Thailand-Japan Environmental Solutions Week
in Bangkok, 14-16, January, 2020
Co-organized by
Ministry of the Environment, Japan and
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Supported by
[Preliminary Program as of 28 December]
**Details of the Program Subject to Changes**
Growing threats of changing climate and climate related disasters, emerging concern of waste including marine plastics and e-waste, air pollution, and other types of pollution and environmental degradation are posing challenges to sustainability of our society and economy, while addressing these issues has become a priority and the responses mainstreamed both in policy and business domains. This has been evident in a series of key intergovernmental meetings as exemplified by G20 Summit and ASEAN Summit, hosted by Japan and Thailand respectively in 2019.
On the other hand, some reports indicate that our sustainable development goals (SDGs) cannot be achieved by 2030 without accelerating our efforts. Fulfilling the gaps calls for policies, technologies, services, innovation, research, collaboration, and partnerships for our environment. Such "Environmental Solutions" can be co-created, enhanced and disseminated through the collaboration between Thailand and Japan. The gaps also represent huge opportunities, particularly, for both countries’ business sectors.
In this context, Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Thailand will jointly organize the event 'Thailand-Japan Environmental Solutions Week' in Bangkok, from 14 to16 January, 2020, in collaboration with relevant partners to facilitate partner matching and exchange of innovative ideas for Environmental Solutions.
OBJECTIVES
Leaders, executives, and experts from national and local governments, business, research institutes, and other key stakeholders from both Japan and Thailand will meet together, and present and discuss how they can collaborate for environmental solutions and achieve SDGs.
DATE & VENUE
14-16 January, 2020
11th Floor, The Berkeley Hotel Pratunam in Bangkok
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EVENT STRUCTURE
Date: 14th January 2020 Preliminary Event: Thailand-Japan Policy Dialogue (Closed Event)
Date: 15th January 2020 [9:00 – 17:30] Open Seminars on Environmental Solutions - Day 1- (Plenary Sessions)
Date: 16th January 2020 [9:00 – 17:00] Open Seminars on Environmental Solutions - Day 2- (Parallel Sessions)
Date: 15th and 16th January 2020 [15th 8:45 – 17:00 / 16th 8:30 – 17:00] Business Match and Exhibition at Foyer (Day 1 & Day 2) |
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REGISTRATION |
Preregistration is required for the participants for the Open Seminar for Day 1 and Day 2 through online registration system:
https://a10.hm-f.jp/index.php?action=R1&a=436&g=62&f=123
Registrations accepted on first-come-first-served basis. Please be advised that we may not be able to accommodate all applications due to the capacity of the venue.
EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS
Main expected participants include:
² National and local governmental officials;
² Business managements and experts interested in the topics;
² Research entities and NPOs; and
² International and sub-regional institutions
Program of Thailand-Japan Environmental Solutions Week
Date: 14th January 2020
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Preliminary Event: Thailand-Japan Policy Dialogue (Closed Event) |
Ø Policy Dialogue between MOE, Japan and MONRE, Thailand
Date: 15th January 2020 [9:00 – 17:30]
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Open Seminars on Environmental Solutions - Day 1- (Plenary Sessions) |
8:45- Registration
9:30-17:00
Venue: Mayfair A+B
Organized by: MOE, Japan; and
MONRE, Thailand
² All Sessions are open upon preregistration
² The plenary session can accept approx. 300-400 participants
² Thai-Japanese simultaneous translation will be available
² Presentation materials will be prepared in English.
Opening Ceremony of Environmental Solution Week
9:30-10:00
l Opening remarks by representative, MONRE, Thailand
l Opening remarks by representative, MOE, Japan
l Remarks by representative, Thai Chambers of Commerce (TBC)
l Remarks by Mr. Souji Sakai, Vice president, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok
10:00-10:40
l Keynote Speech/Framing Presentations
l [tentative] Policy Needs of Environmental Solutions in Thailand
(TBA)
l [tentative] Environmental Solution Needs in Thailand, and Potential Areas of Japanese Contributions
Dr. Kazuhiko TAKEMOTO
President, OECC
Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo
10:40-10:45 Delegates Photo Sessions @ Stage
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break @ Foyer
Plenary Session 1: Innovative Technologies – the Key for Sustainable Development
11:00-12:00
Innovative technologies will be presented by several leading companies in innovation for environment in this session. Presented technology will be the key to tackle the most urgent challenges such as marine plastic and to support Thailand’s priority agenda such as circular economy, climate policy and Thailand 4.0.
l [tentative] Solar Panel Recycling
Mr. Makoto Harita
President, HARITA METAL Co., Ltd.
l Presentation (TBC)
(TBA)
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
l Zero Liquid Discharge System: Made in Thailand technology
(TBA)
ROCK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
l Q&A
[Press Conference will be arranged in parallel with Plenary Session 1]
Lunch (provided only for the pre-registered
participants.
