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GSES SUMMER SCHOOL 2021
International Environmental Leadership Program (IELP)International Joint Graduate Program in Resilience and Safety Studies (GP-RSS)

Graduate School of Environmental Studies (GSES)“Environmental Sustainability fromEnergy, Resource, and Resilience Perspectives”

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCESCHEDULELECTURE ABSTRACTSPROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Day 1
September 6, 2021

Opening remarks
Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA, Ph.D.
Professor
Dean of Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Tohoku University, Japan

Guest Lectures
Yuko SAITO, Ph. D
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Tohoku University, Japan
Title: “Resource Circulation: A Case Study of E-waste”

Seeram RAMAKRISHNA, Ph.D., TGMP
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
The National University of Singapore, Singapore
Title: “Build Back Better Materials World to Deal with the
Existential Threats to Humanity - Reimagine Materials”

Angela RAVEN ROBERTS, Ph.D.
Researcher, Department of Education
University of Oxford, UK
Title: “Risk and Resilience in the Post Pandemic Era
Ethiopia as a Case Study"

Table of Contents

Programs

Schedule

Abstracts

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Day 2
September 7, 2021
Student activities
Guest Lectures

Stephen F. COX, Ph.D.
Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences
Australian National University, Australia
Title: “Involvement of Fluids and Seismicity in Energy Production
and Mineral Resource Formation”

Christoph HILGERS, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.
Professor, Chair of Structural Geology and Tectonics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Title: “Energy and Resources in the Global Picture andGerman Context”

Day 3
September 8, 2021
Student activities
Guest Lectures

Xianlai ZENG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Environment
Tsinghua University, China
Title: “Urban Mining towards Environmental and Resource
Sustainability: Science, Technology, and Policy”

Saleem H. ALI, Ph.D.
Professor, Geography and Spatial Sciences
University of Delaware, USA
Title: “Systems Science Approach to Critical Metals Sourcing”

Closing remarks

Guido GRAUSE, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Tohoku University, JapanSCHEDULE
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September 6

September 7

September 8

10.30-11.00

Xianlai ZENG

11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-13.30
13.30-14.00
14.00-14.30

Opening remarks

Stephen F. COX

Break

14.30-15.00

Yuko SAITO

15.00-15.30
15.30-16.00

Student activity
Student activity

16.00-16.30
16.30-17.00

SeeramRAMAKRISHNA

17.00-17.30

Christoph
HILGERS

Saleem H. ALI

17.30-18.00
18.00-18.30

Angela RAVENROBERTS

Closing remarks

18.30-19.00

Table of Contents

Programs

Schedule

Abstracts

September 6

September 7

September 8

9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30

Day 1, September 6, 2021 (Monday)
Time: 14:30 - 16:00 JST

10.30-11.00

Guest Speaker

11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00“Resource Circulation: A Case Study of E-waste”
Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)

Yuko SAITO, Ph.D.
12.00-13.00

Break Professor, Graduate
Break
Associate
School of EnvironmentalBreakStudies
Tohoku University, Japan

13.00-13.30
13.30-14.00
BIO

Yuko Saito, Ph.D. obtained her Phd from Tohoku University in 2013. She received
Reception 14.00-14.15
Research Fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science from
Opening
remarks
2014 to 2016
and later
workedMC
as a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor from 201614.15-14.30
14.00-14.30
to 2020 atandtheDeanGraduate
School of Environmental
Stephen CoxStudies, Tohoku University. She iscurrently an Associate Professor at the same graduate school. Her research interests(plus Q&A)
14.30-15.00
include plastic recycling, resource recycling society system, environmental policy,
waste policy, and resource recycling policy.
15.00-15.30
15.30-16.00

Saito Yuko (plus Q&A)

Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)

ABSTRACT
Resources can be categorized as primaryor secondary
Primary
resources
Student
activity resources.
Student
activity
16.00-16.30
are metals and energy and so on resources mined from the natural world. Secondary
resources are resources obtained from products that are used and discarded in
16.30-17.00
Seeram Ramakrishna
society. The effective utilization of secondary resources is closely related to(plus Q&A)
17.00-17.30
recycling technologies and social Christophsystems, which
Hilgersvary greatly from country tocountry and region to region. In this (plussession,we willSaleem
considerstatusQ&A)of theQ&A)
H. theAli (plus
17.30-18.00
resource recycling system in Japan by comparing the European Union and Japan
using a case study of E-waste (waste electrical and electronicequipment;
Closing
remarksWEEE).
(Head
18.00-18.30
18.30-19.00

