Online Symposium : Ten Years after Fukushima: Commemoration and Lessons for the Future

  • Date：
    Thu, Mar 18, 2021
  • Time：
    9:30 am – 11:30 am JST, March 17, 5pm-7pm @Vancouver time
  • Location：
    Online (Zoom Webinar)
  • Hosted by：

    The University of Tokyo, Science, Technology and Innovation Governance (STIG) Program in Graduate School of Public Policy, Institute for Future Initiatives and The University of British Columbia, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Center for Japanese Research

  • Language：

    English

  • Registration：

    Pre-registration is required.
    *Webinar access information will be sent to the registrants before the event.

    Please register through the registration form in the UTokyo STIG website below.

    UTokyo STIG Website
    (external link)

Program
  • 9:30
    Opening Remarks
  • Panel 1
    The View from Regulators and Leaders: lessons from Fukushima for Japan and the world with respect to nuclear energy and systemic risk management

    Moderator:
    Prof. Shiroyama Hideaki
    Tokyo University

    Panelists:
    Prof. Suzuki Tatsujiro
    Vice Director, Professor, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), and former Vice Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (2010-2014)

    Prof. Allison Macfarlane
    SPPGA Director, UBC, and former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2012-2014)

  • Panel 2
    Academic Panel: Lessons from Fukushima for risk assessment, risk governance, and social resilience

    Moderator
    Prof. Yves Tiberghien
    Dept of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center of Japanese Research, UBC

    Panelists:
    Prof. M. V. Ramana
    Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security; Director, Liu Institute for Global Issues, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    Prof Suzuki Kazuto
    Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo

    Prof. Daniel Aldrich
    Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Security and Resilience Studies Program (TBC)

    Caitlin Stronell
    Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (TBC)

    Prof. Makiko Matsuo
    Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy (TBC)

  • 11:30
    Closing Remarks
Contact

Science, Technology and Innovation Governance (STIG) office,
The University of Tokyo
STIG★pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp(★→@)