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ilec international symposium 2022

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Lake Ecotourism Contest
This contest will create opportunities to think about how lakes and their basins provide us
with blessings, and how we can conserve them while making wise use of them.
We also aim to develop global human resources who will present at the next Lake Conference.

＜Program＞
10:00-10:05

Opening Remarks - Walter Rast, Chair, ILEC Scientific Committee

10:05-10:10 Message from Guest of Honor – Taizo Mikazuki, Governor of Shiga
10:10-10:12

Opening Video (Ecotourism video of Lake Biwa)

10:12-10:15

Introduction of Judges- Yoshiyuki Kawato, Chair, Biwako Visitors Bureau Public Interest Incorporated Association- Yoshika Yamamoto, Professor, Heian Jogakuin (St. Agnes') College- Kayoko Kameda, Vice Director, Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum- Yoichi Nakajima, Director, Lake Biwa Conservation and Restoration Division- Ajit Kumar Pattnaik and Alejandro Juarez Aguilar, ILEC Scientific Committee

10:15-11:00

Final Judging of Lake Ecotourism Contest- Ecotourism presentations on lakes and wetlands （About threecases are presented by students in Japan）

11:00-11:10

Break11:10-12:05

Introduction of Case Studies of Ecotourism in Japan and Overseas
Overseas: Erzsébet Sitku, Lake Balaton Development Council
Jon Bruno, The International Ecotourism Society
Japan: Yuichi Maruhashi, Secretariat General, Higashiomi Ecotourism Promotion Council

Ryoichi Taniguchi, Makino Nature Observation ClubErzsébet Sitku

Jon Bruno

Yuichi Maruhashi

Ryoichi Taniguchi

12:05-12:10 Ecotourism Video Session
12:10-12:20

Judging and Awards
1 Grand Prize, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Viewer‘s Award, 2 Special Awards* Winners will be offered the opportunity to present at the 19th World Lake
Conference (Lake Balaton, Hungary).

12:20-12:30

Critique
Yoshika Yamamoto, Professor, Heian Jogakuin (St. Agnes') College; Director, ILEC

International Symposium 2022
“Fostering the Value of Lakes for Future Generations”
Through lake ecotourism around the world, we will discuss protecting the cultural, historical,
scenic, regional, and ecological values of the lakes and passing them on to the future.

＜Program＞
1:30-1:35 Remarks – Kazuhiko Takemoto, President, ILEC
1:35-2:05 Keynote Speech 1 (Online)
Speaker： Junko Owada, Doshisha University
Theme： “World Agricultural Heritage ～Lake Biwa System～”(TBD)
2:05-2:35 Keynote Speech 2 (Online)
Speaker： Thomas Schaefer, Global Nature Fund
Theme：“Ecotourism and Lake Environmental Conservation Overseas”(TBD)

Junko Owada

Thomas Schaefer

2:35-2:50 Break
2:50-4:20 Panel Discussion
Theme： “Toward Sustainable Use of Cultural Services at lakes”
Moderator： Adelina Santos-Borja, ILEC Scientific Committee
Panelist:- UNEP (Human Resource Development)- Indonesian Government (Regional Participation)“Eco-Edu-Tourism in Bali”/ Online- Michihiro Oi, Director, Water Environment Division,
Ministry of the Environment (Education, Legal System)- Shiga Prefectural Government (Policy, MLGs )：Nobuhiko Miwa, Director General, Shiga Prefectural Government- Masahisa Nakamura, Vice President, ILEC
- Sandra Azevedo, ILEC Scientific Committee
4:20-4:30 Generalize
Yasuo Takahashi, Director, ILEC

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