Thursday, February 16, 2012

Date Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Venue German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
Rauchstraße 17/18, 10787 Berlin, Germany
Sponsors Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Topics"How Japan and Germany Cooperate in Major World Issues?"
JEF-DGAP International Symposium

OFFICIAL WELCOME
Amb. Paul Freiherr von Maltzahn, Executive Vice President, DGAP
Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman and CEO, JEF; Former Chairman and CEO, JETRO; Former Vice-Minister for International Affairs, MITI (METI as of now)

SESSION 1: THE FTA BETWEEN THE EU AND JAPAN: BENEFITS AND RISKSSpeakers:
Yorizumi Watanabe, Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
Presentation

Hubert Knirsch, Head of Division, International Economic and Financial Policy, Federal Foreign Office (AA)

Friedolin Strack, Head of Asia and Africa Department, Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Moderator:
Naoyuki Haraoka, Executive Managing Director of JEF

LUNCH
Key-note Speaker: Amb. Andreas von Stechow

SESSION 2: THE NUCLEAR INCIDENT IN FUKUSHIMA: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENERGY MIX IN GERMANY AND JAPANSpeakers:
Nobuo Tanaka, Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan; Former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Presentation

Prof. Dr. Diethard Mager, Director for Fundamental Energy Questions; Energy Research; Renewable Energies; Coal, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

Dr. Eberhard von Rottenburg, Senior Manager and Energy Expert in the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider, Director of the Research Institute, DGAP

SESSION 3: HOW JAPAN AND GERMANY CAN COOPERATE TO BUILD UP A COMMON FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?Speakers:
Amb. Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Visiting Fellow at Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA); Former Special Advisor to the Cabinet, in charge of Climate change; Former Ambassador in charge of for Global Environment and Chief Climate Negotiator in Japan; Former Ambassador to OECD and to Mexico
Paper
Paper

Dr. Karsten Sach, Director for International Climate
Cooperation, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Daniel Klingenfeld, MPP, M.Sc., WBGU Research Analyst, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Presentation

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider

CLOSING CEREMONY
Amb. Paul Freiherr von Maltzahn
Noboru Hatakeyama

Agenda

ParticipantsList

SummarySummary (English)Summary (Japanese)

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