BID PROPOSAL

17th WORLD CONFERENCEON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGSENDAI, JAPANJAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Invitation Letter - Prime Minister of Japan

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

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Invitation Letter - Prime Minister of Japan

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Invitation Letter - President of JAEE

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Proposal

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Why Japan for 17WCEE 2020?

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Invitation - Mayor of Sendai

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Sendai, the Resilient City

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Support Letter10Support Letter11

Support Letter

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Support Letter13

Support Letter

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Support Letter

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17WCEE Proposed Program

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Technical Visits

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17WCEE Logistic Information

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Disaster Risk Reduction EXPO (Bosai EXPO)

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Social Events

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Tourist Attractions

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In Summary - Why Japan / Sendai?

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Proposal

Invitation Letter - President of JAEEJAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

November 10, 2016

Dr. Sudhir K. Jain
President, International Association for Earthquake Engineering

On behalf of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering (JAEE), I am writing this letter to express our strong desire
to host the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE) in Sendai, Japan, a disaster-resilient and eco-friendly
city, in September 2020 just after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Seismic risks for societies have been globally increasing due to rapid growth in population and urbanization, and I strongly
feel that the 17WCEE must be organized to adequately face these issues. As Japan is located in one of the mostearthquake-prone areas in the world, since 1988 when the 9WCEE was held in Japan, we have already experienced numerous
earthquakes, including 21 earthquake disasters with over 100 injuries and fatalities, with various types of earthquake
mechanism and disaster characteristics. These experiences should be widely shared to reduce earthquake damage in theworld. Among them, the worst two events were the 1995 Kobe Earthquake and the 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku)
Earthquake. Although five years and eight months have passed since the 2011 Earthquake, its induced damage was so
serious that we are still recovering from it. Also, in Japan, we have been promoting disaster countermeasures against futureearthquakes, such as those predicted to occur in the Tokyo metropolitan area and along the Nankai Trough.
Japanese researchers have been trying to establish scientific knowledge and to develop technologies and legal systems
for disaster reduction and we have managed to reduce damage caused by natural hazards to lower levels than ever before.
But based on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, we recognized that our knowledge and technologies were divided
into each specialty and specialization has caused significant knowledge gaps and communication difficulties among
specialties. Issues between specialties have not been tackled. We blindly believed only in our scientific knowledge andtechnologies. We should always question our knowledge and should have a sense of the awe and humility towards nature.
With this serious reflection, all researchers in the field of earthquake disaster reduction in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,
Ministers of all disaster related ministries of the Government of Japan, and representatives of all concerning municipalities
including the Mayor of Sendai City will work together to hold 17WCEE successfully. As shown in this Bid Proposal, in
addition to conventional functions of WCEE, we propose to offer excellent opportunities and new ideas for both developed
and developing countries to implement disaster resilient societies and to create new directions through integrating various fields.
If many member countries of IAEE support Japan as the venue for the 17WCEE, participants can observe the fully
recovered areas affected by the 1995 Kobe earthquake, and ongoing recovery activities in affected areas due to the 2011
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Moreover, various countermeasures for expected future earthquakes, such as
inland in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and along the Nankai Trough can also be observed.
Sendai is called the “City of Trees” and it is the gateway to northern Japan with a mild climate and full of beautiful greenery,offering access to both traditional and modern culture. The coastal area of the city was devastated by the 2011 Tsunami andthe city is now strongly moving forward as a role model for resilient recovery. In March 2015, Japan hosted the Third UN
World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai and the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction” wasadopted. Sendai has been a frontier city to implement earthquake disaster reduction programs. The city is located 90
minutes from Tokyo by Shinkansen (bullet train) and is closely located to the Sendai International Airport, with convenientconvention facilities and hotels nearby. For these reasons, Sendai is the best place for 17WCEE.
I would really appreciate it if you kindly consider our proposal for the 17WCEE in Sendai City, Japan.
Best regards,

Kimiro MEGURO
President, Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Chairperson, the Japan Bid Committee for 17 WCEE
4th floor, Kenchiku Kaikan Bldg. Shiba 5-26-20, Minato-ku, Tokyo, #108-0014, Japan

