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2006 - INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION

Tokyo Event (25 August (Fri)) 12:00-18:00

Venue:

U Thant International Conference Hall, UN House (UNU)


International Symposium
Living with Deserts II
Linkages between Dryland Science and On-the-ground Practice


9:00-12:00		Registration
12:00-12:20		Opening Address
		Hama Arba Diallo (Executive Secretary, UNCCD)
		Gaku Hashimoto (Member, House of Representatives, Japan; on behalf of the late Ryutaro Hashimoto (IYDD Honorary Spokesperson, former Prime Minister of Japan))
		Kiyoshi Kurokawa (President, SCJ)
12:20-13:50		Keynote Speech
		Mahmoud Mohamed Bachir El-Solh (Director General, ICARDA)
		Wang Tao (Director General, CAREERI (China))
		Youba Sokona (Executive Secretary, OSS (Tunisia))
		Hans van Ginkel (Rector, UNU)
13:50-14:20		Short Break
14:20-16:05		Panel Discussion 1: Role of dryland science in combating desertification
		Panellists:
		Zafar Adeel (Director, UNU-INWEH (Canada))
		Atsushi Tsunekawa (Director, TU-ALRC)
		Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Deputy Executive Director, IR3S)
		David Anthony Mouat (Chair, Group of Experts, the Committee on Science and Technology, UNCCD)
		Shi Peijun (Vice President, Beijing Normal University (China))
		Barry Shapiro (Director, ICRISAT )
		Moderator: Shinobu Inanaga (President, JIRCAS)
16:05-17:50		Panel Discussion 2: Practices on the ground in combating desertification
		Panellists:
		Pietro Laureano (Director, IPOGEA (Italy))
		Kikue Sugimoto (Deputy Representative, NGO Human Network)
		Norio Ishida (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University)
		Naoya Shimizu (Director, Research and Design Division, Overseas Activities Department, J-Green)
		Makoto Kitanaka (Group Director, Group 3, Rural Development Department, JICA)
		Charmine Koda (Director, UN Information Center)
		Moderator: Iwao Kobori (Senior Programme Advisor, Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, UNU)
17:50-18:00		Closing Remarks
		Itaru Yasui (Vice Rector, UNU)

*		Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation will be provided.

Tottori Events (26 (Sat) - 28 (Mon) August)

Venue:

Tottori Prefectural Culture Hall

International Conference

on Dryland Studies and Combating Desertification


27 August (14:00-17:50)
Symposium
Role of Citizens in International Contributions


13:30-14:00		Registration
14:00-14:20		Opening Address
		Master of Ceremony: Nagisa Kudo (PhD candidate, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University)
		Takayuki Nose (President, Tottori University)
		David Anthony Mouat (Chair, Group of Experts, the Committee on Science and Technology, UNCCD)
		Itaru Yasui (Vice Rector, UNU)
14:20-15:50		Keynote Speech
		Atsushi Tsunekawa (Director, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University)
		“Current Status of World Deserts and Desertification”
		Musa Mohamed Omer Saeed (Former Sudanese Ambassador to Japan)
		“Drought, Desertification and Citizens”
		Charmine Koda (Director, UN Information Center)
		“Collecting News Materials on Desertification in Mongolia and China”
15:50-16:10		Short Break
16:10-17:40		Panel Discussion: a role of citizens in international contributions
		Panelists:
		Yoshihiro Katayama (Governor of Tottori Prefecture)
		Charmine Koda (Director, UNIC)
		Toshimitsu Ishida (Director, Japan Association for Greening Deserts)
		Kaoru Iwasaki (Deputy Director General, JICA Chugoku)
		Ikumi Suda (student of Tottori University)
		Moderator: Shinobu Inanaga (President, JIRCAS)
17:40-17:50		Closing Remarks
		Masami Iwasaki (Vice President, Tottori University)

*		Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation will not be provided.
*		Number of seats: 350 -500

28 August ( 9:00-17:30)
Research Meeting
Research Presentation （Meeting Room 1）
10:50-12:00		JICA Group Training Course in Tottori (“Irrigation Water Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Region and E.I.A. for Sustainable Development II”)
13:00-14:30		21^st Century COE Program (“Program for Arid Land Science”)
14:40-16:10		JSPS-CAS Core University Program (“Researches on Combating Desertification and Development in Inland China”)
16:20-17:30		Strategic International Cooperative Program (“Development of Draught Tolerant Plants for Anti-Desertification”)

Poster Session （9:00-17:30, Meeting Room 2）
	-	China-Japan open seminar：JSPS-CAS Core University Program (“Researches on Combating Desertification and Development in Inland China”)
	-	21^st Century COE Program(“Program for Arid Land Science”)
	-	Joint Research Activities of ALRC

Discussion （Meeting Room 3）
10:30-12:00		Development of International Network on Dryland Studies
14:40-16:10		Reconsidering Traditional Technologies
16:20-17:30		Free Discussion between Students and Experts: “Let’s Work in the World!”

*		Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation will not be provided.


26-28 August ( 9:00-17:30)
Exhibitions of Environmental Technologies and Photo Exhibition
(Exhibition Room)
	- Exhibitions of Environmental Technologies
		by: Atelier Non-Electric Co., Ltd.; Chiyo Electronics Co. Ltd.; Ikeda Keiki Seisakusho Co. Ltd.; Ishida Industry Co. Ltd.; Kinsei Nenryo Ltd.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Mochigase Electric Co. Ltd.; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; Sanko Co. Ltd.; Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.; Shinko Electric Co. Ltd.; Toyota Co. Ltd.
	- Introduction of International Cooperation in the Environmental Field by JICA
	- Introduction of Dryland Research Project by JIRCAS
	- Introduction of Tottori Prefecture

(Free Space)
	- Photo Exhibition: Japanese Society of Sand Dune Research
	- Introduction of Tottori University and ALRC
	-	Introduction of Tottori Prefectural Research Institutes




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