MarketPlace

The MarketPlace will showcase enterprises or organizations implementing adaptation actions and have the innovative and advanced adaptation technologies, services or products in the Asia and Pacific region. It will be a suitable area to meet up with other Forum participants, network, review materials and publications and product displays. Exhibitors and Forum participants will be encouraged to use recycled or reused design components.

List of Exhibitors:

Alpha Technology Co., Ltd.     
A device with an LED sign display and a mobile telephone network module that can receive natural disaster information (hard rain, tsunami, fire) by issuing an alarm and indicating the direction for escape. This technology is expected to develop as a new early warning system to strengthen soft infrastructure for disaster reduction.

AMCON INC.
Extreme weather including precipitation fluctuation sometimes causes overfloat of the drainage and increase of natural disasters like flooding and landslides. Minimizing the effects of these incidents requires a more efficient way of sludge treatment. Problems with sludge handling can be improved using technology by AMCON INC. This is innovative and pioneering dewatering equipment, VOLUTE DEWATERING PRESS is unique with its non-clogging structure, low operational and maintenance cost, low water consumption and small footprint. More than 3,000 units have been installed in as many as 71 countries.

Challenergy Inc. / SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation    
Challenergy Inc. is the Japanese start-up that developed the world first wind turbine, Magnus VAWT which can harness energy from the extreme wind such as typhoons and hurricanes. SKY Perfect JSAT is Japan and Asia’s largest satellite operator which owns 17 satellites. The electricity and communication are those which are easily disrupted by natural disasters, especially in the remote areas such as islands or mountainsides where the basic infrastructures are usually not well-equipped. By integrating those two technologies, Challenergy is able to provide “uninterrupted Electricity and Communication” even during and after typhoons.

Challenge Co., Ltd.    
Challenge Co., Ltd. was established in April 2009. Our mainstay business fields cover disaster prevention/mitigation and crime prevention. President Kazuo Sasaki has worked in infocomm technology at NTT for many years and aims to contribute to society through advanced technologies from Japan. We excel in planning and development capabilities as well as in exploring realization of advanced products and systems. We develop/manufacture the sensor alarm device, in order to increase resilience for disaster protection and alleviate damage from emergency issue and related seismic traumas.

Farmdo Group    
"Farm Do" has developed the original automatic cropping system which is not easily affected by the climate change. This integrated greenhouse system controlling soil moisture, CO2 gas and temperature which are necessary requirement for plant growing, can help support agricultural production management so that it is not significantly affected by climate change. The pilot projects which use this system also introduced the Solar Farm Ⓡ certification in Japanese, which also supports and promotes co-benefits for both adaptation and mitigation, with positive linkages to adaptation finance.

Japan Bosai Platform    
Japan Bosai Platform (JBP) is the focal point of DRR technology in Japan. We are an association of Japanese private companies with leading "bosai" solutions. Our goal is to make society disaster-resilient and sustainable by sharing Japanese "Bosai" solutions with the world. JBP’s strength lies in the cooperation and wide-ranging technologies of its more than 100 member companies and organizations. Unlike a private company, our neutrality enables us to respond rapidly with optimized solutions. We are helping countries around the world to invest before disasters to save lives and strengthen their economies.

KAWASHIMA CO., LTD.         
Many developing countries are vulnerable against drought and water shortage due to poor water infrastructure and capacity for its management, which cause significant problems in agricultural production. With this, more sustainable and ecological agricultural technologies with less chemical fertilization is required. "Kawashima" proposes a technology certificated in "Kyoto Protocol" for better quality organic compost, which introduces new screw type compost plant and use a recycling system of organic waste and agricultural waste with lower costs. Organic materials produced in the system contributes to increased resilience and makes agriculture more sustainable.

Kokusai Kogyo      
Kokusai Kogyo's international consulting, which began in the 1960's, now services over 30 countries every year. The fields in which it operates have diversified to include geospatial information, forestry, disaster risk reduction, energy, water and sanitation, agriculture, urban development and others. Regardless of the country or field in which it operates, Kokusai Kogyo's philosophy has been, "If you stretch, you can reach it. That's where real development comes from." As a group of development-minded professionals, Kokusai Kogyo is helping developing countries take their first steps in development work on their own.

NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
The National Institute for Environmental Studies is Japan’s only research institute that undertakes a broad range of environmental research in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive manner. The NIES is now developing the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Platform (AP-PLAT) which aims to serve as the online go-to place for climate change risk information to support effective climate risk management through adaptation. Our mission is to support the national and local governments, businesses, and individuals to consider the adaptation measures to climate change, to collect and arrange scientific knowledge (observation data, climate projections, and impact projections) in the Asia-Pacific Region, and to promote information sharing among stakeholders in cooperation with Asian countries.

NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
The National Institute for Environmental Studies is Japan’s only research institute that undertakes a broad range of environmental research in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive manner. The NIES is now developing the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Platform (AP-PLAT) which aims to serve as the online go-to place for climate change risk information to support effective climate risk management through adaptation. Our mission is to support the national and local governments, businesses, and individuals to consider the adaptation measures to climate change, to collect and arrange scientific knowledge (observation data, climate projections, and impact projections) in the Asia-Pacific Region, and to promote information sharing among stakeholders in cooperation with Asian countries.

Republic of Palau

SEARCA
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is one of the 21 regional centers of excellence of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO). Founded on 27 November 1966, SEARCA is mandated to strengthen institutional capacities in agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia through graduate scholarship, research and development, and knowledge management. It serves 11 SEAMEO member countries, namely: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. SEARCA is hosted by the Government of the Philippines on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in Laguna, Philippines. It is supported by donations from SEAMEO member and associate member states, other governments, and various international donor agencies. SEARCA also serves as APAN’s sub-regional node for Agriculture.

TOA Corporation    
TOA is a Japanese public-address system (PAS) manufacturer. Our PAS is commonly adopted for the front end of Early Warning system especially coast side in Japan. We focus to optimize intelligibility and clarity of public announcements by using long coverage type speakers and audio simulation software. Our PAS are widely used from pre-disaster stage to post-disaster stage to provide necessary information for resident people at each stage of the disaster.

TOSHIBA PLANT SYSTEM    
In response to the recent reduction in the environmental, we have exhibited a Hybrid Power Generation System using Renewable Energy Generation + Batteries for existing diesel engine generation in islands, and we have introduced the efficiency operation and demand adjustment of electricity supply by EMS (Energy Management System).

Weathernews Inc.    
Weathernews, as the world's largest weather company, utilizes the meteorological forecasting technology and climate statistical analysis technology consolidated over the past 30 years to build weather and climate related big data, and to provide risk reducing services for markets impacted by recent abnormal weather and climate change such as water resource management or agricultural weather market.

YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD.    
An increase in flood caused by climate change will make the pollution of the water source and the deterioration of the health condition of the people worse, and inhibit socioeconomic development. "Yamaha Clean Water System" is one way of solving these problems by supplying 8000 liters of purified water per day from surface water such as river by slow sand filtration, optionally with a solar PV system for off-grid areas. Its easy maintenance and low running cost enable local operation by villagers.