World Engineering Conference and Convention(As of November 20, 2015)

Oral Session
Room AOS 1-1 Reconstruction innovation
Session Organizer/Chair	Akira Iwabuchi (Iwate University, Japan)

OS 1-1-1

Science, Tohoku University), Japan)

OS 1-1-2

Room B-2

OS 3-1 Satellite-based technology, land and marine
survey, resource investigation, disastermonitoring
Session Organizer/Chair	Masanori Homma (Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency, Japan)

OS 3-1-1

Disaster Risk Reduction and Remote Sensing
Kenzo Hiroki (College of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism(CLITT), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan)

Present Situation of Reconstruction and/or Revitalization
in Damaged Area after The Great East Japan Earthquake
Disaster at 2011.03.11 and Accidents of Fukushima
Daiichi NPS

OS 3-1-2

Engineering Overview of Satellite Remote Sensing
Takashi Hamazaki (Satellite Applications Mission Directorate, Japan

Yoshihito Ozawa (Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology,

Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)

OS 1-1-3

Benefits of Space Technology for Monitoring of
Natural Resources
Hansjoerg Dittus (Member of the Executive Board, German Aerospace

Fukushima University, Japan)

OS 3-1-3

Human Responses to Coastal Flooding:Engineering, social innovation and coastal communities
Sebastien P. Boret (International Research Institute of Disaster Science,
Tohoku University, Japan)

Center, Germany)

OS 3-1-4

OS 1-1-4

Role of Funding Agency in Disaster Recovery andRevitalization
Satoru Ohtake (Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan)
16:20-18:00

Room B-1

OS 2-1 Wider applications for fossil resources:
Conventional and non-conventional
resources
Session Organizer	Masahiko Matsukata (Department of Applied
Chemistry, Waseda University, Japan)
Chairs	Masahiko Matsukata (Department of Applied Chemistry, WasedaUniversity, Japan)	Toru Shiraha (Central Technical Research Laboratory / Frontier
Research Laboratory, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan)

OS 2-1-1

Current Status of Petroleum Refinery and New DesignApproaches for Future Refining Processes
Chunshan Song (EMS Energy Institute, Department of Energy and Mineral
Engineering and Department of Chemical Engine, The Pennsylvania State
University, United States)

OS 2-1-2

The Pivotal Role of Industrial and Environmental
Processes in the Sustainable Development ofCanada’s Oil Sands
E. Eddy Isaacs (Alberta Innovates - Energy & Environment Solutions, Canada)

Navigation by Satellites: Revolutionary Impact andFurther Expansion
Satoshi Kogure (Satellite Navigation Office, Japan Aerospace ExplorationAgency, Japan)

16:20-18:00

Room C-1

OS 4-1 Environmental friendly and sustainable cities& housingSession Organizer/Chair	Hiroshi Yoshino (Tohoku University, Instituteof Liberal Arts and Sciences, Japan)

OS 4-1-1

Planning Issues on Smart City Approach to
Sustainability of Habitat
Atsushi Deguchi (Department of Socio-cultural Studies, Graduate School ofFrontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

OS 4-1-2

Comprehensive assessment on urban planning andbuilding design to mitigate climate change and adapt
to urban warming
Akashi Mochida (Department of Architecture and Building Science, Tohoku

University, Japan)

OS 4-1-3

Towards gracious living -an urban environmental
challenge- towards a passive building assessment
methodology for the Tropics
Edward Ng (Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong /OS 2-1-3

School of Architecture, CUHK / Institute of Future Cities, CUHK)

Developing processes for the efficient use of oil
Yuichiro Fujiyama (Fuels Research Laboratory, JX Nippon Oil & Energy

OS 4-1-4Corporation, Japan)

Oral Session

The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami and its
Reconstruction
Fumihiko Imamura (IRIDeS (International Research Institute of Disaster

16:20-18:00

Nov. 30 (Mon.)

16:20-18:00

Field survey on blood pressure, physical activity, sleep
efficiency of residents and indoor climate of houses topromote smart wellness housing in Japan
Toshiharu Ikaga (Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty ofScience and Technology, Keio University, Japan)

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Room C-2

16:20-18:00

Nov. 30 (Mon.)OS 5-1 Railway technology, high-speed train, urban
transportation, maintenance technology

OS 7-1 Design of safe and secure communities,
reflections on human and robot

Session Organizer/Chair	Yoshihiro Suda (Institute of Industrial Science,
The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Session Organizer/Chair	Hirohisa Hirukawa (Robot Innovation
Research Center, National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)

OS 5-1-1

Oral Session

Development of High-speed Train Technology in China
Zhongping Yang (School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing JiaotongUniversity, China)

OS 5-1-2

MIHARA Test Center for Advanced Urban Transportation
Technology
Yoshiharu Watanabe (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)OS 5-1-3