Angela Raven Roberts(plus Q&A)

of GPRSS or Prof.
Guido)

September 6

September 7

September 8

9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30

Day 1, September 6, 2021 (Monday)
Time: 16:00 - 17:30 JST

10.30-11.00
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00“Build Back Better Materials World to Deal with the
Existential Threats to HumanityXianlai- Reimagine
Materials”
Zeng (plus
Q&A)
Seeram RAMAKRISHNA, Ph.D., TGMP

12.00-13.00

Guest Speaker

Break Department of Mechanical
Break Engineering
Professor,
The National University of Singapore, Singapore

Break13.00-13.30
BIO
Seeram Ramakrishna, Ph.D., TGMP, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Chair of the Circular Economy
13.30-14.00
Taskforce at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is among the top four researchers at the NUS, andamong the top six researchers of Singapore. Highest professional distinctions include an elected Fellow of UK
Royal Academy Receptionof Engineering14.00-14.15(FREng); American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS); and many
more. He received PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK; and the GMP training from Harvard University,
Opening remarks MC
USA. He was identified among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (Thomson Reuters) and the Top 1%
and Dean
14.00-14.30
Highly Cited Researchersin 14.15-14.30
the world in materials science and cross-fields categories (Clarivate Analytics).
Stephen Cox
Microsoft Academic ranked him among the top 50 authors. He published book “Sustainability for Beginners”,(plusYou
Q&A)
14.30-15.00
Springer Nature book on Circular Economy and far more.
can read his full bio, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, andwebsite.
15.00-15.30

ABSTRACT
Inspired by the Saito
concernYuko
for humanity,
authors of 1972 book The Limits to Growth
professed
affecting the(plus Q&A)
XianlaiZengproblems(plus Q&A)
15.30-16.00
habitability of planet Earth for today’s as well as future generations. Since then they were further refined andarticulated. More recently, in the form of United Nations seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.
Student activity
Student activity
16.00-16.30
Sustainability is about reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as well as circular solid waste management to reduce
environmental pollution and waste accumulation in the nature, to protect human health, to alleviate resources
16.30-17.00
depletion and environmental deterioration, to regenerate biodiversity, and to overcome rising sea levels andSeeram Ramakrishna
extreme weathers caused by climate change for the well being of humans and preserving Earth for the future
(plus
Q&A)
generations. The climatechangearticulation gained the attention of many people. And yet only a small fraction
17.00-17.30
Christoph Hilgers
of humanity as well as capital investors are prepared to act on the sustainability solutions. Thus, sustainability
articulations in the name of carbon neutral economy,
low-carbon
circular H.
economy,and science(plusQ&A)economy,
SaleemAli (plus
Q&A) based
17.30-18.00
sustainability targets with the promise of quality living conditions, jobs and economic growth, are advocated by thegovernments and captains of industry. There are many facets and dimensions to myriad articulations. Materials are
Closing remarks (Headcentral to the humanity’s sustainability efforts. According to recent papers published in the Nature journals, about
23% of global emissions can be attributed to materials production, and the global
human madenow exceedsof GPRSS
ormassProf.
all living biomass of Earth. It is implicit to reimagine materials or build back better materials world so as to
Guido)
18.00-18.30
mitigate the existential
to thehumanity i.e. environmental degradation and biodiversity loss.
Angelathreats
Raven
Roberts(plus
Q&A)
18.30-19.00
Materials - Emissions and
Waste
BurdenModern human life is built on materials advancements and exponential consumption of them. Materials
development over the past three centuries is aimed at meeting the cost and functional performance requirements,and searching for special or unique material properties observed never before. This can be evidenced by thesignificant research investments in recent years to conceive high performance materials and intelligent materials.
Materials education at more than 20,000 higher education institutions around the world is focused on theories andclassification of materials, processing-microstructure-property relationships, and applications. Infusing materials
education with sustainability aspects is recent, and only taking place at a small number of universities. Lack ofsuitable text books and core scientific principles are often cited reasons for this situation. Going forward this isuntenable as the humanity is hard-pressed to mitigate existential threats. Hence, mainstreaming of materials
sustainability education is necessary and important.

