The 12th Annual Symposium

Time	Program	Speaker	Affiliation
9:10-9:20	Opening Remarks
9:20-10:00	Special Lecture A	Olivier Evrard	Researcher, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE)
10:00-10:20	Flash Talk A
10:20-11:20	In-person Poster Session A
11:20-12:05	Online Poster REMO (A)
12:05-13:05	Lunch Time
13:05-13:45	Special Lecture B	Andy Cundy	Professor, University of Southampton
13:45-14:25	Special Lecture C	Tony Hooker	Associate Professor, The University of Adelaide
14:25-14:45	Flash Talk B
14:45-15:45	In-person Poster Session B
15:45-16:30	Online Poster REMO (B)
16:30-17:00	ERAN Project Activities
17:00-17:10	Closing Remarks

時間	プログラム・講演タイトル	講演者	所属
10:00-12:00	Poster Presentations for Experts
13:00-13:05	Opening Remarks	MIURA Hiroki	President, Fukushima University
13:05-13:10	Overview	NANBA Kenji	Director, IER/Professor, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science
13:10-13:35	Issues in Reconstruction Policy Following the Fukushima Nuclear Accident from an Urban Planning Perspective	ASANUMA-BRICE Cécile	CNRS Researcher/Mitate Lab. Director
13:35-14:00	Long-Term Psychological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Affected Communities	TSUTSUI Yuji	Professor, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science/Director, The Center for Psychological Studies of Disaster
14:00-14:10	Break
14:10-14:35	The Future of Wildlife Issues in Hamadori, Fukushima	MOCHIZUKI Shota	Associate Professor, Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences
14:35-15:00	Hearing the voices of the Fukushima sea — Ocean warming and its impact on fish —	WADA Toshihiro	Professor, IER
15:00-15:10	Break
15:10-15:35	Rainstorm-induced fluvial 137Cs transport and impacts on coastal seawater	WAKIYAMA Yoshifumi	Associate Professor, IER
15:35-16:00	Understanding the Environment After the Nuclear Power Plant Accident — Connecting Human Voices and the Voices of the Land	NANBA Kenji	Director, IER/Professor, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science
16:00-16:25	Discussion
16:25-16:30	Closing Remarks	Vasyl YOSCHENKO	Vice Director/Professor, IER

The Institute of Environmental Radioactivity (IER) holds its Annual Symposium to report research findings to the public and experts, providing a forum for exchanging opinions. The 12th symposium, marking the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, was held on March 10–11 under the theme “Fukushima Voices: 15 Years of Nature and Humanity.” The event was conducted in a hybrid format at CORASSE Fukushima (Fukushima City) and online, attracting a total of approximately 360 participants from Japan and overseas over the two days.

On Day 1, the event was held jointly with the Annual Meeting of the Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERAN), a Joint Usage/Research Center in which IER participates. The program featured special lectures for experts (in English), flash talks, and poster sessions. Day 2 included the Poster Presentations for Experts and the Symposium for the General Public (with simultaneous interpretation in English and Japanese). In the Symposium for the General Public, six researchers from diverse fields—including the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities—gave presentations. During the subsequent discussion, all presenters took the stage for a Q&A session and an exchange of ideas with the audience, which was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere. In addition, SUGENO Haruto and MASHIKO Atsushi (both 2nd-year master’s students majoring in Environmental Radioactivity) and ONO Tsukasa (Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba) received the “Student Award” for their excellent poster presentations.

Comments from the participant questionnaire included: “The social science perspective was new to me and very interesting,” “It was encouraging to see the wide range of research being conducted at our local university,” and “The themes were highly appropriate and relevant to the current state of reconstruction.” Thanks to these diverse insights and active participation, the symposium proved to be a truly meaningful and successful event.