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
St. Gallen, March 2012. The World Resources Forum 2009 was organized as a two site-conference, simultaneously connecting two countries (Switzerland and Japan). A recently published scientific article concludes that the use of advanced videoconferencing technology was a tool to reduce intercontinental conference travel and thus travel-related GHG emissions.
