Resource Persons

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Abdelhamid Salah Abdelhamid SAYED
Chairman,
Conservator in the Ministry of Antiquities,
Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation (EHRF);
Training & Capacity Building Unit Manager,
Egyptian Earth Construction Association (EECA)
Years: 2015-2016

Aiko FURUKAWA
Assistant Professor, Kyoto University,Dept. of Civil and earth
resources engineering
Years: 2010, 2012

Akatsuki TAKAHASHI
Programme specialist for culture
UNESCO office for the Pacific states(Apia, Samoa)
Years: 2010, 2014-2015

Akiko UMEZU
Senior Specialist,
Cultural Resources Utilization Division,
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Years: 2010-2012, 2018-2019

Akira KANBE
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Resilient Urbanism
The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering,
Loughborough University
Years: 2018-2019

Akira NATANI
Chief, Fire prevention section
The Higashiyama fire station
Years: 2017

Alessandra BORCHI
Coordinator and Operations Manager,
The UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund,
UNESCO
Years: 2019

Aparna TANDON
Project Manager,
Collections Unit, ICCROM
Years: 2011, 2015, 2017-2019

Atsumasa OKADA
Research center for disaster mitigation of urban cultural heritage,
Ritsumeikan University
Visiting Professor
Years: 2007

Atsushi KOMIYA
Assistant Manager,
Cultural Asset Division,
Board of Education,
Kyoto Prefecture
Years: 2016-2019

B

Barbara CARANZA
President of Chief,
(Cultural Heritage International Emergency Force) Onlus
Years: 2016

Byungha CHOI
Appointed expert of Historic sites from CHA of Korea(Rep. of)
Years: 2006-2010

C

Charles SCAWTHORN
Graduate school of Engineering, Kyoto University
Years: 2006

Christopher MARRION
CEO,
Marrion Fire & Risk Consulting PE, LLC
Years: 2014

Colin KAISER
Head of Office and UNESCO Representative to Nepal, UNESCO Office in Kathmandu
Years: 2009

Corine WEGENER
Director,
Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative,
Office of the Provost/Under Secretary for Museums and Research,
Smithsonian Institution
Years: 2017-2019

D

Daijiro KITAGAWA
Project manager,
ICCROM
Years: 2010, 2013

Daisuke IDO
Senior Priest,
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Years: 2017

Daisuke SATO
Associate Professor,
Preservation of Historical Materials, Human and Social Response Research Division, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
Years: 2018

Dowon KIM
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
College of Science and Engineering,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2014-2019

Dulce Maria GRIMALDI SIERRA
Senior conservator for conservation and research of decorative elements at archaeological sites,
Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (CNCPC),
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
Years: 2018-2019

E

Eiko ISHIKAWA
Researcher, Disaster reducation and human renovation institution
Years: 2010

Elke SELTER
Expert Emergency Response,
Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit, Culture Sector, UNESCO
Years: 2017-2019

Eric LUIJENDIK
Urban Planner and Heritage Expert,
Board member of ICOMOS Netherlands
Years: 2015

F

G

German Tiangco VELAQUEZ
Chief of Section, Advocacy and Outreach
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Years: 2015-2016

Giorgio CROCI
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza
Years: 2009

Giovanni BOCCARDI
Head,
Emergency Response Unit,
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Years: 2006-2007, 2009, 2013-2019

Glenn DOLCEMASCOLO
Chief of Section, Advocacy and Outreach
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Years: 2017

Go TANIBATA
Lecturer,
Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University
Years: 2017-2019

Gustavo ARAOZ
Opresident of ICOMOS
Years: 2009-2010

H

Hatthaya SIRIPHATTHANAKUN
Specialist in Cultural Heritage Conversation,
SEAMEO SPAFA,Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts
Years: 2014-2016

Hidehiko KANEGAE
Professor, college of policy science, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2011-2012

Hideki SUNAHARA
General Director,
Kyo-o-gokuji Temple
Years: 2010

Hikokazu OMORI
Director,
Omori Architectural Office
Years: 2006, 2008-2014, 2018

Hirokazu KOI
Japan Science and technologiy agency
Years: 2012-2013

Hiroki TANIGAWA
Director,
Cultural Property Promotion Office
Kansai Brunch
NOHMI BOSAI LTD.
Years: 2019

Hiromichi KUBOTA
Head,
Intangible Cultural Properties Section,
Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Years: 2017-2018

