Parallel Session B
"Knowledge Innovation towards Global Sustainability and Education" (2)

6. Vice-Chancellor Ian Chubb, The Australian National University, suggested that so far universities did not succeed in shaping future leaders. A multidisciplinary education approach should be pursued to make students aware of moral and world issues and able to address global constraints and find solutions.

7. Professor Carlos Clemente Cerri, Universidade de São Paulo, explained the results of his university energy efficiency program, based on solar energy panels and bio-generators, that allowed significant energy savings and cost reduction. The project is considered a national level benchmark in Brazil.

8. Vice-President Weihe Xie, Tsinghua University, proposed three actions to be taken within 2010 G8 Summit:

1. a) Establish a foundation at university level for knowledge innovation
2. b) Award best 50 university proposals towards global sustainability
3. c) Establish an eminent professors panel to provide advice dealing with emergencies.

9. President Shin-ichi Hirano, Nagoya University, described his university policy to attain a sustainable development on campus based on a multidisciplinary approach, which emphasizes students’ continuous engagement and outreaches to local communities and society as a whole, and takes in account the economical impact and its relationship with industrial environment.

10. President Kiyokazu Washida, Osaka University, quoted an old Japanese proverb - “taru wo shiru”, or “ be aware when your want is met” - suggesting that satisfying desires may not be the only way: “sufficiency in insufficiency” is the ideal attitude of citizens from a philosopher’s point of view. Part of university education should be to nurture people who are able to bridge specialists and society.