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Event Report: The 3rd R²EC Symposium “Building Risk Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Posted on:2021.02.16

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)