Program[Day 1] Friday, October 16, 2009
10:00 - 12:00

Opening Ceremony
Opening Speech:
Address:
Guest Speech:
Special Speech:

Juro Saito (Chair, GEA)
H.I.H. the Crown Prince, Naruhito
Yukio Hatoyama (Prime Minister, Japan)
Emil Salim (President’s Council of Advisors, Indonesia;
Former Minister of the Environment)

12:00 - 13:00

Luncheon

13:00 - 14:30

Session 1: Toward a Low-Carbon Society: Shared Vision and Actions
Shared vision and actions toward low-carbon society; Green New Deal and Green Economy, Technolog y transfer todeveloping countries to realize a Low-Carbon SocietyLeadoff & Chair: Hiroshi Ohki (Director General, GEA)
Facilitator: Myung Ja Kim(Former Minister of the Environment, Korea; COB, Green Korea 21 Forum)
Keynote Speeches: Bindu N. Lohani (Vice President of F&A, ADB)
Ernst R. Ligteringen (Chief Executive, GRI)

Tadahiro Mitsuhashi

Free Discussion(Professor, Faculty of Policy Informatics, Chiba University of Commerce)

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee Break

14:45 - 16:15

Session 2: Innovative Technology Development and Dissemination of
Existing Advanced Technologies: Part I
Development of innovative technologies on energ y supply; Technologies on biomass and Zero emission technologies
Facilitator: Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira (Assistant Director, UNU-IAS)
Keynote Speeches: Peter Hennicke (Former President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate,Environment and Energy)
Kenji Yamaji (Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo)

Free Discussion

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 18:00

Session 3: Innovative Technology Development and Dissemination ofExisting Advanced Technologies: Part II
Low-emission Vehicles; Environmentally sound transport systems and Eco-housing
Facilitator:

Hironori Hamanaka(Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES; Professor, Keio University)Keynote Speeches: Yoshitsugu Hayashi(Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University)
Bernard Delmas (President and CEO, Nihon Michelin Tire Co., Ltd.)
Shuzo Murakami (Chief Executive, BRI)

Free Discussion
19:00 - 20:30
 |Welcome Reception (hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Iikura Guesthouse)[Day 2] Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:00 - 10:45

Session 4: Financing for a Low-Carbon Society
Funding mechanisms to address climate change, Global Environmental Taxation, and Emission Trading Systems(international)
Facilitator: Bindu N. Lohani (Vice President of F&A, ADB)
Keynote Speeches: Henry Derwent CB (President and CEO, IETA)

Young-Woo Park

(Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, UNEP)
Takejiro Sueyoshi (Special Advisor, Finance Initiative, UNEP)

Yannick Glemarec(UNDP-GEF Executive Coordinator & Director of Environmental Finance,
Environment & Energy Group, BDP)

Free Discussion
10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00

Session 5: Lifestyle Reforming toward a Low-Carbon Society
Carbon footprint; Carbon offset; Carbon account; Environmental Education and NGO Activities
Facilitator:

Shigeyuki Okajima(Executive Director, JEEF; Professor, Otsuma Women’s University)
Keynote Speeches: Vinya Ariyaratne(Executive Director, The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sri Lanka)

Mary Evelyn Tucker(Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University)

Kimiko Kozawa(Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Gakugei University; Professor, Tokai University)

Free Discussion
13:00 -Luncheon

14:30 - 16:00

Wrap-up Session
Report from each Session Facilitators| 