Celebrating
UN World Oceans Dayat ‘Sea to Summit’
Co-hosted by the Embassy of Canada to Japan
Friday, June 7, 18:30 | Oscar Peterson Theatre at the Embassy of Canada to Japan

Happy World Oceans Day!
Thank you for joining us today as we strive to Awaken New Depths from Sea to Summit.

Act 1 Theater
Welcome and Greetings: Matt Fraser, Embassy of Canada to Japan
Filmmakers’ Introduction to “A World Without Glaciers”, “Connecting 8 Oceans”:
John Flanagan, Yoshiko Yoshiba (A&E Networks Japan),Documentary Viewing “A World Without Glaciers”
Talk Session: Carole Fuchs, mountain athlete and policy specialist at British Embassy Tokyo /Christine Guilbault, Embassy of Canada to Japan
Carole will discuss her personal experience and passion for safeguarding glaciers, and will engage in a discussion
with Christine on solutions to preserve glaciers and limit climate change, including references to Canadianpolicies and efforts. They will also cover the impact of glacial melting on oceans, international commitments forthe conservation of at least 30% of the world’s oceans, and the role of the private sector and individuals.
Documentary Viewing “Connecting 8 Oceans”
Talk Session: Alana Bonzi, co-founder of SEGO Initiative (NPO) / Ai Futaki, professional freediver andphotographer, Ocean Ambassador for the Japanese Ministry of the Environment
In a free-flowing question-answer conversation that ties back to the name of the ocean-focused documentary“Connecting 8 Oceans,” Ai and Alana will talk about connections—to the water, to each other, to Japan and toCanada—and about what we can do for the ocean as well as upcoming plans.

Act 2 Library
Youth Panel Talk Session “Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate”
Youth Panel Speakers / (Lobby Stage): Mana Saza / Shiina Tsuyuki / Naru Yamagishi
Fin Lobby
Special Networking Session

SPEAKERS’ BIOS
Alana Bonzi
In Japan since 1996, Trinidadian born, Canadian, Alana, lives in Fujisawa.
She began teaching at Keio University, and completed her second Masters degree,
MBA with a research focus in corporate social responsibility.
Past interim director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Alana cofounded SEGO Initiative, a not for profit association, with Michel, her husband.
SEGO grew out of the Fujisawa Beach Cleaning Project that they had started in 2009.
They were both born in coastal areas: Nice, France for Michel and the Caribbean for Alana.
So, it was natural for them to look to the ocean and the beach as the best way toreach their aim of bringing people together and giving back to the local community.
Volunteers are mainly staff from corporate sponsors, their families and local youth.
Based 800m from the Sagami Bay coast in Fujisawa, the Project has evolved into 3 key
pillars: volunteering, public education via citizen science and art, and reconnecting to the marine environment via sailing.
Alana lives in Fujisawa with Michel. They run Soleil Provence French Language School, in Kugenuma, which also serves
as the origin and home of SEGO Initiative and Tiwal Japan.

Carole Fuchs
Double freediving Guinness World Record holder and Ocean Ambassador of theJapanese Ministry of the Environment, Ai Futaki is one of the very few people in
the world who conveys the splendors of the sea to us in various ways.
By representing the aquatic realm in a way that the world has never seen, Ai
highlights the meaning and expression of the human–water connection. Her films
are featured on television programs, commercials, and exhibitions around theglobe. In 2019, she had her first exhibition as a photographer in Madrid, and inTokyo in 2020.

Ai Futaki
Double freediving Guinness World Record holder and Ocean Ambassador of theJapanese Ministry of the Environment, Ai Futaki is one of the very few people in
the world who conveys the splendors of the sea to us in various ways.
By representing the aquatic realm in a way that the world has never seen, Ai
highlights the meaning and expression of the human–water connection. Her films
are featured on television programs, commercials, and exhibitions around theglobe. In 2019, she had her first exhibition as a photographer in Madrid, and inTokyo in 2020.

SPEAKERS’ BIOS
Christine Guilbault
Christine is serving in the Political and Economic Section of the Embassy ofCanada, covering the environment, climate change, oceans, illegal, unreportedand unregulated (IUU) fishing and the Arctic.

