Program


Time Contents
  Chair
Prof. Iwao Uchiama, Kyoto University
Prof. Yuzuru Matsuoka, Kyoto University
12:30-13:00 Registration
13:00-13:05
Opening Remarks
Dr. Hiroshi Matsumoto, President, Kyoto University
13:05-13:45
Session 1: Keynote Speeches
13:05 “The Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Waste Management”
Prof. Shin-ichi Sakai, Chair, Kyoto University Environment Preservation Research Center
 
13:25 “United States Embassy Response to the Tohoku Triple Disaster”
Dr. Richard D. Otto, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Embassy of the United States (in Japan)
13:45-14:45
Session 2: Technical Report - Sanitation and Environmental Policy –
13:45 “Improving Sanitation in Developing Countries and in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake”
Prof. Yoshihisa Shimizu, Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
 
14:05 “Microbial and Chemical Safety of Drinking Water after Earthquake Disasters”
Prof. Sadahiko Itoh, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
 
14:25 “A Public Health Perspective on Disaster Preparedness and Recovery”
Prof. Nancy Long Sieber, School of Public Health, Harvard University
14:45-15:15 Break
15:15-16:35
Session 3: Technical Report - Metals and Radioactive materials –
15:15 “Toxic Metals in Waste”
Prof. Masaki Takaoka, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
 
15:35 “Formulating the Shiga Prefecture Disaster Prevention Plan”
Dr. Hiroyuki Sugie, Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, Shiga Prefecture
 
15:55 “Assessing Radiation Risk after Soil Decontamination”
Prof. Minoru Yoneda, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
 
16:15 “Learning from History: Evacuation Criteria”
Prof. Richard Wilson, Department of Physics, Harvard University
16:35-17:15
Session 4: Future Perspective
16:35 “Experimental approach to environmental health concerns - Air pollutants enhance allergic and respiratory diseases-”
Prof. Hirohisa Takano, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
 
16:55 “Potential Effects of Shifts in Power Generation on Air Quality and Public Health”
Prof. Douglas Dockery, Chair, School of Public Health, Harvard University
17:15-17:25
Closing Session: Prepare for the possibility of next disaster
Prof. Emer. Yuzo Ohnishi, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University

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