On February 3rd, 2021, the 3rd R²EC Symposium “Building Risk Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic” was held online.
There were more than 130 participants, including universities, research institutes, companies, and public sectors.
In Part 1, there were three presentations about issues brought about by COVID-19 and measures in response to it from different perspectives of medical practice, BCP/M and social simulation.
In Part 2, at the panel discussion “Building Resilient Society To Our New Normal” , a cross-disciplinary and interactive discussion was made between panelists and participants.
According to the questionnaire (response rate 52.3%), 97％ of the respondents were satisfied with the symposium. Through this symposium, we found that participants are highly interested in the topic of risk and resilience against the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, it was a great opportunity to disseminate the activities of the R²EC to distant participants including oversea institutions.
| Date | Wednesday, February 3, 2021 1.30 pm to 4.40 pm (JST) |
| Venue | Zoom Webinar |
| Language | Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation[JP→EN] provided) |
| Note | Admission Free |
Program
Host: Kazumasa Omote (Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba)
| Part 1: Presentations | |
| 1.30-1.35 pm | Opening Remarks Keiichi Okajima (Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba) |
| 1.35-2.05 pm | Presentation 1 “Changes in medical practice brought about by COVID-19” Kyoko Suzuki MD, Ph.D, (Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital) |
| 2.05-2.35 pm | Presentation 2 “Now is the time to work on “business continuity” seriously: BCP/M for COVID-19″ Kanryu Nagase (President, DRI Japan) |
| 2.35-3.05 pm | Presentation 3 “Consideration of COVID-19 infection prevention measures compatible with the local economy” Setsuya Kurahashi (Professor, Faculty of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba) |
| Part 2: Panel Discussion | |
| 3.15-4.30 pm | Panel Discussion “Building Resilient Society To Our New Normal” Moderator: Yasunori Endo (VP of the R²EC, University of Tsukuba) Panelists: 3 guest speakers from Part 1 |
| 4.30-4.40 pm | Closing Remarks Haruo Hayashi (President of the R²EC, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience） |