EXPO2025 Theme Weeks

Programme details

We will invite well-known people from Japan and abroad who are dealing with natural disasters and disaster prevention to talk about the issues they face from their respective positions. We will introduce examples of countermeasures based on advanced hypotheses and predictions using cutting-edge IT technology and software in Japan for future disasters that may occur on a global scale. We will also discuss cutting-edge disaster prevention efforts in countries around the world. We will also discuss the importance of public-private collaboration in ensuring safety. Together with the participants, we will consider disaster awareness and disaster prevention for the people themselves, as well as how to deal with disasters between countries, at the national (government) level, in the private sector, and as individuals.

Cast

Moderator

Patrick Harlan

HAV MERCY

A comedian from the United States. He is also active as an actor and voice actor. He uses his fluent Japanese to work as a DJ, MC, and narrator. He is known by the nickname "Pakkun" and is part of the comedy duo "Pakkun Makkun" with Yoshida Makoto.

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Speakers

Yuji Ito

President, FORUM8 Co., Ltd.

FORUM8 was founded in 1987. Its core business is design calculation software and CAD software covering a wide range of civil engineering structures, including bridges, road civil engineering, and hydraulic engineering, with dynamic analysis being another pillar of its business. In recent years, the company has also developed solutions using various simulations and visualizations based on virtual reality (VR)-based tools.

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Fumihiko Imamura

Professor at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Vice Director (Reconstruction and Regeneration)

Chairman of the Reconstruction Agency's Reconstruction Promotion Committee and Vice President of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers. His research fields include tsunami engineering and tsunami disaster prevention, numerical calculation of tsunami fluid waves, investigation of traces of historical earthquakes and tsunamis, evacuation simulations, and cognitive psychology (analysis of memories and human behavior during evacuation).

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Edwin R. Galea

Professor, Fire Safety Engineering Group, University of Greenwich

He is the head of the Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG), which he established in 1986. At FSEG, he developed the fire analysis software "SMARTFIRE" and the "EXODUS" series of evacuation analysis software, which includes "buildingEXODUS," and these software are used in over 30 countries around the world.

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The Future of Community and Mobility Week

Suggestions to the world for your safe and secure future from Japan as a disaster-prone country

Experts from a variety of fields, both domestic and international, will speak about how to reduce damage caused by natural disasters occurring on a global scale and about measures for future disaster prevention and mitigation.

  • 2025.05.20[Tue]

    18:3020:00

    (Venue Open 18:00)

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  • * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.

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