Past Events - 2019


Research
World Bank Brazil project: ICHARM technical training
Activity of the SATREPS program “Regional Resilience Enhancement through Establishment of Area-BCM at Industry Complexes in Thailand”
April 19, 2019
Conduct of general experience and questionnaire of "flood simulated experience application" developed by ICHARM
New research will start in the Philippines under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program
Activity report on the World Bank Brazil project
July 8-18, 2019
Participation in the 27th IUGG General Assembly
July 29-August 2, 2019
Participation in the 16th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
November 2-4, 2019
ICHARM held an AWCI session at the 12th AOGEO Symposium
November 16-21, 2019
11th River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Symposium, RCEM 2019
Training & Education
January 23-24, 2019
The 11th ICHARM Follow-up Seminar in Nepal
February 26-March 1, 2019
Educational program updates
Recruiting missions (Nepal, Indonesia, and Myanmar)
March 4-8, 2019
Workshop on Flood Forecasting in RID, Thailand
April 18-19 and June 25-28, 2019
Field trips by M.Sc. students
June 5-6, 2019
Activity report on "Disaster Prevention Town Watching Exercise in Sakai Town" in JICA short-term training
September 10, 2019
Educational Program Updates
Educational Program Updates
November 7, 2019
Hands-on training on RRI in JICA short-term training
Information Networking
January 23-25, 2019
Participation in THA 2019
March 18, 2019
The 3rd Indo-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and field trip to Kerala State
April 16-19, 2019
ICHARM held a technical session on “Water and Disasters - Toward Building Resilient Society under Climate Change -” at CECAR8
April 23-24, 2019
UNESCO Pakistan Project
April 23-25, 2019
Presentation in the GEO Data Technology Workshop
May 13-14, 2019
Panel on Water and Disasters at the UNESCO International Water Conference
May 20-24, 2019
The 15th IAEA International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology in Vienna
June 17-18, 2019
Kick-off meeting of the project on water related disaster reduction platform to enhance resilience to climate change in Africa
June 20-21, 2019
Kick-off meeting of the 9th World Water Forum
June 24, 2019
Fourth UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters
August 25-30, 2019
Participation in Stockholm World Water Week 2019
August 26-30, 2019
Participation in “Expert Dialogue on Scaling Up Regional Cooperation in Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Asia-Pacific with a focus on flood and drought” by UNESCAP*
September 9-13, 2019
Participation in the Panel on Tropical Cyclones (PTC) for the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea
September 23-27, 2019
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) activities: the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Asia and Pacific (RCA) final meeting of RAS/7/030 project
October 15-17, 2019
Typhoon Committee 8th meeting of working group on hydrology in Seoul, ROK and 14th integrated workshop in Guam, USA
October 29-31, 2019
Participation in the 27th UNESCO-IHP Regional Steering Committee Meeting for Asia and the Pacific
November 9-12, 2019
ICHARM held a technical session and a poster presentation at the World BOSAI Forum 2019
Typhoon Committee
February 25-March 2, 2019
Typhoon Committee-related activities (Jan – Mar 2019) --the 51st session in China and a workshop on IFI Platform in the Philippines--
Awards
January 17, 2019
Director Toshio Koike received the International Science Cooperation Award 2018 from the Chinese Academy of Science
May 24, 2019
Senior Researcher Daisuke Kuribayashi and Senior Researcher Miho Ohara
the 2018 Excellent Technology Award by the Institute of Social Safety Science (ISSS) for the development of the ICHARM Disaster Risk Information System (IDRIS), which is a disaster-related information sharing system for municipalities.
September 30, 2019
Director Toshio Koike
2019 Chinese Government Friendship Award
November 4, 2019
Director Toshio Koike
AOGEO（Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations）Fellow
Special Event
January 16, 2019
Special lecture, "Global trend and Japan," by Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, the 8th director-general of UNESCO
February 18, 2019
Joint research agreement concluded between Iwaizumi Town and ICHARM
February 28, 2019
Upper house members visit ICHARM
August 15, 2019
Aga town Risk Information System now open for public use
ICHARM Director given the Chinese Government Friendship Award and AOGEO Fellow
October 16-18 and November 11-12, 2019
Field Surveys of disaster damage by the torrential rainfall due to Typhoon No.19 (Hagibis)
Local Practices
 
IFI
February 4-6, 2019
DIAS training workshop and the 5th Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogue in Myanmar
February 7, 2019
The 3rd plenary meeting of IFI Platform in the Philippines
February 20, 2019
The 3rd plenary session for the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Sri Lanka
Launch of a real-time flood forecasting system in the Pampanga River basin, Philippines
August 5, 2019
The meeting for the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Indonesia
August 21-22, 2019
Training on climate change prediction model analysis and rainfall-runoff-inundation model in Sri Lanka
October 25, 2019
The Workshop, “Orientation on Climate Change”, held in Davao City, the Philippines
Public Relations
April 23, 2019
ICHARM Open Day 2019 held for local school students
August 1, 2019
Children experience a VR-created flood at Tsukuba Kid Scientists Festival 2019
Field Survey
February 21-24, 2019
The 3rd field survey in the Sittaung River of Myanmar to investigate riverbanks and coastal erosion
March 5-9, 2019
Field surveys in the lower Stung Sen and Stung Staung Rivers in Cambodia
April 9 and 11-13, 2019
The preparatory meeting of the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Indonesia and field surveys in the Solo River
October 16-18 and November 11-12, 2019
Field Surveys of disaster damage by the torrential rainfall due to Typhoon No.19 (Hagibis)