18 February 2019
UNESCO Chair 2019 Field School on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction
in Shimane University, Japan
Time: 14-18 March 2019
Venue: Matsue Campus, Shimane University, JapanSchedule:
13 March 2019: arrival in Matsue, icebreaking reception (River View Restaurant)
14 March 2019: field work in UNESCO World Heritage site: Iwami Silver Mine, for geology and mine, activefault (Stay in mountain hotel Sanbe-So with hot spa)
Departure time: 8:30 from your hotel
15 March 2019: field work around Mt. Sanbe, the only one active volcano in Shimane Prefecture: Eruptive
record, depositional processes and associated hazards from a large Stratovolcano.
The following lecture will be given in the field work, if possible.
Eruptive record, depositional processes and associated hazards from large Stratovolcanoes in the SaninregionProf. Andreas Auer (Shimane University, Japan)
Prediction of long runout and rapid landslides
Prof. Fawu Wang (Shimane University, Japan)

16 March 2019: Opening Ceremony and lectures, welcome party (Yuushien Flower Park)
17 March 2019: Half day lectures in the morning, half day field work in the afternoon forflooding control and management along Hiigawa River
18 March 2019: Lectures, closing ceremony and farewell party (Robata Kaba MatsueRestaurant)
19 March 2019: leaving Matsue

1Program of the ceremonies and lectures

16 March 2019
Location: Room 210, Building No.3 of Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University

9:00-9:30 Opening ceremony and group photo
Welcome speech by Mr. Yasunao HATTORI, President of Shimane University, Japan
Greeting speech by Mr. Mitsuhiro IKEHARA, Deputy Director-General for International Affairs, Ministryof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Senior Deputy Secretary-General,Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
Opening speech by Mr. Miguel CLÜSENER-GODT, Director, Division of Ecological and Earth Sci.,
UNESCO
Lecture 1 (9:30-10:30)
1) Rockslides and rock avalanches in Central Asia: study of past events for better assessment of futurehazards
Alexander Strom (Geodynamics Research Center - branch of JSC "Hydroproject Institute")
Lecture 2 (10:45-12:00)
2) A new technology for prediction and monitoring of landslides
Prof. Manchao He (China University of Mining Technology; Academician of the Chinese Academy ofSciences)
Lunch (12:00-13:00)
Lecture 3 (13:00-14:15)
3) Landslide monitoring and early warning at the basin scaleProf. Filippo Catani (Florence University, Italy)
Lecture 4 (14:30-15:45)
4) Modelling of flowslides and debris avalanches in natural or engineered slopes
Prof. Sabatino Cuomo (Salerno University, Italy)

Lecture 5 (16:00-17:15)
5) Engineering Seismology, seismic noise measurements and seismological applications on volcanoes and2

landslides
Dr. Léna Cauchie (Liege University, Belgium)

Welcome party (18:30-20:30) Yuushien Flower Park

17 March 2019
Lecture 6 (8:30-9:15)
6) Geo-disasters induced by the recent earthquakes in the world
Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima (Kanazawa University, Japan)
Lecture 7 (9:30-10:45)
7) Marine engineering geology: in-situ test and long term observation
Prof. Yonggang Jia, Prof. Hongxian Shan (Ocean University of China)
Lecture 7 (11:00-11:45)
8) Environmental geology and engineering geology problems in permafrost regions of Eastern China
under the background of climate changeProf.Wei Shan, Prof.Ying Guo (Northeast Forest University, China)
Introduction to the field work (11:45-12:00)
Introduction of the flooding control project along Hiikawa River
Prof. Tetsuya Sakai (Shimane University, Japan)

Lunch (12:00-12:45)

Field work on Flooding control and management
Departure time: 12:45 from the main gate of Shimane University

18 March 2019
Lecture 9 (8:30-10:00)
9) Landslide disaster reduction in Loess area, China
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Prof. Tonglu Li (Chang’an University, China)
Lecture 10 (10:15-11:45)
10) Advanced Seismic Designs of Buildings in Japan -Seismic Isolation and Response Control Method Prof. Yutaka Nakamura (Shimane University, Japan)
Lunch (11:45-12:45)
Lecture 11 (12:45-14:15)
11) Landslide investigations in natural and cultural heritage sites in Peru
Prof. Vit Vilímek (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Lecture 12 (14:30-16:00)
12) Reconstruction of paleo-tsunamis hydrodynamic characteristics from the magnetic properties of theirdeposits
Prof. Patrick Wassmer (Université de Strasbourg, France)
Lecture 13 (16:15-17:45)
13) The implementation of an international standard for multi-disasters early warning system
Prof. Teuku Faisal Fathani (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)

Closing ceremony (18:00-18:30)
Farewell party (19:00-20:30)

Scientific Committee:
Prof. Andreas Auer (Shimane University, Japan)
Prof. Filippo Catani (Florence University, Italy)
Dr. Léna Cauchie (Liege University, Belgium)
Prof. Sabatino Cuomo (Salerno University, Italy)
Prof. Teuku Faisal Fathani (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
Prof.Ying Guo (Northeast Forest University, China)
Prof. Manchao He (China University of Mining Technology)
Prof. Yonggang Jia (Ocean University of China)
Prof. Tonglu Li (Chang’an University, China)
Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima (Kanazawa University, Japan)
Prof. Yutaka Nakamura (Shimane University, Japan)
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Prof. Tetsuya Sakai (Shimane University, Japan)
Prof. Hongxian Shan (Ocean University of China)
Prof.Wei Shan (Northeast Forest University, China)
Alexander Strom (Geodynamics Research Center - branch of JSC "Hydroproject Institute")
Prof. Vit Vilímek (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Prof. Fawu Wang (Shimane University, Japan)
Prof. Patrick Wassmer (Université de Strasbourg, France)

Organizing Committee:
Andreas Auer , Atsushi Kamei, Tetsuya Kogure, Hideki Mukoyoshi, Yutaka Nakamura , Tetsuya Sakai, FawuWang5Map showing the sites of the UNESCO Chair field school 2019 in Shimane University6