MUNAKATA Eco-100 International Forum Timetable 30 - 31 May
Friday, 30 May
13:00 Registration （till 20:00）
Each
Accommodation
14:00 Tour of historic remains in Munakata (optional)
Munakata City
17:00
Visit to Munakata Grand Shrine (optional)
Tour of shrine precinct, Viewing of sacred treasures at Shinpōkan (optional)
The eve of the Forum
Speech：Katsuya Kodama, Vice President and Professor, Mie University
Naoto Tanabe, President and COO, UBrainTV JAPAN Co., Ltd.
Toru Hayami, President, Hayami Forest
Takayuki Ashizu, Deputy Chief Priest, Munakata Grand Shrine
18:30
Kumiko Akiyoshi, Actress
David Andelman, Editor-in-Chief, World Policy Journal
Shinichiro Misono, Professor, Aichi Toho University
Cocktail （20:30‐22:30）
Munakata Grand
Shrine
Hotel Greges
Saturday, 31 May
9:00 Registration
Opening Session
9:30
11:00
Speech: José Ramos-Horta, Former president of East Timor and Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate
Yuji Suzuki, Professor, Hosei University
Opening speech: Reiko Kuroda, Professor of Tokyo University of Science,
Emeritus Professor of Tokyo University and a member of the United Nations
Secretary General’s Scientific Advisory Board
Presentation of environmental activities #1
Nonprofit Organization Hokkaido Konbu Reserch Circle
(Speaker: Hiroyoshi Sumita, Director）
11:30
General incorporated association Umikko no mori
(Speaker: Tatsumi Yamashita, Chief Director)
12:00
Presentation of environmental activities #2
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
（Speaker: Eiji Kiso, Slag&Cement Divison, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation)
12:30 Lunch
13:20
Special Message to the Forum (video)
Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
13:30
Environmental report #2 WWF Japan
（Speaker: Masayuki Gonda, Nature Conservation Section）
14:00 Explanation of aim, Self-introduction
Environmental report #2
Satoko Seino, Associate Professor, Kyushu University graduate school
14:40
Roundtable discussion (Theme 1)
“Meaning of the ocean and the change of its environment for myself”
15:40 Coffee break
16:00
Roundtable discussion (Theme 2)
“Whether does the ocean make connection or separation?”
17:00
Roundtable discussion (Theme 3)
“The relations between global environment such as climate change and the ocean”
Opening reception
Greeting speech: Susumu Ishihara, Chairman, Kyushu Railway Company
Guest lecture: Yoshiyuki Kasai, Chairman Emeritus, Central Japan Railway Company
“Public transportation with low burden on global environment ~ Tokaido Shinkansen
18:30
and SCMaglev”
Slow Resort
Budou no Ki
MUNAKATA Eco-100 International Forum Timetable 1 – 2 June
Sunday, 1 June
8:30 Registration
Guest lecture: Sang-Kyung BYUN,
Chairperson, UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission( IOC)
9:00
“International activity of Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission(IOC) for Ocean”
10:00
Presentation of environmental activities #3
The Aigamo Ducks Farm（Speaker: Takao Furuno, Farm Manager）
10:30
Roundtable discussion (Theme 4)
“What we can do and what we cannot do for the protection of the ocean”
Environmental report #3
Geography and history club of Sanyo Girls' Senior High School
11:30
(Finalists 2013 The Stockholm Junior Water Prize International Competition)
Yurix
12:00 Lunch
13:00
Presentation of environmental activities #4
Kubara Honke Co., Ltd. (Speaker: Tetsuji Kawabe, President and CEO）
13:30
Special message: David Andelman, Editor-in-Chief, World Policy Journal
“Challenges at Sea”
14:30
Roundtable discussion (Preparation for presentation) (Theme 5)
“What we can do for the future of the earth”
15:30
Commemorative Concert
Singer: Maki Mori (Soprano)
16:00
Guest Lecture: Takehiro Kagawa Director-General for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Japan (Ambassador)
“Post-2015 development agenda and the ocean”
16:40
Harmony Hall
Yurix
Group presentations
Presenter: University students general comment
Commemorative dinner（18: 30 Registration）
Opening speech: Hiromi Tanii, Mayor of Munakata city
Greeting speech: Tsunenari Tokugawa, Chairman, WWF Japan and the 18th generation head
of the Tokugawa main family
19:00
Guest remark: Hiroshi Ogawa, Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture
Speech: Kumiko Haba, Professor, Graduate School of Aoyama Gakuin University
Lisa Emelia Svensson, Sweden’s Ambassador for Ocean, Seas and Fresh Water
Dinner
Hotel Greges
Monday, 2 June
9:00 Registration
9:30 Lecture: Lisa Emelia Svensson, Sweden’s Ambassador for Ocean, Seas and Fresh Water
Global Arena
10:30 Reviewing meeting
11:30 Closing ceremony
12:00 Transfer to the restaurant “Kayanoya”
13:00 Lunch and closing remarks（-15:00）
Kayanoya
MUNAKATA Eco-100 International Forum Timetable University students
Friday, 30 May
12:00 Registration, Lunch
Global Arena
12:50 Transfer to Hotel Greges
13:30
Welcome Remarks: Katsuya Kodama, Vice President and Professor, Mie University
Nobuo Youfu, Head of Kyusyu General Office, UBrainTV JAPAN Co., Ltd.
Hiromi Tanii, Mayor of Munakata city
14:00
Dialogue: Izumi Kuwano, Chairperson, Yufuin-Onsen Tourism Association
Nobuo Youfu, Head of Kyusyu General Office, UBrainTV JAPAN Co., Ltd.
Takayuki Ashizu, Deputy Chief Priest, Munakata Grand Shrine
Hotel Greges
15:10 Break
15:20 Lecture: Kouichi Sueyoshi, Former Mayor, Kitakyusyu City
16:20 Transfer to Global Arena
17:00
Exercise sessions by Nishikawa school of Japanese dancing
Instructor：Kazumasa Nishikawa, Classical Japanese Nishikawaryu dancer
（The fourth head of the school from September 2014）
Global Arena
18:40 Dinner
20:30 Orientation (Ice breaker and Self-introduction)
※Sat. 31 May－Sun. 1 June Same timetable as MUNAKATA Eco-100 International Forum
Monday, 2 June
9:00 Registration
9:30 Lecture: Lisa Emelia Svensson, Sweden’s Ambassador for Ocean, Seas and Fresh Water
10:30 Reviewing meeting
Global Arena
11:30 Closing ceremony
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Transfer to Moji-ko
15:00 Visit Moji-ko, Tour of Idemitsu Museum of Arts
17:30 Farewell Dinner
Moji
Brilliansa
Mojiko