WRF Symposium Nagoya

Parallel to the World Resources Forum in Davos a similar event was held in Nagoya, Japan.

The two congress sites were connected via video-conferencing technology.

 

Symposium on Sound Recycling Society and Biodiversity for Future Generation in Aichi-Nagoya

 

Date: Sept 16, 2009

Time: 10:30 - 15:00 (Japan local time)

Venue: Nagoya University, Japan

 

 

Program:
 

10:30-10:40 Welcome address: Prof. Tsuneo MATSUI, Director of EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University

 

10:40-11:20 Keynote address: Ms.Keiko OMORI, Director,Office of Sound Material-cycle Society,Ministry of the Environment Japan

 

11:20-12:00 Plenary lecture: Professor Hiroyuki MATSUDA, Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University

 

12:00-13:00 Lunch break

 

13:00-15:00 Panel discussion

Chair: Prof. Kiichiro HAYASHI, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University
 

Panel speakers: 

• Mr. Toshio FUJII, Director-General of Department of the Environment, Aichi prefecture government
• Mr. Masashi KATO, Former Director of Environmental Affairs Bureau, Nagoya City government
• Ms.Konoe FUJIMURA, Japan Association of Environment and Society for the 21st Century
• Ms.Keiko OMORI, Director, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan (keynote speaker)
• Prof. Hiroyuki MATSUDA, Yokohama National University (plenary lecture speaker) 

15:00-15:30 Break

 

15:30-19:30 Video-transmission from Davos

 

18:00-18:15 Input from Aichi-Nagoya to Davos by Professor Kiichiro HAYASHI, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University