Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

Presentation information

[JJ] Oral

U (Union) » Union

[U-06] How JpGU will manage environment and disaster?

Wed. May 23, 2018 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Convention Hall A (CH-A) (2F International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Koji Okumura(Graduate School of Letters, Hiroshima University), Daisaku Kawabata(Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST), Tatsuto Aoki(金沢大学地域創造学類), Chairperson:Okumura Koji(Hiroshima University), Kita Kazuyuki(Ibaraki University)

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[U06-06] Activities related to disasters and disaster mitigation by the Seismological Society of Japan - Activities of FY2017 -

*Shinichi Matsushima1 (1.Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)

Keywords:Seismological Society of Japan, Pre- Post- activities, Fiscal year 2017

The Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) has six committees that aims to contribute to activities related to disaster and disaster mitigation, namely, the Public Relations Committee, the Strong Motion Committee, the Disaster Investigation Committee, the D Dissemination Activity Committee, the Coordination Meeting for Communicating Seismology to the Public, the Geopark Supporting Committee. During the fiscal year of 2017, the committees hosted the following meetings and activities related to disaster and disaster mitigation.

- “Strong Motion Estimation – Fundamentals and Application” The 17th Lecture on Dec. 4th, 2017, hosted by the Strong Motion Committee

- Disaster Mitigation Promotion Mass Meeting of 2017, Session by SSJ on Nov. 11th, 2017

- SSJ Fall Meeting, Open House Event on Oct. 28th, 2017, hosted by SSJ

- The 43rd SSJ Round Table Conference with Journalists on Oct. 25th, 2017, hosted by the Public Relations Committee

- Seismology Summer School of 2017 from Sep. 12th to 14th, 2017, hosted by SSJ

- The 18th Seismology and Volcanology Children’s Summer School from Aug. 9th to 10th, 2017

- Seminar of Kumamoto Earthquake for the Public on Aug. 10th, 2017 hosted by the D Dissemination Activity Committee

- SSJ Symposium on “Estimation of earthquake occurrence and Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Law and earthquake disaster research” hosted by the Coordination Meeting for Communicating Seismology to the Public on June 17th, 2017

- The 42nd SSJ Round Table Conference with Journalists on May 21st, 2017, hosted by the Public Relations Committee

- Kumamoto Earthquake Mourning and Prayers for Reconstruction Event on Apr. 15th, 2017 [Two researchers of SSJ made a presentation]