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International Symposium on Green Purchasing
International Forum on Green Purchasing and Sustainable Consumption
International Workshop on Green Purchasing





 International Symposium on Green Purchasing

 - Greening the Global Market through Green Purchasing -The big Current in Europe, America and Asia

◆Date Thursday, December 11th, 2003 12:45-17:30,
◆Venue International Conference Hall (1000 participants)
No Registration Fee
Programs with Simultaneous Interpretation
Registration is closed

(13:00 Registration)
12:45〜13:00 Opening Remarks
 Dr. Ryoichi Yamamoto, Chairperson of Executive Committee for International Forum on Green
Purchasing and Sustainable Consumption (Professor University of Tokyo)
 Mr. Shoichi Nakagawa, Minister for the Economy, Trade and Industry (TBD)
 Ms. Yuriko Koike, Minister for the Environment (TBD)
13:00〜13:30 Keynote Speech I:"Internationalization and Eco-Management"
 Mr. Kakutaro Kitashiro, Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives
Chairman, IBM Japan Ltd.
13:30〜14:10 Keynote Speech II:"Green Public Procurement in the European Union"
 Mr. Herbert Aichinger, Head of Unit IndustryDG Environment, European Commission
14:15〜16:00 Session I "How we promote green purchasing in America, Europe and Asia"
 "North American's Growing Interest in Green Purchasing"
 Mr. Scot Case, Steering Committee, North American Green Purchasing Initiative (NAGPI)
 "Procura+, the European Sustainable Procurement Campaign: New Strategy for broad political
 support and wide-spread implementation"

 Mr. Christoph Erdmenger, Director, Eco-Procurement Programme, International Council for
 Local Environmental Initiative (ICLEI)
 "Business Productivity through Green Purchasing: Malaysia & Other Countries"
 Mr. Lee Kiyau Loo, President, Green Purchasing Network Malaysia
 "The progress and the subject of green purchasing in Japan"
 Mr. Hiroyuki Sato, Secretary General of GPN
 <Coordinator> Mr. Hideki Nakahara(chair of GPN, professor of Musashi Institute of
 Technology)
16:00〜16:10 Break
16:10〜17:30 Session II"Learning from Best Practices"
 ○Japanese private company:
Mr. Kohji Sawa
Senior Vice President, Procurement Control Center
RICOH Co., Ltd.(2003 Green Purchasing Award Company)
 ○European Local government:
Mr. Conrad Young
Environmental Sustainability Manager, London Borough of Lewisham, and
Chair, London ECF Green Procurement Group
 ○Japanese Local Government:
Mr. Kawashima
Planning Chief, Commodities Management Division, Treasury Bureau Shiga Prefecture
 <Coordinator> Mr. Hideki Nakahara(GPN)
17:30 Closing
Registration is closed

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 "International Symposium on Green Purchasing" is one of the agenda of
 International Forum on Green Purchasing and Sustainable Consumption

◆Venue Tokyo Big Sight (The Tokyo International Exhibition Center)
http://www.bigsight.jp/english/access_e/index.html
International Conference Hall, Meeting Room 605 - 607
◆Date December 11 - 13, 2003
◆Theme The theme of the Forum is: while carrying out information dispatch towards the world about the measure of expansion of green purchasing and green market in Japan, sharing the latest information or experience on the measure of the world about green purchasing, and considering as an opportunity to expand the global trend of green purchasing.
◆Target *Relevant parties in domestic company and government/public administration, Consumer
*Relevant parties in overseas firms, government/public administration, Government in Japan
◆Organized by Executive Committee for International Forum on Green Purchasing and Sustainable Consumption, Green Purchasing Network (GPN), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (JEMAI), Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), The Society of Non-Traditional Technology, Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development (JPC), Japan Environment Association (JEA) *No special order is observed.
◆Supported by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Ministry of the Environment,
Asian Productivity Organization (APO)


 Programme

A)International Symposium on Green Purchasing and Sustainable Consumption
◆Date 12:45-17:30, December 11, 2003 
◆Venue International Conference Hall (1000 participants)
Registration is closed
B)International Workshop on Green Purchasing
◆Date 13:00-17:00, December 12, 2003
◆Venue Conference Room 607 (120 participants)
Registration is closed
C)International Workshop on Sustainable Consumption
◆Date December 12 and 13, 2003
◆Venue Conference Room 605 and 606 (200 participants)
Registration is closed
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 International Workshop on Green Purchasing
 Greening Supply Chain - World Trend and Asian Perspective-

◆Date 13:00-17:00, December 12, 2003
◆Venue Conference Room 607 (120 participant)
Registration is closed

13:00〜13:10 Opening Remarks
 Mr. Takashi Tajima, SG of the APO
13:10〜15:10 Presentation Session; Green purchasing in Asia - More good practices
 13:10-13:30 Dr. Tak Hur
Professor, School of Chemical & Biological Engineering
The College of Engineering Konkuk University
 13:30-13:50 "Towards Sustainable Development: Green Purchase and Procurement in Taiwan"
Mr. Raymond Leung
Executive Secretary, Taiwan Environmental Management Association
International Green Productivity Association
 13:50-14:10 Dr. Pongvipa Lohsomboon
Director, Business and Environment Program (BEP)
Thailand Environment Institute (TEI)
 14:10-14:30 Mr. Kazunori Kitagawa
Head, Eco Management Center
Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development(JPC-SED)
"Summary Report on Research in Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore"
 14:30-14:50 Dr. Takaharu Gamo
Matsushita Co.
15:10〜15:30 Coffee Break
15:30〜17:00 Panel Discussion: "Issues on greening the supply chain"
 Mr. Augustine Koh (APO),
 Mr. Hiroyuki Sato (GPN),
 Mr. Christoph Erdmenger (ICLEI),
 Mr. Scot Case (NAGPI),
 Dr. Tak Hur (Konkuk University, Korea),
 Mr. Raymond Leung (TEMA, ROC),
 Dr. Pongvipa Lohsomboon (TEI, Thailand),
 Mr. Lee Kiyau Loo (GPN Malaysia),
 Mr. Conrad Young (London Environment Coordinators' Forum),
 Mr. (TBD) (Matsushita),
 Mr. Herbert Aichinger (DG Environment, European Commission)
 <Coordinator> Dr. Tak Hur
17:00 Closing
 
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