The First World Landslide Forum
  Date: 18th-21th November 2008
  Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
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2006 Tokyo Action Plan

 
INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON LANDSLIDES

Programme of the First World Landslide Forum
Pre-Events
1) 1-30 November: Exhibition of Landslides and Risk Mitigation of the World
 United Nations Information Centre(UNIC) , at Exhibition Hall of United Nations University.
2) 11-15 November: Satellite Conference and Field Trip
Organizers: The Japan Landslide Society, International Consortium on Landslides and others
International Conference in Sendai-city on 11-12 November "Management of Landslide Hazard in Asian Pacific Region (11-12 November)
The field trip visits a 2007 recent landslide in Shiroishi, two large scale landslides (Narisawa landslide and Takisaka landslide), the 1988 Mountain Collapse in Volcano Bandai having caused many lakes.
 
The First World Landslide Forum

18 November (Tuesday)
9:00-10:30 Opening Addresses and Keynote speeches from Organizers and Co-Sponsors
11:00-12:30　 Open Forum "Progress of IPL activities"
12:30-14:00　 Exhibition and Posters in 2, 3,4 Floors.
14:00 -17:30 Plenary Symposium　"Global Landslide Risk Reduction"
18:30-21:00 Welcome Reception at Ivy Hall of the Aoyama Gakuin University
 

19 November (Wednesday)
9:00-10:30 　Plenary Session 1 at Utant Hall
Keynote lectures
11:00-12:30 Parallel Activities 1: Thematic sessions
In Utant Hall (3F), Rose Hall (5F), Reception Hall (2F), Committee Room (2)
11:00-13:30 UN-GOV-NGO High level Round Table Discussion (12 F)
12:30-14:00　Exhibition and Posters in 2, 3, 4 Floors
14:00-17:30 Parallel Activities 2:Thematic Sessions
In Utant Hall (3F), Rose Hall (5F), Reception Hall (2F), Committee Room 2(5F)
14:00-17:30 Public Forum in Japanese (Free of charge) in Reception Hall (2F)
"Protection of Society and Cultural and Natural Heritage from Landslides"
Role of UNESCO for Education, Science in Disaster Reduction (UNESCO),
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and Japanese Contribution (UN/ISDR), What is landslides, how to measure, how to mitigate? (Landslide experts),
Landslide Experience and Research (Community leader and Children in Landslide Area) are planned.
20 November (Thursday)
9:00-10:30 　Plenary Session
Keynote lectures
11:00-12:30 Parallel Activities 3 Thematic sessions
In Utant Hall (3F), Rose Hall (5F), Reception Hall (2F), Committee Room 2 (5F)
12:30-14:00　 Exhibition and Posters in 2, 3, 4 Floors
14:00-17:30 Parallel Activities 4
Thematic sessions, et al. in Utant Hall (3F), Rose Hall (5F), Committee Room 2 (5F) and Reception Hall (2F)
21 November (Friday)
9:00-10:00 　Plenary Session
Keynote speeches from Japanese organizers and Related international societies.
Review of the Meetings on 18-21 November.
10:30-12:30 High Level Panel Discussion
"Socio-Economic Impact and Global Change - Research and Risk Reduction" - Toward the Second World Landslide Forum in 2011-
14:00- 16:00 Closing Session
Adoption of output document, Presentation of New IPL Projects, Nomination of WCoE
Conferment of ICL Awards (Varnes Medal, Best Paper Award, IPL Award of Success)
16:30-17:30 Press meeting
19:30- Post-Conference Dinner at Fuji Hall of Floracion Aoyama 1 F
 