Just
in case the number of the participants exceed the planned threshold, fixed
number of lunch voucher will be provided at the registration in first-come and
first-service basis)
Plenary Session 2: Collaboration between Thai and Japanese Companies on Environmental Businesses
13:30-14:40
Even though collaboration is the essential for advancing Environmental Solutions, the current situation in Thailand is in an early stage where many business cases are dominated with limited and fragmented activities such as "selling and buying by pieces" particularly in the environmental area. The session will explore the possibilities and benefits of various modalities of deeper collaboration and integration of Thai and Japanese private companies through presentations and discussions on actual cases such as business integration, joint venture and consortium.
l [tentative] Waste management operations in Thailand
(TBA)
DOWA ECO-SYSTEM Co., Ltd.
l [tentative] Consortium formulation to construct energy-from-waste plant
(TBA)
Hitachi Zosen Corporation
l Presentation (TBC)
Dr. Wandee Khunchornyakong
CEO, S.P.C.G.Public Co., Ltd.
l Q&A
Plenary Session 3: Smart Cities for the Environment - Needs and Experiences
14:40-15:50
Smart City has become a top agenda in Thailand. Japan has been supporting the agenda through the bilateral cooperation and the ASEAN-Japan framework. However, environmental aspects of the Smart City have not necessarily been discussed intensively. Prior to the technical discussion under Session 4, this session will look at Thai policies on the Smart City and useful experiences in Thailand Japan and then try to identify the specific needs of cooperation.
l [tentative] The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) smart city initiative
(TBA)
Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office
l [tentative] Kitakyushu “FutureCity” initiative and city-to-city collaboration
Mr. Hiroshi Yasutake
City of Kitakyushu
l [tentative] Yokohama Smart City Project and city-to-city collaboration with Bangkok
Mr. Kimihiro Kuromizu
JICA Expert
l [tentative] Smart Campus at Khon Kaen Univiersity
(TBA)
The Energy Conservation Center, Japan
l Q&A
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break @ Foyer
Plenary Session 4: How Can Smart Technologies Solve Environmental Problems?
16:10-17:30
Following the previous session, this session will focus on the technologies for Smart City. Several entrepreneurs in Thailand and Japan will present their smart technologies such as online platform and ICT management system that can support the Smart City concept and materialize circular economy, environment and sustainability management in innovative and smart ways.
l [tentative] Digital solutions for waste management
Ms. Mayuree Aroonwaranon
Co-founder & CEO, GEPP
l [tentative] Waste management and efficient environmental and CSR information collection system utilizing Electronic Manifest – Progress in Japan and challenges in Thailand
Japan Environment Management System (JEMS) Inc.
l [tentative] Anti-litter SNS and AI based litter survey solutions
Mr. Fujio Kojima
CEO, Pirika,Inc.
l Q&A
Date: 16th January 2020 [9:00 – 17:00]
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Open Seminars on Environmental Solutions - Day 2 - (continued) |
ü All Sessions are open upon preregistration
ü Sessions to be organized by collaborating organizations and supported by MOEJ
ü Lunch will be served only for the preregistered participants who will join the morning session. (Just in case the number of the participants exceed the planned threshold, fixed number of lunch voucher will be provided at the registration in first-come and first-service basis)
8:30- Registration
Parallel Session 1: Marine Plastic Debris and Land Based Waste Management
9:20-12:20
Room: Mayfair A
Organized by: MOE, Japan; and
MONRE, Thailand
² Thai-Japanese simultaneous translation will be available.
² Presentation materials will be prepared in English.
This session will discuss how the collaboration between Thailand and Japan can contribute to the ongoing discussions and frameworks at regional and global levels such as United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), Basel Convention, G20, ASEAN, and Greater Mekong Sub-region. The session features (i) emerging policies on plastic waste managements in Thailand and Japan, and ASEAN regions; (ii) developing scientific bases for designing efficient strategies such as monitoring including harmonization and leakage identification; (iii) glowing commitments and pilot projects by the business sector and citizens.
