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Memorial Conference on the 2004 Giant Earthquake and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean
International Workshop on the Restoration Program
from Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Period: December 14-15, 2005
Venue: Zenkyoren Bldg., 2-7-9 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo

Final version of Abstract is now available!

Registration was closed. Thank you for your attending to our workshop!

Announcement: Follow-up symposium on the 2004 Giant Earthquake and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean will be held on December 19th, 2005, at the Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo

Workshop outline
This workshop is a kick-off meeting for the three year project "Restoration Program from Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis".
Scientific aspects on the restoration from giant earthquakes and tsunamis, particularly from that generated in 2004 in Indian Ocean, will be discussed in a number of concurrent sessions to integrate effective strategies for the future establishment of earthquake- and tsunami-proof cities around the Indian Ocean.

Sessions (provisional)
# Mechanism and future probability of the 2004 Giant Earthquake and Tsunami in Indian Ocean
# Human resource program for the education and outreach
# Effective tsunami warning system
# Restoration program and urban design

Program (pdf; 34kb) and Abstracts (pdf; 2.5Mb) are now available.Abstracts include those both for the workshop and for the symposium shown below.

This workshop is a part of Memorial Conference on the 2004 Giant Earthquake and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean that consists of two meetings; this workshop and the symposium below;

The International Symposium on Proposals toward International Collaboration for Disaster Reduction

You can download the poster and the flyer for the conference.