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Organization


Organaized by:
The Pacific Rim INTERPRAEVENT Committee of Japan
Organizing Committee of INTERPRAEVENT International Symposium 2026 
 
Co-organaized by:
International Research Society INTERPRAEVENT
Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
Internatioal Sabo Association
 
In cooperation with:
Japan Sabo Association
Sabo & Landslide Technical Center
Sabo Frontier Foundation
Japan Association for Slope Disaster Management
     
Members of Organizing Committee:
(Chairperson) Takashi YAMADA Emeritus Professor of Hokkaido University
(Vice-chairperson) Hiroyuki OHNO President of Japan Sabo Association
(Members) ※Arranged alphabetically
Akihiro UEMURA Director General of Civil Engineering Bureau, Construction Department of Hokkaido Government.
Daizo TSUTSUMI Professor of Shinshu University
Hirokazu OKABE Director of River Planning Division, Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau (HRDB), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transpport and Tourism (MLIT)
Jun-ichi KURIHARA President of Sabo & Landslide Technical Center (STC)
Kazuyuki IMAI Director General of Sabo Frontier Foundation
Koji GOTO Chairman of the Sabo &Steep Slope Special Committee, The Japan Civil engineering Consultants Association (JCCA)
Masaki MIZUNO Director of Erosion and Sediment Control Research Group, Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)
Mio KASAI Professor of Hokkaido University
Noriyuki MINAMI Vice-President of Japan Association for Slope Disaster Management (JASDiM)
Shinjiro MATSUO Accounting Division Chieg for Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering (JSECE)
Shusaku SHIIBA Director of Sabo Planning Division, Sabo Department, MLIT
Takashi GOMI Professor of Nagoya University
Taro UCHIDA Professor of Tsukuba University, Director of INTERPRAEVENT, Member of the Science & Technology Advisory Board on INTERPRAEVENT
Wataru SAKURAI Director of Sabo Department, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM)
Yutaka GONDA Professor of Niigata University
(Specal Advisor) Naomichi SUZUKI The Hokkaido Governor
(Advisor) Hideaki MARUI Emertus Professor of Niigata University, Honorary member of INTERPRAEVENT
Yoshiharu ISHIKAWA Emertus Professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
     
Members of Editorial Subcommittee:
(Editor in Chief) Takashi GOMI Nagoya Univ.
(Members) ※Arranged alphabetically
Akira MATSUOKA Nippon Koei Co., Ltd
Akito KANAZAWA PWRI
CHRISTOPHER A. Gomez Kobe Univ.
Daisuke KAGEYAMA HRDB, MLIT
Daizo TSUTSUMI Shinshu Univ.
Fumitoshi IMAIZUMI Shizuoka Univ.
Joko KAMIYAMA PWRI
Kana NAKATANI Kyoto Univ.
Katsushige SHIRAKI Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology
Kazuho MATSUMOTO Iwate Univ.
Kazuki YAMANOI Kyoto Univ.
Makoto IKEDA Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd
Mio KASAI Hokkaido Univ.
Nobutomo OSANAI STC
Norifumi HOTTA The Univ. of Tokyo
Rozaqqa NOVIANDI Gadjah Mada Univ.
Sang-Jun IM Seoul National Univ.
Shusuke MIYATA Kyoto Univ.
Song-Yue YANG Feng Chia Univ.
Taeko WAKAHARA JSECE
Takanori SATO Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture
Takashi KIMURA Ehime Univ.
Takashi OKAMOTO Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Takashi WADA Tottori Univ.
Tamao KASAHARA Kyushu Univ.
Taro UCHIDA Tsukuba Univ.
Toshio MATSUBARA CTI Engineering Co., Ltd
Yasuo ISHII STC
Yasutaka TANAKA NILIM
Yohei ARATA Hokkaido Research Organization
Yoshinori SHINOHARA Miyazaki Univ.
Yuki KISHIMOTO NILIM
Yutaka GONDA Niigata Univ.
     
Members of Steering Subcommittee:
(Chairman) Akihiro UEMURA Civil Engineering Bureau, Construction Department of Hokkaido Govt.
(Members) ※Arranged alphabetically
Gengo YOSHIMURA Sabo Planning Division, Sabo Department, MLIT
Hideto KON Hokkaido branch of the JCCA
Hirokazu OKABE River Planning Division, HRDB, MLIT
Hiroki YABE Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, PWRI
Keito ABESHIMA Hokkaido SABO Volunteer Association
Ryo WATANABE Hokkaido Survey and Design Association
Satoshi YOSHIDA River Sabo Division, Civil Engineering Bureau, Construction Department of Hokkaido Govt.
Shinji CHIBA Hokkaido Geotechnical Consultants Association
Shoichiro MIYASAKA Hokkaido branch, JSA
Takashi TASHIRO Muroran Development and Construction Department, HRDB, MLIT
Tomoyuki NANRI Hokkaido branch, JSECE
Yasuhiro NAKAJIMA Sapporo Development and Construction Department, HRDB, MLIT
Yasuyuki NISHIYAMA Asahikawa Development and Construction Department, HRDB, MLIT
Yukimitsu ONO Hokkaido branch of the JSECE




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