AIWEST@SENDAI 201912th ACEH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP AND EXPOON SUSTAINABLE TSUNAMI DISASTER RECOVERYSHARING TOHOKU-ACEH EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURETOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SENDAI, JAPANNovember 7
8:30-9:00 Registration and coffee
9:00-9:05 Welcome Address to AIWEST, Prof. Fumihiko Imamura,
9:05-9:25 Keynote 1: Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia through
Universities Collaboration and Capacity Building in Research, Prof. Dr. Ir. Samsul Rizal,
M.Eng, Rector of Universitas Syiah Kuala
9:25-9:55 Keynote 2: Dr. Yoshimi Nishi, Center for Southeast Asian Studies(CSEAS), Kyoto University, Japan. Knowledge and experience sharing about
disaster beyond state boundaries.
9:55-10:05 AIWEST MEMORIAL PHOTO
10:05-10:15 Break
10:15-10:25 Prof Toshiya Ueki, Executive Vice President for General Affairs, Financial
Affairs and International Relations Universitas Syiah Kuala, Tohoku University andtheir Partners
10:25-10:35: Ceremony for the Renewal of MoU the Faculty of Mathematics and NaturalSciences (FMIPA) + photo
10:35-10:45 New Signing Faculties of Engineering of Tohoku and Syiah Kuala University, anda group photos + photo
10:45-11:30 Bosai Stamp Rally, Mari Yasuda, Project Instructor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
11:45-12:45 lunch
13:00-18:00 Bosai Bus Tour of Sendai, Natori, Iwanuma
18:30-20:30 reception

November 8 (all day)9:00-12:00 Morning Parallel sessions
12-13:00 lunch
13-18:00 Afternoon Parallel sessions
Coffee will be provided all day on the second floor, Room Enshitsu A.
Background
AIWEST-DR was first launched in 2005 as part of Syiah Kuala University contribution toensure the transmission of the experiences, lessons and research drawn from the 2004
Sumatra Earthquake across the regions and countries in risk of a tsunami. The members ofTDMRC (Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center) have taken the step to globalize
their conference by offering Tohoku University the opportunity to organize
AIWEST@SENDAI 2019. This year’s theme will be “SHARING TOHOKU-ACEH EXPERIENCE,KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE.” We wish to celebrate the long partnership between Tohoku
University (IRIDeS- International Research Institute of Disaster Science) and Syiah Kuala(TDRMC). It will also be an opportunity to draw comparative studies between the 2004
Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Last but not least, it will be an opportunity to further our application of the UN Sendai
Frameworks for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) endorsed in Sendai in March 2015. To
reach these goals, we invite all researchers, practitioners and policymakers to contribute tothis long conversation Indonesia, Japan and beyond to raise tsunami awareness, risk
preventions and culture. This event will take place in coordination with the World Bosai
Forum, November 9-12, and the World Tsunami Museum Conference, November 8, 2019.
Organizer: IRIDeS (International Research Institute of Disaster Science), Tohoku University.
Co-Organizer: TDMRC (Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center), Syiah Kuala
University.
Advisory committee:
Prof. Fumihiko Imamura, Prof. Yasuo Tanaka (Universiti Tunku Abdurrahman, Malaysia), Prof.
Marwn (Universitas Syiah Kuala), Dr. Hizir Sofyan (Universitas Syiah Kuala), Dr. Dirhamsyah(Universitas Syiah Kuala), Dr. Khairul Munadi (TDMRC, Universitas Syiah Kuala)
For more information or queries: AIWEST2019@irides.tohoku.ac.jp