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MIC-ITU Symposium on Disaster Communications Sendai, Japan (16 March 2012) / ITU-D Study Group 2 Rapporteur Group meetings in March 2012

In light of the frequency and magnitude of recent natural disasters, and in line with the Hyderabad Action Plan adopted by the World Telecommunication Development Conference in 2010 (WTDC-10), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Japan and ITU are jointly organizing a Symposium on Disaster Communications on 16 March 2012 in Sendai City, at the Sendai International Center (http://www.sira.or.jp/icenter/english/index.html and 1f8a81b9b0707b63-19211.webchannel-proxy.scarabresearch.com/itu-d/emergencytelecoms/events.html)
The event will focus on the application of telecommunications/ICTs for the purpose of disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. Lessons will be mainly drawn from Japan that is currently involved in recovery efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March, 2011. The one-day symposium will be followed by an excursion around Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the affected areas.
The symposium will be held back-to-back with Rapporteur Group meetings for Questions 22-1/2, 10-3/2, 11-3/2, 25/2 (15 March-21 March 2012). For the full description of each Study Questions, please visit: http://1f8a81b9b0707b63-19211.webchannel-proxy.scarabresearch.com/net3/ITU-D/stg/index.aspx
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The venue for the workshop is:
Sendai Internation Centre
Aobayama,
Aoba-ku,
Sendai,
980-0856 Japan
​Documents in English
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​​​Presentations ​
  1. Direction of Local Government ICT to Overcome the Great East Japan Earthquake
  2. Great East Japan Earthquake and Broadcasting Media
  3. Temporary Radio Broadcasting Stations for the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Current State and Challenges
  4. Earthquakes and Media: Learning from the Experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake
  5. People's Information Behaviors at East Japan Great Earthquake A survey report
  6. Communications network damage by the Great East Japan Earthquake and securing communications
  7. KDDI Initiatives after the Great East Japan Earthquake
  8. Maintaining Communications Capabilities during Major Natural Disasters and other Emergency Situations
  9. Introduction to Comprehensive Disaster Management Solutions and lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake
  10. Emergency Disaster Information and One-Segment Broadcasting System
  11. Disaster Information Management System and ASEAN wide-range cooperation with ICT

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