Announcement on Technical Forum
"What should we do now? - Rehabilitation after the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster -"

The damage caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster is very extensive and widely distributed, and an appreciation of its full significance has not yet fully revealed. In view of this, we would like to report on some of the survey results on the damage and rehabilitation activities underway in a variety of technical fields. Some members of the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo have participated in these surveys. We hope to provide relevant information as much as possible, including not only the case histories of significant damage but also those with pre-executed seismic designs and/or countermeasures which suffered from no or very little amounts of damage. By having this technical forum, we attempt to summarize what we have learned so far and to discuss what we should do now for rehabilitation from the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster. Your attendance at this forum is highly appreciated. Organizer : Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Date : April 25, 2011 (Mon) 13:00-18:00 (registration starts from 12:30) Venue : Convention Hall at 2nd floor of An block, Komaba Research Campus, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505 (up to 257 persons, no registration required in advance) Attendance Fee: : Free Language : Japanese (The presentation slides will include English captions, and simultaneous on-site translation in English will be provided in an Annex room) Program (Japanese version) 13:00-13:30 Opening Address -The Great Disaster and Roles of IIS- Director General, Prof. Tomonari YASHIRO 13:30-14:00 Earthquake and Tsunami -Observation at Deep Sea- Underwater Technology Research Center, Prof. Tamaki URA 14:00-14:30 Remote Sensing for Emergency Mapping International Center for Urban Safety Engineering, Prof. Haruo SAWADA 14:30-14:40 - Break - 14:40-15:10 Lessons Learned from Geo-disasters Such As Liquefaction and Slope Failure Department of Human and Social Systems, Prof. Junichi KOSEKI 15:10-15:40 Damage to Buildings and Lessons Learned International Center for Urban Safety Engineering, Assoc. Prof. Mikio KOSHIHARA 15:40-16:10 Damage to Traffic Systems and Lessons Learned Advanced Mobility Research Center, Assoc. Prof. Kimihiko NAKANO 16:10-16:20 - Break - 16:20-16:40 Damage to Power Plants and Lessons Learned Advanced Energy Conversion Engineering / Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering, Project Prof. Shozo KANEKO 16:40-17:00 Japan's Energy Challenges from Now to the Future Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering, Project Prof. Kazuhiko OGIMOTO 17:00-17:20 Urgent Measures to Save Electricity Use towards Summer Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering, Assoc. Prof. Yumiko IWAFUNE 17:20-17:50 Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of Unban Infrastructures International Center for Urban Safety Engineering, Prof. Kimiro MEGURO 17:50-18:00 Closing Address -How to Continue Researches on Engineering for Rehabilitation- Deputy Director, Prof. Hiroyuki FUJITA Chair: Deputy Director. Prof. Yoshitaka MITSUDA Inquiries     General Affairs Section, IIS, the University of Tokyo     TEL : 03-5452-6023     E-mail : koho@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp