Update:April 1, 2010

Session Agenda

SESSION AGENDA

(1) Orientation Programme

In this session, participants will be provided with the general information that will help them have a comfortable stay at ICETT. Expectations from the workshop will be elicited from the participants to find common ground between needs and wishes on these sessions.

Objectives:

The participants will:

• (1) be introduced to the workshop programme, and clarified their own expectations and roles.
• (2) be familiarised with daily life in Japan; and
• (3) be introduced to the ISO14001 session

Discussion Topics:

• What are your expectations from this workshop?
• What are the priority problems and issues in your current work?

(2) Keynote Lecture

The keynote lecture will be provided by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), describing an introduction to the Japan's Energy Policy. This session will highlight the policy's targets and goals, the synopsis of energy use rationalization, the current situation of energy conservation measures, and the reduction of greenhouse gases.

Objectives:

The participants will:

• (1) be introduced to Japan's energy policy, with a focus on energy conservation; and
• (2) be given an explanation of greenhouse gases in relation to Japan's measures.

(3) Government Energy Policies and Programmes

In this session, we will focus on the energy efficiency policies of Japan's. This will introduce the effectiveness of harmony between a healthy environment and sustainable development, giving examples of the Japanese energy policies and management from the perspectives of energy professionals.
In the Japan's session, the lecture will examine the Japan's energy conservation activities, such as Japan's Energy Policy, Electricity Demand Management as the Japan's energy trends, Effective Activities of Education and Measurements and so on. In particular, the lecture will be given an example of Energy Conservation Center of Japan.

Objectives:

The participants will:

• (1) examine energy efficiency and power technologies for the improvement of economic and environmental performance;
• (2) be introduced to Japan's energy efficiency policies; and
• (3) understand CTI in relation to UNFCCC on energy renewable policy.

Discussion Topics:

What have you seen and heard in this session?

(4) Country Presentation

For this session, the participants will be prepared for the country report presentation. On this session, the successes and problem factors of industrial policies and technologies will be clarified and explained by the participants.

Objectives:

The participants will come to recognize the similarities and differences between issues in different countries.

Discussion Topics:

What have you seen and heard in this session?

(5) Plant-visits

The studies are about company-based or industrial-based environmental management such as energy efficiency, recycling, green productivity / cleaner production and zero emission. This session will include four plant-visits The participants will be encouraged to make comparisons with International Institution's, Japanese and the participant's case-studies of energy efficiency, green productivity / cleaner production and zero emission.

Objectives:

The participants will grasp the mechanism and flow-chart process of energy efficiency, green productivity / cleaner production mechanisms and zero emission.

Discussion Topics:

What have you seen and heard during the plant-visits and informal talks that you feel is worth learning more about to enable you to carry out your work more effectively?

(6) Energy- Efficient Technology

Discussion Topics:

• (1) Is the Japanese promise to reduce CO2 6% at the basis of 1990 by the year of 2010 possible ?
• (2) How energy is consumed in Japan; from the view of Environmental Management System (EMS).
• (3) Advanced technologies now available to reduce CO2 emissions.
• (4) Challenge to realize the promise; top runner method, possible industrial contributions.
• (5) What is the status of Energy Efficient Technology in the participant's country?
• (6) How is energy consumed ?
• (7) Which kinds of energy-efficient technologies are or will be available ?
• (8) How would you apply this simple but possible energy consumption estimation to your country?
• (9) What are possible incentives in your country?
• (10) Find win/win opportunities in international relations on Green productivity / cleaner production.

(7) Green productivity / Cleaner Production Programme

As the session of the Green productivity / cleaner production will be introduced, this lecture seminar explores the birth of the concept of Green productivity / cleaner production and details the importance of Green productivity / cleaner production in the sustainability agenda. We examine the need for a business approach which incorporates the strategy and discuss the benefits which may be obtained.

The following important points are made:

• (1) The importance of globalisation and the links with sustainable development
• (2) How business views sustainable development
• (3) Profiting from a sustainable approach
• (4) How Green productivity / cleaner production was born and what it means
• (5) How business benefit from a strategic approach
• (6) The APO network

In addition, Green productivity / cleaner production Technology will be also introduced, and we will highlight the green productivity / cleaner production technology (CPT), following the definition of APO and comparing to the end-of-pipe technology (EOP). This covers the GP technology (GPT) and CPT's scopes, economical aspects, advantages and GPT's application for the developing countries, giving some examples of Japan's case studies. In particular, we will learn the substantial case of green productivity / cleaner production technology on manufacturing process of the chemical plants in People's Republic of China. The lecturer will give us the significant remarks of the installation of green productivity / cleaner production.

These lectures explore the implementation of Green productivity / cleaner production in a company. The lectures deal with all the basic system problems inherent in developing a Green productivity / cleaner production approach and finally successfully instituting a programme. Many case studies are presented during the talks, showing how various activities have been successful for different enterprises.

The following points are covered:

• (1) Environmental Management System
• (2) The importance of change and its management
• (3) Developing a programme
• (4) Management commitment
• (5) Planning a programme
• (6) Preliminary stages - data collection and verification, consultation and initial assessments
• (7) Developments of options
• (8) Feasibility analysis
• (9) Implementation, monitoring, review and feedback

The lectures are delivered in an interactive mode with the students participating from their level of experience. Videos may accompany the lectures to highlight points made. These two lecture workshops will provide particpants with a good overview of how Green productivity / cleaner production programmes are put together and how to carry out an assessment on a site.

(8) Enivironmental Management System (EMS) and Energy Efficiency

This session will be offered and explained later on.

(9) Zero Emission Programme

This session will be offered and explained later on.

(10) Workshop Report

Objectives:

The participants will be required to deal with various problems and issues after gaining some new knowledge and skills. The participants will grasp the problems and issues that need to be dealt with and solved in their current work.

Discussion Topics:

• Which priority problems or issues can be solved within six months to one year?
• Which problems require long-term solution?
• Can you deal with them alone with the cooperation of the office you belong to?
• What will enable you to deal with these priority problems and issues?
• What information is necessary?
• What skills will help you deal with the present situation?