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September 14-18, 2020
Venue

Dear Dr. Jain,

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Date

Sendai International Center

City Profile
Sendai is located about 350 km north of Tokyo and is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture with a population of overone million people. Sendai is the largest city in the Tohoku Region. It is a big city where many buildings stand in lines,
but shows beautiful scenes that harmonize with nature. On the roadsides of the city center the zelkova trees, a featureof the city, grow thick and rich green. The Hirose River flows through the central part of the city. It is famous for bothscience and culture, being home for over 20 leading universities and colleges, research institutes, museums, and othercenters of learning, Sendai is known as an "Academic City".

4Why Japan for 17WCEE in 2020?
Japan is located in one of the most earthquake-prone places on earth, accounting for over 10% of all devastating
earthquakes worldwide, including the 1995 Kobe Earthquake, the 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake, andthe most recent 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake.

Active Arena of Earthquake Engineering
Japan has been an active arena of earthquake engineering and risk/crisis management to implement lessons learned
and relearned from past damaging earthquakes. While the country is in a mature phase of recovery from the Kobe
event, the areas affected by the Tohoku and Kumamoto events stand amid of the recovery progress. Moreover, Japanis now under a serious threat of scenario catastrophic quakes, and is quickly mapping out all possible mitigation
strategies. The country’s lessons learned on source mechanism, pattern of disaster, and influence on society, as wellas bitter experiences due to past earthquake disasters, recovery and rebuilding, and challenges for future earthquake
attacks would be undoubtedly relevant and useful for many other earthquake-prone countries in the world.

Visit Sendai and Find Recovery Efforts to Build Back Better
The conference venue will be in Sendai called “City of Tress”, the gateway to northern Japan with mild climate and fullof beautiful greenery, offering a close access to both traditional and modern culture. Sendai has been a frontier city
to implement earthquake disaster mitigation programs, the best prepared and resilient city to earthquake disastersince the 1978 Sendai earthquake that caused extensive damage to its urban center. Study tours in the city will be an
excellent chance to show you the current achievement on the city’s urban planning for disaster mitigation, seismicallyupgraded buildings and infrastructures, modern structures with innovative technologies. Although the coastal areasof the city were devastated by the 2011 killer tsunami, they are currently moving forward as a role model for resilient
recovery. Site tours at the coastal areas organized by the 17WCEE will offer a great opportunity to witness the recovery
efforts in the affected areas to build back better.

Devastating Tsunami Damage

2016 Kumamoto2011 Great East Japan

1995 Kobe

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Sharing Innovative Solutions and Reliable Technologies
After the 2011 event, national resilience against disasters has been an essential and strategic policy in Japan. To date,great efforts have been made towards earthquake disaster mitigation and various solutions incorporating innovativetechnologies and fresh ideas have been developed and implemented in Japan. The conference will hold an exhibition,in addition to the technical sessions, to display solutions, technologies, services etc. from 300 sectors and to shareideas for building a resilient society.
The Japan Bid Committee for the 17WCEE and its sponsors and supporters in the academic, professional andgovernmental fields are confident that researchers in Japan can make a tremendous contribution to their IAEE
colleagues.

Large Scale Tests

World’s Tallest Tower, Tokyo Skytree

Innovative Solution

Recovery Efforts to Build Back Better in Coastal Areas

Sendai, Center of Global Resilience Programs
After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the Japanese Government has been strongly implementing the National
Resilience Program, and Sendai has been a major center of the national program. In March 2015, Sendai hosted theThird UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), and the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction” was adopted. Since then, many countries have started implementing measures for disaster risk reduction
based on the Sendai Framework. It is therefore timely that Sendai, the center of the world-wide resilience programs,
hosts the 17WCEE.
The Japan Bid Committee is strongly supported by the Japanese Government, Sendai City, and relevant central andlocal organizations. We are ready to warmly and heartily host the 17WCEE in Sendai, the origin of the global resilience
programs.