ABSTRACT (continued)
Nature of materials in the generation of emissions and waste is underestimated. Henceforth, thematerials research and innovations should also be aimed at lowering the carbon footprint of materials andenhancing the circulaty of materials. This calls for reimagining materials from atoms and molecules, aswell as harnessing nanoscience, single atom science, and quantum science. They are in addition to eco
friendly design and materials efficiency of products, low carbon materials from renewable and local
sources, resources efficient processes, more circular end of life waste management practices while notsending waste to the poorer communities, and switching to renewable energies to eliminate or reduce thewaste and emissions at all stages. Furthermore, the traditional knowledge of materials laced withsustainability by the former civilizations has been either ignored or lost. It is valuable to systematicallyinvestigate and document the traditional knowledge of materials around the world and integrate it withthe modern science and engineering of materials.
Chemicals - Health Burden
A common thread of UN SDGs is human health and wellbeing. The World Health Organization (WHO)reports suggest that human milk or breast milk is the best source of nutrition for infants, andfurthermore, imparts enhanced protection from chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes and mental
health resilience in the adulthood too. Unfortunately, contamination of human milk with toxic chemicals
and heavy metals are reported around the world. Chemicals found in drugs and manufactured materials
and products enter the human body via all routes, which include ingestion, dermal exposure andinhalation. Chemicals accumulation in human tissues may disrupt the interdependent organ systems ofhuman body. For example, the endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs may be one of the reasons for
declining fertility rates in Europe, USA, China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. The average birth rateof Singapore was 5.8 in 1959 and now it is 1.1. The current fertility rates of USA, Japan, China, and South
Korea are 1.6, 1.34, 1.3, and 0.84, respectively.
Most chemicals come to widespread use based only on their technical, availability and cost performances.
The vast majority of these, however, were never tested for unintended human side-effects. Henceforth,
aim scientific research to develop human health friendly chemicals. Sustainable or green chemistry andadequately tested safe chemicals should only be allowed to enter market so as to ensure the resiliency ofhumanity. Efforts must be made to anticipate the human side-effects, and forestall health burden priorwidespread introduction of new chemicals and materials.
A clarion call to millions of researchers worldwide to reimagine materials or build back better materials
and tackle triple expectations of future materials together i.e. enhanced functional performance,sustainability performance, and zero-negative health effects. Ultimately, materials should not be thebottleneck for ensuring the sustainability of humanity.

September 6

September 7

September 8

10.30-11.00
11.00-11.30

Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)

11.30-12.00

Day 1, September 6, 2021 (Monday)

Break JST12.00-13.00
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
13.00-13.30
13.30-14.00

Break

Guest Speaker
Break“Risk and Resilience in the Post Pandemic Era
Ethiopia as a Case Study"

Reception
14.00-14.15
AngelaRAVEN ROBERTS, Ph.D.
Opening
remarksDepartment
MC
Researcher,of Education
Universityof Oxford, UK
and Dean
14.15-14.30
14.00-14.30
Stephen Cox
BIO
Angela Raven Roberts, Ph.D. is an independent (plusresearcher
with 30 years' global experience with United
Q&A)
14.30-15.00
Nations, NGOs, and universities specializing in humanitarian protection, resilience building and assistanceto marginalized populations, risk and vulnerability analysis in complex emergencies, etc. She holds a
15.00-15.30
Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota, a Master's degree in Social Anthropology from
Oxford University,and a Bachelor's
degree in African History andXianlai
Social Anthropology
LondonSaito Yuko
(plus Q&A)
Zeng (plusfrom
Q&A)
15.30-16.00
University School of Oriental and African Studies. Her research interests include gender and governance,
youth and childhood in emergencies; education, citizenship, and post-crisis recovery; pastoral livelihoods
Student
Student
activityin disaster16.00-16.30
in change; community-based risk reduction
systems;activity
role of national
civil services
preparedness and post-crisis recovery.
16.30-17.00