9:20-10:15
(1) Emerging policies and international cooperation on marine plastic waste managements in Thailand and Japan, ASEAN
l Japan government’s policy on marine plastic waste, and “Marine Initiative”
Mr. Fumio Ito
MOE, Japan
l Thailand government’s policy, and actions among ASEAN countries
(TBD)
MONRE, Thailand
l International cooperation for especially ASEAN countries by Japan
Mr. Satoshi Sasakura
IDEA Consultants, Inc.
l Q&A
10:15-11:10
(2) Developing scientific bases for designing efficient strategies such as monitoring including harmonization and leakage identification in Thailand
l Result of survey on monitoring of marine plastic in Thailand
Dr. Voranop Viyakarn
head of the Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science
Chulalongkorn University
l Current progress on monitoring of marine plastic in Mekong River
Dr. Kavinda Gunasekara
Asian Institute of Technology
l Plastic material flow analysis in Thailand
Dr. Manit Nithitanakul
Chulalongkorn University
l Q&A
11:10-11:25 Coffee Break @ Foyer
11:25-12:20
(3) Project cases on reduction of plastic waste in Thailand
l Project case on reduction of marine plastic waste in community based project
(TBD)
l Introduction of the project for marine plastic emission control among communities at Lat Phrao District, Bangkok
Mr. Thaweesub Rawit
Kasetsart University
l Introduction of the project for development of plastic alternatives by Japanese private company
Mr. Toshihiko Higuchi
Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
l Q&A
Parallel Session 2: Seminar on Municipal Solid Waste Management in Thailand - Challenges and Opportunities
14:00-16:40
Room: Mayfair A
Organized by: Japan Waste Research Foundation (JWRF); and
Solid Waste Management Association Thailand (SWAT)
² Thai-Japanese simultaneous translation will be available
² Presentation materials will be prepared in English.
The seminar will be organized to review the current situation of solid waste management in Thailand, to identify the pressing issues, and to explore opportunities for Japan-Thailand collaboration for achieving better solid waste management in Thailand. At the same time, the seminar aims at developing a foundation for future collaborative activities between SWAT of Thailand and JWRF of Japan.
14:00-16:05
l Opening
Mr. Tomonori KIKUCHI
Director, JWRF
l Keynote: Municipal waste management: current situation and pressing issues
Dr. So Sasaki
Professor, Chuo University/Chulalongkorn University
l Introduction of SWAT: Implementation of 3Rs in Thailand - what has been done and what needs to be done
Mr. Patarapol Tularak
Secretary General, SWAT
l Introduction of JWRF: Japanese experience in sorted garbage collection and recycle
Ms. Sachiko TSUKAHARA
Principal Researcher, JWRF
l Case Presentation 1: Municipal waste recycle in Bangkok (TBC)
Mr. Yasunori TANAKA
President and CEO, REMATEC Holdings Corporation
l Case Presentation 2: (TBC)
Dr. Apipong Lamsam
Managing Director, PAPOP Co., Ltd.
l Case Presentation 3: Long-term Waste Management Master Plan for Local Governments
Mr. Taisuke ODERA
Manager, Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc
16:05-16:30 Coffee Break @ Foyer
16:30-17:00
l Q&A and Discussion
Facilitator: Dr. So Sasaki
l Closing
Dr. Chindarat Taylor
Vice President, SWAT
Parallel Session 3: Information Infrastructure Development for Climate Change Adaptation
9:40-12:00
Room: Mayfair B
Organized by: MOE, Japan; and
Office of the Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), MONRE, Thailand
In collaboration with: TGO-CITC, MOEJ, T-PLAT Secretary (ERTC), JICA-ADAP-T, NIES, IGES Regional Office in Bangkok, OECC
² Thai-Japanese simultaneous translation will be available
² Presentation materials will be prepared in English.
Building upon AP-PLAT (Asia-Pacific Adaptation Information Platform), "T-PLAT", a product of an ongoing collaboration between MONRE and MOEJ, aims to build an online Platform where Climate Change Adaptation Information can be widely shared in the context of Thailand. The session will introduce development of T-PLAT, and some key bilateral adaptation projects across various stakeholders, while synergizing with other research and capacity development projects in this field.
