On August 2, Kanazawa University, in collaboration with the Science Council of Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture, and the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, held the event “Science Council of Japan in Ishikawa” at the Kanazawa City Art Hall. ?This event is a part of the regional academic lectures held by the Science Council of Japan since 2018, in various places in Japan?, and this is the 8th time. The theme of this year's event was "Toward Recovery from Major Disasters and a Model for Sustainable Society: Issues from the Peninsula Region".
At the opening of the event, greetings were delivered by President of the Science Council of Japan - Professor Mamoru Mitsuishi, President of Kanazawa University - Dr. Takashi Wada, and Governor of of Ishikawa Prefecture Hiroshi Hase. This was followed by an explanation of the purpose of the event by Professor Emeritus Yoshihiro Fukumori, Ishikawa Prefecture Secretary for the Chubu Region Scientists' Discussion Group of the Science Council of Japan.
During the academic lectures, Hiroyuki Machimachi, Director of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Promotion Department of Ishikawa Prefecture; Akihiro Yachiie, Executive Director of Kanazawa University’s Noto Satoyama and Satoumi Future Creation Center; Minoru Terano, President of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Michio Ubaura, Professor at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University; and Yoshiaki Hisada, Professor at the School of Architecture, Kogakuin University (also a cooperating member of the Science Council of Japan and a member of its Committee on Academic Collaboration for Disaster Prevention and Reduction), introduced the earthquake response and recovery efforts of Ishikawa Prefecture and the two local universities. They also shared lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
In the panel discussion titled “Proposals for Noto’s Recovery by Young Leaders Shaping Its Future,” young practitioners active in various fields such as agriculture, fishery, and tourism took the stage to exchange opinions from their respective perspectives and deepen discussions on how to create a sustainable society after the disaster.
At the closing of the event, Professor Hiroaki Takada of Nagoya University’s Institute of Future Society Creation, who serves as a member of the Science Council of Japan’s Section III and as the representative secretary of the Chubu District Conference, delivered the concluding remarks.
Approximately 400 people registered for the event, which was held in a hybrid face-to-face and online format. The event provided a meaningful opportunity for academic discussions on regional reconstruction and building a sustainable society.
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