On 22 November 2018 (14:00-17:00) (one day), Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is hosting a seminar Sustainable Society Built by Team Kitakyushu to reflect on Kitakyushu's aims of becoming a world capital of sustainable development.
BACKGROUND
Kitakyushu, with its vast experience in overcoming historic levels of pollution, is carrying out a diverse set of actions that take advantage of environmental management know-how, technologies, and partnerships between industries, government, academia and civic society that have been developed along the way. Bundled among these assets is Kitakyushu’s commitment to international environmental cooperation, which is being promoted in collaboration with cities in Asia and has achieved results that are leading to improvements in the environments of Kitakyushu’s partner cities due to its continuity, comprehensiveness and detailed responses, helping Kitakyushu maintain its position as a top runner among local governments in Japan.
OBJECTIVES
IGES has turned its attention to efforts supporting the creation of sustainable societies through city-to-city collaboration carried out under Kitakyushu's international environmental cooperation initiatives and has compiled the results of the research into a report "Actions for a sustainable society - Collaboration between Asia and the city of Kitakyushu". It focusses on the steps that need to be taken in order to build on the achievements gained through the city's international environmental cooperation initiatives, which have been developed based on the environmental technologies and management know-how accumulated and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society in the future.
Venue: Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio (2-2-11 Higashida Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, 805-0071
Collaborators: City of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio
Language: English/Japanese (simultaneous translation)
Capacity: 100 (First come, first served)
Closing date: 17:00, 19 November 2018 (Monday)
14:00 Opening remarks Hiroyuki Kage- Director, IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre
14:00 Keynote Speech: Development of Kitakyushu and Internationa Environmental Cooperation Executive Director, Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS) and Senior Advisor, IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre
14:35 Introduction of IGES Discussion Paper: “Actions for a Sustainable Society - Collaboration between Asia and the City of Kitakyushu” Junko Akagi Research Manager, IGES Kitakyushu Centre
15:05 Panel Discussion: Past and Future of International Cooperation with the “Kitakyushu Model” to Reach the Ultimate Goal of Creating a Sustainable Society Part 1: Perspective of Stakeholders Leading International Environmental Cooperation in Kitakyushu
15:55 Break
16:10 Panel Discussion Part 2: Delivering Kitakyushu’ s Technologies & Human Resources to Contribute to Sustainable Societies
17:00 Closing Remarks Shiko Hayashi Programme Director, IGES Kitakyushu Urban
17:15 Networking Event (Light meals and drinks will be provided.)
Fee for the event: Adults (1,000 JPY) To be paid on cash on the day; Students (Free) *Please show your student ID on the day)