Sunday, 26 November
Venue(※)Japanese- English Simultaneous interpreting is provided.

AM1

AM2

PM1

PM2

PM3

10:00-12:00

12:10-12:50

12:50-14:20

14:30-16:00

16:20-17:50

Kawauchi Hagi Hall

16:00-17:30(1) Information ofDisaster Prevention
save our lives

Hall(Japan Broadcasting
Corporation)

Open Session
(※)

Main
Hall(Room1)

World Bosai Forum/
Bosai Kokutai
Joint Opening
Open Session(※)

WBF Opening
Open Session(※)(2) Practical Build Back
Better Eﬀorts, and theCourse of Action Hereafter(Disaster-Resilient andEnvironmentally-Friendly
City Promotion Oﬃce,
City of Sendai)

Open Session(※)

14:40-15:40(3) The Knowledge
Front of Disaster
Risk Reduction(Elsevier)Open Session(※)(4) Lessons and experiences from the Great
East Japan Earthquake‒ What should we learn
and share from disasters?
(Miyagi PrefecturalGovernment)

Open Session(※)

Bosai Kokutai 2017(5) Talk×Talk Womenin leadership 2017

Bosai Kokutai
2017

Hagi
(Room3)(Gender Equal Opportunity Section, City of Sendai
Sendai Gender Equal
Opportunity Foundation)

Open Session(※)

Sakura2(Room5)foyer

Bosai Kokutai 2017
Bosai Kokutai 2017
Exhibition (WBF/Bousai Kokutai)
12:40-14:10

Shirakashi1(Room6)(6) Aging and disability
and disaster risk reductionin the community(inclusive society)(Tohoku Fukushi
University)

Open Session(※)(7) A Multicultural
Society and DisasterRisk Reduction: GoodPractices Implementedby Multi-stakeholders(International Relations
and Planning Section, Cityof Sendai / Sendai
Tourism, Convention, andInternational Association)

Open Session(※)

Conference Bldg. 3F(9) Citizen Cooperation
and Disaster Risk Reduction

Shirakashi
2(Room7)(Citizen Cooperation
Promotion Section, City ofSendai)

Open Session(※)

Meeting
Room 8(Room8)(11) Consensus-building
for Reconstructing Disaster
Resilient Society with
Diversity and Gender
Perspectives in Japan andthe World(Japan Womenʼs Networkfor Disaster Risk Reduction(JWNDRR))

Open Session

Posters
foyer

Flash Talk Presentations(8) Seeking the structureof “Power of Culture” tosupport the revival ofheart-Connecting hearts
to impetus for moving
forward(Cultural Promotion
Section, City of Sendai)

Open Session(※)(10) Developing sustainablecommunity for disaster
resilience and humanresources development fordisaster risk reduction(International ResearchInstitute of Disaster
Science, Tohoku University)

Open Session(※)

Reception (Westin Hotel Sendai)

Conference Bldg. 2F

Tachibana(Room2)

Sakura1(Room4)18

19:00-21:00

Monday, 27 NovemberVenue(※)Japanese- English Simultaneous interpreting is provided.

AM1

AM2

PM1

PM2

PM3

9:00-10:30

10:45-12:15

13:45-15:15

15:30-17:00

17:15-18:45

Kawauchi
Hagi HallHall(12) Sustainable development
thorough DRR Investment

Main
Hall(Room1)

Open Session(※)

Tachibana(Room2)

Conference Bldg. 2F

Hagi(Room3)

Bosai Kokutai 2017(13) How we eﬀectively
evaluate the value of DRR
measures and investment
as a tool for mainstreaming
DRR in development issues(Paciﬁc Consultants Co., Ltd.)(※)

Sakura1(Room4)(18)（tentative）
Site Reporton the Onagawa Nuclear
Power Plant during the Great
East Japan Earthquake(Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.)(※)

Sakura2(Room5)(23) Bridging the information and knowledge gaps
(ESCAP)(14) To pave the way for safe
and sustainable drone operations
for the disaster risk reduction inSendai- Collaboration with Cityof SENDAI, NTT docomo, Drone
Tech Lab SENDAI(Drone Tech Lab SENDAI・City ofSENDAI・NTT docomo Tohoku)

Open Session(※)(19) The 16th International
Symposium on New Technologies
for Urban Safety of Mega Cities inAsia (USMCA)-Global Risk with
“Tangible Earth”(International Research Institute ofDisaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku
University, International Center for Urban
Safety Engineering (ICUS), Institute ofIndustrial Science (IIS), The University ofTokyo (USMCA Organizing Committee))(24) MIRAI (Multisector
Initiative for Research,Action, and Impact)~Co-designing social
innovation in addressing
disaster risks throughresearch action networks~(Japan CSO Coalition for DRR(JCC-DRR))(28) Prepare and RespondBetter for Emerging Technological Hazards(IFRC)(29) Integrated land-sea
network for monitoringearthquakes, tsunami &volcanos for disaster riskreduction(National Research Institutefor Earth Science and Disaster
Resilience (NIED))(※)

