AIWEST-DR2021 Conference Report (2021/10/26-27)
Theme: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, General disaster prevention, COVID-19
pandemic
Venue: Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) at Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, andonline

IRIDeS and TDMRC held the 13th Aceh International Workshop and Expo on Sustainable Tsunami
Disaster Recovery (AIWEST-DR2021) on October 26-27, 2021. AIWEST-DR was created by theTsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) at Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh,with the aim to share lessons from the historic human suffering and infrastructure damage andreconstruction that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The 13th AIWEST-DR took place inBanda Aceh, and with global participation through the use of a online platform that notablycelebrated Syiah Kuala University’s collaboration with Tohoku University and other international
partners.
The conference gathered more than 250 participants, many of which came from Indonesia.
The first day consisted of four keynote lectures by Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Director of IRIDeS),
Prof. Rajib Shaw (Keio University), Dr. Safrizal Rahman (Syiah Kuala University) and Prof. Helene
Joffe (University College London) on broad topics including tsunami disasters, disaster governance,
disaster education and disaster psychology, of which all topics were also related to the COVID-19
pandemic. There was also a panel session of role of university consortium in mega disasters, andsix special sessions on broad topics related to disasters on the first day.
The second day included oral presentations of over 100 submitted academic paper abstracts,
organized into parallel sessions following 5 themes. 14 presentations were made by IRIDeS
members, with five additional presentations that included IRIDeS members as co-authors. Assoc.
Prof. Erick Mas (International Research Collaboration Office) received an award as one of the best
presenters, together with two other presenters from Indonesia. In parallel, Prof. Shinichi Egawa(International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine Lab) was invited and participated in the focus
group discussion on doctoral program in disaster science for future resilience.
AIWEST-DR 2021 was an opportunity to share current advances on research across a wide varietyof topics related to disasters, recovery, and pandemics, with experts from different countries. Theconference also highlighted various active international collaborations between universities inIndonesia, Japan, the U.K. The closing speech was made by Prof. Yuichi Ono (2030 Global DRR
Agenda Office) on behalf of the Director of IRIDeS. The next AIWEST-DR is planned to be held in
2022 at the University of Sydney, Australia.
AIWEST-DR2021 Homepage for program and more information
http://aiwest-dr.unsyiah.ac.id/2021/(continues to the next page)Presentations made by IRIDeS members
No.

Main AuthorTitle

1

Shinichi Egawa

Graduate programs in Tohoku University (GP-RSS, SyDE, and theConductor Type Health Workforce Development)

2Fumika Hirano

Numerical

SimulationofTsunami-Induced

Geomorphological

Changes and Sediment Transport in a Lagoon
3Julia Gerster

Researching the Merits of Disaster Digital Archives in Education
during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Japan: The Case of the Japan
Disasters Digital Archive (JDA) and its Geolocation Function

4

Mari Yasuda

Developing DRR Lesson Package for Elementary School Teachers

5

Tsukasa Iwata

Research on Repair of Wooden Emergency Temporary Housing Built
by Local Contractors after the Great East Japan Earthquake

6

Tomoki Nishida

Loss Functions of Port Industries Deriving from the 2011 Japan
Disaster Affected Areas

7

Yunqiao ShaoThe Relationship Between Contagion Paths of Coronavirus, Historical
Regional Divisions, and Traffic Network – A Comparison of Fukushima
Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture

8Erick Mas

Modeling Search and Rescue, Medical Team Response andTransportation of Patients in Ishinomaki City After Tsunami Disaster

9Daisuke Sasaki

Tourists’ Perception of Volcanic Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case
Study of Mt. Aso in Japan

101112Fumiko

Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Health and Lifestyle Changes inMatsuzaki

JapanAnawat

Seismic And Non-Seismic Tsunamis In Sunda Strait: Evaluation ofSuppasri

Current Observation System and Evacuation Planning

Kwanchai

Climate Change Induced Sea-Level-Rise Effect Increasing Probability

Pakoksungof Building Damage at Community Scale for Future Tsunami Hazard
in Thailand

13Elizabeth Maly

People-Centered Disaster Recovery for Safer and Empowered
Communities: A Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes of Housing
Reconstruction Programs in Thailand, India, and Japan

14Kosuke Fuji

Assessment of Future Tsunami Hazards from Japan Trench Couplingwith Sea Level Rise Impact on Economic Risks using Input-Output
Table(IRIDeS faculty members)

Report: Anawat Suppasri, Elizabeth Maly, Erick Mas, Sébastien P. Boret(International Research Collaboration Office)(continues to the next page)Opening remarks by Prof. Dr. Samsul Rizal, M.Eng
Rector of Universitas Syiah Kuala (Left) and new TDMRC director, Dr. Syamsidik (Right)

Keynote lecture by Director of IRIDeS, Prof. Fumihiko Imamura

Closing remarks by Prof. Yuichi Ono