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ADRIFT (Assessing the Debris-Related Impact of Tsunami) Project: Mini-Symposium /Public Event
ADRIFT (Assessing the Debris-Related Impact of Tsunami) Project:
Mini-Symposium /Public Event
Thursday May 18 and Saturday May 20, 2017
Tokyo and Sendai
Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) has been implementing an international project, called as 'ADRIFT', which is coordinated by North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) to assess the impact of Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) generated by the Great Earthquake on North America and Hawaii. We will hold the International Symposium and a Public Event to introduce the scientific outcomes of the project implemented from 2014 to 2016 as follows.
* Co-convening societies;
Japanese Society of Phycology (JSP)
Japanese Association of Benthology (JAB)
Sessile Organisms Society of Japan (SOSJ)
Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (JSFO)
Oceanographic Society of Japan (OSJ)
International Symposium on "Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) Rafted Across the North Pacific Ocean after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011"
Date & Time: 1:30 - 5:35 pm, Thursday, May 18, 2017
Venue: Rakusui Kaikan Daikaigishitsu,
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT)
https://www.kaiyodai.ac.jp/english/overview/announcement/access/shinagawa.html
(1) Welcome MoEJ
(2) Introduction Hideaki Maki, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
(3) Lectures
Modeling of JTMD |
Masafumi Kamachi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) |
Detection and shoreline monitoring |
Nancy Wallace National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA |
Webcam monitoring of landed marine debris |
Atsuhiko Isobe Kyushu University, Japan |
Marine invertebrate biodiversity on JTMD landing in North America and Hawaii |
James Carlton Williams College, USA |
Marine algae biodiversity on JTMD landing in North America |
Hiroshi Kawai Kobe University, Japan |
Species risk assessment |
Thomas Therriault Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) |
Vector risk assessment |
Cathryn Clarke Murray Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) |
(4) Closing Remarks MoEJ and/or Hiroaki Saito, The University of Tokyo, PICES Scientific Board Chair
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Public event in Sendai "Where have the tsunami rafted objects gone?"
~Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) Rafted Across the North Pacific Ocean after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011~
Date & Time: 9:30 - 12:00 am, Saturday, May 20, 2017
Venue: Matushima A, Heanel Sendai http://www.heanel.jp/access
(1) Opening remarks & brief introduction MoE or Hideaki Maki, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
(2) Lectures
Debris in North America and Hawaii after 2011 Tsunami |
Nancy Wallace National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA |
Debris behavior in the North Pacific Ocean |
Masafumi Kamachi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) |
Public involvement and international collaboration on JTMD |
Akio Sakamoto The Sea Beautification Society, Japan |
Marine life rafted across the North Pacific - Invertebrates |
James Carlton Williams College, USA |
Marine life rafted across the North Pacific - Macroalgae |
Hiroshi Kawai Kobe University, Japan |
Do organisms on debris pose a risk to North American ecosystems? |
Thomas Therriault Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) |
How does JTMD compare to known vectors of invasive species? |
Cathryn Clarke Murray Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) |
(3) Questions and discussion
(4) Closing Remarks
How to apply
Please fill in all required items, and e-mail to the following address;
〈Requirements〉
The E-mail title: Application for Mini-Symposium /Public Event on ADRIFT Project
Main text: ①your name, ②your company, school or organization, ③phone number, ④symposium(s) in which you will participate (May 18 @Tokyo and/or May 20 @Sendai.)