3. Parallel Session A: June 30, 13:00 – 17:30
Theme: New Scientific Knowledge and International Network to Support Global Sustainability
Sub-themes:
・New Scientific Knowledge on Global Sustainability
・Network of Networks (NNs)
Led by its chair (President Hiroshi Saeki of Hokkaido University) and vice-chair (President and Vice-Chancellor Samarasekera of University of Alberta), Parallel Session A included presentations by the representatives detailed below, comments about the presentations and questions & answers on the theme of ‘New Scientific Knowledge and International Network to Support Global Sustainability’.
The session was divided into first and second halves, and featured presentations by the ten representatives listed below.
President Takehiko Sugiyama,
Hitotsubashi University
Vice-Rector Guido Chelazzi,
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Prof. Peter Guthrie, Director,
Center of Engineering for Sustainable Development,
the University of Cambridge
Mr. Donald Filer, Director, Office of International Affairs,
Yale University
Executive Vice-President
and Provost Jianhua Lin,
Peking University
President Jun-ichi Nishizawa,
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Deputy Director Kripa Shanker,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
President Jang-Moo Lee,
Seoul National University
Vice-Chancellor and
Principal Ihron L. Rensburg,
University of Johannesburg
Rector Burkhard Rauhut,
RWTH Aachen University
The presentations were followed by comments from the three representatives listed below.
President Akihisa Inoue,
Tohoku University
President Kenichi Iga,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
President Kiyofumi Kawaguchi,
Ritsumeikan University
- Sponsored by MEXT
(Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology-Japan)
