APRSCP Roundtables
8th APRSCP (New Date) 18-20 September 2008 Venue: SHANGRILA MACTAN, CEBU, PHILIPPINES
Theme: "“SCP and Green Growth for Climate Action”
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (as of 05 September 2008)
WEDNESDAY 17th September 2008 |
| 09:00-16:00 |
APRSCP Board Meeting/Dinner |
16:00-18:00 |
Arrival of GUESTS and Pre-registration (Mactan Shangrila Hotel / Cebu Hilton Hotel) |
DAY ONE - THURSDAY 18th September 2008 |
08:00-09:00 |
Arrival / Registration (Mactan Shangrila Hotel - Mactan Ballroom) |
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Emcee |
Ms. Doreen Yu, Editor, Philippine Star Sunday Magazine |
09:00-09:05 |
Welcome Remarks: |
- Dr. Olivia la O' Castillo, APRSCP President, Board of Trustees United Nations Sec.Gen. Advisory Board on Water & Sanitation (UNSGAB) Member
- Governor Gwendolyn Garcia Province of Cebu, Republic of the Philippines |
| 09:05-09:15 |
Opening Remarks: |
Amb. Laura del Rosario Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam APRSCP 8th Chair |
| 09:15-09:45 |
Keynote Speaker: |
TBA |
| 09:45-10:05 |
ASEAN Eminent Person |
- His Excellency Fidel V. Ramos former President of the Philippines - Introduction by: Ambassador Delia Domingo Albert Former Phil Sec. of Foreign Affairs |
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Coffee Break |
10:25-11:25 |
Partner Speakers |
- Mr. Angelo Reyes, Philippine Secretary of Energy “Raising the Awareness on Renewable Energy Approaches” - Dr.Byoung-Wook Lee, Republic of Korea Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment - Mr. Shigeru Mochida,Deputy Executive Secretary of UNESCAP - Mr. Arab Hoballah Chief, Sustainable Consumption and Production Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics United Nations Environment Programme 10-Year Framework for Sustainable Consumption & Production, Global Progress & Regional Significance - Dr. Neil C. Hawkins, Sc.D Vice President, Sustainability, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, U.S.A. |
11:25-12:00 |
Questions and Answer from the Audience |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch (Former DENR Sec. Elisea Gozun - UNEP 2007 Champions of the Earth Awardee; Dr. Thomas G. Aquino, Senior Undersecretary, Philippine Department of Trade & Industry “Trade & the Environment in the Global Market” |
13:00-18:00 |
Plenary Session - Part I (including questions & answers) Chair: Dr. Gunter Tharun, Board of Trustee APRSCP |
| 13:00-14:00 |
SESSION A: Sustainable Consumption & Climate Change: Eco-labels for Energy Efficient Products: Chair, Ms. Meenakshi Kakkar, Board Member APRSCP Dr. Frans Verspeek, Dr. Michael Kundht, Mr. Jens-Norgaard "Sustainable Consumption and Production: Improving Global Value Chains" –M.Kuhndt ‘SCP along Global Value Chains: The role of different stakeholders’; Jens Norgaard ‘The SWITCH to SCP: The Europe-Asian SWITCH Programme & its components’; Frans Verspeek ‘The SWITCH to SCP projects: Expectations and Pitfalls |
| 14:00-15:00 |
SESSION B: Water & Sanitation: Chair: Dr. Robert Pagan Board Member APRSCP Mr. Kenzo Hiroki, formerly UNSGAB Secretariat; Mr. Jose Rene D. Almendras, Group Director for Business-Manila Water; Dr. Seetheram Director, Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore "Perspective on Water Security in Asia" -- using the key messages in the Asian Water Development Outlook 200; |
| 15:00-15:15 |
Coffee Break |
15:15-16:15 |
SESSION C: Waste: Chair, Mr. Jenny Suat Tan, Board Member APRSCP: Prof.Thomas LIndqvist/ Panate Manomaivibool, IIIEE, Lund Univ.; Mr. Surya Chandak, UNEP, Japan "Integrated Waste Management for Resource Efficiency" |
16:15-17:15 |