Mana Saza
Born in 1995. BSc from University of British Columbia, Canada. Graduated fromthe University College London, MSc Sustainable Development. Served as Global
Ambassador to Mock COP26 that put together 18 policy proposals to COP26
with environmental youth activists from 140 countries. Mock COP successfully
started the “Education Ministers Summit” with UNESCO, UNICEF, the UK and theItalian Government to push for climate education in over 20+ countries at COP26.
Participated as Japanese youth representative to COP26, 2021. Established SWiTCH
Association of Sustainability the same year. Awarded 2023 Forbes Japan 30 Under
30. Currently working to raise 1 million sustainability ambassadors towards EXPO
2025 in Osaka.

Shiina Tsuyuki
Shiina Tsuyuki spent three years in high school at Green School Bali in Indonesia,
which is known to be the world’s most eco-friendly school. She participated inCOP24 (Conference of the Parties) in Poland and COP25 in Spain. She launched
SHIINA organic for her younger sister, who has sensitive skin. In September
2019, she entered Keio University and is currently taking a leave of absence
to raise awareness of climate issues among the future generation by giving
presentations to middle school, high school, and university students in Japan.
She has delivered her story to more than 30,000 students in 180 schools.

Naru Yamagishi
Naru Yamagishi is a senior at Keio University in the Faculty of Environment andInformation Studies, specializing in SDGs and Business Strategy. In August 2023,
he established LLC Uzuri and formed a partnership with the Kenya-based NPO
Ocean Sole. They have launched a project to manufacture and sell smartphonecases made from discarded flip-flops, which were previously contributing toocean pollution.

SEGO Initiative
Michel and Alana Bonzi, Founders

SEGO grew out of our Fujisawa Beach Cleaning Project that westarted in 2009. The goal was to bring the foreign and Japanesecommunities together to give back to the local community. Based
800m from the sea in Fujisawa Japan and being both for coastal
areas originally, it was natural for us to look to the ocean andbeach as the best way for us to do so. Volunteers are mainly staff
from corporate sponsors, their families and local youth. Over time,
the Project has evolved into 3 key pillars: volunteering, public
education via citizen science and art, and reconnecting to themarine environment via sailing.

#TogetherApart ICC 2020
Due Covid-19, this year, we are doing a special Ocean Activation and Awareness with educational webinars
and the TogetherApart cleanup from Sept 19th and Sept 27th. During this period, volunteers clean close towhere they live, work or play during that period. This activity helps to reinforce the fact that 80 percent of all thetrash that reaches the sea starts its journey closer to us, on the land.

SEGO Initiative, a not-for-profit association dedicated to environmental causes,
is offering online webinar sessions as part of its educational programming toraise awareness and inspire people to take action against the issues facing theoceans and the planet.
The sessions are a lead-up to the association’s second#TogetherApart International Coastal Cleanup.
For more than a decade, SEGO Initiative has beenorganizing the Fujisawa Beach Cleaning Project/CleanS.E.A. The Project includes three pillars:•••

Volunteering with the participation of corporate,family and student volunteers
Public education via citizen science and art
Reconnecting to the marine environment that weare trying to protect via sailing

The fall cleanups are part of the International Coastal Cleanup Campaign (ICC) that is held annually in more than
100 countries. As always, all debris will be counted and results aggregated so that participants can know how muchthey have intercepted from the waste stream that inevitably leads to our oceans.
This fall programming only happens with the generous support of our corporate sponsors. But we do need yourhelp. As we expand into winter and spring programming, we would be more than happy to welcome new supporters!

To donate andsupport SEGO:

More information can be found on the Expo Mer Fujisawa
website, SEGO Initiative’s online space dedicated to sharing
inspiring artworks and featuring a diverse array of speakers
and artists who offer local, regional and global perspectives.
https://art.segoinitiative.org/sessions/Supported by:
Embassy of Canada to Japan, A+E Networks Japan, Custom Media, Jetset Inc,Wanna Gonna, La Maison Du Chocolate, Vranken Pommery Japan,
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Japan, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan