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Niigata University has been engaged in the campus-wide promotion of GIS research and education since 2005. This year stands for the end of this support project, and in this symposium, we discussed the problems and possible futures of our project.

We have implemented our GIS project-support according to the following three missions:

1. To keep up with cutting-edge research trends through international collaboration
2. To make a global leap based on the cultivation of local communities
3. To open up new and original fields through interdisciplinary practices of research and education

The symposium also followed these missions. In the first block, we discussed cutting-edge issues of GIS research by inviting Professor Brunsdon from Leicester Universy, UK. In the second, we deat with the current issues on a possible partnership with local governments and communities through GIS education. In the third section, we presented the newest research projects of our GIS research and education that have been made possible through interdisciplinary collaboration between Human Health GIS Center and Center for Disaster Mitigation and Environment.

In addition to oral presentations, we also invited several booth exhibitions and posters and panels from GIS-related companies and researchers.

For this event, we had over 120 audiences. We would like to thank our supporters.

TIME	Feb, 24. 2010 (Wed) 9:00~17:00
LOCATION	Yujin Memorial Hall 1-757 Asahimachi-dori Chuoku, Niigata City, JAPAN7
PARTICIPATION	Free and Open to Public （Leaflet 2.40MB）

Presenter	International Academic Support Office, Niigata University
Co-Presenters	Human Health GIS Center, Niigata University Center for Disaster Mitigation and Environment
Sponsors	ESRI JAPAN (Co. Ltd), Niigata GIS Association, Mitsubishi Electronics (Co. Ltd), AMDA ?(NPO), Research Fund for Assistant Prof. Munenari Inoguchi
Supporters	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Niigata Prefecture, Niigata City, Nagaoka City, Sanjyo City, Kashiwazaki City, Board of Education (Niigata Prefecture), Niigata Industrial Creation Organization, GIS Association of JAPAN, Association of Japanese Geographers

Scenes from the Symposium

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The messages our exchange partners and friends kindly sent us for this symposium are included in this symposium brochure.

Symposium Brochure（6.52MB)

Morning

9:00	Opening	Fumitake Gjyo (NU President)
	Guest Greeting	Masahiko Izumida (Governor of Niigata Prefecture)
9:20	Session 1: GIS and University’s Global Strategy
	Guest Comment1	Atsushi Tashiro (Medical Supervisor, Niigata City Public Health Center)
	Guest Comment2	Masahiro Makino (Co-Director, Niigata Industrial Creation Organization)
	Keynote Speech1	Chris Brunsdon (Professor, Dpt. of Geography, Leicester University, UK)
	Keynote Speech2	Shigeru Suganami (Director, NPO AMDA)
	Comment 1	Takuhiko Murakami (Associate Professor, Dpt. of Agriculture, NU)
	Comment 2	Hiroshi Suzuki (Professor, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, NU)
	☆Summary	Toru Tanaka (Professor, International Academic Support Office, NU)
11:35 11:50	Session 2 Partnership with Local Communities
	Presentation	Munenari Inoguchi (Assi. Professor, Research Center for Natural Hazards & Disaster Recovery, NU)

Afternoon

13:00	Panel Discussion with Officers from Local Governments
	Presentation	Tsuyoshi Uda (Lecturer, Dpt. of Science, NU)
	Presentation	Hiromitsu Yamagishi (Professor, Ehime University)
15：00	Session 3 GIS Research and Education
	Presentation	Yutaka Gonda (Asso. Professor, Dpt. of Agriculture, NU)
	Presentation	Hideo Makino (Professor, Dpt. of Technology and Engineering, NU)
	Presentation	Tomoki Nakaya (Asso. Professor, Dpt. of Geography, Ritsumeikan University)
	Presentation	Tsubasa Suzuki (MD, Prospective Graduate Student of the School of Medicine, NU)
	Presentation	GIS Analysis on the Uneven Distribution of Emergency Medical Service Satoru Sasaki (Assi. Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, NU) Tsutomu Saito (Undergraduate Medical Student, NU)
	Presentation	GIS Epidemiological Analysis on the New-type Influenza in the SADO Island Masahiro Yamaguchi (MD,Graduate Student of the School of Medicine, NU)
17:00	Closing Comment	Masakazu Sengoku (Research Director, NU)

*The Schedule would be updated at anytime

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