Dear Colleagues:

You are welcome to this event.

As the world commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, the University of Tokyo and the University of British Columbia invite you to our two-part online panel discussions on lessons (un)learned from Fukushima.

Event - Ten Years after Fukushima: Commemoration and Lessons for the Future
Date&Time - Wednesday, March 17 at 5:30pm-7:30pm (PDT) | Wednesday, March 17 at 8:30pm-10:30pm (EDT) | Thursday, March 18 at 9:30am-11:30am (JST)
Registration - https://ten_years_after_fukushima.eventbrite.ca (Attendees will receive the Zoom Webinar access link via email 24 hours prior to the event.)

Program&Speakers
Opening Remarks (10 minutes):
•Dr. Santa Ono - President, UBC (recorded video remarks)
•Dr. Sekimura Naoto - Vice President International Affairs, the University of Tokyo

Panel 1 (50 minutes)
The View from Regulators and Leaders: lessons from Fukushima for Japan and the world with respect to nuclear energy and systemic risk management
Moderator: Dr. Shiroyama Hideaki, The University of Tokyo
•Dr. 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)
•Dr. Allison Macfarlane - SPPGA Director, UBC, and former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2012-2014)

Panel 2 (60 minutes)
Academic Panel: Lessons from Fukushima for risk assessment, risk governance, and social resilience
Moderator: Dr. Yves Tiberghien, Dept of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center of Japanese Research, UBC
•Dr. 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, UBC
•Dr. Suzuki Kazuto - Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
•Dr. Daniel Aldrich - Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Security and Resilience Studies Program, The Northeastern University
•Dr. Caitlin Stronell - Researcher at the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
•Dr. Matsuo Makiko - Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo

For more information, please visit the UBC Centre for Japanese Research Website -https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/fukushima/

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Yves Tiberghien
Professor, Department of Political Science, UBC
Co-Director UBC Centre for Japanese Research
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Twitter: @Yves_Global
Email: yves.tiberghien@ubc.ca
Bio and Web page: https://politics.ubc.ca/persons/yves-tiberghien/

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