City of Kawasaki, based on its experience in the efforts to reduce pollution and excellent environmental technology accumulated through them, has been promoting international contributions for the rapidly industrializing cities of developing countries to build sustainable urban model of environmental and industrial harmony.
As an occasion for sharing information regarding cutting-edge environmental technologies, the 11th Asia-Pacific Eco-Business Forum was held concurrently with the Kawasaki International Eco-Tech Fair 2015, with the concept of promoting relationships of trust between participating cities and Kawasaki city.
| Date | February 4(Wed)-5(Thu), 2015 |
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| Venue | [Feb 4] 1F conference room, Life Science & Environment research center (LiSE) [Feb 5] Kawasaki Todoroki Arena |
| Organizer | City of Kawasaki |
| Co-organizer | United Nations Environment Programme/International Environmental Technology Centre(UNEP/IETC) |
| Supporters | Non-Profit Organization Japan Association of Environment and Society for 21th Century / Non-Profit Organization Liaison Center for Creation of Industry & Environment / Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki |
| Sponsoring Organizations | Ministry of the Environment / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) / International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) / Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) / Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (JESC) |
| Participants | UNEP-IETC / GEC / NIES / Shenyang City Government(China) / State Government of Penang (Malaysia) / Bandung City Government (Indonesia) and so on Total number of participants: roughly 386 for three days (Include 92 international participants from 6 cities abroad) |
| Programme PDF Download (6.07MB) |
[Feb 4] Keynote Lecture “Holistic Waste Management Approach for Eco Towns” Session1:Environmental Efforts by companies Session2:Efforts toward building low carbon cities Session3:Efforts on reducing aerial environmental burden [Feb 5] Session4:Low Carbon Initiatives towards Sustainable Eco-industry and Eco-city Development in Asia Keynote Lecture “Toward a New Stage in Ecotowns and Recycling-based Societies” |
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