Conference Bldg. 3F

Shirakashi2(Room7)(32) The future of nuclear
energy policy ‒ lessons
from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident(Fujitsu Limited)(※)(20) Strengthening contributions to the international
community through multidisciplinary disaster science research(Association of Paciﬁc Rim
Universities (APRU) andTohoku University)(25) The 4th Asian Conference on Urban DisasterReduction (ACUDR)-Current Situation andProblems on Risk
Communication in Asia-(16) Eﬀorts toward Recoveryand Reconstruction from theGreat East Japan Earthquake〜
Focusing on Infrastructure andCommunity Development 〜(Tohoku Regional Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism)

Open Session(※)(21) Tokio Marine Groupand Tohoku University
Industry-Academia Collaboration Forum “Building adisaster-resilient community
in the Asia-Paciﬁc ‒ The
power of science andinsurance”(17) Financial Initiatives andMulti-stakeholder Partnerships
for Disaster Risk Reductionand Resilience(Development Bank of Japan Inc.)(※)(22) The progress of“Disaster Prevention” by
the use of Social Platform(Facebook Japan)(※)(Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
Insurance Co., Ltd.)(26) Regional Cooperationand Partnerships(ESCAP)(Institute of Social Safety
Science, Japan (ISSS))(Laboratory of Prof. Akihiko
Morita/SHOKEI GAKUINUniversity)(37) Advanced approachto earthquake disasterprevention(K-Opticom Corporation,Kyoto University)(30) New perspective
towards enhancing capability of assessing tsunami
damage(27) Economic Recovery
and Industrial Revitalizationfrom the Great East Japan
Earthquake(Earthquake Recovery
Research Center, Graduate
School of Economics andManagement，Tohoku
University)

Global Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes (GADRI)(Miyagi University ofEducation, Sendai)(Japan Society of Civil
Engineers (JSCE))(Kahoku ShimpoPublishing Co.)

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(34) Rethinking the Rolesof the Education Sector in
DRR through Sustainable
Development(38) Transdisciplinary
Approach (TDA) for Building Societal Resilience toDisasters ‒ Eﬀorts towards
Achieving the Goals ofSendai Framework ‒(31) Roles of the media indisaster risk reduction〜 Cultivation through themedia in normal times(International ResearchInstitute of Disaster Science,Tohoku University)(33) Vision and Future of
Global Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes (GADRI)(※)

Meeting
Room 8(Room8)(15) The Role of ICT in
Disaster Risk Reduction~A session about theenvisioned future utilizingFujitsuʼs ICT solutions~Exhibition (WBF/Bousai Kokutai)

foyerShirakashi
1(Room6)

Bosai Kokutai
2017(Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA))(※)(39) Tracks and Scenarios ofStudent-driven Volunteer
Activities: Focusing on Young
Powers Embedded in Longterm Reconstruction after theGreat East Japan Earthquake(Center for Service Learning andExtracurricular Activities, Institutefor Excellence in Higher
Education, Tohoku University)(35) Economic evaluation
model for mainstreaming
DRR in development issues-Where we are and where
we go(Paciﬁc Consultants Co., Ltd.)(※)(40) Perspectives inEvidence-based Mental
Health Disaster Responseand Preparedness〜Towards Eﬀective
International Cooperation〜(International ResearchInstitution of Disaster Science,Tohoku University)(36) Faith-based organizationsʼ contribution toSendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction(Organizing Committee of the
Symposium on Faith and DRR)

Open Session(※)(41) Utilization of drone incase of disaster(Keio Research Instituteat SFC)

Posters
foyer

Flash Talk Presentations

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Tuesday, 28 November
Venue

AM1

AM2

9:00-10:30

10:45-12:15

12:30-13:30

Kawauchi Hagi HallHallMain
Hall(Room1)(42) Fujitsu Limited: Accomplishing the SDGʼsand Solving Social Issues through ICT-Fujitsu is geared towards accomplishing the2030 goal of United Nations Development
Program through the creation of the DisasterStatistics Global Database

Tachibana(Room2)(Fujitsu Limited)(※)

Conference Bldg. 2F

Hagi(Room3)(44) AI and Disaster = Disaster seen in Watson(IBM Japan, Ltd.)(45) Engineering a Solution for Disasters: The
Promise of Resilient Infrastructure(World Bank Tokyo DRM Hub)Open Session(※)

Sakura1(Room4)

Sakura2(Room5)foyerShirakashi
1(Room6)

Conference Bldg. 3F

Shirakashi
2(Room7)

MeetingRoom 8(Room8)

foyer20(46) Platform on Water and Disaster-ICT, Economy, Community, Dynamics(International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk
Management (ICHARM), Public Works ResearchInstitute)(48) Word into Action; Contributing to Sendai
Framework from Nursing(World Society of Disaster Nursing /Japan Association of Nursing Academies)(50) Marine ecosystems disturbances by Earthquake and Tsunamis: toward better restoration of coastal lives and ﬁsheries throughcontinuous marine ecosystem monitoring(Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated Marine Sciences)(47) Disaster Digital Archives(IRIDeS, Tohoku University)(49) A Synergy Framework for the integrationof Earth Observation technologies into Disaster Risk Reduction(Global Partnership on Space Technology
Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP-STAR))WBF Closing