DAY 1(July 22)
| 9:30-9:40 | Opening Remarks |
| Akio Baba, Professor, Dean of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University / Executive Director of Osaka University RISS, JAPAN | |
| 9:40-12:10 | Session 1: Low Carbon Societies and Energy Use |
| Chair: Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, JAPAN | |
| 9:40-10:10 | “Transitions to Low Carbon Energy systems: Can You Govern Radical Change?” |
| Frans Berkhout, Professor, Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije University, NETHERLANDS | |
| 10:10-10:40 | “Local Initiatives and Practices of Policy and Technology Innovation for Low Carbon Society” |
| Tohru Morioka, Professor, Kansai University / Osaka University RISS, JAPAN | |
| 10:40-11:10 | “Energy Sustainability in the framework of Sustainability Science: Closed cycles of resources and their application to energy systems” |
| Fabio Orecchini, Professor, Head of Energy and Environment Group, Interuniversity Research Centre for Sustainable Development (CIRPS), Sapienza-University of Rome, ITALY | |
| 11:10-11:40 | “Long Term Energy Visions in Japan and Sustainability Policy” |
| Kazunari Kainou, Fellow, Research Institute for Economy, Trade & Industry, IAA / Professor, Osaka University RISS, JAPAN | |
| 11:40-12:00 | DISCUSSION |
| 12:00-13:20 | Lunch Break |
| 13:20-16:10 | Session 2: Resource-circulating Societies in Asia |
| Chair: Keisuke Hanaki, Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 13:20-13:50 | “Resource Productivity and Material Flows: a View of Asian Circular Economies” |
| Marian Chertow, Associate Professor, Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA | |
| 13:50-14:20 | “Evaluation of Low Carbon Effects of Japanese Eco-towns: Methodology, Application in Asian Cities-” |
| Tsuyoshi Fujita, Head of Environmental Technology Evaluation System Section, Asian Environment Research Group, National Institute for Environmental Studies / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyo University, JAPAN | |
| 14:20-14:50 | “China’s Circular Economy in Practice: Current Cases and Future Perspectives” |
| Tan Zhu, Professor, Director of Center for Environment and Social Development Studies, Nankai University, CHINA | |
| 14:50-15:20 | “Scenario Approach and Indicator Systems for Designing Sustainable Resources-circulating Societies - a Regional Study in China” |
| Keishiro Hara, Associate Professor, Osaka University RISS, JAPAN | |
| 15:20-15:50 | “Toward Establishment of Scientific Foundation of Sustainability Scenarios” |
| Yasushi Umeda, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, JAPAN / Terukazu Kumazawa, Assistant Professor, Osaka University RISS, JAPAN | |
| 15:50-16:10 | DISCUSSION |
| 16:10-16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30-18:20 | Session 3: Land Use and Ecosystem Services |
| Chair: Mitsuru Osaki, Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Director of Sustainability Governance Project, Hokkaido University, JAPAN | |
| 16:30-17:00 | “Land Change Science for Environmental Sustainability” |
| Ademola Braimoh, Executive Director, Global Land Project Sapporo Nodal Office, Hokkaido University, JAPAN | |
| 17:00-17:30 | “Ecological Footprint as an (Un) Sustainability Indicator” |
| Yoshihiko Wada, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University, JAPAN / University of Vermont, USA | |
| 17:30-18:00 | “An Analysis of Food and Energy Self-sufficiency Potential of Furano City, Hokkaido, Japan: Based on Organic Material Recycling among Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Citizenry” |
| Toshiki Sato, Research Fellow, Center for Sustainability Science, Hokkaido University, JAPAN | |
| 18:00-18:20 | DISCUSSION |
| 18:30-20:00 | RECEPTION @ Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, 9th Floor |
DAY 2 (July 23)
| 10:00-12:30 | Session 4: Bridging Science, Policies and Societies for Asian Sustainability |
| Chair: Yasuo Takahashi, Professor, Center for Advanced Science Innovation, Osaka University, JAPAN | |
| (Keynote Speeches) | |
| 10:00-10:30 | “Using Science to Meet Societal Needs: Policy Relevant Case studies from India and Inferences for Asia” |
| Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), INDIA | |
| 10:30-11:00 | “Sustainable resource management for broader scope of sound material-cycle society” |
| Yuichi Moriguchi, Director of Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, JAPAN | |
| 11:00-11:30 | “The IHDP-IRG Project and the Paradigm of Large Scale Disaster Risk Governance in China” |
| Peijun Shi, Professor, Executive Vice President of Beijing Normal University, CHINA | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Round-table Discussion: “Promoting Sustainability Science and International Cooperation” |
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| 12:30-12:40 | Wrap-up of Plenary Session |
| Shinsuke Yamanaka, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, JAPAN | |
| 12:40-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-17:00 | Parallel sessions (Presentations based upon “Call for Papers”) |
| Session 5: Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Session 6: Integrated Resources Management Session 7: Urban Design and Land Use Session 8: Socio-technological innovations for sustainability |
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