Hitoshi TANIGUCHI
Professor, research center for disaster mitigation of urban cultural heritage,
Ritsumeikan university
Years: 2012

I

Ichizo KOBAYASHI
President,
Sasayama Townscape Preservation Society
Years: 2015-2016

Isao KISO
Special Advisor to the Cabinet,
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
Years: 2015

J

Jerry VELASQUEZ
Chief of Section, Advocacy and Outreach
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Years: 2011, 2014

Joseph Alan KING
UNESCO Chair Holder
Director of Partnership and Communication
Partnership and Communication Unit
Acting Focal Point, Finance and Administration
ICCROM
Years: 2007, 2009, 2012-2018

Juan Diego BADILLO REYES
Architect Conservator freelance,
Volunteer South America Coordinator
Years: 2016

Junji KIYONO
Professor, Earthquake Disaster Prevention Laboratoly,
Department of Urban Management,
Faculty of Engineering,
Kyoto University
Years: 2009

Junko FURIHATA
Chair,
Department of Conservation Science,
Curatorial Division,
Kyoto National Museum
Years: 2017-2018

K

Kai Ube Prasad WEISE
Architect,
Planners’ Alliance for the Himalayan & Allied Regions (PAHAR Nepal)
Years: 2009-2012, 2015-2017

Kan MORIMOTO
Sasayama townplace prevention society
Years: 2016

Kanefusa MASUDA
Member of ICOMOS-ICORP (Risk MPreparedness),
Member of ICOM-CAMOC (Museums of Cities),
Senior Researcher,
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (R-DMUCH)
Years: 2006-2010, 2018

Kazuma GOTO
Fukkou Minasan-kai
(Local community for earthquake disaster reconstruction)
Years: 2013-2014

Kazumasa HANAOKA
Associate professor, college of letters, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2016-2017

Kazumori IKEGAME
Deputy Manager,
Engineering Section 2
Technical Department 2
NOHMI BOSAI LTD.
Years: 2019

Kazunari SAKO
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and
Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2009

Kazuya ORISAKA
Kyoto city fire department
Disaster prevention and crisis management office
Years: 2007

Kazuyuki IZUNO
Professor, college of science and engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2008-2012, 2014

Ken OKADA
Head,
Secretariat Office of the National Task Force for
the Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Mitigation Network,
Independent Administrative Institution
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
Years: 2017, 2019

Kenji SAIMOTO
Hyogo Heritage Organization
Years: 2010

Kie SUGAWARA
Officer,
Minamisanriku-Cho Tourism Association
Years: 2015

Keiji YANO
Professor,
Department of Humanities, Geography Major,
College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2006, 2011-2015, 2018-2019

Ken KANAI
Senior Cultural Properties Specialist,
Cultural Properties Department,
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Years: 2016

Kenji SAWAI
Professor Emeritus,
Setsunan University
Years: 2014-2019

Kenzo TOKI
Special Research Fellow,
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (R-DMUCH)
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Years: 2006-2019

Kimiko MEKATA
Deputy Manager,
Section Head, Cultural Property,
Fire Prevention Section,
Fire Prevention Division,
Kyoto City Fire Department
Years: 2017-2018

Kohei SAKAI
Senior Researcher,
OIC Research Organization,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2018-2019

Kozo WATANABE
Vice Chancellor,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2013-2017

Ksenia CHUMTINA
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Resilient Urbanism
The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering,
Loughborough University
Years: 2017, 2019

Kumiko SHIMOTSUMA
Senior Cultural Properties Specialist,
Cultural Properties Department,
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Years: 2006-2009, 2014-2015

Kyosuke MUKAIBO
Assistant Professor,
Department of Architecture and Urban Design, College of Science and Engineering,, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2013

Kyoutarou NAKAGAWA
Chief,
Asago City Hall 
Board of Education Secretariat Cultural property Division
Years: 2019

Kyuichiro SATO
Senior Director,
Kaminoyama Hachiman-gu Shrine
Years: 2015

L

Lee BOSHER
UNESCO Chair Holder
Professor of Disaster Risk Management
Director of Doctoral Programmes
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Loughborough University
Years: 2016-2018

M

Mahendra SUBBA
Department of Urban Developmaent and Bulding Construction,
Ministry of Physical and works government of Nepal
Years: 2009

Makoto KAMIYAMA
Honorary Professor and Guest Researcher, Department of Environmental Information Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology
Years: 2011

