The 5th International Alumni Online Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Environment Held

(Posted on April 8, 2026)

On Saturday, March 7, 2026, the 5th International Alumni Online Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Environment was held online.A total of 40 participants from seven countries – Japan,Indonesia, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Laos- joined the seminar.

The seminar is held as a platform for interaction between current students and alumni who studied and completed their programs at Yamaguchi University and are now active in their respective countries, It also aims to share promote the sharing of local-level issues related to disasters and the environment, and to strengthen international research collaboration toward their for their solutions. The seminar featured oral presentation sessions by current students and alumni of the university. In the first session ,four speakers presented on diverse topics, including: – Economic effects of flood control measures in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, under climate change scenarios – Comparative analysis of how disaster experience influences school evacuation drills in different regions – Long-term shoreline change analysis in Bali, Indonesia using satellite imagery – Long-term monitoring of drainage canal expansion in Indonesian peatlands by satelliteIn the second session, two speakers presented on landslides in Timor-Leste. Active discussions and information exchange took place during the Q&A session.

The university will continue to actively promote such international exchanges and contribute to the revitalization of education and research and the development of global human resources.

The program for the seminar is available at the following link:
https://ds0n.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~cldpm/pdf/20260307program.pdf

Website of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Group (DPMG), the Research Center for Local Resilience
https://ds0n.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~cldpm/index_eng.html