Asia-Pacific Water Forum

Special Symposium "Climate Change and Water" - Towards the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Beyond -

1. General Description
  (1) Date & Time
        7th August, 2007, 10:00-12:30
  (2) Venue
        JETRO Headquarters Tokyo, Ark Mori Building, 5F
  (3) Organizer
        Japan Water Forum
  (4) Partner
        Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
  (5) Number of Participants
        115
  (6) Language
        Japanese/English (Simultaneous Interpretation)

2. Program

10:00-10:05	Opening Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Chair of the Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit / President of the Japan Water Forum
10:05-10:25	Key Note Lecture "The Challenge of Climate Change and Water Issues - with Particular Reference to the Asia-Pacific Region -" Dr. Han Seung-soo, President of Korea Water Forum / Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change / President, 56th Session of the UN General Assembly
10:25-10:40	Coffee Break
10:40-12:25	Panel discussion "Climate Change and Water" Panelists (alphabetic order) Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of Global Water Partnership Mr. Loïc FAUCHON, President of World Water Council   - Speech Manuscript (PDF, 65 KB) Dr. James Horne, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australia Dr. Kotaro Takemura, Secretary General, Japan Water Forum   - Presentation Material (PDF, 2,578 KB) Mr. Michio Tanahashi, Director General, Water Resources Department, Land and Water Bureau, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport   - Presentation Material (PDF, 303 KB) Facilitator Mr. Yoshinori Imai, Executive Editor, NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
12:25-12:30	Closing Mr. Hideaki Oda, Councillor to the President of the Japan Water Forum

» CVs of Speakers/panelists/Facilitator （PDF, 101KB）
» Summary of Panel Discussion （PDF, 119KB）