Special Session:  "Earthquake Protection and Post-earthquake Restoration of Cultural Heritages"

      Moderators: K. Masuda (Ritsumeikan University) and

         from Greece (to be announced shortly)

    Invited Lectures:  

    K. Toki  (Ritsumeikan University)

"Protection of Cultural Heritage from Post-earthquake Fire – Proposal and Present Situation"

Presentations:  

    1) T.P. Tasios (NTUA)

"Cultural/Historical Values as Additional Design Parameters in Strengthening of Monuments in Greece"

    2) E. Vintzileou (NTUA)

"The effect of Timber Ties on Historic Buildings in Greece"

    3) A. Miltiadou (Hellenic Ministry of Culture)

"Review of the Policy for Monument Retrofit in Greece"

    4) M. A. Daho (CTC Ouest, Algeria)

"The Algerian experience of covering earthquake damages and applied techniques of building reinforcement"

    5) P. Mukhopadhyay (Bengal Engineering and Science University)

"Lessons learnt from the impact of Sikkim 2006 Earthquake on heritage structures in India"

    6) K. Masuda (Ritsumeikan University)

"Japanese experience to protect and restore cultural heritages"

    7) K. Toki  &  A. Furukawa (Ritsumeikan University)

"Numerical simulation about the collapse process of masonry structures"

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