13:00 Opening
Hiroshi Ito, Deputy Chief Executive, Building Research Institute (BRI)
Shigeru Morichi, Director, Policy Research Center, GRIPS
13:10 Keynote Speech: Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Professor Takashi Onishi, The University of Tokyo and Presidency at Science Council of Japan(pdf)
13:55 Explanatory introduction
Dr. Tatsuo Narafu, Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)(pdf)
14:10 Presentations on recent super earthquake disasters in the world
-Haiti Earthquake 2010
Mr. Fritz Auplan, Engineer, Haiti Technical Office of Building Rating Direction of Public Works, Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, and Communication, Haiti(pdf)
-Wenchuan Earthquake 2008
Mr. Wang Zhenyao, Dean, Philanthropy Research Institute, Beijing Normal University & One Foundation, China(pdf)
-Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 2004
Mr. Bambang Sudiantmo, Head, Water Supply & Sanitation Training Centre, Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia(pdf)
15:10 Overview and features on each earthquake
Dr. Nobuo Hurukawa, Research Coordinator of Building Technology, BRI(pdf)
15:40 Panel Discussion
1.Issus on reconstruction and disaster mitigation
Dr. Shoichi Ando, Director of IISEE, BRI(pdf)
2.Presentations from Panelists
-Reconstruction Realities: In the context of Kashmir Earthquake 2005
Ms. Gazala Naeem, Architect/ DRM Practitioner, Pakistan(pdf)
-Integrating Gender and Social Inclusion in Disaster Reconstruction
Professor Keiko Ikeda , Shizuoka University, Japan(pdf)
-Safer building and urban development
Dr. Hiroshi Fukuyama, Chief Research Engineer, BRI(pdf)
-Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction at the Recovery and Reconstruction of Disasters
Jerry Velasquez, Senior Regional Coordinator, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction for Asia & the Pacific, UNISDR-AP(pdf)
3.Discussion
4.Questions and answers
17:15 Closing
Professor Kenji Okazaki, GRIPS