The Pre-Symposium of the 17th JASID Annual Conference

2006.10.15

Please be informed that pre-symposium entitled "Sustainability in an Unequal World" will be jointly hosted by JASID and IR3s. Please apply from the registration form by November 15.

Date and Time:

November 24, 2006 (Fri) 9:00-17:00

Location:

The University of Tokyo Hongo Campus

Koshiba Hall (Faculty of Science Bldg. 1).

Please see the maps.

Program:

Registration: 8:30-

9:00 Welcoming Remarks

Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI (Professor, Deputy Executive Director, IR3S, The University of Tokyo)

9:10 Opening Address

Toshihisa TOYODA (Professor, Hiroshima Shudo University, President of JASID)

Part I: Sustainability in an Unequal World

9:30-10:15 Keynote Address

Partha DASGUPTA (Professor, Cambridge University)

10:15-10:45 Response and Discussion

Kan SATO (IDE)
Kazuhiro UEDA (Kyoto University)
Hideaki SHIROYAMA (The University of Tokyo)

10:45-11:00 Reply

11:00-11:30 General Discussion

Part II: Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development

Chaired by Masaru YARIME (The University of Tokyo)

Session I: Sustainability and Foreign Aid 1:30-2:30

Presentation: Matthew R AUER (Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Indiana)

Response: Yuka MOTODA (Hokkaido University)

Session II: Sustainability and Resource Governance 2:45-3:45

Presentation: Jessse C RIBOT (Senior Research Associate, World Resources Institute, USA)

Response: Jin SATO (The University of Tokyo)

Session III: Discussion on "Teaching Sustainability" 3:45-4:30

Discussion Leader: Takashi MINO (Professor, IR3S, The University of Tokyo)

Panel: All of the presentors and discussants above

4:30-5:00 Closing Comments

Akimasa SUMI (Professor, Executive Director, TIGS, The University of Tokyo)

Tsuneaki YOSHIDA (Professor, Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

Admission Free

This pre-symposium is supported by MEXT thorough Special Coodination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology.

Organizers:

Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S),
Japan Society ofr INternational Development (JASID)

Co-organizers:

'Resource Distribution Mechanisms and Fairness' project,
New Research Initiatives for Humanities and Social Sciences, JSPS