Uitemate2015

The 4th Workshop on theWater Rescue and Survival Research

Tentative Program
Friday, November 6 (Uitemate Lesson at School)
7:30 am Moving from Bayview Hotel Georgetown Penang
to Penang Japanese school
9:00 am Special Program
Uitemate Lesson for Penang Japanese school children
13:00 pm Moving from Penang Japanese school to Bayview Hotel
Georgetown Penang by Taxi
Saturday, November 7 (Uitemate Instructor Training Course)
7:30 am Moving from Bayview Hotel Georgetown Penang
to Penang Golf Club by Taxi
9:00 am Registration Desk Open at Penang Golf Club
9:45 am Opening CeremonyRemarksHidetoshi Saitoh (President, Society of Water Rescue andSurvival Research)
Geh Thuan Tek (Secretary General, Life Saving SocietyMalaysia)
Ryuji Noda (Consul – General, Consulate-General of Japan inPenang)
10:00 am Uitemate instructor training course, lecture
Yuji Tamura (Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, Japan)
11:30 am Lunch
1:00 pm Uitemate instructor training course at swimming pool, Skill
Shuich Kanke (Society of Water Rescue and Survival Research)
4:00 pm Closing Ceremony
5:00 pm Moving from Penang Golf Club to Bayview Hotel Georgetown
Penang by Taxi

Uitemate2015

The 4th Workshop on theWater Rescue and Survival Research

Sunday, November 8 (International Workshop, Uitemate 2015)
7:30 am Moving from Bayview Hotel Georgetown Penang to Toyohashi
University of Technology Penang by Taxi
9:00 am Registration Desk Open at TUT Penang
9:30 am Opening Ceremony
Hidetoshi Saitoh (President, SWRSR)
Geh Thuan Tek (Secretary General, Life Saving Society
Malaysia)
Jun Kyogane (Professor, Toyohashi Univ. Tech.)Opening Keynote Addresses
Session Chair: Yuji Tamura (Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, Japan)
9:45 am Uitemate, a skill of a person waiting for water rescue
Hidetoshi Saitoh (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
Presentations I
Session Chair: Hidetoshi Saitoh (Nagaoka University of Technology,Japan)
10:10 am Drowning Prevention in Thailand
Adisak Suvanprakorn (Thai Life Saving Society, Thailand)
10:30 am Life saving and water safety education program for children
who live in rural communities in Sri Lanka
Asanka Nanayakkara (Life Saving Association of Sri Lanka, SriLanka)
10:50 am Sea survival training carried out at the Tokyo University ofMarine Science and Technology
Yuji Tamura (Tokyo University of marine scienceand Technology, Japan)
Presentations II
Session Chair: Adisak Suvanprakorn (Thai Life Saving Society, Thailand)
11:10 am Protect life from flood - Application of the Uitemate Takahiko Kimura (Ako Fire Department, Japan)
11:30 am Personal tsunami survival story and proposal of the“Uitemate” (“float and wait”) method for drowning prevention
Jun Abe (Asahi Techno Marine, Japan)

Uitemate2015

The 4th Workshop on theWater Rescue and Survival Research

11:50 am Risk management
Geh Thuan Tek (Secretary General, Life Saving Society
Malaysia, Malaysia)
12:10 pm Lunch (inside TUT)
Presentations IIISession Chair: Takahiko Kimura (Ako Fire Department, Japan)
1:30 pm What we learned form the water rescuer training in Nagaoka-from competitive swimmers' point of viewTakuya Yoshino, Takae Yanai, Wataru Nishiki, Maiki Okura,Miho Ishimaru, Yoshihiro Ominato (National Institute ofTechnology, Nagaoka College, Japan)
2:00 pm Flood rescue from drowning prevention perspective –Technique elaboration and strategy towards“Save & Survival Program”
Abdullah Said (AQUAPUTRA Academy, Malaysia)
2:20 pm For dissemination activities of the Japanese Red Cross Society
water safety act
Shuich Kanke (Society of Water Rescue and Survival Research)
2:40 pm New method of measuring rip current by water colorant anddrone
Naoyuki Inukai (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
3:00 pm Life saving activities in Singapole
Foo Chee Han (IFSTA, Singapole)
3:20 pm CPR+AED AwarenessMichael Chua (St.Francis Rescue Training & Consultancy
Services, Singapole)
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
5:00 pm Moving from TUT Penang to Airport by Taxi