The 8th Mukaidono Safety Award is to recognize individuals or organizations that have contributed to the improvement, advancement, and dissemination of industrial safety. The winners were selected through a review by the Awards Judging Committee, which is made up of experts. An awards ceremony was then held, and the winners gave commemorative lectures on the dates and times listed below.
❒Date and time: Thursday, February 2024, 2
❒ Location: IIFES2024 Venue (Tokyo Big Sight West Hall Lecture Hall)
❒ Speakers: Individuals/Groups
①13:00-14:30 Professor Mukaidono, Chairman, Institute for Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP)
Chairman of Railway Technical Research Institute (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation), Professor Emeritus of Meiji University
②13:30-14:00 Individual/Hiroyasu Ikeda (Japan Occupational Health and Safety Agency)
③14:00-14:30 Individual/Chisato Takeuchi Rail Solutions Co., Ltd.
14:30-14:40 Break
④14:40-15:10 Group/Hiroyuki Hirano Shimizu Corporation
⑤15:10-15:40 Group/Kenichiro Hara NSK Ltd.
⑥15:40-16:10 Group/Mitsuhiko Taniguchi Toray Engineering Co., Ltd.