NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch Sendai Construction Office 50th anniversary
About holding special symposium

Road is Future Reconstruction and the Future-Highway Development and Miyagi Prefecture Development-

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October 16, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office Sendai Construction Office

NEXCO EAST Sendai Construction Office (Miyagi Prefecture Sendai City) has been promoting the improvement of expressways in Miyagi Prefecture until the 50th anniversary since its establishment.

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary, we will hold a special symposium to look back on the history of Expressway maintenance and consider the use of Expressway future disaster recovery and regional development.

1 date and time

Thursday, November 2, 2017 13:30 to 17:00 (Opening 13:00)

2 venue

Sendai City SME Activation Center Multi-purpose Hall (Ael 5th floor, 1-3-1 Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai)

3 Sponsor

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch

4 Content

Part 1/Keynote Speech
Speaker Hiroshi Mizohata, Chairman of Osaka Tourism Bureau
"Energize Tohoku through regional revitalization and wide-area cooperation!
~Tourism promotion measures ・To enhance the role of Expressway earthquake disaster recovery~」

Part 2/Panel Discussion
"Development of Miyagi through the development of Expressway"

  • Panelist
    1. Hiroshi Mizohata, President of Osaka Tourism Bureau
    2. Makoto Okumura, Professor, International Research Institute for Disaster Science, Tohoku University
    3. Mr. Hiroki Takebuchi, President of Miyagi Industry Association (Adviser, Tohoku Electron Miyagi Co., Ltd.)
    4. NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch Construction Division Director Sadao Sawada
  • Coordinator: Free announcer Keiko Miyata

5 How to participate

Pre-registration is required for the symposium (free participation)
Detail is Attached leaflet [PDF: 628KB] Please refer to

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