International Symposium on

Sustainable Reconstruction fromSuper Earthquake Disasters
Experts involved in reconstruction from recent super-disasters such as Great East JapanEarthquake 2011, Haiti Earthquake 2010, Wenchuan Earthquake 2008, Indian Ocean Earthquake
and Tsunami 2004, and Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1995 will discuss sustainable
reconstruction (1st session).
The panelists will discuss speciﬁc issues such as recovery of communities, gender, safer building
and urban development, and international cooperation to draw lessons to be shared towards thefuture super disasters (2nd session).

Keynote speechReconstruction from the Great East Japan
Earthquake
Professor Takashi Onishi, The University of Tokyo,
Presidency at Science Council of Japan

Date and time: February 21, 2012, 13:00-17:20
Venue: Sokairo-Hall, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,Tokyo, Japan
Fee: Free
Language: English and Japanese (simultaneous translation isavailable)
Organized by: Building Research Institute (BRI), National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
How to register:
Please send your "Name", "Aﬃliation", and "Contact

http://www.grips.ac.jp/jp/about/access.html

information" by email or fax.

■From exit no. 7 at Roppongi station on theToei Oedo Line: 5 minutes walk

Without registration you may not be able to participate in thesymposium when seats are full.
Registration / Inquiry
Attention: to Ms. Lee , Okazaki-lab, GRIPS
Email: lee-aelim@grips.ac.jp
Fax: 03-6439-6010＊We'll stream this symposium onto GRIPS HP.

■From exit no. 4A at Roppongi station on theTokyo Metro Hibiya Line: 10 minutes walk
■From exit no. 5 at Nogizaka station on theTokyo Metro Chiyoda Line: 6 minutes walkProgram
1st Session
13:00

13:00−15:20

OpeningHiroshi Ito, Deputy Chief Executive, Building Research Institute (BRI)
Shigeru Morichi, Director, Policy Research Center, GRIPS

13:10

Keynote Speech: Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Professor Takashi Onishi, The University of Tokyo and Presidency at Science Council of Japan

13:55
14:10

Explanatory introduction
Dr. Tatsuo Narafu, Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)

Presentations on recent super earthquake
disasters in the world－Haiti Earthquake 2010
Mr. Fritz Auplan, Engineer, Haiti Technical Oﬃce of Building Rating Direction ofPublic Works, Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, and Communication,
Haiti

Indonesia

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Sichuan2008－Wenchuan Earthquake 2008
Mr. Wang Zhenyao, Dean, Philanthropy Research Institute, Beijing Normal
University & One Foundation, China－Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 2004
Mr. Bambang Sudiantmo, Head, Water Supply & Sanitation Training Centre,
Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia

15:10

Overview and features on each earthquake
Dr. Nobuo Hurukawa, Research Coordinator of Building Technology, BRI

2nd Session
15:40

China

15:40−17:20

Panel Discussion

１．Issus on reconstruction and disaster mitigation
Dr. Shoichi Ando, Director of IISEE, BRI

２．Presentations from Panelists－Reconstruction Realities: In the context of Kashmir
Earthquake 2005
Ms. Gazala Naeem, Architect/ DRM Practitioner, Pakistan－Integrating Gender and Social Inclusion in Disaster
Reconstruction
Professor Keiko Ikeda , Shizuoka University, Japan－Safer building and urban development
Dr. Hiroshi Fukuyama, Chief Research Engineer, BRI－Ex-post recovery : Opportunity for building back better

Haiti

Port-Au-Prince2010 (c) CODE

(Tentble) International Recovery Platform, UNISDR

３．Discussion
４．Questions and answers
17:20

Closing
Professor Kenji Okazaki, GRIPSJapanOtsuchi

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