ALPPS 2008 Symposium

Location: Institute of Geography, University of Berne,

Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Berne

Link to map: http://map.search.ch/bern/hallerstr.12

Time	Program
09:00 – 09:15	Prof. H. Kienholz Professor of Geomorphology, Institute of Geography, University of Berne Opening of the Symposium of ALPPS 2008
09:15 – 09:30	Dr. H. Hiura Japan Conservation Engineering Co.(former Professor of Kochi University) Ground water distribution characteristics in the Kashio landslide area and its environs in Shikoku Island, Japan
09:30 – 10:00	Prof. S. Burns Professor of Geology, Department of Geology, Portland State University, USA Recent major debris flows on volcanoes in November 2006 in Oregon and Washington, USA: their effects and relationships to climate change
10:00 – 10:20	Prof. M. Enoki Department of Civil Engineering, Tottori University, Japan Discussion on the Validity of Slice Methods based on the Theory of Plasticity
10:20 – 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:00	Dr. D. Park Senior Analyst, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Korea Is Landslide Early Warning Possible for Evacuation Practice in the Republic of Korea? An Application of Rainfall Data to the Landslide Prediction
11:00 – 11:20	Dr. G. Wang Research Centre on Landslides, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan Geotechnical Properties for two Creeping Serpentinite Landslides in Shikoku Area, Japan
11:20 – 11:40	Prof. H. Maeda Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan Geological Characteristics of the Kushiro-Type Landslides occurred within the Nemuro Group around Akkeshi Bay and Lake Akkeshi area, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan
11:40 – approx. 12:40	Prof. A. Pfiffner Professor of Tectonics, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Berne The Geology of Switzerland
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch in the Foyer of the Institute
14:00 – 15:00	Dipl. Geogr. D. Marbacher Assistant, Institute of Geography, University of Berne Facets of the Geography of Switzerland