Preliminary Program (PDF file)
Thursday, 4
September 2003
7:45 am Bus transfer from Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel to the conference venue
8:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am Opening and Welcome
Chair: Dr.
ZhongXiang Zhang, East-West
Center, Honolulu, USA
Dr.
Charles E. Morrison,
President, East-West Center, Honolulu, USA
Mr. Mukul Sanwal, Special Advisor, UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
Mrs. Tilly Zwartepoorte, Director, Department of Climate Change and
Industry, Ministry of Housing,
Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Director, Climate Change Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Jhy-Ming Lu, Director, Sustainable Energy Research Division, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Chair: Mr. Peter Heyward, Assistant Secretary, Environment Branch,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia
Dr. Tom M.L. Wigley, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
Prof. Catrinus Jepma, University of Groningen and Foundation Joint Implementation Network, The Netherlands;
Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Third Assessment Report
10:30 am Coffee break
10:45 am Dr.
Daniel Dudek, Chief
Economist, Environmental Defence, New York
Prof. Warwick J. McKibbin, Australian National University, Canberra,
Australia and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
11:45 am Discussion
12:45 pm Lunch
Chair: Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Senior
Advisor for Climate Change,
U.S.
Department of Energy,
Washington, DC
Dr. Harlan L. Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special
Representative, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
U.S. Climate Change Policy and Actions
Dr. Terry
Surles, Manager, Public
Interest Energy Research Program, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, USA
California Initiatives in Response to Global Climate Change
Dr. Paul Bernstein, Principal, Charles River Associates, Washington, DC
3:30 pm Coffee break
3:45 pm Dr.
David L. Greene, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Knoxville, USA
Mr. Douglas G. Cogan, Deputy Director, Social Issues Service,
Investor Responsibility Research Center, Washington, DC
4:45 pm Discussion
5:45 pm Bus transfer to the Waikiki Aquarium
6:00 pm Reception
with the Halau performance at the Waikiki Aquarium (2777 Kalakaua Avenue)
Friday, 5 September 2003
8:40 am Bus transfer from Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel to the conference venue
Chair:
Prof. Catrinus Jepma, University of Groningen and Foundation Joint Implementation Network, The Netherlands
Mrs. Tilly Zwartepoorte, Director, Department of Climate Change and
Industry, Ministry of Housing,
Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands
10:30 am Coffee
break
10:45 am Prof. Terry Barker, Department
of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, UK; Coordinating Lead Author,
IPCC Third Assessment Report
EU and UK Leadership
in Moving towards Low Carbon Economy and Strengthening Future Commitments
Mr. Fabrizio d’Adda, Senior Vice President, Eni Group, Milan,
Italy; Chairman, Environment Working Group, Union of Industrial and Employers’
Confederations of Europe (UNICE)
11:45 am Discussion
12:45 pm Lunch
Chair: Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Senior
Advisor for Climate Change, U.S.
Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Mr. Peter Heyward, Assistant Secretary, Environment Branch,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia
Mr. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Director, Climate Change Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Oleg Pluzhnikov, Deputy Head, Ecological Department, Ministry of
Energy, Moscow, The
Russian Federation
Climate Policy of the Russian
Federation - What Next?
3:30 pm Coffee break
3:45 pm Dr.
ZhongXiang Zhang, East-West
Center, Honolulu, USA; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Peking
University, Beijing, China
Open Trade
with the U.S. without Compromising Canada’s Ability to Comply with its Kyoto
Target
Dr. Alexander Golub, Environmental
Defence, Washington, DC
4:45 pm Discussion
5:45 pm Bus transfer to Ala Moana Shopping
Center
6:00 pm Conference
dinner in Longhi’s Ala Moana (1450
Ala Moana Blvd., Ste. 3001 (Ocean Side, Mall Level). Tel: (808) 947-9899)
Saturday, 6 September 2003
8:40 am Bus transfer from Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel to the conference venue
Prof. Zhou Dadi, Director-General, Energy Research
Institute, State Development and Reform Commission, Beijing, China
Dr. Fernando Tudela, Director, Program on Water, Environment and
Society, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Former Chairman,
Inter-Ministerial Committee for Climate Change in Mexico
Developing Countries and the Evolution of Commitments
Mr. Imran Habib Ahmad, Pakistan’s Chief Negotiator at UNFCCC COP7 and SB18,
Ministry of Environment, Islamabad, Pakistan
10:30 am Group Photo
Coffee break
10:45 am Mr. Peter J. Kalas, Senior
Technical Coordinator, National Strategy
Studies Program, The World Bank, Washington, DC
National Strategy Studies:
Promoting Links between Climate Change Issues and Sustainable Development
Mr. Toshiyuki Sakamoto, Director, Global Environmental Affairs
Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan
Emission Trend in Developing Countries and Measures to
Facilitate CDM
11:45 am Discussion
12:45 pm Lunch
Chair:
Prof. Catrinus Jepma, University of Groningen and Foundation Joint Implementation Network, The Netherlands
Mr. Peter Heyward, Assistant Secretary, Environment Branch,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Prof. Akio Morishima, Chairman,
Board of Directors, Institute for
Global Environmental Strategies, Kanagawa, Japan
Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Senior
Advisor for Climate Change, U.S. Department
of Energy, Washington, DC
Mr. Douglas G. Cogan, Deputy Director, Social Issues Service,
Investor Responsibility Research Center, Washington, DC
Dr. Fernando Tudela, Director, Program on Water, Environment and
Society, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Former Chairman,
Inter-Ministerial Committee for Climate Change in Mexico
Mrs. Tilly Zwartepoorte, Director, Department of Climate Change and
Industry, Ministry of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dr. Irving M. Mintzer, Global Business Network, Silver Spring, U.S.A.
3:15 pm Discussion
4:30 pm Bus transfer back to Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel