List of ParticipantsCommemorative Speech

Keynote Speech (Video Message)

YOSHINO Akira

Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation
Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (2019)

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Under-Secretary-General, United Nations (UN)
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Chair of the Conference

KOIZUMI Shinjiro

Minister of the Environment
Member, House of Representatives, Japan

Oﬃcial Participants■ International

Inger ANDERSENTAKEMOTO Kazuhiko

Visiting Professor, UNU Institute for the
Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Project Professor, the University of Tokyo(Alphabetical Order)
Online Participation

Keith ALVERSONDirector, UNEP International Environmental
Technology Centre (IETC)

Online Participation

Yannick GLEMAREC

Executive Director, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Online Participation

Thomas PANELLA

Chief, Water Sector Group,
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Online Participation

BERNADIA Tjandradewi

Secretary-General, United Cities and Local
Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC)

Michael NORTON

Environment Programme Director,
European Academics’ Science Advisory
Council (EASAC)

Paul PERRINIAUX

President, Nihon Michelin Tire Co., Ltd.

Jörg RAUPACH-SUMIYA

Helene von REISFUTAMIYA Masaya

HIRABAYASHI Yukiko

Professor, International Management,College of Business Administration,
Ritsumeikan UniversityPresident/ CEO & CSO, IKEA JAPAN K.K.

■ DomesticChair, Committee on Responsible
Business Conduct & SDGs Promotion,
Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
Director-Chairman, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Shibaura Institute of Technology

ISOBE Atsuhiko

KANAI Tsukasa

KATSURAGAWA Takahiro

MIYAKE Kahori

MORIGUCHI Yuichi

NAKAKITA Eiichi

OGIMOTO Kazuhiko

OKI Taikan

TAKAMURA Yukari

TAKEMURA Kotaro

TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko

TAMAKI Rintaro

Professor, Research Institute forApplied Mechanics,Kyushu University

Mayor of Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture

Vice President, National Institute forEnvironmental Studies (NIES), Japan
Professor, Department of Urban Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, theUniversity of Tokyo

Project Professor, Institute of Industrial Science,
the University of Tokyo

Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives,
the University of Tokyo

President, Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES)
Chair, Central Environment Council,
Government of Japan

Executive Manager/ Chief Sustainable Officer,
Corporate Planning Department,
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Executive Officer, CSR & Communication,
Aeon Co., Ltd.
Co-Chair, the Japan Climate Leaders’Partnership (JCLP)

Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,Kyoto University

Senior Vice-Rector, UNU
Assistant Secretary-General, UN

Secretary General and Chairmanof the Board of Directors, Japan Water ForumPresident, Japan Center for International Finance(JCIF)
Former Deputy Secretary General, Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)■ Discussants

AZUMA Shozo

HIRONAKA Wakako

JIMI Shozaburo

KATOH Shuichi

SHIMIZU Kayoko

YATSU Yoshio

Vice President, Crisis Manager, Professor, Chiba Institute of Science
Former Vice Chair, GEA

Former Minister of State for Postal Reform and Financial Services
Former Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Japan

Former Minister of State, Environment Agency, Japan
Director General, GEA

Former Minister of State, Environment Agency, Japan
Advisor, GEA

Specially-appointed Professor, Graduate School of Economics,
Kyoto University/ Former Senior Vice Minister of the Environment,
Japan

Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
Advisor, GEA

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