Mar.7-9, 2025
Mar.7-9, 2025
2025.03.07 Closing Speaker Updated
2025.03.08 Mar. 8 Oral Sessions Schedule Updated
WBF2025 is working toward a paperless conference. The program books will not be distributed at the venue, so please check the program in the PDF below or on this website.
| 08:15 Open | |
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| 08:30 Speech | Kenichi Kurosawa
Secretary General, "Ganbaro! Ishinomaki no kai", Citizen groups working on conveying lessons of Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami |
| 08:40 Tripartite Talk | Renato U. Solidum, JR
Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines Sujit Mohanty Chief of Branch, Intergovernmental Processes, Interagency Cooperation and Partnerships, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Kimio Takeya Distinguished Technical Advisor on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yuichi Ono Facilitator, Representative Director, World Bosai Forum |
| 09:10 Speech | Yuichi Ono
Representative Director, World Bosai Forum |
| 09:30 Opening Address | Shinichi Kuriyama
Director of World Bosai Forum 2025 Local Organizing Committee／Director, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDes) |
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| 09:31 Speech | Sujit Mohanty
Chief of Branch, Intergovernmental Processes, Interagency Cooperation and Partnerships, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Kamal Kishore（Video） Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Teiji Tominaga President, Tohoku University Yoshihiro Murai（Video） Governor, Miyagi Prefecture Katsuhiko Kita Director for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office, Japan Thomas Schneider Chief Executive, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Ayako Aida General Manager, Hokkaido & Tohoku Regional Business Headquarters, AIG General Insurance Company, Ltd. Rajesh Sharma Programme Specialist (Disaster Risk Information & Application), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Dates | Fri. March 7 - Sun. March 9 |
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| Venue | Sendai Interational Center, Conference Bldg |
| Total number of sessions | 50 |
2025.03.08 Oral sessions List Updated
| Dates | Fri. March 7 - Sat. March 8 |
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| Venue | Sendai Interational Center, Conference Bldg |
| Total number of sessions | 40 |
2025.02.25 Poster Sessions List Updated
| Dates | Fri. March 7 |
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| Venue | Sendai Interational Center, Conference Bldg |
| Total number of sessions | 16 |
2025.02.25 Flash Talk Presentations List Updated
World Bosai EXPO is an exhibition-type event that contributes to improving the world's disaster preparedness through the display of corporate disaster prevention technologies and the introduction of various initiatives.
| Venue | Sendai Interational Center,Conference Bldg |
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| Dates | Fri. March 7, 10:00-17:00 Sat. March 8, 10:00-16:00 The Welcome party for related persons only will be held on Friday, March 7, 18:00-20:00 at Ryokusaikan Visitor Center.. |
| Total number of exhibitors | 45 Exhibitors, 81 Booths |
World Bosai Forum Online is an online event that delivers a variety of information even before the plenary session.
| Venue | Sendai Interational Center,Conference Bldg |
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| Dates | Mon January 6 - Mon March 31 |
| Total number of exhibitors | 34 Sessions |
| Dates | Fri. March 7 18:30-20-30 |
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| Venue | Ryokusaikan Visitor Center |
| Dates | Sat. March 8 10:00 - 16:00
※Late Entry Allowed |
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| Venue | Sendai International Center - Main Hall |
| Language | English translation is available using apps on the More Information link below |
| Ticket | Early bird ticket High school students and below : Free |
| Dates | Fri. March 7 16:30 - 17:00 |
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| Venue | Sendai International Center Conference Building 3F - Shirakashi |
| Language | Japanese |
| Participation Fee | Free |
| Dates | Sat. March 8 16:30 - 18:30 |
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| Venue | Sendai International Center - Main Hall |
| Language | English |
| Participation Fee | Free |
| Dates | Fri. March 7 - Sat. March 8 |
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| Venue | Ryokusaikan Visitor Center - Hall |
| Participation Fee | Free |
Excursions are planned to learn lessons from the disaster and learn about the recovery efforts.
Detailed itineraries and fees are on the link below.
| March 9th afternoon | Ruins of the Great east Japan earthquake : Sendai Aarahama elementary school, Yuriage |
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| March 10th all day | Onagawa, Ishinomaki, Ruins of the Great east Japan earthquake : Ishinomaki Okawa elementary school |
| March 10th all day | Mt. Bandaisan Eruption Memorial Museum, Aizu Wakamatsu |
| March 10th all day | Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum,Rikuzentakata, Kesennuma, Minamisanriku |
| 15:45 Speech | Kazuko Kohri
Mayor, Sendai City |
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| 15:55 Review | Satoru Nishikawa
Senior Advisor JICA |
| 16:00 World Bosai Award | Introduction Awarding |
| 16:25 Poster Award | Awarding Presenter : Yosif Ayanski Managing Editor, Journal of Disaster Research | Fuji Technology Press |
| 16:35 Speech | Hayato Shinjo Ayako Takeda Shoichi Sawamura 能登半島応援龍頭プロジェクト, Citizen group working on recovery from 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake |
| 16:40 Chair's Summary | Yuichi Ono
Representative Director, World Bosai Forum |
| 16:50 Closing Remarks | Shinichi Kuriyama
Director of World Bosai Forum 2025 Local Organizing Committee / Director, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDes) |