ABSTRACT Seeram Ramakrishna(plus Q&A)
17.00-17.30
The Covid-19 pandemic
was experienced as the greatest structural ‘shock’ since World War II
Christoph Hilgers
posing many challenges to social protection systems and paradigms of development across the
Q&A)
H. AliQ&A) to17.30-18.00
globe. It has also raised recurring questions(pluson theability of Saleem
governmentsand(plus
institutions
respond to global pandemics and other risk hazards with a potential for affecting multiple
communities and countries at the same time. The emergence ofClosing
a new hazards
such(Headas climate
remarkschange and now pandemic such as COVID-19 have renewed calls for a re-thinking of resilienceof GPRSS or Prof.
building, preparedness and the integration of anticipatory shock responsive mitigation measures
Guido)
18.00-18.30
into all aspects of economic and social development. This talk will review theways in which risk
Angela Raven Roberts
and resilience have been defined and informed development policies in the context of the multiple
Q&A)
18.30-19.00
hazards facing the(pluscountry.
Ethiopia is a country with a diverse population of 112 million people
practicing a range of livelihood systems adapted to different ecological and environment settings.
These systems have been and continue to be exposed to climate change which has different
impacts according to each region and geographical zone. These issues are also intertwined with ahistory of conflict and governance volatility and transitions which continue to this day. Set against
these ‘uncertainty frameworks’ the talk will examine commonly defined international agency
concepts of resilience such as ‘the abilities of countries, communities and households tomanage change by maintaining or transforming living standards in the face of shocks andstresses such as earthquakes, drought or conflict without compromising long term prospects’(DFID, UK.Gov) and explore how and whether this remains appropriate to the economic, cultural,
spiritual and psychological challenges and needs Ethiopian communities are facing today.

September 6

September 7

September 8

9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30

Day 2, September 7, 2021 (Tuesday)
Time: 13:30 - 15:00 JST

10.30-11.00
11.00-11.30

Guest Speaker

11.30-12.00“Involvement of Fluids and Seismicity in Energy
Xianlai Zeng
(plus Q&A)
Production and Mineral Resource
Formation”

12.00-13.00

StephenF. COX, Ph.D.
Break
Break

13.00-13.30

Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences
Australian National University, Australia

Break

BIO
13.30-14.00
Stephen F. Cox, Ph.D.received his PhD from Monash University, Australia. Currently an Emeritus Professor
in Research School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University. His research interests involve
deformation Reception
processes in the
Earth, particularly the links between crustal deformation processes, crustal
14.00-14.15
strength, fluid transport, and ore genesis in deforming rocks. He conducts a mix of experimental,
Opening remarks MC
field-based, microstructural, and modeling studies.
and Dean 14.15-14.30
14.00-14.30

Stephen Cox(plus Q&A)

ABSTRACT14.30-15.00
My lecture will discuss some processes associated with the migration of high-pressure fluids throughrocks at depth in the Earth’s upper crust. Firstly, I will show you that injection of pressurised fluids
15.00-15.30
into low permeability rocks typically generates seismic activity. We will see that this seismicity isdifferent from the mainshock-aftershock type of seismicity that many of you may have experienced
Saito Yuko (plus Q&A)
Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)
15.30-16.00
Involvement of fluids and seismicity in energy production and mineral resource formation. Fluid
injection typically generates swarms of mostly small earthquakes. Engineered injection experiments
Student
activity
mostly have durations of days and comprisesequencesof thousandsStudent
to tens activityof thousands of
16.00-16.30
microearthquakes. Natural, injection-driven earthquake swarms are identical to engineered injection
experiments, but can last for periods ranging from a few days to a few years. I will illustrate recurring,
16.30-17.00
SeeramRamakrishna
natural swarm
seismicity
from Hakone caldera. In this case, the source of deep pressurised H2O/CO2
fluidsisamagmachamber
deep beneath Hakone volcano.
(plus
Q&A)
17.00-17.30

Christoph Hilgers

I will give you examples of engineered, deep fluid injection experiments that were conducted forQ&A) and Europe.
Saleem(pluswhy
Q&A)
17.30-18.00
geothermal energy exploration and production(plusin Australia
We H.
willAli
explorethese
experiments have, so far, failed as a source of sustainable energy production. We will also note various
other applications and hazards associated with deep injection, or “fracking”
Closingprocesses,
remarksperformed(Head forenhanced hydrocarbon recovery, natural gas production from “tight” shales, CO2 sequestration andof GPRSS or Prof.
wastewater disposal. We will see how fluid injection can apparently trigger larger than expected,
Guido)
18.00-18.30
damaging earthquakes (eg, 2017 Mw 5.5 Pohang earthquake, South Korea).

Angela Raven Roberts

Secondly, I want to show you how some mineral deposits form as a result of natural injection of(plus Q&A)
18.30-19.00
high-pressure fluids that have escaped from very hot, deep crustal fluid reservoirs via active fault
zones. I will illustrate natural hydrofracking using examples of “orogenic” type gold deposits thatformed at depths of 10 -20 km and at temperatures of 250°C to 400°C in the Earth’s crust. Some ofthese deposits formed as much as 2650 million years ago. Findings from engineered injection
experiments are providing new insights about how quickly these gold deposits form, how long they taketo form, and the volumes of fluids involved in ore formation.

