The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011 caused nearly 20,000 people to lose their lives.
Since the event many national and international post-tsunami field surveys have been carried out. Performance analyses of tsunami early warning systems in place at the time of this event have also been done. Based on these surveys and performance analyses the symposium will offer a number of invited high level perspectives from decision makers and scientists and address topics including:
- Event facts and analysis
- Tsunami Warning Systems, Tsunami preparedness and event experiences
- What has been learned from this event and policy implications.
The symposium will be opened by Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO.
Venue and Date
- United Nations University (Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
- 16-17 February 2012
Click here to read the Second Announcement of the Japan – UNESCO/UNU Symposium (English version).
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