Today, developing resilient communities and empowering people to respond to increasing disasters are unquestionably critical. This symposium will focus on possibilities of education in formal, non-formal, and informal settings to develop resilience of communities and people based on reports of experiences in the area afflicted by Great East Japan Earthquake.

[Presentator]
Jose Roberto Guevara(Video Message)　Associate Professor, RMIT university
Toyoshi Sasaki Representative Director, Japan RQ Disaster Education Center / President, Kurikoma Nature School
Sachi Ninomiya-Lim Associate Professor, International Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology
Ken Takata Professor, Tsuru University
Shinichi Furihata Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology
Makoto Hatakeyama Vice-president, NPO Mori wa Umi no Koibito
Mitsuru Takahashi Professor, Touhoku University / President, The Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education