This symposium will review the past 20 years’ development of disaster education in Japan, and will introduce efforts in disaster education and community-based disaster preparedness in areas affected by mega-earthquake disasters around the world, including the Great East Japan Earthquake. The focus is on discussing how to enhance community resilience through education. The Sendai Declaration on disaster education will be announced at the symposium.

Program
09:30-09:35
Opening Remarks
Masaki Watanabe, Vice Chair, Japan Disaster Education Network Liaison for UNWCDRR

09:35-09:55
【Invited Speech】
“20 Years’ development of Japanese disaster education evolved through lessons learned from mega-earthquake experiences”
Yoshio Toda, Representative, School Safety Education Study Support Center

Part I
Learning from Tohoku: Experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011
09:55-10:10
“Initiatives for enhanced disaster education by MEXT”
Masahiro Oji, Director, School Health Education Unit, Sports and Health Department, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

10:10-10:20
“Damage to and recovery of the education sector by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami”
Takeshi Sato, Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

10:20-10:35
“Human development for reconstruction and revitalization”
Shinya Morimoto, Supervisor, Iwate Prefecture Board of Education

10:35-10:50
“Efforts for disaster education in Miyagi Prefecture”
Yuji Misaki, Supervisor, Miyagi Prefecture Board of Education

10:50-11:05
“Education recovery and disaster education program by Fukushima Prefecture Board of Education: Program for radiation education”
Hiroki Abe, Teacher’s Consultant, Fukushima Prefecture Board of Education

11:05−11:20
“Remodeled disaster education in Sendai”
Takashi Konno, Supervisor, Sendai City Board of Education

11:20-11:30 　　
“Disaster recovery education program in Ishinomaki-City, Miyagi”
Aiko Sakurai, Associate Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

11:30-11:40 　
“Science delivery and the Gensai Pocket Yui Project”
Mari Yasuda, Research Associate, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

11:40-11:50
“KAKEAGARE JAPAN” Tsunami disaster risk reduction joint project among industry, government and academia”
Yoshi Abe, Research Associate, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

11:50−12:00
“Disaster education on earthquake and tsunami with use of Disaster Mitigation Card Game”
Team of Top Leader Development Program in Global Safety, Leading Graduate School Program, Tohoku University

“The Making of Kamado Bench”（Shiga Prefecture）
Yoshinori Tanaka, Teacher, Shiga Prefecture Hikone Technical High School
　
“Lone Cherry Tree of Life Project”(Hyogo Prefecture)
Yoko Nakajima, Representative, Art School Atelier Taiyo-no-ko

12:00-13:00
Lunch Break and Exhibition Tour (@first floor lounge space)

Part II
Learning from Disaster Education Practices in the World and Japan
13:00-13:10
Remarks
Yoshiaki Nanami, Counselor, Disaster Management Bureau, Cabinet Office

13:10-13:35
“Disaster education after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia”
Samsul Rizal, Rector Syiah Kuala University
Khairul Munadi, Head, Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center
Muhammad Dirhamsyah, Head, Graduate Program in Disaster Science

13:35-14:00
“School Safety in China after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake”
Linsheng Gu, Professor, and Executive Director, Institute for Disaster Management and Deconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University

14:00-14:10
Comment by Mee Young Choi, Head, Education Sector Unit, UNESCO Jakarta Office

14:10-14:25
“Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills: Awareness to Action”
Dr. Mark Benthien, Director for Communication, Education and Outreach, Southern California Earthquake Center（USA）

14:25-14:34　
“Great ShakeOut drill through collaboration between government and civic organization”
Masahiro Hamada, Representative, Zama Disaster Volunteer Network　

14:34-14:43 　
“Implementation of disaster education based on various hands-on activities”
Yoshinori Takahashi, Principal, Minami-Yoshinari Elementary School, Sendai-City

14:43-14:52
“We are fighters for future disaster risk reduction”
Yasuyuki Toba, Teacher, Hashikami Junior High School, Kesennuma-City, Miyagi

14:52-15:01
“Safe disaster measures for mamas” Program
Masumi Nishizato, Representative, “Asobi ma・senka” Morioka-City, Iwate

15:01-15:10 　
“The Study of earthquake and tsunami in Shinjo and regional cooperation”
Akira Tanimoto, Shinjo Junior High School, Tanabe-City, Wakayama

15:10-15:19
“Disaster education to protect the lives and health of everyone”
Takeshi Takigawa, Teacher, Togane School for Special Needs Education, Chiba

15:19-15:28
From “Easy Japanese” to “Disaster education”
Atsuko Sugimoto “Easy Japanese” Volunteer Group, Kyoto

15:28-15:43
“Implementation handbook for regional disaster resilience education”
Haruo Hayashi, Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

15:45-15:55
Break

Part III
The Sendai Declaration and Panel Discussion

15:55-16:40
Coordinated by Yoshiaki Yazaki, Advisor, National School Safety Educational Study
Panelists：
Haruo Hayashi, Chair, Implementation Committee for Disaster Management Education Challenge Plan　　　　
Masaki Watanabe, President, the Japanese Association of Safety Education
Naoshi Hirata, Chair, Association of Disaster Education Promotion
Fumihiko Imamura, Chair, Drafting Committee on Sendai Declaration
Tatsuya Fujioka, Vice Chair, Drafting Committee on Sendai Declaration

16:40-16:50
Announcement of Sendai Declaration and Closing Remarks
Fumihiko Imamura, Director and Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University and Chair, Japan Disaster Education Network Liaison for UNWCDRR

16:50-17:50
Exhibition Tour and Information Exchange @first floor lounge

18:00-20:00
Reception @Café couleur, Kawauchi Campus, Tohoku University