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September 7

September 8

9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30

Day 2, September 7, 2021 (Tuesday)
10.30-11.00
Time: 16:30 - 18:00 JST
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00
12.00-13.00

Guest Speaker“Energy and Resources in the Global Pictureand German Context”
Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)

Christoph HILGERS, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.

Professor,
Geology and Tectonics Break
Break Chair of StructuralBreakKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

BIO

13.00-13.30
Christoph Hilgers, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. is full professor for Structural Geology and Tectonics andexecutive director of the Institute of Applied Geosciences at KIT. His interests are energy systems,
13.30-14.00
raw-material efficiency, reservoir quality prediction, transnational higher education as well as process- andstrategy analyses. After his studies of Geology at RWTH Aachen University and Applied Structural Geology &Rock MechanicsReception
at Imperial 14.00-14.15
College London, he worked as researcher at RWTH Aachen before moving to
Quality Management& Metrology,
MechanicalEngineering at WZL. Here he designed and planned GUtech
Opening
remarksMC
as subsidiary of OES LLC, which he then set-up and managed in Muscat, Oman. He later became professor
and Dean 14.15-14.30
14.00-14.30
of Reservoir-Petrology at RWTH Aachen University
before moving
StephenCox to KIT in 2016. He is a member of several
professional and interdisciplinary boards such as the State’s ThinkTank Industrial Resources Strategies,(plus
Q&A) of the up- and downstream industry DGMK,
14.30-15.00
RawMaterialsKnowledge e.V., the national scientificassociation
among others. Link to his full profile is here.
15.00-15.30

ABSTRACT

Saito Yuko (plus Q&A)
Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)
15.30-16.00
The energy transition towards net-zero is pushed forward by many countries to reduce anthropogenic CO2
emissions. This is expected to become a global transition from fossil energies, currently covering about 80% ofStudent
activity
StudentAdditionally,
activity hydrogenthe world’s energy, to renewable energies suchas wind,solar and geothermal.
16.00-16.30
generated from renewables and other sources may act as a storage of energy generated by fluctuating windand solar, as well as being an important molecule for chemical and industrial processes. While several
16.30-17.00
Seeramcountries promote
nuclearRamakrishnaenergy, this will be (among other energy types) phased out in Germany.
(plus
17.00-17.30
Growing world population
andQ&A)
increasing global wealth will further increase energy and raw material demand,
Christoph Hilgers
amplified by the energy transition. The supply of raw materials is challenged by the required volumes, theSaleem H.
Alinatural(plusresources
Q&A) and17.30-18.00
necessary higher rates of extraction and the costs(plusof rawQ&A)
materials, considering
both
recycling.
Closing
remarks(Head
Since the energy plants for renewables require higher volumes of raw
materials
per generated
MW, thedemand and thus exploration and mining will significantly increase. Additionally,
the interim
storage of largeof GPRSSor Prof.
renewable energy volumes such as hydrogen, heat and cold, as well as CO2 sequestration and geothermal
Guido)
18.00-18.30
energy lies subsurface.
the energy
transition is a geological and engineering challenge.
AngelaThus,
Raven
Roberts
Although more and moreelements(plusQ&A)become critical, the supply of raw materials is not limited by geological18.30-19.00
scarcity but faces several aspects summarized as STEEPLE-analysis. Besides geological aspects this covers S =socio-cultural, T = technological, E = economic, E = ethical, P = political, L = legal and E = environmental
aspects.
For applied geology, such energy transition towards net-zero is thus a transition from exploration andproduction of the energy raw materials natural gas, oil and coal towards increased metal exploration required
for renewable energy plants, subsurface storage and geothermal energy. Geology may also contribute to raw
material quality assurance, recycling, and certification of supply chains including STEEPLE aspects.
Here, I present some aspects of the energy transition, addressing the approach taken in Germany and ageologist’s global view.

