UNU Environment Conference
Environmental Monitoring and Governance in the Asian Coastal Hydrosphere: The Role of Academia and the Private Sector for the Stockholm Convention
14 November, 2008
U Thant International Conference Hall (3F),
United Nations University Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan
Sponsored by Shimadzu Co.
Programme
Registration Form
Please register by Nov. 12
申込締切は11月12日
Our waters contain a great variety of elements including those released from industrial and agricultural activity and urban waste. These pollutants (particularly Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs) can remain for a very long time and enter the food chain, posing a real risk to human and ecological health. The UNU, along with the support of Shimadzu Corporation, is actively assisting Asian developing countries to monitor and manage POPs by providing scientific training and technology.
The UNU Project, Environmental Monitoring and Governance in the Asian Coastal Hydrosphere (Phase Four: 2005-2008), hosts a UNU symposium/conference annually to disseminate the project’s achievements as well as the latest international developments in POPs.
This year’s conference will be held at the UN Headquarters in Tokyo. It will focus on how the academic community and industrial sector can further strengthen the research and technological capacity of developing countries and better implement multilateral environmental agreements like the Stockholm Convention. This conference will also celebrate 12th years of partnership between the UNU, the Shimadzu Corporation, and national partner institutions across Asia.
The event is free of charge.
Programme
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration and document delivery |
| Opening Session Chair: Fukuya Iino |
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| 09:30-09:35 | Opening by UNU Vice Rector |
| 09:35-10:00 | Overview of the UNU Project and Introduction to the Conference Masatoshi Morita, UNU Programme Advisor |
| 10:00-10:30 | Japanese government policy on the Stockholm Convention Shuji Tamura, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry |
| 10:30-11:20 | Academia's role for sound chemical management: Stockholm Convention and International Panel on Chemical Pollution Martin Scheringer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) |
| 11:20-11:30 | Q&A |
| 11:30-13:00 | Break |
| Session 1 – Academic Capacities to support the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in Asia Chair: Martin Scheringer, ETH Zürich |
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| 13:00-13:40 | Stockholm Convention regional center’s role and future plan Gang Yu, Tsinghua University |
| 13:40-14:10 | Project Report as National Project Coordinator Evangeline Santiago, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines |
| 14:10-14:40 | Project Report as National Project Coordinator Pham Hung Viet, Research Centre for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development, Vietnam National University |
| 14:40-15:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 2 - Role of Industrial Sectors for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention? Chair: Masatoshi Morita, UNU Programme Advisor |
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| 15:00-15:40 | PCB Waste Treatment at Japan Environmental Safety Corporation Masanobu Kimura, Japan Environmental Safety Corporation |
| 15:40-16:20 | East and South East Asia Forum for Best Available Technology and Best Environmental Practice (BAT/BEP) Mohamed Eisa, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) |
| Ceremony to mark successful completion of the 3-year project with Shimadzu Chair: Fukuya Iino |
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| 16:20-17:00 | Konrad Osterwalder, Rector, UNU; UN Under Secretary General Shigehiko Hattori, Shimadzu Corporation |
| Closing Remarks | |
| 17:00-17:05 | Govindan Parayil, Vice Rector, UNU |
| 17:05- | Poster Session |
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