World Bosai Forum/IDRC  2019 in Sendai

Presentation information

Oral Sessions

Open Session

[O1-11]
Creating new disaster prevention industry based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Sun. Nov 10, 2019 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room 3 (Hagi)

City of Sendai
Simultaneous Interpretation is available.(同時通訳有り)

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

[O1-11-01] Creating new disaster prevention industry based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Nobuhiro Sato1, *Yoshihiro Okami2, *Barbara Noonan3, *Shohei Sakoda4 (1. Industry Promotion Section,Industrial Policy Department,Economic Bureau,City of Sendai , 2. Industrial Policy Department, City of Sendai, 3. Public Sector Sales APAC, Nokia Solutions & Networks,Singapore, 4. Industry Creation Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Keywords:Fully autonomous drone, Private LTE

Sendai City aims to create new disaster prevention industry based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake by utilizing ICT and conducting demonstration experiments on drones.
In this session, we introduce the latest initiatives and future directions for the creation of disaster prevention industry by Sendai City, the national government, and private companies.