Venue：Main Hall

【13:00～】Traditional Performing Arts of Hokkaido “Traditional Ainu Dance” — Sapporo Upopo Society

 

【13:30～14:30】Opening Ceremony

Welcome Address by the Organizer：

Takashi Yamada — Chair, INTERPRAEVENT 2026 Organizing Committee

Greetings from the Guests：

• Norbert Sereinig — President, INTERPRAEVENT

• Masaru Kunitomo — Director-General, Sabo Department, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)

• Yoshifumi Satofuka — President, Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering

• Christina Schösser — Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Embassy Commercial Section

Greetings from the Host Region：

Naomichi Suzuki — Governor of Hokkaido

 

【14:30～15:20】Keynote Speeches（1）

Japan：Masaru Kunitomo — Director-General, Sabo Department, MLIT

Title：Formation and Development of SABO Philosophy in Japan: Focusing on Sediment Control Planning

Austria：Florian Rudolf-Miklau — Director, Torrent and Avalanche Control Service Austria, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environmental, Climate Protection and Water Management

Title：Extreme Events in the Alps Under the Influence of Global Warming—Current Developments, Strategies, and Challenges

 

【15:40～16:30】Keynote Speeches（2）

Italy：Ettore de la Grennelais — Chief Operating Officer, ANAS (Italian Roads Agency); Territorial Directorate for Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title：An adaptive multi-hazard framework for climate-resilient management of national road networks

Taiwan：Chun-Yen Chen — Director-General, Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture

Title：Framework and Strategies for Managing Sediment-Related Hazards in Taiwan