Kobe University
Global-Link Forum in Kuala Lumpur
The aim of the Global-Link Forum is toform stronger links with Kobe University’s
intellectual resources, which include theinternational network of alumni andpartner universities in the world. Kobe
University strives for the development ofa global community based on academic
excellence and the wisdom of humanity.

December 5, 2014

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

KOBE UNIVERSITY GLOBAL-LINK FORUM IN KUALA LUMPUR

The Kobe University International Alumni Net was establishedin 2001 to strengthen ties between Kobe University and alumni
living abroad. As of December 2014, there are 11 international
alumni associations (Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam,Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Europe, Myanmar,Laos and Mongolia). We will continue to expand the network
including establishing an alumni association in North Americaand Oceania in the coming years.
In January 2011, Kobe University held its first Global-Link
Forum in Bangkok to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of
the International Alumni Net. The second Forum was held in
Seoul in November 2011, and it was followed by the thirdForum which was held in Beijing in September 2012. The aimof the Global-Link Forum is to form stronger links with Kobe
University’s intellectual resources, which include theinternational network of alumni and overseas partner
universities. Kobe University strives for the development ofglobal community based on academic excellence and wisdomof humanity.
This year, the fifth Global-Link Forum will be held at Kuala
Lumpur in Malaysia. The Global-Link Forum in Kuala Lumpur,
co-hosted by the Kobe University Alumni Association inMalaysia, will be held over two days: on December 5 and 6.
Among the participants are the President of Kobe University,
researchers from both Japan and Malaysia, and business
representatives from industrial circles. A range of topics will bepresented and discussed from opportunities for disastermanagement in technology and medicine/health care, andEcono-Legal studies for advancing market societies.
(Kobe University Institute of Promoting
International Exchange Programs)

Regional & Local Collaboration on DRR
Date： Fri, December 5, 2014 9:20-17:00
Venue： Plenary Theatre, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50088 (http://www.klccconventioncentre.com/)

Organizer： Kobe University

Language： English[Registration: 8:30~9:20]
9:20-9:30 Opening Ceremony
MC: Prof. Kazunori Uchida, Executive Vice President of Kobe University
Opening Address: Prof. Dr. Hideki Fukuda, President of Kobe University
Mr. Yoshinori Kodama, Minister, Embassy of Japan in Malaysia
9:30-11:00 Session 1 : Natural & Environmental Hazards
Chairperson: Prof. Satoshi Takada (Kobe University)
9:30-9:45 ・ Severe Rainfall Prediction using X-Band Radar
Prof. Satoru Oishi (Kobe University)
9:45-10:00 ・ Membrane Technology for Water Purifications
Prof. Hideto Matsuyama (Kobe University)
10:00-10:15 ・ Hazards and Risk Reduction in Malaysia
Prof. Lee Yook Heng (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
10:15-10:30 ・ Activities of Disaster Research Nexus at Universiti Sains Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Taksiah A. Majid (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
10:30-11:00
Q&A, Discussion
11:00-11:15

Short Break (Coffee with light snacks)

11:15-12:45 Session 2 : Health and Medical Issues
Chairperson: Prof. Yasuo Tanaka (Tunku Abdul Rahman University)
11:15-11:30 ・ Child Care and Health: Activities in Indonesia based on the experiences
gained after the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Prof. Satoshi Takada (Kobe University)
11:30-11:45 ・ Emergency and Disaster Medicines in MalaysiaDr. Ridzuan Bin Dato’ Mohd Isa (Ampang Hospital Malaysia)
11:45-12:00 ・ Psychological First Aid in Disasters
Dr. Hariyati Shahrima Abdul Majid (International Islamic University Malaysia)
12:00-12:15 ・ Health & Disaster Management: Human ecology perspectives on risk
management (Based on Solomon Islands experiences)Prof. Minato Nakazawa (Kobe University)
12:15-12:45
Q&A, Discussion
12:45-14:45

14:45-15:05

Lunch Break (14:15-14:35 Coffee with light snacks)
14:45-17:00 Session 3 : Regional & Local Collaboration on DRR
Keynote Speech: Regional & Local Collaboration
Prof. Dr. Hideki Fukuda (President, Kobe University)

