APEC-WW & IG-WRDRR Joint Workshop “Wind-Related Disaster Risk Reduction (WRDRR) Activities in Asia-Pacific Region and Cooperative Actions” October 24, 2010, Songdo Bridge Hotel, Incheon, Korea Program (9:00-17:30) 9:00 - 9:15 Opening Session Chair: Yong-Duk Kim (Former President, WEIK) - Opening Address: Yuki Matsuoka on behalf of Salvano Briceno (UN/ISDR Secretariat) - Opening Address: Yukio Tamura (IG-WRDRR Chairman, IAWE President) 9:15 -10:30 Reports on WRDRR activities in Asia-Pacific region (Part 1) Chair: Richard Flay (New Zealand) - John Ginger (James Cook University), Australia - Ted Stathopoulos (Concordia University), Canada - Shuyang Cao (Tongji University), China - Edmund C.C. Choi (Hong Kong City University), Hong Kong, China - Achal Kumar Mittal (Central Building Research Institute Roorkee), India 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break 10:45-12:00 Reports on WRDRR Activities in Asia-Pacific Region (Part 2) Chair: Yaojun Ge (China) - Fariduzzaman (Aero-Gas Dynamic and Vibration Laboratory), Indonesia - Yasushi Uematsu (Tohoku University), Japan - Sungsu Lee (Chungbuk National University), Korea - Noram Irwan Ramli (University Malaysia Pahang), Malaysia - Meen B. Poudyal Chhetri (Disaster Preparedness Network), Nepal 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break 13:00-14:05 Reports on WRDRR Activities in Asia-Pacific Region (Part 3) Chair: Ted Stathopoulos (Canada) - Richard Flay (University of Auckland), New Zealand - Ronjie Aquino (Tokyo Polytechnic University), Philippines - Virote Boonyapinyo (Thammasat University), Thailand - Le Trung Giang (SF-Building Technology & Solutions) Vietnam 14:05-14:20 Coffee Break 14:20-15:50 Reports on DRR Activities by Intergovernmental Organizations and NGOs Chair: Shuyang Cao (China) - Yuki Matsuoka (UN/ISDR Secretariat, Kobe) - Shoichi Ando (BRI Tsukuba, formerly UNCRD Kobe) - Yuichi Ono (UNESCAP, Bangkok) - Saidur Rahman (BDPC, Bangladesh) - Atsushi Koresawa (ADRC, Kobe) - Etsuko Tsunozaki (SEEDS) 15:50-16:05 Coffee Break 16:05-16:45 WMO Guidelines for Converting Between Various Wind Averaging Periods in Tropical Cyclone Conditions Chair: Yukio Tamura (Japan) - Presenter: Koji Kuroiwa (WMO, Geneva) 16:45-17:20 Discussions on Future Activities of IG-WRDRR - Moderated by Yuichi Ono (UNESCAP, Bangkok) 17:20-17:30 Closing - Yukio Tamura (IAWE, IG-WRDRR) http://www.iawe.org/WRDRR/WRDRR2010.html http://www.wind.arch.t-kougei.ac.jp/APECWW/ Contact: TPU Global COE & IAWE Secretariat, Department of Architecture, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Atsugi, Kana- gawa, Japan 243-0297, Phone: +81-(0)46-242-9658 Email: [email protected]