Prime Minister Abe at the Third UN-WCDRR in Sendai

Greenery and Resilient Sendai

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Invitation Letter - Mayor of Sendai

Sendai, the Resilient City
Disaster-Resilient and Eco-Friendly City
With the affluent environment of Sendai - the City of Trees as
our base, combining the experience in creating such a richenvironment and the lessons learned from the Great East
Japan Earthquake in 2011, the city is proceeding to build adisaster-resilient and eco-friendly city.
Urban Development
Disaster-Resilient
Not to mention a restoration effort from the disaster, we are
and
Eco-Friendly City
promoting “urban development” by improving the resilience ofinfrastructure and energy supplies as well as promoting “cultivation
Cultivation ofof resilient communities” that will help support disaster risk
Resilient
reduction activities in local communities.
Communities
And we will continue to share information on our various
efforts, communicating efforts by local communities, NPOs, businesses and research institutions by making use of
the domestic and international networks. One of recent efforts is to hold “World Bosai Forum/IDRC 2017 in Sendai”
in November 2017, co-hosting with Tohoku University and GRF Davos (Switzerland), to discuss how to promote theSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. We will plan to hold World Bosai Forum regularly in Sendai.

Urban Development

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The city is implementing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
measures for a variety of urban utility systems andinfrastructure, as well as making efforts to support therecovery of the eastern coastal areas from the tsunami
damage and build more resilient communities. In addition,
we are actively creating a base for disaster-resistant,energy-efficient decentralized energy sources and introducing
renewable energy sources.

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Cultivation of Resilient Communities“Self-help” by individuals to secure safety for ourselves,“mutual assistance” by members of the local communities
to support one another, and “public support” from the government
are integrated in a coordinated way to contribute to DRR.
And to effectively promote DRR measures, we are promoting
efforts by multi-stakeholders that include all residents fromchildren to the elderly, regardless of gender or nationality, thepresence or absence of disabilities.

Our Experiences and Memories of
the Great East Japan Earthquake
to the Future and the World
We aim to pass on memories of the disaster through theestablishment of a memorial center and the archiving ofvideos and photographs in collaboration with residents andcommunity groups. As a city where the Sendai Framework
was adopted at the Third UN WCDRR, we are also committed
to passing on our experiences and lessons learned from thedisaster in cooperation with local stakeholders, thus
contributing to DRR in the world.

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17WCEE Proposed Program
The Japan Bid Committee for the 17WCEE proposes to offer, in addition to the conventional function of WCEE thefollowing new ideas and excellent opportunities to create new directions through integrating interdisciplinary fields ofearthquake engineering via information science exploring better ways to communicate and to engage experienceswith society through various efforts.

1. Program Enhancement(1) New Poster Presentation Schemes:
Indexed Oral and Poster Presentation
As the number of conference participants has been increasing
significantly, it is time to offer a new presentation style inaddition to the conventional oral and poster presentations.
The newly proposed Indexed Oral and Poster Presentation
is designed to provide each presenter with the means tobetter transmit his/her research findings as well as tofacilitate discussions between presenters and the audience.
In the new style presentation, each presenter gives a 2
minute oral presentation, and the audience will be thenrequested to move to a separate poster session room. The
audience can have detailed discussion with the presenter infront of his/her poster set up in advance.

15(2) Special Sessions with Extended Preparation
Periods
A conventional special session may normally have a preparation
period of several months. Topics are proposed by theconference participant or his/her group 1 year prior to theconference, and will be reviewed and selected by the
17WCEE Organizing Committee.
In addition to the normal session above, another type ofsession with 2.5 years of preparation period prior to theconference is proposed. This style will require well-coordinatedand well-organized investigations by the session members.
The topic will be solicited to general participants 3 years
before the conference. The 17WCEE Organizing Committee
will also invite topics proposed in the following (3)through (5).
(3) Brainstorming Sessions for New Directions ofEarthquake Engineering
In the world conference, opportunities to discuss and shareideas for research agenda to be implemented in the earthquake
engineering community with future perspective in mind is ofgreat importance as well as to present, as has been conventionallymade, research achievement and outcomes. This program
will propose pre-conference discussions on research
agenda to be implemented for the coming 10 years, looking
30 years ahead to the future, including international collaborations
to future goal and challenges in earthquake engineering.
Each agenda will be selected from various fields and will befurther discussed at the 17WCEE sessions. The discussion
results will be published as the WCEE special report under
the name of the session group. The sessions are most3

