of engineers andworkers. The infrastructure will soon be due for maintenance as its facilities and systems are approaching
their renewal dates. Disaster prevention measures against active natural disasters, such as heavy rainfalls
and volcanic activities, will need to be strengthened and/or updated. Therefore, the task of providing a stableinfrastructure for society on into the future will be more difficult than ever. More complex construction
projects will have to be carried out with limited manpower and budgets. This problem will be addressed not
only by an extension of the existing means, but also by innovations. Information, Communication and Robot
Technology is expected to play an important role in this solution. The Proposed Session discusses thecurrent conditions and future prospects for a new Advanced Construction/Maintenance model utilizing ICRTin Japan.
Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Professor, Osaka University
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is deemed to give a significant impact to the future of our society due to the successof Deep Learning to various areas using Big Data. In civil engineering, especially, in construction andmaintenance, huge amount of data will be collected thanks to the progress of Internet of Things (IoT). In
fact, infrastructure owners and contractors have already stored a large amount of data. However, they may
not know how to utilize such data by using the emerging third generation of AI. Some researchers in civilengineering have already done research on using machine learning for detecting cracks and other
deterioration. And now, more and more researchers have started looking at the more advanced AI
techniques for not only for maintenance but also for construction monitoring. The papers on such innovative
applications of AI to civil engineering are solicited to this proposed session.

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Civil

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS6-3

Invitation
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Comparative Study of Quality
Infrastructure in Europe, theUnited States and Asia and Civil
Engineer’s Contribution

TS6-4

Invitation
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Developing a More Relevant
Program for Civil Engineering
Education

TS6-5

Invitation
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Enhancing
Citizens’
Understanding on Importance ofInfrastructure
Basedon
Infrastructure Health Report

Tamon Ueda, Professor, JSCE IAC Senior Director, Hokkaido University / JSCE IAC
In facing the challenge of aging infrastructures, many countries have realized the significance ofinfrastructure maintenance and management in order to build quality infrastructure for a present and futuresocieties. In this session, speakers from Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific region will discuss theirefforts, social systems, similarities and differences among them, focusing on quality infrastructure. In thecourse of comparing with each other, they will identify the central elements which are common to any country
in pursuit of quality infrastructure. Those elements will be the indexes of quality infrastructure, which will tellthem to what degree they have achieved and what to be done next. Then, the speakers will consider feasible
adjustments to the elements. The findings of discussions will be collected as an infrastructure maintenanceand management reference.
Hironori Kato, Professor, The University of Tokyo
Modern civil engineers should be equipped with knowledge relating to engineering, design, construction,
operation, and maintenance of infrastructure projects. Advances in infrastructure development andurbanization also emphasize the need for them to understand principles of finance and use of remotelysense data, in addition to all the traditional subjects. This poses a challenge in developing an appropriate
curriculum for Civil Engineering education especially in developing countries, and, universities need to takea fresh look and develop curriculum that addresses the needs of the construction industries, Governmentorganization and the society at large. This session aims to bring together participants from academic
institutions and industries to deliberate on the challenge of developing a more relevant education programin Civil Engineering at all levels, and, need to develop graduate programs in interdisciplinary areas such as
Earthquake Engineering and Construction Management, in addition to traditional areas.
Mitsuyasu Iwanami, Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Due to the importance of infrastructure development and management, current assessment of overall
infrastructure by civil engineers’ societies has been conducted in Japan as well as the United States andthe United Kingdom. In Japan, based on the deterioration state and management system of theinfrastructure such as road, river, sewage and port, JSCE has assessed the soundness of the current
infrastructure and published the result as “Infrastructure Health Report” for these years. In this session, we
will share the current status on the report published by various countries, and seek the desirable ways toenhance citizens’ understanding on importance of infrastructure based on the report.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS6-6

