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FREE online seminar
The 2nd International Alumni Online Seminar
on Disaster Prevention and Environment

Organizer: Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CLDPM), Yamaguchi University
Co-organizers:
　Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
　Glocal Environmental and Disaster Prevention Research Group, Yamaguchi University

Date: Monday, March 7, 2022

Time: 10:50 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (JST/UTC+9)

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Information for Participants

This seminar is a FREE Zoom Meeting. Please click the button below for how to join the seminar (English or Japanese).

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Click HERE for the latest program.

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Call for Participation

This is a FREE Zoom Meeting. The organizer welcomes participation of not only alumni of Yamaguchi University but also those who are interested in disaster prevention and the environment. Those who attend the seminar, please fill out the Application for Participation by Thursday, March 3, 2022, 11:00 p.m. (JST/UTC+9).
You will receive a registration completion email immediately after registration. The registration completion email contains the Zoom participation URL, so please keep it until the day of the event. If you do not receive the registration completion email, it is possible that your registration has not been completed. In that case, please contact us by email. Depending on the security settings of your PC, it may arrive in the junk mail folder, so please check the junk mail folder as well.
We will contact you by email by Sunday, March 6 (JST/UTC+9) regarding how to attend the seminar and precautions, so please check.

Language: English
Capacity: 300 people
Participation Registration Deadline: Thursday, March 3, 2022, 11:00 p.m. (JST/UTC+9)

 Application has been closed. Thank you.

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Overview

Continuing from the first seminar in March 2021, the Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CLDPM), Yamaguchi University hosts “The 2nd International Alumni Online Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Environment” for Yamaguchi University alumni and students. The seminar aims to share the recent activities of alumni, and to provide a place for interaction among alumni from various countries and students at Yamaguchi University. It also focuses on sharing local disasters and environmental problems and creating opportunities for international research cooperation. In this seminar, we hold a special session about the heavy rain disaster in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) that occurred immediately after the first seminar. The organizer welcomes participation of not only Yamaguchi University alumni and students but also those who are interested in disaster prevention and the environment.

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Program  Updated March 4   Get Program PDF file

Time (JST/UTC+9)	Session Activities
10:50-11:00	Opening Remarks Prof. Motoyuki Suzuki, Director, Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CLDPM), Yamaguchi University
11:00-12:00	Invited Lecture “Future vision of international collaboration at Yamaguchi University” Prof. Masato Shinji, Vice-President for International Cooperation, Yamaguchi University “SDGs and natural disaster; poverty and income gap” Prof. Ikufumi Tomimoto, Deputy Director, Office for International Affairs Strategy, Yamaguchi University
12:00-13:30	Special Session on Floods and Geological Disasters in Timor-Leste in April 2021 Chair: Prof. Masahiko Sekine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
12:00-12:30	“Disaster Risk Reduction Challenges in Timor-Leste” Dr. Benjamim Hopffer Martins, Lecturer, Universidae Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Timor-Leste
12:30-13:00	“Flood damage in the middle reach of the Manleuana river in Dili, Timor-Leste” Mr. Hugo Ximenes, Lecturer, Universidae Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Timor-Leste
13:00-13:30	“Geological hazard and its implication for the sustainability development in Timor-Leste” Mr. Oktoviano Viegas Tilman, Vice-president, Institute of Petroleum and Geology (IPG), Timor-Leste
13:30-14:20	Break
14:20-17:25	Oral Presentation Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Koichi Yamamoto, CLDPM, Yamaguchi University Co-chair: Mr. Taichi Ishimaru, Yamaguchi University
14:20-14:45	1.“Surface Deformation Monitoring Induced by Volcanic Activity of Mount Agung, Indonesia, by PS-InSAR Using Sentinel-1 SAR from 2014-2021” Dr. I Nyoman Sudi Parwata (Udayana University, Indonesia) and Prof. Takahiro Osawa (Yamaguchi University)
14:45-15:10	2.“Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Water-Related Hazard Management” Dr. Ni Made Pertiwi Jaya (Udayana University, Indonesia) and Prof. Masahiko Nagai (Yamaguchi University)
15:10-15:35	3.“Automated Building Footprint Segmentation using Deep Learning for Disaster Rapid Mapping” Mr. Muhammad Haidar (Geospatial Information Agency of Indonesia & The University of Tokyo) and Prof. Wataru Takeuchi (The University of Tokyo)
15:35-16:00	4.“Reflection of Zhengzhou Flooding” Ms. Mengqi Huang (Yamaguchi University)
16:00-16:10	Break
16:10-16:35	5.“The Role, Strategy and Policy of Plantation Development in Bengkalis Regency” Dr. Rafiani Hasyim (Plantation Agency of Bengkalis Regency, Indonesia)
16:35-17:00	6.“Differences between Countries in Disaster Prevention for Water Supply System” Mr. Shiro Jimbo (Tokyo Engineering Consultants Co., LTD.)
17:00-17:25	7.“Microplastic Pollution in the Marine and Riverine Environments in Yamaguchi: Abundances and Distributions, Sources-to-Sinks, and Ecological Risks” Mr. Kabir A. H. M. Enamul and Prof. Masahiko Sekine (Yamaguchi University)
17:25-17:30	Closing Remarks Prof. Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University