（19）The 16th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA)
-Global Risk with "Tangible Earth"-
Organizer
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS), Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo (USMCA Organizing Committee)
Speaker
- Shin-ichi Takemura
- NPO Earth Literacy Program
Panelists
- Kimiro Meguro
- International Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
- Osamu Murao
- International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
Overview
TANGIBLE EARTH is the world's first interactive digital globe that dynamically represents various aspects of the earth. This session invites Prof. Shin-ichi Takemura, the developer of TANGIBLE EARTH and discuss how we can share global risk information and use TANGIBLE EARTH for disaster risk reduction in the future. It also concludes the 16th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA), one of the side events of World Bosai Forum.