The Fourth World Tsunami
Museum ConferenceDate:

15 December 2022, Thursday 14:00 – 17:30
Japan Standard time online and in person

Venue:

International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan

Background and objectives
In December 2015, a resolution jointly proposed by 142 countries to designate November 5
as “World Tsunami Awareness Day” was adopted by consensus at the United Nations
General Assembly.
Tsunami museums and other disaster related museums have been established around theworld, preserving images of tsunami and disaster damage and records of measures taken. It
is important to pass on these records kept in tsunami and disaster museums to the next
generation, to share these experiences and lessons learned with the world, and to prepare
against future tsunamis and other types of natural hazards, which may strike at any moment.
Thus, the World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC) was initiated by the UNDRR receiving
financial and substantive support from the Government of Japan. The objectives of theWTMC is to share and discuss experiences, good practices and lessons learned among
existing disaster-related museums as well as to foster an international network of disastermuseums to learn from each other.
Building on the three previous World Tsunami Museum Conferences, the Fourth World
Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC4) will be held in a hybrid modality with the focus on“Roles of Youth and Tsunami Museums for resilience of societies.”

Organizers:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Kobe Office,International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) Tohoku
University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Japan

Cooperation:

Japanese Association for Museums, Japan National Committee forInternational Council of Museums (ICOM)

Registration:

Registration is free.
To register, please fill out the online registration form: https://buff.ly/3EV9eIK
For any inquiries about the conference: undrr-japan@un.org

Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous translation

AGENDA

15 December 2022 14:00 – 17:30 JST

Overall moderator

Dr. Yuichi Ono
Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

Session 1: Opening
14:00 –14:30

Representative
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan
Dr. Yuki Matsuoka
Head of UNDRR Kobe OfficeProf. Mitsuru Haga
Special Advisor to the President for Promotion of Diversity, Tohoku University
Ms. Kazuko Kohri
Mayor of Sendai City, Japan

Session 2: Keynote
14:30 – 15:00

Dr. Fumihiko Imamuro
Professor of Tsunami Engineering, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
Keynote presentation on 3.11 Densho Road

Session 3: Part I:
Presentations bymuseums on “Howtsunami and disastermuseums
communicate to withyoung people?”
15:00 – 16:00

Mr. Muhammad Syahputra Azwar
General Manager, Aceh Tsunami Museum
Mr. Walter DudleyCo-founder, Hawaii Pacific Tsunami Museum
Ms. Ratchaneekorn Thongthip
Director, International Tsunami Museum
Ms. Aki Kawasaki
Guide, Kamaishi City, Tsunami Memorial Hall
Four panelists from museums
Mr. Muzaillin AffanAdviser, Aceh Tsunami Museum & Director, Universitas Syiah Kuala
Mr. Walter DudleyCo-founder, Hawaii Pacific Tsunami Museum
Ms. Ratchaneekorn Thongthip
Director, International Tsunami Museum
Ms. Aki Kawasaki
Guide, Kamaishi City, Tsunami Memorial Hall

Session 4: Part II:
Panel discussion onroles of youth andtsunami museums
for resilience
16:00 – 17:20

Three panelists from non-museums
Ms. Yoko SatoManager of the Disaster Resilient and Environmentally Friendly City Promotion
Office, City of Sendai
Mr. Yuji Kurihara
Director, Japanese Association of Museums & Vice Chair, ICOM Japan
Ms. Hanna Pennock
Chair of International Council of Museums Standing Committee on Disaster
Risk Management
Dialogue with youth from Japan, Indonesia, USA, and China
Youth from Japan – High School students in Niigata Prefecture
Youth from Indonesia – Aceh
Youth from Hawaii – Hawaii
Youth from China – Master Student of Tohoku University

Wrap up and Closing
remarks 17:20 –17:30

Dr. Yuichi Ono
Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University