Chairperson: Dr. Wang Chan Chin (Tunku Abdul Rahman University)
15:05-17:00 - Prof. Dr. Samsul Rizal (Rector, Syiah Kuala University)- Mr. Ahmad Faezal Mohamed (MERCY Malaysia)- Ms. Kyoko Okubo (JICA Malaysia Office)- Mr. Asfaazam Kasbani (United Nations Development Programme)- Prof. Yasuo Tanaka (Tunku Abdul Rahman University)
Panel Discussion
17:00 Closing Remarks: Prof. Kenichi Shoji, Executive Vice President of Kobe University

December 5th -Session 1-Prof. Satoru Oishi

Prof. Hideto Matsuyama

Research Center for Urban Safety andSecurity, Kobe University

Center of Membrane and Film
Technology, Department of Chemical
Science and Engineering,
Kobe University

Severe Rainfall
Prediction using
X-Band RadarProf. Satoru Oishi has been Professor at the ResearchCenter for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University
since 2009. He formerly worked as an Instructor inKyoto University’s Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute and became an Assistant Professor in 1998. In1998, he was a Visiting Researcher at the National
Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States.
He also served as an Associate Professor before joining
Kobe University as a Professor. Oishi has been a fellowof the Japan Society of Civil Engineers since 2013. His
research fields are Hydrological Application ofAdvanced Radar Systems, Water Resource Problems andRisk Communication with Uncertainty.

Membrane Technology
for Water Purifications

Prof. Matsuyama has been working on membrane
research for over 20 years.
He received B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. and honors PhD title fromKyoto University.
In 2004 he became full professor in Kobe University.
Since 2007, he has been the director of the Center for
Membrane and Film Technology which is the first andonly one membrane center in Japan.

Prof. Lee Yook Heng

Assoc. Prof. Taksiah A. Majid

South-East Asia Disaster PreventionResearch Centre (SEADPRI), Institue ofCoordinator, Disaster Research Nexus,
Universiti Sains Malaysia

Environment and Development, LESTARI,

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Hazards and Risk
Reduction in Malaysia

Professor Dr Lee Yook Heng has received his PhD degreefrom the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
and MSc degree from the Department of Physical Chemistry,
Cambridge University. Currently, he is the Chairman of theCentre of South-East Asia Disaster Prevention Research
Initiative (SEADPR-UKM) of the Institute of Environment andDevelopment (LESTARI) and a Professor of bioanalyticalchemistry at the Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia. He has research experience of about 20years in the areas of bioanalytical chemistry and environmental
chemistry. His main research fields are in the development ofearly warning system, particularly sensor/biosensor devices forchemical and biohazards detection for environmental disasterrisk evaluation.

Activities of Disaster
Research Nexus atUniversiti Sains
Malaysia
Taksiah obtained her B.Sc (Hons) in Civil Engineeringfrom Middlesex Polytechnic, London in 1990. She
pursued her M.Sc (Eng) in Structural Engineering andPhD at the University of Liverpool, UK in the researcharea of structural dynamics. In 1996, she started hercareer at Universiti Sains Malaysia as a lecturer in theStructural Engineering Group. She is currently theDeputy Dean Academic and the Coordinator of theDisaster Research Nexus, Universiti Sains Malaysia
since 2010. She also a member of national committee forinteragency of risk management of earthquake andtsunami under the Ministry of Science, Technology andInnovation, Malaysia (MOSTI).

December 5th -Session 2-Prof. Satoshi Takada
Graduate School of Health Sciences,Kobe University

Child Care and Health:“Activities in Indonesia
based on the experiencesgained after the HanshinAwaji Earthquake”
Dr Takada is a professor of Graduate School of Health
Sciences, Kobe University Japan, He received his M.D in
1979, and Ph.D in 1985 from Kobe University. He wastrained as a clinical neonatologist, and subsequently as achild neurologist in the same university. Between 1989
and 2000 he was engaged as Chief of NICU and also asChief, Division of Child Neurology at Kobe University
Hospital. During those days he experienced HanshinAwaji earthquake. He worked in collaboration with Kobe
City Government for disabled children. In 2000, he wasappointed as a professor of Graduate School of Health
Sciences and has been Dean of the Graduate School
since April 2013.

