AGENDA
43rd JOINT MEETING
PANEL ON WIND AND SEISMIC EFFECTS
29-30 August 2011

August 29 (Monday)

09:30
Opening Ceremonies

Call to order by Keiichi Tamura, Secretary-General, Japan-side Panel

Remarks by Taketo Uomoto, Chairman, Japan-side Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, Chief Executive, Public Works Research Institute

Remarks by Steven L. McCabe, Acting Chairman, U.S.-side Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, Deputy Director, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce

Introduction of Japan-side Members by Japan-side Panel Chairman

IIntroduction of U.S.-side Members by U.S.-side Panel Chairman

Elect Joint Panel Meeting Chairman

Adopt Agenda

Adjourn
 
10:10
Group Photograph
10:30
Technical Session 1 - The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
 
Chairman - Dr. Steven L. McCabe
10:30
The Lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 and the Countermeasures against Earthquakes and Tsunami in Future- Fundamental Concepts behind Future Tsunami Disaster Prevention -
Shigeo Ochi* and Mao Suzuoki, Cabinet Office

10:50
Strong Motion and Earthquake Response Records of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake
Shojiro Kataoka*, Kazuhiro Nagaya, Kazunari Matsuoka and Masahiro Kaneko, NILIM

11:10
U.S.-Japan Joint Reconnaissance Report of Bridge Damage due to 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
Tetsurou Kuwabara*, PWRI; and Phillip Yen, FHWA

11:30
Damage of Bridges during 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Kazuhiko Kawashima*, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Kenji Kosa, Kyusyu Institute of Technology; Yoshikazu Takahashi, Kyoto University; Mitusuyoshi Akiyama, Waseda University; Tsutomu Nishioka, Hanshin Expressway, Co., Ltd.; Gakuho Watanabe, Yamaguchi University; Hirohisa Koga, PWRI; and Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology

11:50
Discussion
12:10
Lunch
13:10
Technical Session 2 - The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
 
Chairman - Dr. Steven L. McCabe
13:10
Building Damage by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and Coping Activities by NILIM and BRI Collaborated with the Administration
Isao Nishiyama*, NILIM; Building Damage due to Earthquake Ground Motion, Hiroshi Fukuyama*, BRI; Building Damage due to Tsunami, Yasuo Okuda*, BRI; and Regulation for Long-Period Earthquake Ground Motion, Izuru Okawa*, BRI

13:50
US NSF/Japan BRI Tohoku Tsunami LiDAR Survey of Structures and Topography
Solomon Yim*, OSU / ASCE/JSCE Tohoku Tsunami Investigation of Structural Damage and Development of the ASCE 7 Tsunami Design Code for Buildings and Other Structures, Gary Chock*, Martin & Chock, Inc.

14:20
Port Damage from Tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Takashi Tomita*, Gyeong-Seon Yeom, Daisuke Tatsumi, Osamu Okamoto and Hiroyasu Kawai, PARI

14:40
Discussion
15:00
Break
15:20
Task Committee Meetings

B: Buildings
C: Dams
D: Wind Engineering
G: Transportation Systems
H: Storm Surge and Tsunami

17:00
Conclusion of Day 1


18:30
Welcome Reception
(Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba)



August 30 (Tuesday)

09:00
Strategic Planning Session 1
Chairman - Dr. Taketo Uomoto

10:20
Break

10:40
Strategic Planning Session 2
Chairman - Dr. Taketo Uomoto

12:00
Lunch

13:00
Task Committee Reports
Chairman - Dr. Taketo Uomoto

14:20
Break

14:40
Adoption of Final Resolutions
Chairman - Dr. Taketo Uomoto

16:00
Break

16:20
Closing Ceremonies
Call to order by Keiichi Tamura, Secretary-General, Japan-side Panel

Remarks by Steven L. McCabe, Acting Chairman, U.S.-side Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects

Remarks by Taketo Uomoto, Chairman, Japan-side Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects

16:50
Conclusion of 43rd Joint Panel Technical Sessions