TEDxSendai Program

TEDxSendai Program

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  Sendai 10.10.12
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  Welcome to TEDxSendai Theleaders of the world’s largest economies, meeting at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, have highlighted the importance of disaster risk management as an integral part of development increase in losses from natural disasters in both developed and developing countries… “ “ 10.10.12 This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  On March 11,2011, the largest earthquake in Japan’s history, measuring a staggering 9.0 on the Richter scale, wiped out thousands of lives and erased entire communities. Almost 18 months later, in Sendai and the Tohoku region, people are rebuilding their lives, but the lessons from that time are still fresh and resonate across East Asia to countries in the Pacific Ring of Fire and across the world as people in communities rich and poor face similar cataclysms and extreme weather events. This first TEDxSendai is focused on the theme of natural disasters, and in three tightly choreographed hours, we want you to experience disaster, its aftermath, and the energy of resilience and renewal. To do this, we have crafted two main sessions for TEDxSendai: the first looks at resilience in the aftermath of disaster and the second at building resilience in systems and communities. We have brought together a special group of thinkers and doers to share their ideas of human ingenuity, enterprise, compassion, agency and history. The TEDxSendai team and partners wish to bring you an event that will be inspiring, thought-provoking and meaningful. We hope you enjoy the experience! Sincerely, The TEDxSendai Team This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  TEDxSendai Schedule 10.10.12 7:30-8:30 a.m. Registrationopens in Lobby and Breakfast is served in Foyer of Grand Ballroom 8:15-8:30 a.m. Grand Ballroom opens for seating 8:30 a.m. TEDxSendai program begins in Grand Ballroom and Toshi Nakamura, Moderator “Kataribe” by Yoshi Tabata, Author of the Picture Story Show: “A Tsunami” 8:41-9:40 a.m. Session 1: Cherry Blossom – Indomitable in the Aftermath Takeshi Niinami, CEO, Lawson Ola Orekunrin, Managing Director, Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd. 9:40-10:20 a.m. 10:20-11:30 a.m. Session 2: The Bouncing Ball – Creating Resilience for Policy Study and Member of the Reconstruction Promotion Committee Co-developer of Discovery’s Prototype This! 7:30-8:30 a.m. 8:15-8:30am 8:30am 8:41-9:40am  セッション1 「桜： 瓦礫の中の不屈」 9:40-10:20am 10:20-11:30am  セッション2 「復興： 新たな強さの創造」 This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  MODERATOR Toshi Nakamura, Co-founderand CEO of Kopernik, @toshikopernik Toshi Nakamura is co-founder and CEO of Kopernik, the technology marketplace for the developing world. Toshi has extensive experience in international development gained during his career with the United Nations. He has spent the past 10 years living in East Timor, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, the United States and Switzerland working with the United Nations and dealt with governance reform, peace building processes and post-disaster reconstruction including the tsunami in Aceh and the Yogyakarta earthquake. While in Sierra Leone, Toshi initiated an ‘Open Government Initiative’ to increase the transparency and accountability of the government leadership. Prior to joining the UN Toshihiro was a management consultant for McKinsey and Company in Tokyo. He holds an L.L.B from Kyoto University, Japan and Masters of Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Toshi is Guest Associate Professor at Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University. Toshi was selected as World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader in 2012. モデレーター 中村俊裕 コペルニク共同創設者・CEO @toshikopernik PRESENTERS (In Order of Appearance in Program) Yoshi Tabata, “Kataribe” – Author of the Picture Story Show: “A Tsunami” Ms.Yoshi Tabata survived the Showa Sanriku Great Tsunami that took place on March 3rd, 1933, in Taro Town, Shimohei County, Iwate Prefecture (currently Taro, Miyako City). She then created a picture story show entitled “A Tsunami” based on her tsunami experience. She has been voluntarily performing the show to children in the community and to students during their school excursions for more than 30 years. She also created a set of tsunami cards called KARUTA. Her picture story show and KARUTA were adopted as part of the library activities at Taro Daiichi Elementary School. For her valuable long term contribution to the safety of the community, she was awarded the distinction of “Kaigan Koro Sha (Contributor to Coastline) Award” by Zenkoku Kaigan Kyokai (the National Association of Coastlines) in 2006. On March 11th, 2011, Taro Town was hit by a huge tsunamis again, which washed away her house. However, she resumed performing a tsunami picture story show on May 21, 