Dr. Hariyati ShahrimaAbdul Majid
Academician in the Department of Psychology,Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge andHuman Sciences,

International Islamic University Malaysia

Psychological First Aidin Disasters
Dr. Hariyati Shahrima Abdul Majid is an academician in
the Department of Psychology, Kulliyyah of Islamic
Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International
Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
She joined MERCY Malaysia as a volunteer inDecember 2004, when she was deployed to Sri Lankafollowing the Indian Ocean Tsunami. She has served innumerous local and international missions. She has beenleading the psychosocial team in Ormoc, Philippines in
the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan and has also been
providing psychosocial support to those affected by theMH 370 incident in KLIA.

Dr. Ridzuan Bin Dato’ Mohd Isa
Emergency Consultant
Head, Department of emergency & trauma
Ampang Hospital

Emergency andDisaster Medicines inMalaysia- HEAD OF EMERGENCY & TRAUMA SERVICES , SELANGOR- HEAD DEPARTMENTCONSULTANT EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN & LECTURER
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AMPANG HOSPITALTITLE / AWARD: - EXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD, 2001- EXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD, 2009- ANUGERAH KHAS “WIRA MERS 999 2011”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
1996 - 1997 - HOUSEMAN KUALA LUMPUR HOSPITAL
1997 - 1999 - MEDICAL OFFICER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTKUALA LUMPUR HOSPITAL
1999 - 2003 - MASTER OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE,HUSM & KUALA LUMPUR HOSPITAL
2003 - 2005 - EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN, KUALA LUMPUR HOSPITAL
2005 - 2007 - EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN, UKMMC (PPUKM)
2007- TILL NOW - HEAD DEPARTMENTCONSULTANT EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN & LECTURER
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AMPANG HOSPITAL

Prof. Minato Nakazawa
Graduate School of Health Sciences
Kobe University

Health & Disaster
Management: “Humanecology perspectives onrisk management (Basedon Solomon Islands
experiences)”
Prof. Minato Nakazawa has been a professor at
Department of International Health, Graduate School ofHealth Sciences, Kobe University, simultaneously acooperative professor at Graduate School of International
Cooperative Studies, since April 2012. He received
Ph.D. (Health Science) from University of Tokyo in
1996 by the research in Papua New Guinea to clarify thediversified relationship between iron nutritional status
and malaria among 4 villages as the result of long-term
biocultural adaptation. His research is based on theintegration of participatory field observation andinterview in developing countries, laboratory analyses ofbiological and/or environmental specimens obtained
there, and computer-based mathematical model analyses.

December 5th -Session 314:45-15:05

Prof. Dr. Hideki Fukuda
President, Kobe University

Prof. Dr. Hideki Fukuda has been president at Kobe
University since 2009. He received his B.E. from Kyoto
University and worked at Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo
Co., Ltd. (currently Kaneka Corporation). In 1980,Fukuda was awarded a Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto
University. From 1982-84 he was a Visiting Researcher
Fellow at the University of Manchester. He also served
as a Director at the Research Institute at Kaneka
Corporation before joined Kobe University as Professor
at the Faculty of Engineering in 1994. In 2007, hebecame Dean of Organization of Advanced Science andTechnology. Fukuda is an honorary member of theSociety of Chemical Engineers, Japan since 2013.

The inception of Kobe University can be traced backto 1902 with the establishment of Kobe Higher
Commercial School and it is now a leading
comprehensive university in Japan.
In keeping with its open and cosmopolitan environs,
Kobe University provides education that heightens
one's humanity, creativity, internationality andexpertise. It also promotes top-level research in allacademic fields, extending the comprehensive
university's interdisciplinary research.
As a university who experienced the mega disaster,
Kobe University established the Research Centre for
Urban Safety and Security and has been extensively
conducting research on mitigation and prevention ofdisasters in collaboration with domestic andinternational institutes and organisations.
By responding to a rapid change of the society, Kobe
University has been tackling global issues including
natural and man-made disasters, global warming, foodand energy shortage in both research and education
closing working with our Japanese and international
partners in governmental and private sectors. It is
indispensable for all sectors and disciplines tocollaborate for establishing a sustainable and resilient
society.

