2007/1/15
Social Systems and Technological Strategies
| Date | 15-16 January, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Location | Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University |
| Organizers | Kyoto Sustainability Initiative (KSI) Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S) Society of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS) |
Program
Seiji Ikkatai (Kyoto University)
General Announcement
Monday 15 January, 2007
13:00-13:30 Opening
Hiroshi Matsumoto (Executive Vice President, Kyoto University)
Opening Address
Susumu Iai (Kyoto University)
Kyoto Sustainability Initiative (KSI) and Flagship Project (IR3S)
13:30-14:30 Keynote Lecture
Takamitsu Sawa (Kyoto University/Ritsumeikan University)
Environment and Economy with Special Emphasis on Economic Consequences of Measures to Abate Climate Change
14:30-15:00 Break
15:00-17:00 Session 1 Changing Environment and Humans
Akimasa Sumi (University of Tokyo)
Global Warming Simulation Using the High-Resolution Climate Model
M. Nadarajah (Asian Communication Network, Bangkok/Malaysia)
Beyond Sustainable Development: Culture, Cosmology and Sustainability
NIU Wen-Yuan (The State Council, China)
China’s New Challenge for Establishing Recycling Economy
17:10-19:00 Reception Conference Room III at Clock Tower Centennial Hall
Tuesday 16 January, 2007
9:20-12:00 Session 2 Strategies for Relieving Burden on the Planet
Satoshi Konishi (Kyoto University)
Externalities of Energy
Mary Louise Gifford (Energy and Resources Institute, India/USA)
Technology Development and Dissemination for a Sustainable Future
Takashi Watanabe (Kyoto University)
Lignocellulosic Biorefinery: Industrial and Environmental Revolution of the 21st Century
Robert Olshansky (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Sustainability and the Rebuilding of New Orleans
12:00-13:00 Break
13:00-15:40 Session 3 Preparedness for Environmental Change and Crisis
Indra Budiman Syamwil (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Cross Boundary Resource Conflict in Decentralized Regional Development in Indonesia
Takeaki Kariya (Meiji University/Kyoto University)
Weather Derivatives: Risk Transfers and Swaps
Hans-Martin Fussel (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
Adaptation to Climate Change: The Obvious and the Not So Obvious
Rajendra K. Pachauri (Energy and Resources Institute, India)
Exploring New Paradigms of Development in Emerging Economies
15:40-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 Panel Discussions: Socio-Economic and Technological Strategies for Global Sustainability
Environmental economics and technological strategies are interactive and interdependent. Deteriorating global environment accelerates technological innovation and reforms socio-economic systems for better utilization of technologies. Such reforms in turn trigger to form another stage of technological innovation. Based on the awareness of this dynamic relationship, what strategies and measures do we propose to achieve sustainable development?
Moderator
Kazuhiro Ueta (Kyoto University)
Panel members:
Takamitsu Sawa (Kyoto University/Ritsumeikan University)
Rajendra K. Pachauri (Energy and Resources Institute, India)
NIU Wen-Yuan (Counselor, The State Council, The People’s Republic of China)
Robert Olshansky (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Takashi Watanabe (Kyoto University)
Hans-Martin Fussel (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)