Pending

INFRA BIM

TS6-7

CFA

Sang-Ho Lee, Professor, Yonsei University
3-D oriented technology, representing the spatial and physical states of real structure, is an unavoidable
trend in construction market. In addition, the technology for knowledge-based operation and managementof various data and information occurring in the life-cycle of civil infrastructure is getting more important.
BIM (Building Information Modeling) seems to be one of the most possible methodology and a tool to meetthese demands. However, the level of BIM technology application in the civil engineering field is still very
low and limited, compared to the architectural design and engineering field. BIM Technical Committee (TC13) will play the pivotal role in setting up technology roadmap, strategy, policy, and standard of BIM in civilengineering. The TC proposes a session at CECAR8 to discuss on the development of BIM-based asset
management technics for civil infrastructure to meet the needs of the time. The main issues will include
knowledge-based information management techniques for civil structures and technology development,
related to reliable support of decision-making by management and operation of well-organized databasecreated in the life-cycle process of civil infrastructure.
Yasuhiro Tanaka, Director for International Cooperation and Projects, Overseas Projects Division,
Policy Bureau, MLIT
Infrastructure development is crucial for economic growth in any country. Especially in the Asian region,
demand of infrastructure development is still far more encouraged. Because normally it takes long time tocomplete projects, proper plan and project management with long-term perspective are essential forsustainable infrastructure development. At the same time, aging infrastructure and its maintenance arerising as a core issue for both developed and developing countries. In order to support sustainable economic
growth, we need to implement the best mix of portfolio between infrastructure development andmaintenance while utilizing a variety of project platforms including Public Private Partnership (PPP).
In this session, panel presenters will discuss the impact and contribution of infrastructure development on
their own countries and regions. Then they share ideas on effective policies to be implemented in order tomaintain sustainable economic growth in the future.

Infrastructure Development andEconomic Growth

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS6-8

CFA

Innovative
Construction
Technologies and Managementin Infrastructure Projects

TS6-9

CFA

Introduction of Users’ Viewpoints
in Post Appraisal of ODA
Infrastructure ProjectTS6-10

CFA

Open Dialogs among Asian
Economies on Anti-Corruption –Challenges
fromDifferent
Perspectives

Akira Kashida, Deputy Manager, Project Management Group, Construction Department,International Division, Kajima Corporation
Peerapong Suthiwarapirak, Regional Technical Manager, Civil Engineering Technology Department,International Division, Shimizu Corporation
This session discusses the infrastructure projects where innovative construction technologies and/or project
management are applied. The civil engineers working in various countries introduce their projects including
large-scale dams, tunnels and bridges. The main focus are on the difficulties in each project and thesolution(s) that are proposed to overcome them. The aim is that, by sharing up-to-date information, theresearches and developments in construction technologies and project management are further advanced
in ACECC member societies.
This session is proposed as one of the two sessions that the construction technology research committeeof JSCE organizes under the same title, where ten to twelve different projects, in total, will be presented.
Tsunemi Watanabe, Professor, Kochi University of Technology
In some ODA infrastructure development projects, their original project purpose is not sufficiently achieved
due to reasons such as inappropriate maintenance. One of its fundamental reasons is that the point of viewof the funding provider such as internal rate of return is overly emphasized in post appraisal of the ODA
project and that the viewpoint of the user is lacking. Among the DAC principles of ODA project evaluation,
there is no user viewpoint. It is worthwhile discussing the necessity of incorporation of users’ viewpoints into
post project appraisal. The objective of this seminar is to collect and share case examples of ODA projects
with focus on users’ viewpoints and discuss methods of incorporating users’ viewpoints into post appraisalof ODA infrastructure project.
Edward Wang, Professor, Minhsin University of Science and Technology
The main objective of the TC-17 session is to provide a platform to encourage open discussions on thedefinition of anticorruption. The program will be designed to motivate ACECC member-societies to reportany anti-corruption activities undertaken in their respective economies also showcase the best practices.
The main activities of the session will achieve one of the 3 goals: 1.) Sharing information on anti-corruption
activities by all; 2.) Providing member nation engineers with anti-corruption education and training; 3.)
Encouraging each member nation to nominate a role model for others to learn from.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS6-11

Invitation
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Present
andFutureMaintenance
Strategy
forInfrastructures in Asian Region

TS6-12Invitation
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Productivity Improvements in the
Field of Construction by Making
Use of ICT Which Stands for
Information and Communication
Technology.

Koji Matsumoto, Project Assist. Professor, The University of Tokyo
In Asian region, the degrees of infrastructure development in each country are significantly different. Somecountries are currently in a period of rapid construction, while others have already passed mass construction
periods and are facing to aging problems of infrastructure. In this session, representative engineers fromThailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Japan, where the degrees and significance of infrastructure development
and conservation are different, give presentations to introduce current situations in their respective
countries. In addition, issues and goals for infrastructure maintenance management in Asian region will be
discussed including technology, organization, and human resource development.
This session is organized by “Infrastructure Maintenance, Renovation and Management” in Crossministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) which is steered by Cabinet Office, Governmentof Japan. The organizer aims to support overseas expansion of the latest technologies of infrastructure
management by exchanging the information in the session.
Yoshinori Morita, Director, JACIC
Transmission and opinion exchange of the latest trends and the effects regarding productivity improvementsin the phase of design, construction and maintenance of civil structures by utilizing CIM which stands forConstruction Information Modeling and Management with 3Dmodel as well as ICT.