Prof. Dr. Samsul Rizal

Mr. Ahmad Faezal Mohamed

Rector, Syiah Kuala University

Executive Director,
MERCY Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Samsul Rizal has been serving as Rector ofSyiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, since2012. He received the B.E. degree from Syiah Kuala
University in 1987, and the M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees
from Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, in1998 and 2001 respectively, all in mechanicalengineering. He joined Syiah Kuala University as alecturer at the Mechanical Engineering Department in1988. Rizal also served as Vice Rector for Academic
Affairs from 2006-2012. Since 2001, Toyahashi City has
appointed him as a Toyohashi Goodwill Ambassador.
His research interests include fracture mechanics,
computational mechanics, and damage mechanism ofcomposite structure.

Mr. Ahmad Faezal Mohamed is the Executive Directorof MERCY Malaysia. He has been involved in various
MERCY Malaysia international missions, including
Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, the Philippines and Myanmar.
His leadership of MERCY Malaysia embraces advocacy
in operation, fundraising, human capital, and he works
closely with the finance department and others foroverall strategic planning. He also promotes the active
and broad participation by volunteers in all areas of theorganization’s work.
Mr. Ahmad Faezal has established sound working
relationships and a cooperative arrangement withcommunity groups and organizations and publicizes theactivities of the organization, its programs and goals.

December 5th -Session 3-Ms. Kyoko Okubo

Mr. Asfaazam Kasbani

Senior Representative,

Assistant Resident Representative,
Environment & Energy Section

Japan International Cooperation Agency,

Malaysia Office

Ms. Kyoko Okubo has been a Senior Representative ofJICA Malaysia Office since 2011. Okubo has worked asa project management staff in many development
projects since she joined JICA in 1991. When Okubo had
been assigned to JICA Philippines Office in 1993-1996,
Okubo supervised various projects in the field of social
welfare, environment and industrial development. Okubo
obtained MSc. Development Studies from London
School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
JICA is a development agency of the Government ofJapan that promotes international cooperation by
supporting the socio-economic development, recovery
and economic stability of developing countries.

Prof. Yasuo Tanaka
Chairperson,
Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction,
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

After obtaining M.Sc in Canada, worked there as aprofessional geotechnical consulting engineer for 5 years.
After earning Ph.D. degree in the UK in geotechnicalengineering, started to teach at Kobe University. From 1980
to 2012, taught geotechnical engineering as well as
geotechnical earthquake engineering. After the 1995 Kobe
Earthquake, started to be involved in Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR). Actively collaborated internationally on
DRR and participated in UN-organized conferences onDRR. Also carried out DRR training at Kobe University forinternational participants. Since 2012, working as
geotechnical professor in the civil engineering department,
Faculty of Engineering, UTAR. Began chairpersonship inMarch 2014.

United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)

Asfaazam is currently the Assistant Resident Representativeof UNDP Malaysia with expertise in managing climatechange portfolios (mitigation and adaptation) specificallyclimate resilient development, energy efficiency/renewableenergy and national communications with UNFCCC. He
started his career as a reliability engineer for SONY thenserved as a programme manager in the Malaysia Energy
Center before moving to UNDP Malaysia. He holds a B.Sc.
in Engineering Physics from the University of Tulsa, USA(1993) and a M.Sc. in Industrial and TechnologyManagement from University Kebangsaan Malaysia (2003).
He is an alumnus of the Government of Japan’s Asian
Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) programme on
Environmental and Energy Management Certification (1999).

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Supporting Institutions: JICA Malaysia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Organized by : Kobe University Institute of Promoting International Exchange Programs
Co-hosted by : Kobe University Alumni Association in Malaysia

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