The Kansai Resilience Forum 2019 is an event organised by The Government of Japan in collaboration with The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), which re-examines resilience from interdisciplinary perspectives and paradigms, from the abstract concept to the concrete, with contributions from thought leaders in academia, business and government.
Although Japan-focussed, this event invites comparative and contrastive reflection on the concept and reality of resilience as a positive and necessary trait for survival in individuals and societies, and how it is nurtured through education and training in the preparation for challenges of all kinds.
The one-day invitation-only event will comprise panels on Disaster Management Strategy, Resilience and Society, and Resilience and the Globalising Economy, and will culminate with a special event with world renowned architect, Tadao Ando, who designed the event venue, the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, following the Kobe earthquake of 1995. Completed in 2002 the museu