SESSION D: Chemicals: Chair, Dr. Tran Van Nhan, Board Member APRSCP Dr. Peesamai Jenvanitpanjakul, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) "The establishment of the guidelines for the development of biodiesel standards in the APEC region". |
| 17 :15-18 :30 |
Poster Session |
18:30-21:30 |
Dinner Hosted by the Province of Cebu, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia at the Provincial Capitol - Welcome Speech by Governor Gwen - Green Award for Water Innovation: Mr. Manuel Osmena, Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa - Green Award for Climate Change Actions: Dr. Lucio Tan, Lucio Tan Group of Companies |
DAY TWO - FRIDAY 19th September 2008 |
08:00-09:00 |
Registration (Mactan Shangrila Hotel, Mactan Ballroom) |
09:00-09:05 |
Plenary Session - Part II: Introduction to Plenary Session Chair: Mr. Nihal Abeysekera, Vice President, APRSCP |
09:05-10:00 |
SESSION E: Energy: Chair, Dr.Weerawat Chantanakome, Policy and Strategy Coordination Office, Ministry of Energy of Thailand Prof.Hans Schnitzer, Graz University of Technology Institute for Process Engineering "Renewable Energy for SMEs"; Dr Paritud Bhandhubanyong, Advisor to NSTA, Thailand "Food or Fuel: Lesson Learned from the Alternative Energy Program of Thailand"; Prof. Gerhart Braunegg, Graz University of Technology Institute for Process Engineering "Sustainable polymer production form renewable resources" |
10:00-10:15 |
Coffee-break |
10:15-12:00 |
SESSION F: Financing / Carbon Fund Market: Chair, Dr.Chaiyod Bundyadji, Board Member APRSCP Woochong Um, Director,Energy, Transport, and Water Division,Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB: "ADB: Climate Change Program - Financing for Development"; Mr. Masakazu ICHIMURA, Chief, EVS, EDD, UN-ESCAP “Market-based Climate Regime”; Dr. Hyeon PARK, Environment Team Leader, POSCO, CO2 Breakthrough Solutions in Steel Industry: Business case Ms. You-Kyong Park, Project Director, Association for Sustainable and Responsible Leaders in Asia, Hongkong “Asia’s Carbon Leaders are Stepping Forward”; Mr. Isidro Sobrecarey, Deputy Secretary General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)”Regional Financing for Low Carbon Society” |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch: Hunter Douglas Video Presentation |
13:00-14:00 |
SESSION G: Sustainable Building & Construction: Chair, Mr. Frank Mueller, Board Member APRSCP & Co-Chair, Arch.Joven Ignacio: Hunter Douglas Team Presentation, Gigi Lapira, President HD; Captain Dr.Samai Jai-In, RTN. "Community-level Bioenergy Program: Can we make it a success?"; ;Ms.Kaarin Tapale Chair, Marrakech Task Force for Sustainable Buildings and Construction (lead country Finland ) |
| 14:00-14:20 |
SESSION H: Sustainable Mobility & Transport:: Chair: Mr. Nihal Cooray, Board Member APRSCP Mr.Christopher Juniper, Director, Sustainability Leadership Institute. |
| 14:20-15:00 |
Joint UNIDO – UNEP Programme on Cleaner Production and Resource Efficiency: update and future directions,) Chaired by Heinz Leuenberger, Director, Environmental Management Branch (UNIDO) |
15:00-15:15 |
Coffee Break |
15:15-16:45 |
UN MARRAKECH PROCESS, GLOBAL PROCESS & REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNEP, UNDESA, ESCAP AND APRSCP: chaired by Mr. Arab Hoballah, UNEP |
| 16:45-16:55 |
8th APRSCP Traditional Synthesis Dr. Anthony Chiu, Board Member APRSCP |
16:55-17:00 |
CLOSING PLENARY - 9th APRSCP HOST (TBA) |
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Free Night |
DAY THREE - SATURDAY 20th September 2008 |
08:00 onwards |
Education e-tour & eco-shopping (optional) Free Time |
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