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Parallel Sessions (some are draft)
1. A look from space
o Satellite remote sensing applications for landslide detection and monitoring
o Models for landslide warning based on satellite weather forecasts
o Remote sensing from airborne and ground-based sensors
o Extra-terrestrial landslides
Conveners: Nicola Casagli (Florence University, Italy), Robert Adler (NASA, USA)
e-mail : session1@iclhq.org
2.　Case Studies and National Experiences
o Landslides in specific regions such as Central Asia, Latin America, Balkan, etc.
o Landslides in Loess, quick-clays, Volcanoes, mining or power plant sites, etc.
o Case studies highlighting national experiences in recovery, policy changes and mitigation needs
o Case studies on success stories of regional or national landslide risk
Conveners: Srikantha Herath (UNU, Japan)
e-mail : session2@iclhq.org
3. Catastrophic slides and avalanches
o Megalandslides
o Palaeo landslides, avalanches and their dating
o Rockslide dams and their failures
o Debris avalanches and lahars
o Environmental and socio-economic impact
Conveners: Alexsander Strom (Institute of Geospheres Dynamics, Russia),
Steve Evans (Waterloo Univ., Canada)
e-mail : session3@iclhq.org
4 Climate change and slope instability
o Climate change scenarios and consequences
o El Nino/La Nina and North Atlantic Oscillation effects on slope instability
o Monsoon rainfall irregularity
o Desertification, weathering and erosion
o Glacial lake outburst floods
o Landslides in frozen soils
Conveners: John Clague (Simon Fraser Univ., Canada)
e-mail : session4@iclhq.org
5. Cultural Heritage and Landslides
o Contribution of archeology to paleo-landslides
o Landslide risk evaluation for long-standing cultural heritage
o Vulnerability of cultural heritage related to landslides: Physical and socio-economic vulnerability)
o Landslide risk mitigation technology suitable for cultural heritage
o Policy and advocates related to cultural heritage and landslides
Conveners: Paolo Canuti(Florence Univ., Italy), Claudio Margottini (Ministry of the Environment, Italy)
Edward Bromhead (Kingston College, UK)
e-mail : session5@iclhq.org
6. Economic and Social Impact of Landslides
o Landslide loss estimation
o Social vulnerability
o Landslides and land use policy linkages
o Case studies on recovery and resettlement
o Insurance for landslide risk reduction
o Investments for landslide risk reduction
Conveners: Lynn Highland (USGS, USA),
e-mail : session6@iclhq.org
7. Education, Capacity Building and Public Awareness for Disaster Reduction
o Importance of education for natural disaster reduction
o Strategies for promoting education for natural disaster reduction
o Raising awareness of school teachers and community leaders
o Development of guidelines and educational tools
Conveners: Badaoui Rouhban (UNESCO, France), Rajib Shaw (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
e-mail : session7@iclhq.org
8. Environmental Impact of Landslides
o Impact of landslides on streams, rivers, aquatic habitats
o Impact of landslides on water quality and portability
o Impact of landslides on terrestrial ecosystems and wildlife habitat
o Impact of landslides on earth's topography and scenery
Conveners: Marten Geertsema (British Columbia Forest Service, Canada)
e-mail : session8@iclhq.org
9. International Cooperation Initiatives
o Global Platform for Disaster Reduction-UN/ISDR
o International Geoscience Programme (IGCP)-UNESCO/IUGS
o International Hydrological Programme (IHP)-UNESCO
o Disaster Prevention and Migitation (DPM) Program- WMO
o Global Facility for Disaster Reduction (GFDR) - World Bank
o Natural and Human-induced Environmental Hazards and Disasters Program-ICSU
o Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
o International Flood Initiative (IFI) and Internationals Sediment Initiative (ISI)
o Joint Technical Committee on Landslides and Engineered Slopes of ISSMGE, IAEG and ISRM.
o International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE)
Conveners: Kaoru Takara (Kyoto Univ., Japan), Wolfgang Eder (ICL, Germany)
e-mail : session9@iclhq.org
10. Landslides in General
This session is planned to accommodate papers and posters dealing activities which are not included in other sessions.
o Landslide research and investigation
o Capacity building activities
o Landslide risk mitigation activities
Conveners: WLF Secretariat, e-mail: session10@ iclhq.org
11. Landslides and multi-hazards
o Earthquake-induced landslides
o Landslides and volcanoes
o Domino effects in multi-hazard assessment
o Marine landslides and tsunami
Conveners: Hideaki Marui (Niigata Univ., Japan), Oddvar Kjekstad (ICG - NGI, Norway)
e-mail : session11@iclhq.org
12. Mapping: Inventories, Susceptibility, Hazard and Risk
o Landslide inventories.
o Landslide hazard and risk mapping methods at different scales.
o National and international landslide hazard and risk mapping strategies and projects.
o Links with mitigation measures and land use planning policy.
o Landslide hazard and risk assessment at regional scales from developing countries.
Conveners: Javier Hervas (JRC, Italy), Peter Bobrowsky (Geological Survey of Canada)
Hiromitsu Yamagishi (Niigata Univ., Japan)
e-mail : session12@iclhq.org
13. Monitoring, prediction and early warning
o Technological development of monitoring and data transfer devices
o Monitoring, early warning and evacuation systems
o Modelling for triggering and runout for time and site prediction
o Which early warning systems are most effective in various settings and scales
o Living with landslides and awareness raising
Conveners: Kyoji Sassa (ICL, Japan), Luciano Picarelli (Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy),
Yin Yueping (China Geol. Survey, China)
e-mail : session13@iclhq.org
14. Policy and Institutional framework for Disaster Reduction
o Living with landslides and awareness raising
o Policies on Landslide Mitigation and Risk Reduction
o Model of National Slope Master Plan
o Legislation on Landslide Mitigation for Infrastructure and Residential Development
o Harmonisation and Legislation Enhancement
o Development of Guidelines and Knowledge Kit for Practitioners
Conveners: Gue See Saw (WFEO, Malaysia), Dwikorita Karnawati (Univ. Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
e-mail : session14@iclhq.org
15. Rainfall, debris flows and wildfires
o Debris flows, flowslides, liquefied landslides
o Rainfall triggering of shallow-rapid landslides
o Influence of wildfires on slope instability
o Landslides in river systems
o Prevention measures and erosion control
o Raising public awareness on preparedness and response to landslide hazards
Conveners: Jerome De Graff (US Forest Service, USA),
Hirotaka Ochiai (Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Japan)
e-mail : session15@iclhq.org
16. Risk Management Strategies in Urban Areas
o Land use planning for landslide disaster reduction
o How to plan and build in unstable areas - Guidelines and building codes
o Effects of excavation and artificial fills in urbanization
o Recovery from landslide disasters
o Landslide management strategy in urban area
o Risk transfer mechanisms in different nations
Conveners: David Petley (Univ. Durham, UK), Villagran de Leon (UNU, Germany),
Nelson Fernandes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil)
e-mail : session16@iclhq.org
17. Structural landslide disaster mitigation measures
o Piles, shafts, ground anchors for landslides
o Ground-water drainage and Surface-water drainage system
o Debris flow disaster mitigation measures
o Stability and prevention of weathering for shallow landslides
o Retaining nets or fences for rock falls
o Prevention of snow avalanches
Conveners: Mihail Popescu (USA/Romania), Katsuo Sasahara (Kochi Univ., Japan)
e-mail : session17@iclhq.org
18. Watershed and Forest Management for Risk Reduction
o Effects of forest harvesting, mountain roads, prescribed burning
o Reforestation to rehabilitate landslide affected areas
o Effects of forest conversion and rehabilitation strategies in developing nations
o Protection forests against landslides and debris flow runout.
o Upslope forest management practices with downstream social consequences.
o Watershed management policy to mitigate landslide risk
Conveners: Thomas Hoffer (FAO, Italy) , Roy Sidle (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
e-mail : session18@iclhq.org