encouraged to be organized and participated by the next
generation researchers.
(4) Blind Analysis Contests - Advancesin Numerical Simulation Technologies
The proposed program will contain blind analysis contests
with the support of Japanese institutions that can provide
necessary data. Topics will be selected to encourage bothacademia and industries to participate in the contests. The
contest will be made focusing on prediction accuracy indifferent fields: prediction of ground motions at different
depth for a given soil profile and bedrock motions; predictionof tsunami wave at a specified coast geometry for a given
crustal deformations in the ocean; prediction of dynamic
behavior of full-scale structures tested on shake table for agiven structural data and input motions. Contest results will
be announced 6 months before the WCEE and winners will
be invited to submit papers for invited presentations.
(5) Young Researchers Session and Awards
As the size of conference grows, it becomes more difficult
especially for young researchers to enjoy their attendance,since they have a limited number of international acquaintances
to socialize with, and a limited time of presentation anddiscussion. The Japan Bid Committee considers giving
more international Exposures and incentives to the young
researchers for the future development of the earthquake
engineering.
Financial supports covering the conference registration fee
and full or partial support for travel expenses will be provided
to encourage and recognize promising young researchers.
The recipients will be selected based on applications, paper
submissions, and review results by designated seniorreviewers. The recipients will be invited to the speciallyorganized session.

(6) Disaster Risk Reduction EXPO (Bosai EXPO)To date, great efforts towards earthquake disaster mitigation
have been made and various solutions, ranging from small
size equipment to large scale facilities, have been developedand implemented to the society in Japan. This exhibition,
expecting 300 exhibitors participation, will display products,
technologies, and services in the scope of "risk/crisis
management" and "resilience" of production equipment andthe society's infrastructure as well as of countermeasuresagainst earthquake disasters. This will also offer great
opportunities for implementing solutions and sharing
ideas/technologies locally available as well as highly
advanced to the visitors and for technical informationexchanges to the exhibitors who are engaged in manufacturing,
government offices, local public municipalities, transportation,
lifelines, and construction.

(7) 3DVR Site Visit of Earthquake Ruins
after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Site visits to areas, structures, facilities, etc. which experienced
damaging earthquakes are undoubtedly valuable to learn
impacts and damaging effects from earthquakes. Althoughsome of the damages are carefully preserved as earthquake
memorials, many are demolished and renewed in theprocess of restoration. Recent development of information
technology enables to digitally record the whole spatial dataof earthquake ruins, and reproduce the image virtually in thethree dimensional cyberspace. This program will provide
opportunities to explore and experience damaged structures
after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake through 3D virtual
reality image.

2. Schedule
9:00

Sept. 13
SundayDay 1
Sept. 14
MondayOpening
Ceremony&
KeynoteSession

10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00

Lunch

14:00
15:00
16:00

Registration&
Tour Desk
Open

Day 2
Sept. 15
Tuesday
KeynoteSession

Day 4
Sept. 17
Thursday

Day 5
Sept. 18
FridayKeynoteKeynoteKeynoteParallel
Parallel
ParallelSessionSessionSessionSessions
Sessions
Sessions

PosterSessions

PosterSessions

PosterSessions

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

KeynoteSessionParallelSessions

Day 3
Sept. 16
Wednesday

ParallelSessions

ParallelSessions

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Lunch
ParallelSessions

KeynoteSessionKeynoteSessionParallelSessions

ParallelSessions

Closing
Session

17:00
18:00
19:00

Welcome
Reception

Gala Dinner＊ Technical visits will be organized after conference.