2011. プレゼンター（登壇順） 田畑ヨシ 語り部−紙芝居「つなみ」の作者 Presenters This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  Lucy Walker, Directorand Producer (By Video) Director/Producer Lucy Walker has twice been nominated for an Academy Award: for Waste Land (2010), a documentary feature which also won over 30 other awards including Audience Awards at both Sundance and Berlin and the IDA’s Best Documentary Award, and for The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011), which also won the nonfiction short jury prize at Sundance. She has also directed three other feature documentaries: Blindsight (2006) which premiered at Toronto and won awards including an Audience Award at Berlin. Countdown to Zero (2010), about nuclear weapons, premiered at Sundance and played in Official Selection at Cannes and contributed to the debate building to the ratification of the New START Treaty. Devil’s Playground (2002), about Amish teenagers, premiered at Sundance and was nominated for three Emmys (Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Editing) and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. She was also nominated for two Emmys for Outstanding Directing for Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues. Walker grew up in London, England, and graduated from Oxford University before winning a Fulbright scholarship to attend the Graduate Film Program at New York University. ルーシー・ウォーカー 映画監督・プロデューサー（ビデオ参 加） - Takeshi Niinami, President & CEO of Lawson Mr. Takeshi Niinami is President & Chief Executive Officer of Lawson, Inc., the second largest convenience store chain operator in Japan with over 10,000 store outlets in Japan, China, Indonesia, and the US. A native of Yokohama, Takeshi has had a long career in the private sector and in the food and retail businesses. He began his career in 1981 at Mitsubishi Corporation, and in 1995, he founded Sodex Corporation (currently LEOC Co., Ltd.), a medical food service joint venture between Mitsubishi and Sodexho in France, and served as its CEO. In 2000, at Mitsubishi he started the Lawson Project Management Dept. & Food Service Business Dept. He was appointed President and CEO of Lawson in 2002 and has grown the company over the last nine years. In 2005 he was awarded the “Outstanding Manager Award” by Keidanren and the “Excellent Manager Award for Communication” by the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs. In 2006, he got the “Best Dressed Award” from Japan Men’s Fashion Unity. He is Vice Chairman of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), Chairman of its Committee on Agricultural Reforms. Mr. Niinami is active in the local and international This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  business community andis active on a number of boards and with the World Economic Forum. He is a member of the Asia Business Council and the Trilateral Commission. Mr. Niinami was an exchange student at Stanford University and received his Bachelor of Economics degree from Keio University and his MBA degree from Harvard Business School. 新浪剛史 株式会社ローソン代表取締役社長 Patrick Meier, Director of Social Innovation, Qatar Foundation’s Computing Research Institute (QCRI), @PatrickMeier Dr. Patrick Meier is an internationally recognized thought leader on the application of new technologies for crisis early warning and humanitarian response. He presently serves as Director of Social Innovation at the Qatar Foundation’s Computing Research Institute (QCRI) where he spearheads cutting-edge research and development on next-generation humanitarian technology solutions. Before QCRI, Patrick co-founded and co-directed Harvard University’s Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning and served as Director of Crisis Mapping at Ushahidi where he spearheaded major crisis mapping efforts in Haiti, Libya, Somalia, Syria and beyond. Patrick also co- founded the CrisisMappers Network, the Standby Task Force and Digital Humanitarians. He is a distinguished scholar, holding a PhD from The Fletcher School, a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from Stanford and an MA from Columbia University. Patrick authors the widely respected iRevolution.net blog and tweets at @patrickmeier. パトリック・メイヤー カタール財団コンピューティング研究所 （QCRI）社会革新局長@PatrickMeier Ola Orekunrin, Healthcare Entrepreneur, @FlyingDRNigeria Dr Ola Orekunrin is the Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa’s first air ambulance service and a trainee helicopter pilot. She graduated from the University Of York, one of the youngest doctors in the UK. She has worked in the NHS for nearly 10 years and currently is an emergency doctor. She has a specialist interest in trauma and pre-hospital care, buttressed by her private work at motor-racing circuits across the country. She has published her own book along with several articles in high-profile medical journals and has sat on various influential boards. In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship and produced ground-breaking research in the