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21 October 2006
Zero Emissions Forum in Shizuoka
"Towards Sustainable Resources Recycling Society"

Venue: Shizuoka City (Japan)
Organizers: Shizuoka Prefectural Government & UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese

Contact: Sakamoto, Kenichi

11 September 2006
Zero Emissions Forum in Tokushima
"Promotion of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) towards Sustainable Tokushima"

Venue: Tokushima City (Japan)
Organizers: Tokushima Prefectural Government & UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese

Contact: Sakamoto, Kenichi

25 August 2006
Zero Emissions Forum in Aomori
"How to Promote Local Environmental Business"

Venue: Aomoiri City (Japan)
Organizers: Aomori Prefectural Government & UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese

Contact: Sakamoto, Kenichi

28 & 29 June 2006
5th International StEP Gathering
Venue: Antwerp (Belgium)
Organizers: UMICORE & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: English
26 May 2006

Zero Emissions Symposium 2006

"Post-Kyoto Protocol"

Venue: UN Hosue, Tokyo (Japan)
Organizers: UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese

featured speakers include:

  • Harasawa, Hideo (Director, Social and Environmental Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
  • Mitsuhasi, Tadahiro (Professor, Chiba University of Commerce)
  • Sumi, Akimasa (Director, Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo)
  • Tsuchiya, Haruki (President, Research Institute for Systems Technology)
  • Yasumoto, Akinobu (Executive Managing Director, Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.)

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12 May 2006

StEP Workshop Norhern America

Venue: Unviersity of Califorina at Berkeley
Organizers: University of California at Berkeley & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: English
08 May 2006
StEP Side-Event
International Conference IEEE/ISEE 2006

Venue: San Francisco (USA)
Organizers: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Califorina at Berkeley, UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: English

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26 January 2006
Zero Emissions Forum in Naha
Visions of "Sustainable Energy and Our Society"
Venue: Naha, Okinawa (Japan)
Organizers: Okinawa Prefecture & UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese
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2005
10 December 2005
Zero Emissions Forum in Kyoto
"Recycling Society by Environment Conscious Management and Consumers Viewpoint"
Venue: Kyoto (Japan)
Organizers: Kyoto Prefecture & UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese
03 - 04 November 2005
4th International Workshop of the StEP Consortium as a side-event to the
Visions of the Information Society (VIS) Conference
www.empa.ch

Venue: St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Organizers: EMPA & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: English
26 & 27 October 2005
Zero Emissions Symposium 2005
"Climate Change and Zero Emissions"
Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo (Japan)
Organizer: UNU/ZEF
Languages: English, Japanese
Programme and Registration Form
20 October 2005
Closed-door Workshop of the Pilot-Project "Towards Zero Emissions - Burgenland (Austria)":
"New Markets, new income, secured resource supply - or how to make money out of wastes and emissions"
Venue: Eisenstadt (Austria)
Organizers: PanMobile, Süddeutsches Institut & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: German
28 September 2005
Workshop: "Financing e-Waste Management and Extended Producer Responsibility in China"
Venue: Beijing (China)
Organizers: EMPA, GTZ China & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Languages: Chinese & English
22 September 2005
International reuse/recycling flows and e-waste:
1st Japan Networking Meeting
Venue: Tokyo (Japan)
Organiser: UNU
Language: Japanese & English
07 July 2005
Workshop of the Pilot-Project
"Towards Zero Emissions - Burgenland (Austria)"
Venue: Eisenstadt (Austria)
Organizers: PanMobile, Süddeutsches Institut & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: German
03 June 2005
3rd International Workshop of the StEP Consortium
Venue: UNU-EHS, Bonn (Germany)
Organizers: UNU-EHS & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: English
16 May 2005
Workshop on the Occasion of the IEEE/ISEE 2005
"The StEP Initiative - Solving the E-waste Problem"
PDF Program

Venue: New Orleans (USA)
Organizers: UNU & Berkeley University
Language: English
10 February 2005
2nd International Workshop of the StEP Consortium
Venue: UN Premises, Geneva (Switzerland)
Organizers: UNCTAD & UNU/ZEF European Focal Point
Language: English
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2004
25 & 26 November 2004
Zero Emissions 10th Anniversary Symposium
"Towards a Global Model of a Sustainable Society: Zero Emissions by Circulation, Regeneration and Symbiosis"
Speakers:
  • Fujimura, Hiroyuki (Chairman UNU/ZEF)
  • Imamichi, Tomonobu (University of Tokyo)
  • Ishikawa, Eisuke (Writer)
  • Kitagawa, Masayasu (Waseda University)
  • Kobayashi, Yotaro (Chairman Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.)
  • Koda, Charmine (Journalist)
  • Koike, Yuriko (Japanese Minister of the Environment)
  • Martinez-Alier, Joan (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
  • Mitsuhashi, Tadahiro (Chiba University of Commerce)
  • Okabe, Keiichiro (Chairman Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.)
  • Pachauri, Rajendra K. (Chairman IPCC)
  • Pauli, Gunter (Author/Founder Global ZERI Network)
  • Robčrt, Karl-Henrik (Chairman, The Natural Step International)
  • Schmidt-Bleek, Friedrich (President, Factor 10 Institute)
  • Suzuki, Motoyuki (Special Programme Advisor UNU)
  • Ueta, Kazuhiro (Kyoto University)
  • Taniguchi, Masatsugu (Director UNU/ZEF)
  • Van Ginkel, Hans (Rector UNU)
  • Yamamoto, Ryoichi University of Tokyo)
  • Yasuda, Yoshinori (Int. Research Center for Japanese Studies)
Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo (Japan)
Organizer: UNU/ZEF
Languages: English, Japanese

