The British Council and eQualC Sustainability Communications Present:

Green Leaders Forum #3: Low-Carbon Communities & ecoHabitats

Mon April 5, 2010 @ British Council

• DATE/TIME Monday April 5, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• ADMISSION FREE! Includes wine, soft drinks and snacks
• LOCATION British Council, Iidabashi Station
• MAP http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-about-us-tokyo-centre-contact-details.htm
• TOPICS Environmental modeling analyses, energy-economy system modeling, bioenergy studies, climate change impacts and policy studies; urban ecology, design anthropology, urban futurism
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GREEN LEADERS

Presentations in Japanese [J] or English [E] with simultaneous interpretation.

• [J] Dr. Junichi Fujino, Senior Climate Policy Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
• [E] Dr. Jared Braiterman, PhD, Harvard graduate, urban ecologist and founder of Tokyo Green Space

Dr. Junichi Fujino, Senior Climate Policy Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), PhD Engineering, Tokyo University of Science Senior Researcher, Climate Policy Assessment Section, Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan; Visiting Associate Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) Adjunct instructor; Scenario Team member and Manager, “Low Carbon Japan 2050”

Dr. Fujino is a senior researcher in the Climate Policy Assessment Section Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan. His fields of research include environmental modeling analysis, especially on energy-economy system modeling and bioenergy study. He is involved in the development of the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) to estimate climate change impact and to assess policy options for stabilizing global climate. He is currently fully engaging on “Japan Low-Carbon Society Scenario Project” since 2004. He received his B.S./M.S and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He has been working in current position since April 2000. He is visiting Associate professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and adjunct instructor, Tokyo University of Science.

Dr. Jared Braiterman, PhD, Harvard graduate, urban ecologist and founder of Tokyo Green Space A Harvard and Stanford anthropologist (PhD 1996), Jared Braiterman leverages customer insight for product innovation and business strategy. Jared Braiterman PhD, illustration by KankuroFrom Silicon Valley start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, Jared has helped senior executives, product groups, designers and engineers build new interactive products.

Jared Braiterman is an urban futurist, business consultant and educator. Jared is founder of Tokyo Green Space, supported by Hitachi and the Council on Foreign Relations. Trained at Harvard and Stanford, he is now a Research Fellow at Tokyo University of Agriculture. Alongside academic and public research, he has consulted with leading international corporations and startups as a design anthropologist in Silicon Valley, China, Europe & Latin America.

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About the Green Leaders Forum @ British Council

The Green Leaders Forum @ British Council is a free monthly learning and networking event for leading thinkers and practitioners from business, NGOs and government, as well as entrepreneurs, media, students, and those with a general interest in the fields of sustainability, cleantech, the environment and society, energy and climate change, corporate social responsibility (CSR), socially responsible investment (SRI), and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

The last GLF, Green Leaders Forum #2: Green Media & Web2.eco was another amazing event with over 100 people participating in this ground-breaking bilingual event! A great big thanks to all of our speakers, the British Council and to the huge crowd that turned out on a Monday evening to push the boundaries of sustainability!

Check out the full event report featuring photos and video of each of the presenters: Green Leaders Forum #2: Green Media & Web2.eco.

EVENT REPORT GLF #2: GREEN MEDIA & WEB2.eco
eQualC: See the eQualC Sustainability Communications website for the full event report including photos and videos of each presentation.
http://equalc.com/en/events/japan/107-glf2-event-report-photos-video

EVENT REPORT GLF #1: THE FUTURE OF FOOD
eQualC: See the eQualC Sustainability Communications website for the full event report.
http://equalc.com/en/events/japan/111-event-report-glf1-the-future-of-food

Check out the follow-up generated in local Green Media & Web2.eco sites.

Greenz.jp: The Future of Food
http://greenz.jp/en/2010/02/20/tokyo-event-future-of-food/

Ecotwaza: Purchase eco+waza vol.9 Food for Thought
http://www.eco-friendly-japan.com/product/192

Tokyo Weekender
http://weekenderjapan.com/?p=14868

Japan Today
http://insight.japantoday.com/sustainable-future/food-for-thought-future-of-food/

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