This event is to commemorate our world class geologist upon his 38-years of service and upcoming retirement after long serving to the society. He has been contributing significantly to the profesional development, capacity building, research and innovation including Malaysia.

Professor Chigira is the member of Science Council of Japan, the executive board of Japan Landslide Society, Japan Society of Engineering Geology, and was the president of the Japan Society for Engineering Geology. With 16 years experience in the industry and 22 years in the academic world, so much we could learn/re-learn and deepen our understanding.

For your information, he is currently a visiting professor to Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program offered by Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur, in which DRM program is highly supported by Japanese University Consortium (JUC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He is also an international fellow to SEADPRI UKM since 2000 and quite active in the publication related to geology and geohazards in Malaysia.

This special lecture freely opens to all geologists and geoscientists in Malaysia and ASEAN. A tribute speech is to inspire our profesionals, geologists and geoscientists especially the young one & his long serving experience is very valuable to be shared with our future leaders and generations.

This intellectual discourse, which will be co-organized with the support of BoG, IGM, JMG, SEGRM & GSM and universities (UKM, UTP, UMK, UPM, USM, UNITEN, UMT, etc.) will be a great platform for all BoG/IGM members, JMG officers, professionals, practitioners, and scientific communities to better communicate, exchange views, insights and ideas for the benefit of our society.

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