CNR-GNDCI-Japan-Italy-1999

^st Japan-Italy Sediment-related Disaster Prevention Technology Co-operation Conference

Ministry of Construction		Civil Protection Department
Public Works Research Institute		National Research Council
		Gruppo Nazionale per la Difesa dalle Catastrofi Idrogeologiche
		Italian State Embassy in Japan

1^st Japan-Italy Sediment-related Disaster Prevention Technology Co-operation Conference

1-4 November 1999 - Tokyo and Kagoshima, Japan

The catastrophic debris-flow at Sarno, Italy of May 5^th, 1998

Conference Goals

To understand physical processes leading to natural disaster such as flood, landslides and debris-flow in Japan and in Italy;
To promote scientific and technical co-operation between scientists and administrative management from Japan and Italy;
To define common strategies for sediment-related disaster prevention.

Conference Program

November 1, 1999 13:30-17:00

13:30-15:00 Opening Ceremony
Opening Address
Guest Speeches
Signing Ceremony of Agreement

15:30-16:50 Keynote Speach

18:00-20:00 Welcome Party

November 2, 1999 9:10-12:10
9:10-12:10 Technical Session: Forecasting and Prevention

13:00-14:30 Lunch

Transportation to Kagoshima
November 3, 1999 9:30-16:20
9:30-13:00 Field Survey and Discussion Sakurajima International Volcanic Sabo Center (Sakurajima Island)
Technical visit to: Nojiri river: Sabo Works, System for Observing Debris Flow, System for Detecting Debris Flow
Kurokami river: Sabo Works

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:50 Technical Session: Mechanism November 4, 1999 : 9:30-18:10
Transportation to Tokyo

13:00-14:30 Lunch

15:10-17:30 Technical Session: Disaster Management
Summary of Technical sessions

Discussion on topics and timing of next conference

Farewell Party

Conference Delegates

Japanese Delegates

Dr. Hiroshi IKEYA, Director General, Erosion and Sediment Department, Ministry of Construction;

Mr. Koichi KONDO, Director, Slope Conservation Division, River Bureau, Ministry of Construction;

Mr. Munehiro MATSUI, Director, Erosion and Sediment Control Department, Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction;

Mr. Noriyuki MINAMI, Head of Erosion and Sediment Control Division, Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction;

Mr. Masao OKAMOTO, Director, Erosion and Sediment Control Division, Ministry of Construction;

Prof. Etsuro SHIMOKAWA, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University;

Mr. Yoshiaki YANO, Director General, Kyushu Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction;

Mr. Fumito WATANABE, Director, Ohsumi Work Office, Kyushu Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction

Italian Delegates

Dr. Vittorio BOVOLIN, University of Salerno;

Prof. Giampaolo DI SILVIO, University of Padua, President of Italian Hydraulic Group;

Prof. Rinaldo GENEVOIS, University of Padua, Chairman European Research Project on debris-flows risk;

Dr. Fausto GUZZETTI, CNR Research Institute of Hydrogeological Protection in Central Italy, Perugia;

Prof. Luigi NATALE, University of Pavia, member of Italian High Risk Commission, Hydrogeological Sector at Civil Protection Department of Italian Government;

Dr. Alessandro PASUTO, CNR Research Institute of Hydrogeological Protection in North-East Italy,Padova;

Dr. Giacomo Renzo SCUSSEL, Chief Researcher at the Veneto Region and Mayor of Forno di Zoldo (BL);

Prof. Sandro SILVANO, Director of CNR Research Institute of Hydrogeological Protection in North-East Italy, Padova;

Prof. Lucio UBERTINI, President of Italian Group for Natural Hazards Prevention, CNR-GNDCI, President of the Italian High Risk Commission, Hydrogeological Sector at Civil Protection Department of Italian Government, University of Rome "La Sapienza".