Events

Special lecture meeting

• Our lecturer on this occasion is Representative Tadayoshi Nagashima (currently a member of the Lower House), who played a significant role as town mayor at the time of the Chuuetsu earthquake.

International panel discussion

• In the aim of fostering cooperation with Asia in the field of earthquake engineering, we have invited panelists from all around Asia to this symposium, for which we have planned an international panel discussion. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Special theme session (*)

• As one of the events commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the founding of the Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering, we have planned a session that will look back on the damaging earthquakes, as well as the trends and developments in earthquake engineering over the past ten years.

Easy-to-understand lecture on earthquake engineering

• We are again planning to hold the easy-to-understand lecture on earthquake engineering that was so well received during the previous symposium. We are planning to implement this current lecture with the cooperation of an assemblage of young researchers in earthquake engineering.

Technical exhibit (being recruited)

• We will hold an exhibition of the latest earthquake engineering related technology in conjunction with the symposium.

Organized sessions (*)

• Sessions already decided. Applicable sessions

Technical tour

• This is a bus tour for observing the earthquake engineering related facilities of Tsukuba. It will be implemented as one of the ten-year anniversary events of the Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering.

Banquet

• Participants are strongly welcome to the symposium banquet.