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2009 Kobe, Japan (Nov. 17 - 19, 2009)

2009 Annual General Meeting 3days Schedule

November 17, Tuesday
November 18, Wednesday
November 19, Thursday

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 GEN’s future- Strategic Plan prepared by Fleishman-Hillard (Ms. Katherine Stewart (GEN Secretariat)) Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)’s experience on proposal development (Mr. Tetsuro Fujitsuka (APN Secretariat)) 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

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

November 19, Thursday

Time : 9:00 – 16:00 (8:30-registration)

Venue: Kobe Fashion Mart 9F, CON2

Language : English