Marielle RICHON
Programme Specialist,
Section for communication, Education and partnership(CEP), UNESCO World Heritage Centre(WHC)
Years: 2008

Masafumi YAMASAKI
Professor,
Department of Architecture and Urban Design, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2007-2008, 2011-2015

Masamitsu FUJIMOTO
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
College of Science and Engineering,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2014-2019

Masaru MAENO
Archiect, President,
Japan ICOMOS Naional Committee
Years: 2008-2009

Masatoshi NARITA
Cultural Asset Protection Office,
Board of education,
Sasayama city
Years: 2010

Mayuko YONEJIMA
Senior Researcher,
Kinugasa Research Organization,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2014

Mayumi KUDO
Senior Priest,
Kaminoyama Hachiman-gu Shrine
Years: 2013-2015

Megumi NAGAI GOMEZ
Tarnslator and Interpreter
Years: 2012

Melissa RINNE
Research Fellow for International Affairs,
Kyoto National Museum
Years: 2017

Michael TUNER
Professor,
UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Conservation Studies,
Benezale Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Years: 2009

Ming Chee ANG
General Manager,
George Town World Heritage Incorporated
Years: 2018-2019

Mingji CUI
Senior Researcher,
Kinugasa Research Organization,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2014-2017

Minna PERAHUHTA
sSenior Architect
Ministry of the Environment,
Years: 2010

Minoru MORITA
Director
Curatorial Board, Kyusyu National Musium
Years: 2008

Minsuk KIM
PhD, Post Dotoral Research Fellow
Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2008

Moe CHIBA
Programme specialist for culture,
UNESCO New Delhi
Years: 2010

Mr. SHIRAISHI
Technical Specialist for Cultural Property,
Cultural PropertyDivision, Kyoto prefectire Education Agency
Years: 2010

MyungSun Lee
Assistant Manager, Cultural Heritage Risk Management Division,
Heritage Policy Bureau,
Cultural Heritage Adminstration of Korea
Years: 2011

Myungsun YI
Dr. Eng, Senior Researcher Fellow
Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2008

N

Nao NAKAYA
Research Fellow, 
Department of Conservation science
Kyoto National Museum
Years: 2019

Naoji HASEGAWA
Cultural Properties Department Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan
Senior Specialist for Cultural Properties, Architecture Division
Years: 2007

Naoko USHITANI ITAYA
Part-time Lecturer,
Nara Women’s University
Years: 2008, 2011-2018

Noriyoshi TSURUOKA
Manager,
Cultural Asset Division,
Board of Education,
Kyoto Prefecture
Years: 2006, 2008-2009, 2011-2017

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P

Peter HEAD
Foundre & Chief Executive,
CBE FREng HonFSE FRSA
Years: 2015

Pratyush SHANKER
Assistant Professor(on level)
Faculty of Architecture, CEPT university, Ahmedabad, India
Years: 2009

Prem Nath MASKEY
Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering , Institute of Engineering Pulchowk Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal
Years: 2009

Q

Qing WEI
Executive Director,
Cultural Heritage Conservation Center of Beijing Guowenyan Co., LTD
Years: 2014-2015

R

Rajib SHAW
Professor,
Graduate School of Media and Governance,
Keio University
Years: 2011-2015, 2017

Rashmin GUNASEKERA
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist,
GSURR,
World Bank
Years: 2017-2019

Robyn RIDDETT
Director
Anthemion Consultancies Melbourne, ICORP Member
Years: 2010

Rohit JIGYASU
UNESCO Chair Holder,
Programme Officer, ICCROM Regional Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Regional Office in Sharjah, UAE
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (R-DMUCH)
Years: 2006-2019

Rohit Kumar RANJITKAR
Nepal Director,
Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT)
Years: 2009, 2017-2019

Ryoichi FUKAGAWA
Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2011-2017

Ryoko NISHIMURA
A manager of The Nishimura Flower,
Kadohka (a flower arrangement artist), Sagagoryu-master,
Representative of Takase-river council and
Town Planning Advisor of Ponto-cho town management council
Years: 2018-2019

S

Sadahiko TANAKA
Head,
Intangible Cultural Properties Section,
Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Years: 2017

Sang sun JO
Senior Researcher,
Research Division of Architectural Heritage
National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage
Years: 2013-2014, 2016

Satoru ISHIZUKA
Director of disaster prevention and crisis management office
Kyoto city fire deparnment
Years: 2008, 2010

