2nd NEA-JC Workshop on Present and Future Technology 12 October 2008 Tokyo, Japan Program Venue: JICA Global Plaza Hiro-o, Tokyo Seminar Room No. 302 (Detail map given below) Note: Please register at first floor before entering the program venue. Contact persons: Er. Akhilesh Kumar Karna 080-3583-3962 Er. Ved Prasad Kafle 080-1222-6008 Er. Aman Shakya 080-3588-7378 Program 9:30~ Registration starts 10:00 Program starts 10:00 Introduction of the invitees -- By Er. Ved Prasad Kafle 10:05 Introduction to NEA-JC and welcome speech -- By Er. Basanta Kumar Gautam 10:15 Introduction to the workshop program -- By Er. Akhilesh Kumar Karna 10:20 Invited speech -- By Dr. Durga Bahadur Subedi, Deputy Chief of Mission/Counselor, Embassy of Nepal in Tokyo 10:30 Special presentation: Technology transfer for infrastructure development in Nepal -- By Er. Surya Raj Acharya Session - 1 Chair: Er. Basanta Kumar Gautam 11:00 History, current status and future development of the Er. Ved P. Kafle Internet 11:20 Information sharing on the social semantic web Er. Aman Shakya 11:40 Experimental investigation of damping for stone masonry Er. Hari Parajuli 12:00-13:20 Lunch Break Session - 2 Chair: Er. Akhilesh Kumar Karna 13:20 Greater need of pre-disaster management for infrastructure Er. Netra Prakash Bhandari development and resource generation in Nepal 13:50 Three dimensional transient slope stability analysis of Er. Ripendra Awal landslide dam failure 14:10 Numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for Er. Bidur Ghimire incompressible free surface flow in porous media under forced drainage conditions Er. Netra Gyawali 14:30 नेपालको Bवुत Bवकास : अAहलेको वाःतBवकता र अबको बाटो 14:50 – 15:00 Break Session - 3 Chair: Er. Netra Prakash Bhandari 15:00 Role of Nepalese engineers abroad in infrastructure Er. Dinesh Manandhar development of Nepal 15:20 About living space of Buddhist monastery in Patan Er. Lata Shakya -- a research on living environment management for elderly of traditional city 15:40 Modeling lung deformation during breathing Er. Subas Chatkuli Session – 4 Chair : Er. Surya Raj Acharya 16:00 – 17:20 Panel Discussion Topic: Saptakoshi flooding - Could it be prevented? Panelist: Er. Netra Prakash Bhandari, Er. Dinesh Manandhar, Er. Basanta K Gautam 17:20 Closing Note: The workshop proceedings containing the above papers/presentation slides will be available on this website immediately after the completion of the workshop. Workshop Venue Location: Address: 4-2-24 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku Tokyo Nearest station: Hibiya Line Hiroo Station (Exit No. 3) http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/eki/hiro-o/map_rittai_1.html How to reach: From Shinjuku Station: Shinjuku – Ebisu ( by JR Saikyo Line or JR Yamanote Line: 10 minutes) Ebisu – Hiroo (by Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line: 2 minutes) From Tokyo Station: Tokyo Station – Kasumigaseki (by Tokyo metro Marunouchi Line: 5 minutes) Kasumigaseki – Hiro-o (by Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line: 10 minutes) Map: JICA Global Plaza Exit No. 3 Back to the workshop main page .