Other parallel activities
P1. Exhibition of Landslides and Risk Mitigation of the World on 1-30 November
The exhibition of landslides and risk mitigation of the world is displayed by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) at the Exhibition Hall on the second floor of the United Nations University which is open for public. Photos, posters, videos, model for landslide mechanism, investigation, risk mitigation measures are requested to present. Free of charge for this display but cooperation is requested to present good one-month exhibition for public awareness and learning on landslides.
Contact: Kaoru Takara (takara@flood.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Japan)
Hiroshi Fukuoka (fukuoka@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp: Japan)
P2. Public Forum "Protection of Society and Cultural and Natural Heritage from Landslides" in Japanese.
In order to publicize the significance of Landslides for citizens and young people supporting next generation in Japan, a public forum free of charge is conducted in Japanese. Talks from international leaders and experts are planned to present "Significance of Research and Learning on Landslides and their risk reduction", "What is Landslide?", "How to investigate?", "How to mitigate those disasters?". The room is directly adjacent to the Exhibition hall for the Exhibition of Landslides and Risk Mitigation of the World"
Contact: Kyoji Sassa (sassa@iclhq.org: Japan)
Hideaki Marui (maruihi@cc.niigata-u.ac.jp : Japan)
P3. Dialogues on country landslide issues
Those who have been involved in landslide issues as government officers, developers, managers of entities in planning of development and management of lands may join free talk and information exchange on country landslide issue. Preparation of papers are not necessary.
Contact: Srikantha Herath (herath@hq.unu.edu: UNU, Tokyo)
P4. Consultation of specific landslides
Those which are involved in or suffered from specific landslides which are difficult to solve, good to tackle with international cooperation are invited to have an introduction.
Outline documents (free format) on the landslide are requested to present in advance, possibly in together with types or names of expected cooperating organizations or groups or individuals from participants. Landslide experts are requested to attend it as volunteers.
Contact: wlf@iclhq.org
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