3. Budget Plan
Two different budget estimates have been prepared, with the assumed number of participants being 3,000 and 4,000,
respectively. The registration fee will be $700 for a regular participant and $450 for a student. We will also offer
early-bird discount fees for each participant category. The Japan organizing committee for the 17WCEE will transmit
five percent of the registration fee of each full registrant to IAEE, as the fee to cover operating expenses of IAEE central
office.

＊assumed future exchange rate of 1 USD = 120 JPY

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Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
on decommissioning and other coastal areasther areas

other areas

Recovered Kobe, recovering Kumamoto, and more...

Technical Visits
We shar e t he k nowledge and les sons lear ned from damaging
earthquakes. Organized technical visits to ongoing recovery areas
after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, fully recovered Kobe
earthquake in 1995, well prepared Tokyo after the Olympic/Paralympic
Games etc. will contribute to sharing experiences and ideas forresilient cities in earthquake-prone areas.

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Geoparks – Traces of massive damage

in the area

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Tsunami remains after killer waves

Ongoing recovery efforts along coastal areas
Survived buildings and infrastructures retrofitted before eventsToday17WCEE Logistic Information
Sendai Station ➡ Conference Venue

AccessFrom Sendai Station to the conference venue, it is a 5-minute ride by the subway (Tozai Line), a 10-minute ride bytaxi and a 30-minute walk.

World ➡ Japan
Getting to Japan from anywhere in the world is easy, thanks to many international flights to Tokyo’s two international
airports, Haneda and Narita. The two airports handle together more than 2,200 international flights weekly from over
100 cities in around 40 nations on more than 70 airlines. Proximity and extensive air ser vice make Japan anespecially effective country for attracting convention participants from all over the world.
In addition, there are several international direct flights including daily flights from Seoul to Sendai.

19●More than 2,200 flights weekly from around 40 countries.
●Direct flights to Tokyo from over 100 cities around the world.

Tokyo ➡ Sendai

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Accommodation
Sendai has over 12,000 hotel rooms in various price ranges, as shown in the table below. Within a 2 km radius of theInternational Center, there are 8,000 hotel rooms.

Sendai is a city in the northeast of Japan and the largest city of this region.
By Airplane: From Tokyo, Narita Airport to Sendai it takes 65 minutes by plane, and there are daily two flights.
It is a 17-minute train ride from Sendai airport to the city.
B y T r a i n : From Tokyo station to Sendai, it takes about 90 minutes by bullet train.

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The Westin SendaiStar Rating
★★★★★
★★★★
★★★
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Total

Hotel Metropolitan Sendai
Number of Hotels

Number of Rooms

Average Room Rate (USD)

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761

$150

12

2,299

$100

21

4,110

$ 70

28

3,617

$ 50

31

1,867

$ 35

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12,654as of January 2016

Venue
The conference venue is directly connected to the subway station. Sendai International Center consists of two mainbuildings; the conference building and the exhibition building. The conference building has a main hall and a
reception hall, together with 12 meeting rooms. The exhibition building has a 3,000 m 2 exhibition hall with 4 meetingrooms. Utilizing these two buildings as one facility, a convention with up to 6,000 participants can be held.

Delivery
Entrance

Waiting
Room Ｄ
Waiting
Room Ｃ
Waiting
Room Ｂ
Waiting
Room A

Prep
Room

Conference building

1F

Stage

Main HallEV

1,000 seats(1F+2F)
Meeting
Room 1

96 seats

Meeting
Room 2

Exhibition Building

Meeting
Room 3

Tohoku University Hall

Japanese
Style
Room

96 seats

42 seats

Café LEAF

Koryu Corner

International Center Station(Subway Tozai Line)Oﬃce

Security
Oﬃce

EV

LuggageEV

Entrance

Conference Building

DRR EXPO (Bosai EXPO)
Exhibition building

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Oﬃce/
First Aid Room

Welcome porch

Meeting Meeting
Room 1 Room 2
Vestibule

Waiting
Room 1AED

Exhibition Hall 1

Meeting
Room 342 seats

2,560 seats

Meeting
Room 4
Foyer

Waiting
Room 8
Waiting
Room 7
Waiting
Room 6
Waiting
Room 5

Conference building

2F

56 seats Waiting

Room 2
Waiting
Room 3Main Hall

Waiting
Room 41,000 seats(1F+2F)

