MEETINGS & WORKSHOP

Disaster Risk Management Seminar at Peru Congress

Date:
September 16, 2010 (Thu) 9:00～13:00

Location:
Peru Congress

Speaker
Luis Gonzales Posada （Chair of National Disaster Prevention Committee）
Sunichiro Megata (Japanese Ambassador in Peru)
Fumio Yamazaki (Professor in Chiba University）
Julio Kuroiwa (Professors Emeritus in Peru National Institute of Technology）
Alberto Aquino(Expert on Disaster Risk Management)
Yasuji Sakaguchi (NHK）
Makoto Nakao (Chief of JICA Peru Office）
Cesar Zumaeta Flores（Chairman of Peru Congress）

Memorandum:
Disaster Risk Management Seminar was organized at Peru Congress on September 16, 2010.
Welcome speech was given by Mr. Luis Gonzales for the long-term relationship between Peru and Japan, especially for the support by Japanese government for the construction of hospital, schools and many infrastructures. The importance of the seminar was also mentioned since the concerns with the earthquake disaster in Peru had been increasing after the Chile earthquake in 2010.
Opening address was made by Sunichiro Megata, Japanese Ambassador in Peru, about the meaning to have the seminar of Earthquake and Tsunami disaster mitigation technology in Japan at the Peru Congress. It was also mentioned that the interaction between Japanese and Peruvian cultures through JICA was very important to Japanese society.
Prof. Yamazaki, and Prof. Kuroiwa had the lectures about the Earthquake Disaster Prevention Technology in Japan, and Seismic Hazard in Peru, respectively.
Then, Mr. Aquino, Mr. Sakaguchi, and Mr. Nakao had the presentations about the risk management, earthquake early warning system in Japan, and the JICA activities in Peru about the disaster prevention, respectively.
Cesar Zumaeta Flores, Chairman of Peru Congress, closed the seminar for stating the importance in reducing the Earthquake and Tsunami disaster risks in Peru. After the seminar, the speaker communicated each other and exchanged the information over the piscosour. This seminar was also in the Peruvian newspapers.

Program:

Time	Title	Speaker
9:00-9:15	Welcome Speech	Luis Gonzales Posada (Chair of National Disaster Prevention Committee)
9:15-9:30	Opening Address	Sunichiro Megata (Japanese Ambassador in Peru)
9:30-10:15	Recent Advancements in Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Technology and Its Implementation in Japan	Fumio Yamazaki (Professor in Chiba University)
10:15-11:00	Influence of Japanese Science Technology on Seismic Risk Reduction in Peru	Julio Kuroiwa (Professors Emeritus in Peru National Institute of Technology)
11:00-11:45	Risk Management on Development Procedure	Alberto Aquino (Expert on Disaster Risk Management)
11:45-12:30	Emergency Information Broadcast with ISDB-T	Yasuji Sakaguchi (NHK)
12:30-12:45	Importance of AOD with Japan on the Disaster Risk Management in Peru	Makoto Nakao (JICA)
12:45-13:00	Closing Address	Cesar Zumaeta Flores (Chairman of Peru Congress)