Remote monitoring system of track/rolling stock
condition for running safety in commercial line
Masao Tomeoka (Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd., Japan)
OS 5-1-4

Maintenance technology and seismic countermeasureof railway facilities
Yukihiro Tanimura (Structures Technology Division, Railway TechnicalResearch Institute, Japan)

16:20-18:00

Room DOS 6-1 Creating value and solving social issues
through the big data revolution

OS7-1-1

Leading edge of Cybernics and Promotion of Social
Innovation
Yoshiyuki Sankai (Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/University ofTsukuba/CYBERDYNE Inc., Japan)

OS 7-1-2

Robotic Care Devices that are Useful for Human
Beings -‘Goal-Oriented Design Process’ based on theICFYayoi Okawa (Robot Innovation Research Center, National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)

OS 7-1-3

Research and Development for safety technology ofpersonal care robots
Yoji Yamada (Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan)
OS 7-1-4

Service Robots are designed to provide self-support
for everybody will enrich the life experiences of theaging society in Japan
Yukio Honda (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)
16:20-18:00

Room H

Session Organizer/Chair	Masaru Kitsuregawa (National Institute ofInformatics/Institute of Industrial Science, The
University of Tokyo, Japan)

OS 10-1 International Round Table on Engineering

OS 6-1-1

Session Organizer/Chair	Xila Liu (Civil Engineering Department, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, China)

Data Science: A Common Discipline for Broad Industryand Society Innovation
Sang Kyun Cha (Big Data Institute, Seoul National University, Korea)
OS 6-1-2

Big Data Analytics for Upstream Geoscience
Sunjay Sunjay (GEOPHYSICS, GEOPHYSICS, BHU, VARANASI 221005

INDIA, India)

OS 6-1-3

Three Principles of Profiting from Big DataI: Artificial
Intelligence is to Sense the Happiness of People
Kazuo Yano (Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Japan)
OS 6-1-4

Data Driven Value Co-creation for Smart Infrastructure
Operation
Katsumi Emura (Central Research Laboratories, NEC Corp., Japan)
OS 6-1-5

An Effective Use of Tokyo Metro Passengers Flow by
Visualization of Smart Card Ticket ‘PASMO’ OriginDestination Data for Public Transport Network to be
Sustainable

Satoshi Kawamura (Tokyometro Co., Ltd, Japan)

OS 10-1-1

Urban Mine -Sustainable Development in Construction
IndustryToyoharu Nawa (Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan)
OS 10-1-2

TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE EAST AND THEWEST
Xila Liu (Civil Engineering Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
OS 10-1-3

Development of the SIT students English skills byadopting innovative techniques
Muralidhar Miryala (Center for Promotion of Educational Innovation,Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)

OS 10-1-4TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS IN
INTRODUCING HIGH-SPEED RAIL
Jaroslaw Dyduch (Polish Association of Engineers and Technicians ofTransportation, Polish Federation of Engineering Associations, Poland)

OS 10-1-5

A Global Vision for the Future of Engineering andEngineering Education
J. P. Mohsen (Vice Chair of the Committee on Engineering Education WFEO,United States)

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Room EWorld Engineering Conference and Convention

16:20-17:10

Room F

Session Organizer/Chair	Tetsuya Miki (Policy Planning and Research
Office, University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

SKL 8-1

Melbourne, Australia / IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology)

16:20-17:10

Room GSKL 9-1 Liberal arts education in engineering

Oral Session

Engineering Responsibility and the Social Implicationsof Technology
Greg Adamson (Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University ofNov. 30 (Mon.)SKL 8-1 Engineering for the society

Session Organizers	Takashi Komeda (Shibaura Institute of technology,Japan)	Yoichi Kemmochi (Japanese Society for Engineering
Education, Japan)
Chair	Yoichi Kemmochi (Japanese Society for Engineering Education,Japan)

SKL 9-1

An Encouragement of Engineering Liberal Arts Toward
Engineering for and in the Society: Proposal of Integrated
Promotion of Education with Research and Innovation
Ayao Tsuge (Japan International Science & Technology Exchange Center,
Japan / Science Council of Japan / Former President of the Japan Federation ofEngineering Societies / Former Executive Member of Council for Science andTechnology Policy, Cabinet Office)17:10-18:00

Room FSKL 8-2 Risk communication as the essentialsociotechnical system
Session Organizer/Chair	Masaki Shiratori (Yokohama NationalUniversity, Japan)

SKL 8-2

Risk: Informing a Sceptical Public
Roderick A. Smith (Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London,United Kingdom)

17:10-18:00

Room GSKL 9-2 Promoting female leaders in engineering
Session Organizer	Miyoko O. Watanabe (Japan Science and Technology
Agency, Japan)Chair	Stacey M. DelVecchio (Reman, Components, and Work Tools,Caterpillar Inc.)

SKL 9-2

Promoting Female Leaders in STEM
Yukako Uchinaga (Board Chair, J-Win, Japan)

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