field of regenerative medicine through her work with induced pluripotent This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  stem cells. Shealso is a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Surgeons and holds their board certification. Dr Ola is a TED fellow, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of the young African leaders network and a recipient of prestigious THISDAY award for her contributions to healthcare in Africa. The Flying Doctors air ambulance has been featured in Nigerian media and internationally on CNN, Reuters, and the BBC. オラ・オレクンリン ヘルスケア 起業家 @FlyingDRNigeria Tomoko L. Kitagawa, Historian, Needham Research Institute, @TomokoKitagawa A rising star in academia, Tomoko Kitagawa (PhD) specializes in Japanese history and the history of mathematics in East Asia. She is the author of Japanese History Abroad: Lady Samurai and Kyoto (2012), and taught at Harvard University from 2009 to 2012. She was cited as one of the Favorite Professors at Harvard, Class of 2012 and one of the 10 most stylish professors by The Crimson. Tomoko Kitagawa has also worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and she visited the IMF and the Word Bank in 2008 as a delegate member of Youth @ Annual Meeting. Photo Courtesy of Waturu Nishida 北川智子 @TomokoKitagawa Michie Koyama, Classical Pianist Ms. Michie Koyama is a classical Japanese pianist, who was born in Sendai. Since the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011, she has given free performances at local schools and community centers across the region. She completed musical high school at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, before moving on to college at the same university. Michie quickly moved into international competition, winning third place at the 7th Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 1982, followed by a fourth place award in the 1985 Chopin International Piano Competition. She was the first Japanese pianist to receive awards at both of these major competitions. Ms. Koyama continued to win competition honors as she was awarded the 12th Chopin Association Award in 1986. She has performed with some of the world’s most renowned conductors and orchestras. Her repertoire includes over 60 piano concertos and many solo works ranging from Baroque to contemporary. In 2010, she served as a jury member for the 16th Chopin International Piano Competition. Ms. Koyama has made 26 recordings and released CDs via Sony Music Japan International. This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  In October 2012she is scheduled to perform with the Moscow Radio Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Fedseyev on their Japan Tour. Photo Courtesy of Waturu Nishida 小山実稚恵 ピアノ  The Piano that Survived the Tsunami The piano on which Ms. Koyama will play has a story of its own. It is one of the survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Close to 19 months ago, when the tsunami ripped through the Sarukoya Music Store, a family-owned business operated for 90 years, most of the musical instruments were destroyed or damaged. His business in ruins, Mr. Inoue, the owner of the store, started a painstaking process of cleaning up the instruments with the help of volunteers. He restored the one piano to survive among the 30 once in his store. This one piano, though perhaps never again pitch-perfect, has become a symbol of resilience after destruction. 津波から生還したピアノ Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development, @RKyte365 As Vice President of Sustainable Development, Rachel leads the Bank’s global work in agriculture, environment, energy, infrastructure, urban, and social development, as well as global public goods issues in those areas. Before assuming this post in September 2011, she was the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Vice President for Business Advisory Services, where she focused on delivering more measurable impact for the world’s poorest people and in the most challenging environments, including countries affected by conflict. As IFC’s Director for Environmental and Social Development, Rachel led efforts to develop new sustainability performance standards, which — through the Equator Principles — are now a global benchmark. Before joining the World Bank Group Rachel worked for IUCN and The World Conservation Union. She has worked within the environment, women’s, human rights and health movements, and has held elected positions in Europe and formed and led NGOs. Rachel has served as an advisor, and on the boards of a number of companies, philanthropies, and governments. レイチェル・カイト 世界銀行副総裁（持続可能開発総局） @RKyte365 This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  Jun Iio, Professor,National Graduate Institute for Policy Study/ Member, Reconstruction Promotion Committee, Government of Japan Dr. Iio served as Chairman of the Study Group, Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, which was commissioned by the Government of Japan. He is now