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The past and present role of national universities experienced the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami for discussion on the future BOSAI

[O1-2-01] The past and present role of national universities experienced the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami for discussion on the future BOSAI

*Fumihiko Imamura¹, Akira Iwabuchi², Hideo Ohno¹, Katsumi Nakai³, Kiyoshi Murakami² (1. Tohoku University, 2. Iwate University,, 3. Fukushima University)

Keywords:National universities, Science and technology, Human resources, education

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami caused massive damage over a wide area, leaving great shocks and scars in communities. It is still in the process of reconstruction, and new development at the affected areas is being explored while utilizing regional resources. Among these, the role of the university is large, the situation and issues of scientific and technological correspondence and dispatch at that time, human resource development necessary for reconstruction and rebirth, and further, leading the region, and one role in future disaster prevention and mitigation, there is a mission to In this symposium, keynote speeches will be given to the Presidents of Iwate University, Tohoku University, and of Fukushima University, who will report on the response from that time to the current efforts. On that basis, the existence and role of the university toward the future will be discussed by Prof.Kiyoshi Murakami, the coordinator at Iwate University's special assistant director', and information exchange will be conducted on the initiatives for the 10 years of the earthquake and the direction thereafter.