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2009 Kobe,Japan(Nov.17-19,2009)
 
2009 Annual General Meeting 3days Schedule
 
November 17, Tuesday
Time : 9:00 – 17:00 (8:30-registration)
Venue: Kobe Fashion Mart 9F, CON1
Language : English, Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation)
 

= Agenda =


time
Program
8:30
Registration
9:00
Opening ceremony
  Welcome speech, Osamu Watanabe (Japan Environment Association(JEA))
  Welcome address, Nobutoshi Miyoshi (Ministry of the Environment, Japan)
  Opening remarks, Robin Taylor (GEN Chair, NZ)
9:15
Key Note Address: Perspectives of Eco Mark, Japan toward the sustainable future- dicsussions based on the 20 years’ experience Osamu Uno (Eco Mark Office, Japan, Member of the Board of Directors and the Treasurer of GEN)
9:30
Symposium- Good Practices and Lessons Learnt from Type I Ecolabelling Activities
(1)Ecolabelling and MRA-based Certification (Joint presentations by China, Korea and Japan, based on the results of the 9th Tripartite Round Table Meeting, focusing on MRA-based certification of PC and multifunctional devices)
  Ms. Zhang Xiaodan / China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC)
  Mr. Seung Ho, Lee / Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI)
  Mr. Ryo Ohsawa / Japan Environment Association (JEA) Discussion (10min.)
10:10
Coffee Break (20min.)  
10:30
(2) Reports on Good Practices and Lessons Learnt from Asia & Pacific
  Chinese Taipei/ Dr. Ning Yu (GreenMark, Environment and Development Foundation)
  Thailand/ Mr. Pathom Chaiyapruksaton (Thailand Environment Institute)
  New Zealand/ Mr. Robin Taylor (Environmental Choice New Zealand)
  Singapore/ Mr. Sylvain Richer de Forges  (Green Label, Singapore Environment Council)
Discussion (10min.) 
11:20
(3) Reports on Good Practices and Lessons Learnt from other regions
  Europe/ Mr. Bjorn-Erik Lonn (Nordic Swan)
  North America/ Ms. Linda Chipperfield (Greenseal)
Discussion (10min.)
12:00
Lunch  (Garden Café Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel&Towers, 1F)
13:00
(4) Reports on Good Practices and Lessons Learnt from Japanese Company
Mr. Akihiro Kuroda, President, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.

Discussion (10min.)
13:40
Program Development Workshop for GEN’s Future (20min for each)
  1st Session: Key Note Speeches
  (1) GEN’s future- Strategic Plan prepared by Fleishman-Hillard (Ms. Katherine Stewart (GEN Secretariat))
  (2) Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)’s experience on proposal development (Mr. Tetsuro Fujitsuka (APN Secretariat))
  (3) UNEP Project and Draft Roadmap (Ms. Liazzat Rabbiosi (Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Dr. Hans-Herman Eggers (UBA)) ;
14:40
Coffee Break (20min.)
15:00
2nd Session : Group work
  (1) Discussion on the roadmap of UNEP project
17:00
Adjournment
 
Reception dinner
Time : 18:00 – 20:00
Venue : Rokkou Party Room, Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers, 3F
 
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November 18, Wednesday
Excursion
Time : 9:00 – 20:00 (8:45-registration)
Venue: Kobe, Osaka, Nara (bus tour)
 
time
Event Place
8:45
Meet at Bus Parking Outside of Bay Sheraton Hotel
9:00
Leave hotel  
9:40
Arrive at “Rokko Garden”
Sightseeing
Rokko Garden
10:15
Leave Rokko Garden  
11:15
Arrive at “Osaka ATC (Asia and Pacific Trade Center)”
Tour Osaka ATC Green Eco Plaza (3 groups) with English-Japanese interpreters
Osaka ATC
Green Eco Plaza
(11th Fl. West, ITM Wing, ATC)
12:15
Lunch (buffet – all you can eat) Pier 6
(6th Floor, ITM Wing, ATC)
13:15
Leave Osaka ATC  
14:15
Arrive in Nara, Sightseeing
  Todaiji (temple), Daibutsu (great Buddha statue), Nigatsudo
  Tamukeyama Hachimangu (Shrine)
Nara
  Todaiji
  Tamukeyama Hachimangu
16:30
Leave Nara  
18:00
Arrive in Kobe
Dinner
Kobe city
Shushinkan
20:00
Leave for Hotel  
20:15
Arrive at Hotel  
 
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November 19, Thursday
Time : 9:00 – 16:00 (8:30-registration)
Venue: Kobe Fashion Mart 9F, CON2
Language : English
 
= Agenda =
 
time
Program
8:30
Registration
9:00

9:20

Presentation for Relevant Information Sharing
  (1) Application of Green Contract Law in Japan (Ministry of the Environment, Japan)
  (2) Revision of the EU Ecolabel Regulation (Ms. Rugile BALZEKAITE, EU Ecolabel)
10:00
Group work on proposal development
  Introduction of practice (Ms. Kristine Garcia (APN)) (20min.)
  Proposal Development work
11:00
Coffee Break (20min.)
11:20
Feedback about 17th Discussion on the UNEP roadmap (if needed)
12:30
Lunch (Garden Café Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel&Towers, 1F)
14:00
2009 GEN Annual General Meeting
16:00
Closing
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