TS6-13Invitation
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Study of Failure for Young Civil
Engineers

Hiromasa Iwai, Assistant Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology
In this session, we are going to share our mistakes and failure experiences in designing, construction, andany other cases. Mistake and failure in civil engineering threaten safety, and it will lead to fatal accidents.
Someone’s experiences of mistake will help us predicting potential problems and accidents, and it will be agreat help for us not to repeat the same mistakes, to reduce risks, and to find new methods to solve
problems.
First, a presenter show failure cases happened in his/her job, and then participants have time to detect thereasons why the failure occurred, and discuss how to overcome it. After that the presenter will show one of
the answers for how to solve the problem.
We are going to gather participants from the delegates of the 1st Future Leaders’ Forum, which was held at
ACECC 32nd ECM in Nepal.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS6-14Invitation
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Transdisciplinary Approach for
Disaster Risk Reduction by
Scientific
Knowledge-based
Decision-Making - Four Years of
Activity of TC21 and Statementfrom the Members for Future
DRR -TS6-15Invitation
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Transforming Civil Engineering
Education and Practice toAchieve the United Nations
Sustainable
Development
Goals: Where We Are

TS6-15Invitation
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Transforming Civil Engineering
Education and Practice toAchieve the United Nations
Sustainable
Development
Goals: Next Steps

Yoshihiro Katsuhama, Manager, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
The committee TC21 “Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters”, held
three session and symposiums on “Scientific Knowledge-based Decision-Making Schemes for Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR)”, in Hawaii (CECAR7), the Philippines, Nepal, and another symposium is planned to beheld in Vietnam in 2018.
The proposed session for CECAR8 will present findings of the 4 years of efforts and to voice the rational
and processes of decision-making by TDA for DRR to be heard by all concerned stakeholders and the future
leaders. The findings will be the compiled results of case studies, presenting the mechanisms of TDA basedon facts and actual processes. We will conclude the session with a statement that TDA, if customization foreach societal condition is successful, will help build the institutional and political systems that enhances theefficient processes of scientific knowledge-based decision-making for DRR.
William Kelly, ASCE
Eiki Yamaguchi, Professor CE, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Resilient and sustainable infrastructure is essential to achieving the UN 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals. Goals 9 and 11 deal specifically with resilient infrastructure and sustainable cities. Other goals deal
with infrastructure sectors, for example, water and wastewater (Goal 6), energy (Goal 7), materials (12),and climate adaptation (13). Presenters will report and discuss progress to date in transforming civilengineering education and practice to meet the challenges of achieving the UN SDGs and make sustainableinfrastructure the new norm.
William Kelly, ASCE
Eiki Yamaguchi, Professor CE, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Resilient and sustainable infrastructure is essential to achieving the UN 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals. Goals 9 and 11 deal specifically with resilient infrastructure and sustainable cities. Other goals deal
with infrastructure sectors, for example, water and wastewater (Goal 6), energy (Goal 7), materials (12),and climate adaptation (13). Panelists will discuss and date what still needs to be done to transform civilengineering education and practice to meet the challenges of achieving the UN SDGs and make sustainableinfrastructure the new norm. This session will be interactive with sufficient time allocated to engage theaudience in the discussion and debate.

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Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS6-16

CFA

Women in Civil Engineering

TS7-1

Pending

Adoption of Standard Operating
Proceduresfor
Design,Construction and Maintenanceof Long Span Bridges

TS7-2

CFA

Climate Change Adaptation
Measuresin
Water-related
IssuesKiko Yamada-Kawai, Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Civil engineering is one of the most male-dominant domains in both industry and academia, and various
challenges have been implemented. In Japan’s case, JSCE’s women members grew notably in these 20
years while a society by women civil engineers celebrated its 30 years, yet a regulation remains to prohibit
women to enter specific construction sites. Sometimes women in civil engineering is discussed as part ofcompliment of labor shortage that may lack continuity. In this session, we would like to invite speakers fromboth academia and industry to share their knowledge and achievements on encouraging women in civilengineering. Possible topics include: history and present status, activities in earlier education (STEM), job
retention, women’s selfhelp, goal setting in society and organization, and regulation to help/prohibit women.
Introduction of cases and analysis are both welcome. A panel discussion is planned after the paper
presentations as a networking opportunity.
Ho-Kyung Kim, Professor, Seoul National University
In last three decades, engineers and researchers made outstanding developments in long-span bridge
technologies. As part of the advancement, the ACECC launched TC-18 for adoption of standard operatingprocedures for design, construction and maintenance of long-span bridges. KSCE is now chairing thiscommittee from 2016 and is proposing a special session in 8th CECAR for the mutual communication andcooperation between committee members and colleagues. In this session, various topics will be presented
and discussed to share recent development and cutting-edge technology in design, construction, monitoringand maintenance of regular and cable bridge systems.
Tomohito Yamada, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
The increasing frequency of natural disasters caused by climate change, such as heavy precipitation,
drought, and high tide, is a pressing concern for countries around the world. One measure against climatechange is adaptation, which involves anticipating the adverse effects of climate change and taking theappropriate and/or least unfavorable course of action to prevent or minimize damage. Practical actions foradaptation, such as the "National Plan for Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change" in Japan, could
help protect vulnerable communities and strengthen economic resilience, and the beginning of suchactivities can be seen in many other countries.
This session will bring together climate change adaptation studies on water and its related issues, focusing
mainly on the Asia-Pacific region. As climate change adaptation is a borderless problem requiring solutions
across many different research fields, studies from a wide variety of fields are highly welcome, from climatechange projection methods (such as statistical and dynamical downscaling) to actual, concrete examples ofadaptation measures.