Nursing
Room

Exhibition Hall 2

Main Hall
Foyer

Hagi
Conference Hall

400 seats

Meeting
Room 556 seats

Connecting
corridor

PantryReception Reception
Room1 Room2

Sakura Hall 1

56 seats

Meeting
Room 4

Sakura Hall 2
Tachibana
Conference Hall

Waiting
Room３
Waiting
Room4

500 seatsEV

KitchenReception
Room

LuggageEVSocial Events

Welcome Reception
is the opportunity for participants to meet their old friends
and make new networks.
We will welcome you and your international colleagues withthe best atmosphere, local food and performances.

Dinner at Historical Venue
Sendai Shozankan is a historical venue (former Sake
brewery) in Sendai. Its beautiful Japanese garden is used
as a welcome facility for special Japanese hospitality toentertain guests. You will enjoy both Japanese and western
dishes using local food of the sea and the land.

Local Entertainment
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Disaster Risk
Reduction EXPO
(Bosai EXPO)

Third UN-WCDRR

Special Exhibition of Technologies for
Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction
For earthquake disaster reduction, it is essential to promote research. However,
without implementation of concrete countermeasures based on the results ofacademic research, it is impossible to reduce damage in future. In 17WCEE, thespecial exhibition will be held to introduce technologies, systems, tools, equipment,
and educational materials, etc., which can contribute to the realization of a disaster
resilient society, to the WCEE participants from all over the world.
In the space adjacent to the conference venue, over 300 companies andorganizations will participate in the exhibition. They will demonstrate their various
technologies, which can promote both structural and non-structural countermeasuresin both developed and developing countries. Also, they will prepare consultation
windows for the participants.

The martial art performance ofsamurai warriors will satisfy yourcuriosity
towards
Japanesewarriors history. They will set themood for your party with theirenergetic welcomings.

Accompanying Persons Programs
Introducing plans to enjoy the delights of Japanese culture.
You can easily experience Japanese culture such as Ikebana(flower arranging), the tea ceremony, Japanese calligraphy or
trying on a Kimono if you have 1 or 2 hours to spare.

Beginners can experience craft activities such as glass craft or painting kokeshi wooden dolls
at Akiu Traditional Crafts Village located in an onsen (hot spring) resort area on the outskirtsof Sendai. We recommend this as an excursion trip.

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If you have a day, explore Japan!
- Hokkaido is a great place to enjoy nature and hot springs.
- Don’t miss Tokyo to experience spectacular entertainment.
- Kyoto will take you back to the ancient period of Japan.

Tourist Attractions

Take a peek of the city

All available within 30 minutes from the venue! 100

Go around the city by tour bus
Hokkaido – 70min by Plane

Hokkaido

Rent-a-bike
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Try Sendai Beef

Enjoy Sushi

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Osaka – 80min by plane

Kyoto
Osaka

Tokyo – 90min by Bullet Train

Kyoto – 15min from Osaka

Relax in the nature and hot spring

Visit the whisky distillery

In Summary - Why Japan / Sendai?
P Japan is an active arena of earthquake engineering and new technology solutions
P Find out more about the progress and recovery efforts Sendai is making after theGreat East Japan Earthquake

P Visit the home of the substantial “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030”

P An original conference program with excellent opportunities to create new directions
and offer pioneering ideas

P Explore essential methods Sendai is undertaking to cultivate a resilient community
P Find out more innovative solutions and cutting edge technologies made in Japan
at the “Disaster Risk Reduction EXPO”

P A city ready to host 17WCEE with more than 4,000 participants expected in its large
scale international conference center and exhibition buildings

P A committed and experienced local organizing committee
P A strong budget and superb financial management
P Enjoy Sendai’s attractiveness as a tourism destination with its various hotels withenough capacity, excellent dining and outstanding entertainment options

WE LOOK FOWARD TO SEEING YOU INSENDAI, JAPAN!
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING