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FREE online seminar
The 3rd International Alumni Online Seminar
on Disaster Prevention and Environment
Organizer: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Group (DPMG), Research Center
for Local Resilience, 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: Saturday, March 23, 2024
Time: 8:50 a.m. - 4:05 p.m. (JST/UTC+9)
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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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Overview
Continuing from the first seminar in March 2021 and the second seminar in March 2022, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Group, Research Center for Local Resilience (DPMG), Yamaguchi University hosts “The 3rd 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. This seminar also aims to follow up on recovery and subsequent issues following the Timor-Leste* heavy rain disaster in April 2021. The organizer welcomes participation of not only Yamaguchi University alumni and students but also those who are interested in disaster prevention and the environment.
Program Updated March 21 Get Program PDF file
| Time (JST/UTC+9) | Session Activities |
|---|---|
| 08:50-09:00 | Opening Remarks
Prof. Motoyuki Suzuki, Director, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Group (DPMG), Research Center
for Local Resilience, Yamaguchi University |
| 09:00-09:50 | Invited Lecture
“Toward a New Phase of the Timor-Leste National University Support Project”
Prof. Masahiko Sekine, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
|
| 09:50-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00-12:00 | Special Session“Recovery Status after the Heavy Rain Disaster in Timor-Leste in April 2021”
Facilitator: Prof. Masahiko Sekine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
"Response of Yamaguchi University to the Flood Disaster in Timor-Leste in April 2021"
Prof. Koichi Yamamoto, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
"Outline of Flood Disaster in Timor-Leste"
Mr. Kesuke Ujike and Ms. Fonseca Patricia, JICA Timor-Leste Office
"Mass Wasting and Flood Risk Mitigation Efforts in the City of Dili, and Existing Conditions" (video)
Dr. Benjamim Hopffer Martins, Lecturer, Universidae Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Timor-Leste
"Determination of Causes of the Poor Performance of Timor-Leste’s Roads and Proposals for Improvement" (video)
Mr. Hugo Ximenes, Lecturer, Universidae Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Timor-Leste
"Sedimentation Challenge and Opportunity: Harnessing of Local Sedimentation for the Construction Material"
Mr. Leandro Madeira Branco, Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University
|
| 12:00-13:00 | Break |
| 13:00-14:20 | Oral Presentation Session 1
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Shinichiro Nakashima, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
|
| 13:00-13:20 |
1.“Timor-Leste Deforestation”
Fernandes Abel (Yamaguchi University)
|
| 13:20-13:40 |
2.“Groundwater Pollution in Production Wells of Dili City, Timor-Leste”
Joaninha Belo Ornai (Yamaguchi University)
|
| 13:40-14:00 |
3.“Coagulation Experiment of Peat Extract and Peat Ground Water”
Rozy Pratama and Muhammad Rizki Romadhan (Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis, Indonesia) |
| 14:00-14:20 |
4.“Concurrent Impacts of COVID-19 and Natural Disasters on Shrimp Enterprises in the Southwest Coastal Region of Bangladesh”
Md Atikul Islam (Khulna University, Bangladesh) |
| 14:20-14:40 | Break |
| 14:40-16:20 | Oral Presentation Session 2
Chair: Prof. Takahiro Osawa, Organization for Research Initiatives, Yamaguchi University
|
| 14:40-15:00 |
5.“Impact of In-Camera Distortion Correction on Systematic Deformation in Photogrammetry Using Structure from Motion and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: a Case Study in Constant-Pitch Meandering Flight Design”
Ho Thanh Truc (Yamaguchi University) |
| 15:00-15:20 |
6.“A Multi-Satellite Approach to Delineating Flood Extent and Land Cover Changes in Dili, Timor-Leste”
Pedro Junior Fernandes (Yamaguchi University) |
| 15:20-15:40 |
7.“Mapping Flood Prone Areas Based on Geographic Information Systems and AHP (case study: Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia)”
Putu Edi Yastika (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia) |
| 15:40-16:00 |
8.“Smong and Tsunami Tendenko as Traditional Disaster Prevention in Indonesia and Japan”
Mega Mirasaputri Cahyanti (Yamaguchi University) |
| 16:00-16:05 | Closing Remarks
Prof. Koichi Yamamoto, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Yamaguchi University |
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 21, 2024, 11:00 p.m. (JST/UTC+9) Saturday, March 23, 2024, 8:00 a.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.
Language: English
Capacity: 300 people
Participation Registration Deadline: Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:00 p.m. (JST/UTC+9)
Extended to Saturday, March 23, 2024, 8:00 a.m. (JST/UTC+9)
Application has been closed. Thank you.