More Info: Programme * Speakers Profile * Registration Form
05 September 2004
Workshop
"Solving the E-Waste Problem: A Synthetic Approach"
Venue: Estrel Hotel, Berlin (Germany)
Organizers: UNU IT & Environment, UNU/ZEF
Hewlett Packard, Promotionteam Wetzlar
Languages: English
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2003
26 - 29 March 2003
International Conference
"Integrative Approaches towards Sustainability"
Speakers:
  • Karl-Henrik Robčrt (The Natural Step)
  • Leo Jansen (Dutch Sustainable Technology Development)
  • Claude Fussler (WBCSD)
  • Mathis Wackernagel (Ecological Footprint)
  • Erling Pedersen (Symbioisis Institute, Kalundborg)
  • Hans-Jörg Jacobsen (Hannover University)
Venue: Hotel "Daina", Jurmala near Riga (Lettland)
Organizer: Lettland University
Cooperation Partners: UNU/ZEF; ZERI Balticum
Sponsor: European Commission, PREPARE
Language: English
Conference Homepage
Information: kuehr@zef-germany.de
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2002
02 November 2002
Natural Capitalism: Accelerating Global Development
Speaker: Amory B. Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute
Venue: UNU Institute of Advanced Studies H, Tokyo, Japan
Organizers: UNU/IAS in cooperation with UNU/ZEF
Language: English
Additional Information: kuehr@zef-germany.de
31 October - 01 November 2002
Zero Emissions Symposium 2002
Venue: International Conference Hall, United Nations University, Tokyo
Organizers: UNU/ZEF, JSPS Committee 168
Languages: English and Japanese (interpretation provided)
Additional information: Program (pdf file)
On-line Lectures
09 - 11 October 2002
Symposium on "Building a Materials Cyclic Society":
Science and Technology Cooperation Commemorating 30 years since Normalization of Sino-Japanese Relations
Venue: Sino-Japanese Cooperation Center, Beijing, China
Languages: Chinese and Japanese (interpretation provided)
Additional Information: unu-zef@hq.unu.edu
19 - 20 September 2002
International Symposium on Information Technology and the Environment
Venue: U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University, Tokyo
Organizers: IT and Environment Initiative, UNU/ZEF
Languages: English and Japanese (interpretation provided)
Additional information: Program (pdf file)
17 - 20 September 2002
First Material Science Forum on Future Sustainable Technologies
Venue: Augsburg University, Germany
Organizer: Science Center for Environment in cooperation with UNU/ZEF
Languages: German and English
Additional information: www.amu-augsburg.de/matforum
17 May 2002
3rd ZEF General Meeting
Venue: U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University, Tokyo
Organizers: UNU/ZEF
Language: Japanese
Additional Information: unu-zef@hq.unu.edu
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2000
29 September 2000
German-Japanese Workshop
"Integrative Approaches towards Eco-Restructuring"
Speakers:
  • Y. Miyata (Toyohasi University)
  • H. Majer (Stuttgart University)
  • M. Suzuki (UNU)
  • K. Fujie (Toyohasi University)
  • M.-A. Wolf (Stuttgart University)
  • M. Schuckert (Daimler-Chrysler Evobus)
  • T. Morita (Ebara Research)
  • W. Trösch (FHG/IGB)
  • A. Sakoda (Tokyo University)
  • Ch. Henze ( Essen University)
  • S. Harashina (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • H. Schulz (BMBF)
Organizer: UNU/ZEF & Fraunhofer Society
Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo (Japan)
Information: kuehr@zef-germany.de
28 June - 01 July 2000
International Expert-Workshop on "Synergies and Co-operation in Integrative Approaches towards Eco-Restructuring"
Participants:
  • J. Aloisi de Larderel (UNEP/DTIE)
  • L. Jansen (Dutch Sustainable Technology Development)
  • K.-H. Robčrt (The Natural Step)
  • K. Fujie (Toyohasi University)
  • F. Schmidt-Bleek (Faktor 10 Institute)
  • M. Tabuconon (Thai Cleaner Technology)
  • M. Suzuki (UNU)
Coordination & Office: R. Kühr (UNU/ZEF)
Venue: Faktor 10 Institute, Carnoules/France
Language: English
Report of Expert-Workshop (pdf file)
Information: kuehr@zef-germany.de
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