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02/27/2018

+23rd SciREX Seminar: Resilience in Japan

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Date & Time:  Monday, March 12, 2018   18:30-20:00
Venue: Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square Expert Club
Sponsored by: SciREX Center & MEXT
Language:  Japanese

Speaker:  Dr. Kazuo FURUTA, Director, Resilience Engineering Research Center, University of Tokyo)

The disaster caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 was "beyond expectation." Dr. Fututa will talk about how to be prepared with such large-scale disasters and minimize "beyond expectation." With the funds from RISTEX, Dr. Furuta has analyzed the complex relation between essential infrastructures, and developed a tool that can simulate the recovery process of infrastructure and people's life. He will talk about the details of his study, which will be followed by a discussion on a resilient society to be participated by the seminar attendants. 

Registration by filling in this form: https://krs.bz/scirex/m?f=135&e_1289=2018-03-12/a>