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June 14, 2016
Forum8.Co, Ltd.
FORUM8 will conduct a disaster prevention seminar in Taipei, Shanghai and Seoul.
Prof. Galea, an authority on evacuation analysis will be invited and introduce the latest functions of EXODUS and collaborated cases with VR.

In June, FORUM8 (2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku,Tokyo. President Yuji Ito.
URL: http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/) will conduct a disaster prevention seminar in three cities in Asia; Taipei, Shanghai and Seoul. An authority on the evacuation analysis, Prof. Edwin R. Galea (The Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG), Greenwich University, UK) will be invited and explain the latest functions and cases of the evacuation / fire analysis soft EXODUS/SMARTFIRE. The new functions of UC-win/Road and various disaster prevent solutions which take advantage of VR will also be introduced and demonstrated.

EXODUS/SMARTFIRE is a simulation system that was developed by FSEG of the University of Greenwich to evaluate the behavior and movement of people at normal times and in case of emergency. It has been used for fire or evacuation analysis of a lot of major institutes such as London Millennium Dome or Sydney Olympic Stadium. This model tracks the path of each individuals to evacuate the room and the analysis results will be shown in VR by the simulation function of UC-win/Road.

At FORUM8 Design Festival 2015, Prof. Galea has described his observations about evacuation measures in big cities in the lecture "Evacuation Analysis of a Large-Scale Event", mentioning the cases of November 2015 Paris attacks and Tokyo Olympic 2020 . He will kindly provide the latest information including these researches and developments in this seminar.

[EXODUS/SMARTFIRE Asia Seminar]   
Taipei   June 20, 2016 (Mon) 13:30 - 16:30
Venue : TheOkura Prestige Taipei
Contact : info-taiwan@forum8.com FORUM8 Taiwan
Shanghai   June 22 (Wed) 13:30 - 17:00
Venue : InterContinental Shanghai
Contact : info-china@forum8.com
FORUM8 Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Seoul   June 24 (Fri) 13:30 - 17:35 / Party 17:40 -
Venue : Millennium Seoul Hilton
Contact : F8seoul@forum8.com FORUM8 KOREA

[Contents]
-Introduction of the latest functions and cases of the evacuation analysis soft (by Prof. Galea)
-Introduction of the collaborated cases of EXODUS/SMARTFIRE and UC/win Road
-VR solutions and disaster prevent solution
-Demonstration of the new functions of UC/win Road Ver. 11
*There is also scheduled a study case presentation by user in Shanghai, a lecture about disaster prevention by specialists in Seoul.

Example of evacuation model (vrEXODUS):
 "Big Hat" a large scale multipurpose arena
Consideration and way
 of elevator use
Visualization of evacuation analysis results of high-rise office building by    UC/win Road (when elevators and escalators are used)

[Related Information]
EXODUS/SMARTFIRE Asia Seminar
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/seminar-e.htm
Evacuation analysis soft EXODUS/SMARTFIRE
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/shokai/ex-sf-e.htm
Speech material by Prof. Galea. FORUM8 Design Festival 2015 "Evacuation Analysis of a Large-Scale Event" - Using 2020 Tokyo Olympics as an Example of Evaucation Proposals -
http://www.forum8.co.jp/fair/image/design-fes2015/03_general/03-general-s01.pdf
3D real time VR software UC-win/Road
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/ucwin-road-e1.htm


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