Day 1 (Monday 4th)
07:30am – 07:30pm
Day 2 (Tuesday 5th)
03:00pm – 03:30pm
03:00-03:05
03:05-03:15
03:15-03:20
03:20-03:30
03:30pm – 05:30pm
03:30-03:40
03:40-04:00
04:00-04:20
04:20-04:40
Student Pecha-Kucha Preconference Workshop: Sustaining People and Places
Welcome Addresses
Ian Young, The Australian National University Vice Chancellor
TBC
Dr Paul Grimes, Secretary for Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water
Population and Communities
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Senior Vice-Rector, United National University Institute for
Sustainability and Peace / Director, Integrated Research System for Sustainability
Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Plenary 1 - Designing the Future
Steve Dovers (The Australian National University)
“Introduction and welcome to Fenner”
Darren Collins (College of Atlantic)
“What human ecology is and what it does”
Stephen Boyden (The Australian National University)
“The biohistorical paradigm: the first 25 years of human ecology at ANU”
Kazuhiko Takeuchi (The University of Tokyo / United Nations University)
“Teaching Sustainability Science through University Networks in Asia and Africa”
2 x Pecha-Kucha presentations
Open Discussion
Welcome Reception
04:40-05:00
05:00-05:30
05:30pm – 07:30pm
Day 3 (Wednesday 6th)
09:05am – 10:45am Plenary 2 - Global Food Security and Urban Vulnerability
09:05-09:10 Will Steffen (The Australian National University)
“Introduction”
09:10-09:30 Thomas Elmqvist (Stockholm Resilience Centre)
“Global Urbanization, Land Use Change and Food Security”
09:30-09:50 Xuemei Bai (The Australian National University)
“Linking cities to food production: from dichotony to integrated systems approach”
09:50-10:10 Hiroshi Komiyama (The University of Tokyo)
“The Revitalization for Japan - the platinum society”
10:10-10:15 Will Steffen (The Australian National University)
“Commentary”
10:15-10:45 Discussion
10:45am – 11:15am Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:45pm Session 1
Climate Change in Oceania Region
11:15-11:30 Will Steffen (The Australian National University)
“Global Sustainability in the Anthropocene”
11:30-11:45 Masayoshi Ishii (Climate Research Department of Meteorological Research Institute)
“Detection and Prediction of Climate Changes”
11:45-12:00 Jing-Jia Luo (Bureau of Meteorology)
“Prediction of El Niño, Indian Ocean Dipole and Australian climate”
12:00-12:15 Edvin Aldrian (Agency of Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics)
“Vulnerability of Paddy production in Bali under Climatic Changes”
12:15-12:45 Discussion
12:45pm – 01:45pm Lunch
01:45pm – 03:15pm Session 2
Water Management related to Sustainability, Environmental Responsibility and
Human Well-being
01:45-02:00 Ken’ichi Nakagami (Ritsumeikan University)
“Water Management related to Sustainability, Environmental Responsibility and
Human Well-being ”
02:00-02:20 Tsugihiro Watanabe (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
“Wisdom of Water and Land Management”
02:20-02:35 Jun Nakajima (Ritsumeikan University)
“Decentralized Local Water Reuse and Sustainability”
02:35-02:50 Keishiro Hara (Osaka University)
“Water related problems, well-being and sustainability status – a sustainability
assessment in China’s provinces”
02:50-03:05 Malcom Cooper (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
“Water: Looming starvation in the midst of Plenty – Water Management Policies and
Practice in the Asia Pacific Region”
03:05-03:15 General Discussion
03:15pm – 03:45pm Coffee Break
03:45pm – 05:15pm Session 3
Building a Sustainable and Resilient Society through Revitalizing Nature
Harmonious Society
03:45-03:55 Kazuhiko Takeuchi (The University of Tokyo)
“Opening Remarks”
03:55-04:15 Hirotaka Matsuda (The University of Tokyo)
“Trend of Agricultural Productivity in the world”
04:15-04:35 Lindesay Janette (The Australian National University)
“Sustainability and Resilience: the role of Education”
04:35-04:55 Thomas Elmqvist (Stockholm University)
“Global Urbanization, Land Use Change and Food Security”
04:55-05:15 Discussion
05:30pm – 08:00pm Open Bar
Day 4 (Thursday 7th)
09:05am – 10:45am Plenary 3 – Co Benefits of Actions to Promote Human Health and Wellbeing
09:05-09:10 Tony Capon (University of Canberra)
“Introduction“
09:10-09:30 Tony McMichael (The Australian National University)
“Collateral health gains, local and global: a crucial incentive for living sustainably”
09:30-09:50 Kazuhiko Moji (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
“Bridging the gap between local ecohealth diversity and global health universality”
09:50-10:10 Roderick Lawrence (University of Geneva)
“The added value of human ecology for understanding urban health challenges”
10:10-10:15 Tony Capon (University of Canberra)
“Commentary”
10:15-10:45 Discussion
10:45am – 11:15am Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:45pm
11:15-11:25
11:25-11:45
11:45-12:05
12:05-12:25
12:25-12:45
12:45pm – 01:45pm
01:45pm – 03:15pm
01:45-01:55
01:55-02:10
02:10-02:25
02:25-02:40
Session 4
Human activity, climate change and emerging health issues
Chiho Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)
“Introduction”
Masahiro Hashizume (Nagasaki University)
“More evidence on health impacts of climate change from developing regions”
Bunpei Tojo (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
“Study on Forest cover in relation with Malaria in Lao PDR”
Toru Watanabe (Yamagata University)
“Indirect Impact of Flood and Draught on Human Health: Food Contamination with
Waterborne Pathogens”
Pratap Singhasivanon (Mahidol University)
“Multidisciplinary Health Survey in Response to Thailand Great Flood in 2011”
Lunch
Session 5Sustainability education based on practical and concrete cases
Takashi Mino (The University of Tokyo)
“Introduction”
Noriyuki Tanaka(Hokkaido University)
“Pragmatic approach for framing Sustainability Science as practical methodology”
Jennifer McMillin (The Australian National University)
“Campus as Sustainability Classroom”
Motoharu Onuki (The University of ToKyo)
“Minamata disease as a case study for sustainability science education”
Panel Discussion
Coffee Break
Closing for ICSS-Asia
Open Bar and Conference Dinner
02:40-03:15
03:15pm – 03:45pm
03:45pm – 04:00pm
05:30pm – 11:00pm
Day 5 (Friday 8th)
09:05am – 10:45am Plenary 4 - Individual and Institutional Responsibility for Change
09:05-09:10 Rich Borden (COA)
“Introduction”
09:10-09:30 Yolanda Kadabadse (WWF International)
“Individual and Institutional Responsibility for Change”
09:30-09:50 Bob Costanza (The Australian National University)
TBC
09:50-10:10 Sasha Courville (ISEAL)
“Shaping sustainability markets through multi-stakeholder partnerships:
sustainability standards as tools for collective leadership and individual action”
10:10-10:30 Chuck Redman (Arizona State University)
“Wither sustainability and resilience: as one or separately?”
10:30-10:50 Rich Borden (COA)
“Commentary”
10:50am – 11:15am Coffee Break
12:45pm – 01:45pm Lunch
03:45pm – 05:15pm Final Plenary and Conference Close