The Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

Towards a new science and technology to consolidate disaster risk reduction and sustainable development

Ito Hall, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
14th - 16th January, 2015

Organizing Committee

International Organizing Committee

Chair:
  • Takashi Onishi, President, Science Council of Japan
Members:
  • Gordon McBean, President, International Council for Science / Professor, Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction, University of Western Ontario, Canada / Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
  • David Johnston, Chair of Science Committee, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) / Director of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand
  • Margareta Wahlström , United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disastesr Risk Reduction

Local Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs:
  • Toshio Koike, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  • Fumiko Kasuga, Advisor to the President, Science Council of Japan / Director, National Institute of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
Members:
  • Koichi Miki, Professor, Keio University Law School
  • Mitsuo Yamakawa, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Teikyo University
  • Keisuke Hanaki, Vice-President, Science Council of Japan
  • Tatsuro Irimura, Director, Institute for Medical Innovation ST. Luke's International Hospital Center
  • Kenji Satake, Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
  • Kennichi Tsukahara, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Kyushu University
  • Haruo Hayashi, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
  • Shigeko Haruyama, Professor, Graduate School & Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University
  • Hiroko Minami, President, University of Kochi
  • Masako Yoneda, Project Professor, Keio University
  • Yusuke Amano, Director, International Affairs Office, Water and Disaster Management Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
  • Chu Ishida, Acting Senior Chief Officer of Intfl Affairs for Satellite Applications, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  • Fumihiko Imamura, Director and Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
  • Yuichi Ono, Assistant Director and Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
  • Akiyuki Kawasaki, Project Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  • Kaoru Saito, Director, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
  • Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, Advisor, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
  • Masafumi Nagaishi, Senior Advisor to the Director General, Global Environment Department. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Satoru Nishikawa, Vice-President, Japan Water Agency
  • Kenzo Hiroki, Director, Water Resources Planning Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
  • Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Director, Department of Integrated Research on Disaster Prevention, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention

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