Sebastian MOFFATT
President and CEO,
CONSENSUS Institute Inc.
Years: 2011-2014

Shang-Chia CHIOU
Vice President, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Years: 2010-2011

Shinta YOSHITOMI
Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
College of Science and Engineering,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2015-2019

Shoichi KATSUDA
Cultural Property Chief,
Fire Prevention Division,
Kyoto City Fire Department
Years: 2019

Sibel Yildrim ESEN
Conservation Architect, Culture and Tourism Expert,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Years: 2014

Shingo NAGAMATSU
Disaster Reducation and Human Renovation Institute
Years: 2006

Shingo SUZUKI
Disaster Reducation and Human Renovation Institute
Years: 2006

Shiro TAKEDA
Professor, college of science and engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2012

Sudarshan Raj TIWARI
Professor, Head, Department of Architecture, Institute of Engineering
Pulchowk Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal
Years: 2009

Sue COLE
Senior International Advisor
National Advice team
English Heritage, London UK
Years: 2010

T

Takehiro SAKAGUCHI
Director,
Wakayama Sabo Research and Education Institute
Years: 2017

Takeyoshi TANAKA
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Years: 2006

Takeyuki OKUBO
Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
College of Science and Engineering,
Ritsumeikan University
Director,
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (R-DMUCH)
Years: 2006-2019

Takuya SUZUKI
Director,
Minamisanriku-Cho Nature Center Tomono-Kai
Years: 2015

Tamiyo KONDO
Disaster Reducation and Human Renovation Institute
Years: 2006

Teiichi MIYAKAWA
Senior Researcher,
Kyoto National Museum
Years: 2017

Tetsuyasu SAITO
Manager,
Fire Alarm Equip. Admin. Section
Technical Department 1
NOHMI BOSAI LTD.
Years: 2019

Tomio OKAMOTO
Kyoto city fire department
Years: 2006

Tomo UEKI
Project general manager, cultural asset division, board of education. Sasayama city
Years: 2016

Tomoki NAKAYA
Tohoku University, the graduate school of environmental studies professor
(Concurrent) The graduate school of science
Ritsumeikan University, institute of disaster mitigation for urban cultural
heritage
Years: 2016

Toru FUJIKI
Deputy Manager,
Sayo Board of Education
Education Division
Planning Administration Office
Years: 2018-2019

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V

Vanicka ARORA
Conservation Architect and Board Member,
ICOMOS India
Years: 2015

Victoria GILL
Consultant, Endangered Heritage, Manila,
ICORP Member
Years: 2010

W

Wesley Webb CHEEK
JSPS Fellow
Visiting Researcher Ritsumeikan University
Institute of Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage
Years: 2014-2019

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Y

Yasumichi MURAKAMI
Professor,
Kyoto Tachibana University
Years: 2006-2017, 2019

Yohsei KOHDZUMA
Director,
Center for Archaeological Operations,
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Years: 2017-2018

Yoichiro KUSAKI
Coordinator,
Fire Alarm Equip. Admin. Section
Technical Department 1
NOHMI BOSAI LTD.
Years: 2019

Yonezo KITAYAMA
Sasayama townplace prevention society
Years: 2016

Yoshifumi SATOFUKU
Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
College of Science and Engineering,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2011-2013, 2016-2019

Yoshihiro HIRAOKA
Professor,
Architecture Design Laboratory,
Department of Design Information,
Miyagi University
Years: 2012-2019

Yoshinori IWASAKI
Principal Director,
Geo-Research Institute
Years: 2019

Yoshinori MACHIDA
Citizens safety director,
Citizens safety section,
safety and ambulance division, Kyoto city fire department
Years: 2011-2016

Yoshio NAKATANI
Chancellor,
The Ritsumeikan Trust
President,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2018-2019

Yuko ISHIDA
Senior Researcher,
Kinugasa Research Organization,
Ritsumeikan University
Years: 2014-2015, 2017-2019

Yumi-Isabelle NAITO AKIEDA
Research Fellow MSc.(Architectural Conservation)
Japan Center for International Cooperation in conservation national research institute
for cultural properties, Tokyo
Years: 2008-2010, 2012-2013

Yuuki IKENO
Chief Examiner,
Asago City Hall 
Board of Education Secretariat Cultural property Division
Years: 2018-2019

Z

Zeynep Gul UNAL
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Architecture,
Restoration Department,
Yildiz Technical University
Years: 2014, 2016