a member of the Reconstruction Promotion Committee, which is responsible for watching the reconstruction process for Tohoku. He is interested in resilience and new thinking in reconstruction. Dr. Iio is also a well-known political scientist and political commentator, with a special expertise on contemporary Japanese politics governance, and serves on several governmental advisory groups. Since 2000, Dr. Iio has been a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Study (GRIPS). From 2009 to 2011, he was GRIPS’ Vice President. Dr. Iio has been the recipient of the prestigious Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo and Suntory Academic Awards. He graduated from the faculty of law of the University of Tokyo and holds Ph.D. and MA degrees in political science from the University of Tokyo. 飯尾潤 政策研究大学院大学教授／復興推進委員会委員 Mike North, Founder of Reallocate.org and Co-developer of Discovery’s Prototype This! Dr. North holds bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in science/engineering, notably creating the world’s first on/off gecko-mimetic adhesive. He’s published in a half-dozen major scientific journals, including Nature. Mike masterminded builds on the primetime Discovery Channel show Prototype This!, where he led teams of crack inventors and scientists to create never before seen spectacles of engineering. Currently Mike is bringing innovation to the toy industry as CTO at Nukotoys; has a design and rapid prototyping firm, North Design Labs; and is founder/chair of Reallocate.org, a non-profit that reallocates expertise to address “base-of-the economic- pyramid” issues. マイク・ノース Reallocate.org創設者／ディスカバリーチ ャンネル「夢を叶える発明ショー」共同開発者 This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  Organizing Team Maya Brahmam, TEDxSendaiCurator Maya Brahmam is a Senior communications for a range of clients the Bank’s Chief Economist and the high-level independent Commission on Growth and Development, chaired by Nobel Laureate, Michael Spence. Currently, she leads the Open Development work in External Affairs and develops and leads innovative campaigns for the Global Engagement Bank “Party in the Park” for gender 2010, which opened up the Bank-Fund Annual Meetings to a broader public, and Arab Voices and Views, a high- level forum on the Middle East and North Africa, which brought in fresh viewpoints to a critical discussion on accountability and jobs in the region. development, growth and development, gender and education, and knowledge for development. マヤ・ブラハム、TEDxSendaiキュレーター Kalliope Kokolis, Presenter Coordinator/Online Marketing Kalliope Kokolis is a consultant to Operational Communication department. She has several years of experience in marketing and communications outreach. Kalliope holds her undergraduate degree in Media Studies and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University. カリオペ・ココリス、プレゼンター・コーディネ ーター／オンラインマーケティング This TEDx event is independently organized. Sendai
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  Organizing Team ( co n t i n u e d ) Angelica Silvero, Registration and On-Site Coordinator Angelica Silvero, a Brazilian national, is She organizes, trains speakers, and delivers presentations to more than 20,000 students and professionals a year. アンジェリカ・シルヴェロ、登録／オンサイト・コ ーディネーター Mika Iwasaki, Japanese Presenter Coordinator on various development projects in Asia promote knowledge sharing and a number of programs for youth and information and a greater participation research projects and other knowledge exchange activities. 岩崎弥佳 日本人プレゼンター担当コーディ ネーター Edita Andreis, Visual Media of regional experience working for the Croatia. She manages creative projects and develops marketing strategies and products for different departments within Advertisement and Public Relations. エディタ・アンドレイス、  ビジュアル・メディア担当 This TEDx event is independently organized.
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  Sponsors & Partners TEDxSenda Tokyo ThisTEDx event is independently organized. Ministry of Finance Japan TEDxSendai Working Group ワーキンググループメンバー Bianca Adam, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery Amy Adkins, World Bank Edita Andreis, World Bank Maya Brahmam, World Bank Sandra Danhauser, World Bank Nicole Frost, World Bank Nori Igarashi, N Studio, Sendai Mika Iwasaki, World Bank Adam Jenkinson, Access All Areas Japan, Sendai Jun Kamei, TEDx Tohoku Richard Kipnis, Virgin Earth, Inc., Tokyo Kalliope Kokolis, World Bank Patrick Newell, TEDxTokyo Patricia Noel, World Bank Sona Panajyan, International Finance Corporation Todd Porter, TEDxTokyo Jim Rosenberg, World Bank Anita Rozowska, World Bank Hart Schafer, World Bank Angelica Silvero, World Bank Kazu Taniguchi, World Bank Aleem Walji, World Bank
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  About TEDx In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxSendai, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxSendai event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED. Sendai http://www.tedxsendai.com