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September 7

September 8

9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30

Day 3, September 8, 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:30 - 12:00 JST

10.30-11.00
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00

Guest Speaker“Urban Mining towards Environmental and Resource
Xianlai Zeng
(plus
Q&A)
Sustainability: Science, Technology,
andPolicy”

12.00-13.00

Xianlai
Break ZENG, Ph.D. Break

13.00-13.30

Associate Professor, School of Environment
Tsinghua University, China

Break

BIO
Xianlai Zeng, Ph.D. studied urban mining, metal sustainability, and circular economy
as associate professor at Tsinghua University. He was Fulbright visiting fellow in Yale
Reception 14.00-14.15
from 2018 to 2019. He ever worked as technical advisor of United Nations
Opening remarks MC
Development Programme (2015), visiting staff of Coventry University (2012), andand Dean 14.15-14.30
14.00-14.30
visiting professor of Macquarie University
Stephen(2017).
Cox Regarding urban mining, heestablished the method to measure therecyclability
and recycling of e-waste, and
(plus
Q&A)
14.30-15.00
developed many key pilot processes to recover metals. Regarding metal
15.00-15.30
sustainability, he also established some methods to identify the sustainableutilization of metals (e.g., lithium, cobalt, nickel, lead, tin, and gallium). In waste
Saito Yuko (plus Q&A)
Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)
15.30-16.00
recycling and circular economy areas, Prof. Zeng has published around 100 articles,
patents, and books.
Student activity
Student activity
13.30-14.00

16.00-16.30

16.30-17.00
ABSTRACT

Seeram Ramakrishna
An increasingly (plusmultitudeQ&A)of underground mineral resources are being transferred
17.00-17.30
into products and waste, which in Christoph
turn can beHilgers
an anthropogenic resource or urban
Q&A) as Saleem
H. Ali (plus
Q&A)formineral. Urban mining has been (plusrecognized
an importantsolution
17.30-18.00
environmental and resource sustainability. This talk will involve many disciplines
Closing
remarks(Headcovering environmental science and engineering, industrial
ecology,green chemistry,
GPRSS
or Prof.
sustainability science, and earth science. The urban mining ofstory
on what,why, how,
Guido)and next direction from science and technology to policy andindustry will be
18.00-18.30
AngelaRaven
Roberts
addressed in detail. The seminar presentation will take around one hour.
18.30-19.00(plus Q&A)

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September 7

September 8

9.00-9.30
9.30-10.00
10.00-10.30

Day 3, September 8, 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 16:30 - 18:00 JST

10.30-11.00

Guest Speaker

11.00-11.30
11.30-12.00“Systems Science Approach to Critical Metals
Xianlai Zeng (plus Q&A)
Sourcing”

12.00-13.00

Break H. ALI, Ph.D.
BreakSaleem13.00-13.30

Professor, Geography and Spatial Sciences
University of Delaware, USA

Break

13.30-14.00

BIO
Saleem H. Ali, Ph.D. is the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professorship in Energy and the
Reception 14.00-14.15
Environment at the University of Delaware, and is also a Senior Fellow at Columbia
remarks
MC Investment. His research focuses on environmental
University'sOpening
Center on
Sustainable
and Dean
14.15-14.30
security, climate
diplomacy
and industrial ecology, particularly involving extractive
14.00-14.30
Stephen Cox
industries. Professor Ali's fieldwork experience has spanned over 100 countries on six(plusa Q&A)
14.30-15.00
continents for which he has also been named
National Geographic Explorer and a Young
Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His books include Treasures of the Earth:15.00-15.30
Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future, (Yale Univ. Press) and Environmental Diplomacy(with Lawrence
OxfordUniv. Press), as well as over
120 Zeng
peer reviewed
journal
Saito Susskind,
Yuko (plus
Q&A)
Xianlai(plus Q&A)
15.30-16.00
articles. Professor Ali received his doctorate in Environmental Planning from MIT, a Master's
degree in Environmental Studies from Yale
University,
degreein Chemistry
Student
activityand Bachelor's
Student
activity
16.00-16.30
from Tufts University (summa cum laude). He is a citizen of Australia, Pakistan and theUnited States. You may review his full bio here.
16.30-17.00

Seeram Ramakrishna
ABSTRACT(plus Q&A)
17.00-17.30

Christoph Hilgers

My talk will be on Systems Science (plus
Approach
ThisQ&A)to Critical
SaleemMetals
H. Ali Sourcing.
(plus Q&A)
17.30-18.00
presentation will consider the importance of systems science approaches to environmental
impact assessment with a comparison of minerals from terrestrial and oceanic sources. I
Closing remarks (Headwould recommend the students read following articles:of GPRSS or Prof.
Guido)investment in
18.00-18.30●
A model for “smart” mineral enterprise development for spurring
Angela Raven Roberts
climate change mitigation technology(plus Q&A)
18.30-19.00●
Life cycle climate change impacts of producing battery metals from land ores versus
deep-sea polymetallic nodules