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Abstract

Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS7-3

CFA

Environmentally
Sound
Management of Construction
and Demolition Waste (CDW）:
Challenges and Opportunities in
Asian Countries

TS7-4

CFA

Role of Civil Engineering in
Mitigation of Climate Change

TS7-5

Pending

Noboru Takano, Researcher, Planning Department, Advanced Construction Technology Center(ACTEC)Due to demolition and renovation works of old buildings and new construction works for infrastructure
improvement, a huge amount of CDW including surplus soil has being produced in all countries worldwide.
In particular, big cities in Asia-Pacific countries are facing numerous problems caused by improper
management of CDW such as illegal dumping and environmental degradation. Along with further rapid andintensive urban development, it is needed to have more challenges and opportunities to develop sustainable
and environmentally sound management of CDW in those countries. The objectives of this session are 1)
to report current situation and management on CDW in typical countries facing rapid development including
Japan, 2) to share experience and know-how of CDW management, and 3) to discuss necessary actions todevelop environmentally sound CDW management.
Minoru Yoneda, Professor, Kyoto University
Civil engineering deals with practically all areas of climate change problems. In relation to mitigative
measures, it is necessary to engage in research and development that makes use of the breadth of the fieldof civil engineering with regard to the linkage of various measures, scenario research, and issues of policy,
industrial structure changes, social factors, and economic aspects. Considering these characteristics, it isboth effective and necessary for the field of civil engineering to develop and implement strategies toward
the formation of a low-carbon society. This session will accept presentations in the following categories:
reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in civil engineering projects, materials, facilities or structures;
incorporating mechanisms to reduce GHG emissions in government activity; developing and supporting lowcarbon energy technologies; developing low-carbon urban systems through city planning and transportation
planning; and international cooperation of civil engineers to reduce GHG emissions.
Tai Sik Lee, President, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
Recently, renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind power, and tidal power, are mainly focused
as alternative traditional energy sources. These renewable energies will reduce environmental pollution,and they will become the semi-permanent energy sources. We invite all international guests to join us in a
dynamic discussion of distinguished scholars and experts on renewable energy.
Field of presentation- Policy Issues and Trends in New & Renewable Energy field- Technology of New & Renewable Energy- New Directions for Implementing and Operating Technologies- Economic Feasibility Analysis for New & Renewable Energy field- Other New & Renewable Energy Technology etc.

Technology
ofNew
Renewable
EnergySustainable Society

&
for

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Abstract

Titles of Proposed Sessions

Session Conveners and Outlines

TS7-6

Invitation
only

Towards More Resilient Lifeline
Systems

Shigeo Fujii, Professor, Kyoto University
Asia-Pacific region has been under increasing pressure to address issues on understanding risks of natural
hazards, so as earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, climate change, flooding etc. In order to reduce theenvironmental health risk in emergency, it is of unquestionable importance to establish disaster resilience
for water and sewerage systems.
The purpose of this session is to share the experiences of emergency response, recovery and reconstructionof lifeline systems from the catastrophic natural disasters in United States, New Zealand, Thailand, andJapan. This session also works to communicate the expertise and knowledge on making infrastructure more
resilient and reliable, so as to build and redesign water and sewerage systems with business continuity andtechnologies. Thus, it would contribute to develop the civil engineering networking of ‘Towards more resilient
water and sewerage system’.

General Sessions (GS)No.

Abstract

Titles of Proposed Sessions

GS-1

CFA

Structural Engineering/Earthquake Engineering & Applied Mechanics

GS-2

CFA

Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering

GS-3

CFA

Geotechnics

GS-4

CFA

Infrastructure Planning and Management

GS-5

CFA

Materials, Concrete Structures and Pavements

GS-6

CFA

Construction Engineering and Management

GS-7

CFA

Environmental Systems and Engineering

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