Opening Ceremony

• Welcome Remarks: Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, IGES
• Guest Remarks: KOIZUMI Shinjiro, Minister of the Environment of Japan
• Guest Remarks: Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor, Kanagawa Prefectural Government

Keynote Speech (Video message)

• Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

[Plenary Session 1]
Dialogue with IGES President and Guests – 1 (Synergy among Biodiversity, Climate, and SDGs)

• Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, IGES
• Armida Salsiah Alsjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
• Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
• Bambang Susantono, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Richard Florizone, President and CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

[Plenary Session 2]
Dialogue with IGES President and Guests – 2 (Perspectives from Asia)

• Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, IGES
• Dechen Tsering, Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the Pacific, UNEP
• Kung Phoak, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
• Dingding Tang, Co-Secretary General for International Finance Forum (IFF) Adjunct Professor, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University Senior environment Consultant for AIIB and the New Development Bank
• Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

(Interval)

[Plenary Session 3]
IPCC & IPBES: Bridging International Science, Policy and Implementation

• Youba Sokona, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Youngbae Suh, Vice-Chair from Asian-Pacific States, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
• André Mader, Programme Director, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES; Adviser, IPBES Technical Support Unit for the Assessment of Invasive Alien Species (IPBES-TSU)
• Yasuo Takahashi, Research Manager, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES
• Rajarshi Dasgupta, Senior Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES
• Pankaj Kumar, Senior Policy Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES
• Mikiko Kainuma, Senior Research Advisor, IGES

[Plenary Session 4]
How Can Business Strengthen SDG Actions in the COVID-19 Era?

• FUTAMIYA Masaya, Chair, Committee on Responsible Business Conduct & SDGs Promotion, Keidanren Director – Chairman, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
• Michael Salvatico, Head of Asia Pacific ESG Business Development, Trucost, part of S&P Global
• Filippo Veglio, Managing Director & Senior Management Team, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Nobue Amanuma, Research Manager, Sustainability Governance Centre, IGES

(Interval)

[Plenary Session 5]
Debate on “Just Transitions Towards Sustainable Societies in Asia and the Pacific”

• Yasuo Takahashi, Executive Director, IGES
• Eric Zusman, Research Leader, Sustainability Governance Centre, IGES
• Nobue Amanuma, Senior Policy Researcher, Sustainability Governance Centre, IGES
• Yatsuka Kataoka, Joint-Programme Director, City Taskforce, IGES
• Yasuo Takahashi, Research Manager, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES
• Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage, Deputy Director, The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (IGES/CCET), Japan.
• Pham Ngoc Bao, Senior Policy Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES
• Mikiko Kainuma, Senior Research Advisor, IGES
• Satoshi Kojima, Principal Coordinator, Strategic Management Office, IGES
• Kentaro Tamura, Programme Director/Principal Researcher, Climate and Energy Area, IGES
• Atsushi Watabe, Programme Director, Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), IGES
• André Mader, Programme Director, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services, IGES; Adviser, IPBES Technical Support Unit for the Assessment of Invasive Alien Species (IPBES-TSU)
• Xin Zhou, Research Leader, Strategic and Quantitative Analysis Centre, IGES
• Junichi Fujino, Programme Director, City Taskforce, IGES
• Takashi Otsuka, Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications, IGES

Closing

• Nobutoshi Miyoshi, Managing Director, IGES