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GREEN x EXPO 2027 Symposium 2027

Last Updated February 12, 2025

[Recruiting participants!] GREEN x EXPO 2027 Symposium will be held two years ago.

                                                                                                            
                                                                                                               
GREEN × EXPO 2027 welcomes you with overwhelming flowers and greenery, and focuses on climate change, which has a significant impact on our lives, and works with citizens in harmony with the environment. This is the first international exposition in Japan with the theme of "Kingkyo".

A symposium will be held two years before the event (March 19).

The symposium will discuss the role of GREEN x EXPO in addressing global issues such as climate change, and measures to coexist with the environment and sustain nature, people and society together.

We look forward to your participation.



[Flyer] GREEN x EXPO 2027 Symposium two years ago (PDF: 1,125KB)

Theme

Changing from GREEN × EXPO - Living with the Environment -

Date and time

Sunday, March 9, 2025
From 15:00 to 17:00 (open at 14:30)

Location

Tennai Memorial Hall on the Kanto Gakuin University Yokohama Kannai Campus
(1-1-1, Bandai-cho, Naka-ku)


2-minute walk from the south exit of Kannai Station on the JR Keihin Tohoku / Negishi Line.
4-minute walk from Exit 1 of Kannai Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line


[Notes]
・Please refrain from making inquiries to the venue regarding the symposium.
・Please use public transportation such as trains and buses as much as possible when visiting the museum.

Program

Greeting

 Yamanaka Takeharu (The Mayor of Yokohama)

Part 1 Keynote Speech

 Mr. Mari Yoshitaka

 (Director of the International Horticultural Expo Association, 2027)
 (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd. (Sustainability))

Part 2 Panel Discussion

 Coordinator

   Mr. Mari Yoshitaka

 Panelists (in no particular order)

   Emori Seita (Professor, Center for Future Vision Research, The University of Tokyo)

   Mr. Rumi Sato (Non-Profit Organization NPO Birth Secretary General)

   Yasuyuki Igarashi (Yasuyuki)  (Director in charge of decarbonization, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Yokohama)

Application deadline and application method

Application deadline

Friday, March 7 Until 17:00

※If you would like a sign language / written interpreter, please apply by Friday, February 28.

How to apply

If you would like to participate, please fill in the required items form or fax before applying.

From the application form

Please apply from two-dimensional code or Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system (outside site).



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From fax

If it is difficult to use the application form, please fill out the form required items 1 name, 2 readings, 3 Phone number, 4 “Application for Symposium on March 9” and send it by fax (045-212-1223).

                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                              

Capacity

500 people (advance application system, free participation fee)

                                                                                                             

How to cancel

Please contact us by e-mail or fax by Saturday, March 8 after describing the following information.

・Contact: Subject “Symposium Cancellation” 1 Name, 2 Phone number

・Contact information :Email (da-greenexpo-symposium@city.yokohama.lg.jp)
      FAX  (045-212-1223)

                                                                                                           

Speaker Profile (title omitted, no particular order)

                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Mari Yoshitaka

Director of the International Horticultural Expo Association 2027/Fellow of Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. (Sustainability)
Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, The University of Tokyo. Professor, Keio University. Graduate School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, USA. Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University. He has been engaged in environmental finance consulting for many years. Joined Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting in May 2020. Currently, he provides advice and advice on climate change, GX, sustainable finance, etc. to various sectors. Member of the 2027 International Horticultural Expo Association Sustainability Expert Committee.

                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Emori Seita (Seita)

Professor at the University of Tokyo. Graduated from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo in 1997, obtained a doctorate (academic) and worked at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Current position since 2022. He specializes in climate science. He is the author of the Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Sato Rumi (Rumi)

Executive Director, NPO Bir. She presides over the “Midori Intermediate Support Organization” that draws out the power of the city’s “green” and utilizes it in community development. Created partnerships between industry, government, academia and citizens in various places based on park green spaces. Member of the Green Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Platform Steering Committee.

                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Yasuyuki Igarashi (Yasuyuki)

Director in charge of Decarbonization, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Yokohama City. In the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Fukui Prefecture, he was involved in urban planning and community development, operation of state-owned Hitachi Seaside Park and Showa Memorial Park, Expo of Osaka Hana, etc., and worked as Minister's Secretariat of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism before assuming his current position in 2023.

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Inquiries to this page

Decarbonization / GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau GREEN × EXPO Promotion Department GREEN × EXPO Promotion Department GREEN × EXPO Promotion Section

Telephone: 045-671-4627

Telephone: 045-671-4627

Fax: 045-212-1223

Email address: da-greenexpo@city.yokohama.lg.jp

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