5. Symposia and Other Related Events
5.1. International Forum for Green Asia
The Green Asia Program have organized an annual international forum, International Forum forGreen Asia. This forum provides an opportunity to learn, consider, and discuss current global issues
about environment, resource, economy, society, technology, and so on. In addition, this forum
strongly relates to International Exercise B (see II 3.5 (2)), and the Green Asia course students in the
3rd to 5th years (corresponding to the doctoral course students) must give a poster presentation about
their research results in this forum as well as participate the Student Session (group discussion andpresentation about a pre-selected issue) to receive credits of International Exercise B. Particularly,
the 4th-year students must also design, plan, prepare, and conduct this forum as a task forInternational Exercise B2.
(1) International Forum for Green Asia 2014
On November 28 and 29, 2014, we organized the International Forum for Green Asia 2014 at
the Chikushi campus. This forum was held as a combination of two seminars: the annualinternational seminar of the Green Asia Program and the annual IGSES Seminar organized by theInterdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (IGSES) same as last. This year, thePoster Session and the Student Session by the students began, which relates to International Exercise
B.
In the afternoon of the November 28, after the opening remarks by Prof. Hideharu Nakashima,
Dean of the IGSES, Prof. Jun Tanimoto, Vise-Coordinator of the Green Asia Program, explained thepurpose of this forum, and then Prof. Akira Harata, Coordinator of the Green Asia Program,introduced the program. Subsequently, two invited speakers who actively conducted research andeducation in universities provided lectures. Prof. Tetsuo Hayashi (IGSES, Kyushu University)
explained about simulation for warmer environment of houses. Dr. Mitsuaki Ueda (Institute ofAdvanced Research and Education, Doshisha University) introduced activities in the Program for
Leading Graduate Schools of Doshisha University, “Global Resource Management”. Then, theGreen Asia course students in the 3rd year (corresponding to the 1st year of the doctoral coursestudents) and students who had joined the Green Asia Program as a research assistant (GA-RAstudents) reported findings of their researches in the Poster Session. While only 14 students gave thepresentation, participants had active discussions.
At the session in the morning of November 29, two keynote lectures were conducted. Prof.
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare described a current state of and issues regarding resource development andenvironment in Africa. Mr. Seiichiro Ikeda (Vice President, CHIYODA Corporation/Board Director
and Project Operations Manager, CHIYODA CCC Engineering Ltd.) introduced overseas expansionof CHIYODA Corporation as an engineering company.
In the afternoon, the Student Session was held (Table 2-27). All students of the Green Asia
Program and the GA-RA students were divided into four groups beforehand, and appointed groupleaders determined a discussion topic for each group. In the session, they discussed and debatedabout such topics, and then presented the conclusion. The Student Session and the Poster Session
were conducted as part of International Exercise B of the Green Asia Program and International
Exercise of the Global COE Program “Novel Carbon Resource Sciences”, which co-hosted theforum.
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Table 2-27. Discussion Themes in the Student Session in International Forum for Green Asia 2014
GroupThemes, Keywords, and Points
ABCD

Resource, Development and Conservation
1. How to be connected to each other.
2. Development and conservation, which has the priority?
3. How to achieve the balanced use and growth without pollution.
Heat Transfer Types for Passive Solar Home System
1. Solar energy
2. Convective heat transfer
3. Radiative heat transfer
4. Passive solar building design
Life, Education, Economy and Water Problems
1. What is water issue particularly in developing country?
2. Why dose those kind of problem exist? For example, the reason for flood occurring.
3. What is the role of government and international organization, such as WHO, JICA, in
this problem?
How to Manage the (Natural) Resources in Developing Countries?
1. Poverty-environmental linkages
2. Rural livelihoods and natural resources degradation
3. Environmental education policy

Photo 2-22. International Forum for Green Asia 2014: Keynote Lectures by Prof. Kwadwo Osseo-Asare,and Mr. Seiichiro Ikeda (upper left and right, respectively), Poster Session (lower left), and Group Photo(lower right)

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Figure 2-8.
2-9. Poster of the International Forum for Green Asia 201480

We also held the annual International Advisory Board Meeting (III 1.1 (1)) during thediscussion and debate time in the Student Session, and reported to professors from six overseas core
partner institutions on current activities and future plans of the program.
The forum had more than a hundred participants from inside and outside Japan, and wasconsidered a success. While we conducted this forum only in English without introducing
Japanese-English simultaneous translation, we did not have a particular problem.
(2) International Forum for Green Asia 2015
On November 27, 2015, we organized the International Forum for Green Asia 2015 at theChikushi campus. In the past two years, the forum was held as a one-and-a-half-day joint seminar
between the annual international seminar of the Green Asia Program and the annual IGSES Seminarorganized by the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (IGSES). However, thisyear, the forum was held independently and the term was also shortened.
In the morning session, three invited speakers from overseas core partner institutions of theGreen Asia Program provided lectures. Dr. Kyaw Thu (National University of Singapore) explained
basic concepts for gas adsorption systems and their industrial utilization. Prof. Taweechai
Amornsakchai (Mahidol University, Thailand) introduced recycling use of pineapple waste as anexample of recycling waste of natural polymers. Finally, Prof. Rudy Sayoga Gautama (InstitutTeknologi Bangdung, Indonesia) talked about problems derived from discharged water of acid minesand solution approaches for them.
In the afternoon, the Poster Session and the Student Session were held as part of International
Exercise B. In the Poster Session, 20 Green Asia course students in the 3rd and 4th years in total(corresponding to D1 and D2 students) presented the findings of their researches, and answeredquestions actively. In the Student Session, all Green Asia course students divided into six groups,
and discussed themes that the six 4th-year students determined preliminary as a leader of each group(Table 2-28). After discussion, representative(s) of each group gave an oral presentation the results.
Since the students prepared themes related to three invited lectures of the morning session, thestudents could also get valuable advices from the invited speakers. And this session was also chairedby a 4th-year student.
This forum had 113 participants from inside and outside Japan, and was considered a success.

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Photo 2-23. International Forum for Green Asia 2015: Invited Lectures by Dr. Kyaw Thu (upper left),Prof. Taweechai Amornsakchai (upper right), and Prof. Rudy Sayoga Gautama (middle left), PosterSession (middle right), and Group Discussion (lower left) and Oral Presentation (lower right) of theStudent Session

Photo 2-24. Group Photo of the International Forum for Green Asia 201582

Table 2-28. Discussion Themes in the Student Session in International Forum for Green Asia 2015
Group (Chair)
Topics for discussion
A1 (Shinji Matsumoto)A2 (Hiroshi Akamine)

B1 (Takanori Hanada)
B2 (Yusei Masaki)

C1 (Tsuyoshi Sato)
C2 (Hiroki Gima)

The mining of certain minerals, including gold, copper, and nickel, isassociated with acid drainage problems that can cause long-term
impairment to waterways and biodiversity. Furthermore, some effluents
generated by the metals mining industry contain large quantities of toxic
substances, such as cyanides and heavy metals, which have serious humanhealth and ecological implications.
How can we minimize its environmental impact?
The increased concern for the security of the oil supply and the negative
impact of fossil fuels on the environment, particularly greenhouse gas
emissions, has put pressure on society to find renewable fuel alternatives.
Do you think that the Bio-ethanol produced from sugar or grain (starch) isa sustainable fuel?
Water was supplied to a limited number of consumers in Singapore. As
population grew, new sources of water supply had to be found.
Do you think that the desalinated seawater can be used for solving aproblem?

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Figure 2-10. Poster of the International Forum for Green Asia 201584