9:40-10:45
l Opening Remarks
H.E. Dr. SATO Yukari
State Minister, MOEJ
Dr. Raweewan Bhuridej
Secretary General, ONEP, MONRE
l Introduction of the session and MOEJ’s Adaptation measures on integrated information infrastructure
Mr. ABE Takeshi
MOEJ
l Introduction of AP-PLAT and A-PLAT (Japan’s Climate Change Adaptation Platform)
Dr. OKA Kazutaka
National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES) (TBD)
l Thai’s Climate Change Policy
ONEP (TBD)
l Recent updates of Advancing Co-Design of Integrated Strategies with Adaptation to Climate Change in Thailand (ADAP-T)
ADAP-T project (TBD)
10:45-10:55 Coffee Break @ Foyer
10:55-12:20
l Adaptation policies and measures under the Bangkok Masterplan on Climate Change 2013-2023
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)(TBD)
l Case study by private sector on Climate Change Adaptation: “Pladam Method” and “New Trench Method” for prevention of river flood and land subsidence
Mr. OZAKI Takatsugu
Chichibu Chemical Co., Ltd.
l Capacity building activities in Thailand and ASEAN through Climate Change International Technical and Training Center (CITC)
Mr. Thawatchai Saengkhamsuk, Director, CITC, TGO
l Capacity building and knowledge sharing through Climate Change Cluster
AIT RRC.AP (TBD)
l Panel Discussion and QA Session
Moderator: Mr. KUYAMA Tetsuo, IGES Bangkok Regional Centre (TBD)
Panelist: All the speakers (TBD)
Guiding Questions: (TBD)
1. What practical challenges have you encountered, and any early lessons drawn to make such Adaptation actions in Thailand?
2. How to start/scale-up Adaptation actions in Thailand using technical support from Japan?
3. How to utilize adaptation related information and data to enhance actions?
l Closing Remarks
(TBD)
Parallel Session 4: Innovations for a Circular Economy: Unlocking Business Opportunities for driving towards a circular economy in Thailand
14:00-17:00
Room: Mayfair B
Organized by: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations
Environment Programme
The transition to a circular economy represents an enormous business opportunity globally. Alongside this trend, there is a growing interest in innovative and entrepreneurial businesses as the startup wave sweeps across Asia. These two trends combined provide an exciting opportunity to achieve sustainable consumption and production (Sustainable Development Goal 12).
Innovation ecosystems are being developed to bring together governments, large businesses, entrepreneurs and intermediaries to bridge the innovation and circular economy trends. The Ministry of Environment Japan and the United Nations Environment Programme is one example of supporting innovative business solutions for circular economy and sustainable lifestyles under the One Planet network. There are now a number of growing environmental startups in Thailand that are filling the gaps between the reality and the sustainability goals with viable business models. The collaboration between Thailand and Japan can support such startups by financially, technically or other means and, on the other hand, can support the growth of partner companies by innovation and challenging the areas that are unreachable by big cooperates. The session will provide the opportunity of dialogue among the stakeholders and potential partners.
l Welcome
Embassy of Japan, Thailand
l Opening Remarks
UNEP ROAP
l Circular economy – the opportunity for sustainable consumption and production (SDG12)
UNEP ROAP
l Sustainable Consumption: Preparing markets for greener products – the case of the Nissan LEAF
Sanpetch Tangsawapark
Vice President - Corporate Planning and Marketing & Sales Strategy
Nissan Thailand
l Sustainable Production: Innovating the supply side – circular economy in polymer supply chains
Mitsui Chemicals International
Coffee Break @ Foyer
l Panel discussion: How do young entrepreneurs see business solution for the circular economy?
Each Panelist will start with a 5 minutes pitch of their business solution, followed by a panel discussion on the following questions:
- What is the business case for circular economy in your case?
- What are the barriers you have encountered so far?
- What types of policies would support your business?
- How can large companies support startups to scale?
Chair: Asian Development Bank Ventures (Dominic Patrick Mellor TBC)
Panelists:
Ø Norn Norn (mattress lease and recycling)
Ø Moreloop (surplus fabric platform)
Ø Trash Lucky (incentivising recycling)
Ø Mobility startup TBC
l Closing remarks
UNEP ROAP
Parallel Session 5: Air pollution in Thailand: Current status and challenges toward better air quality
9:00-16:40 (through morning and afternoon)
Room: Jubilee A&B
Organized by: Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ);
Pollution Control Department (PCD), MONRE, Thailand; and
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
This full-day session on air pollution cosponsored by JICA, promotes multi-stakeholder discussion with the focuses on the latest knowledge on the pollution and the solutions including outcomes of Japan-Thailand Air Pollution Partnership (JTCAP) jointly implemented by MOEJ and MONRE. AM session will focus on science-based discussions on the current state of air pollution in Thailand, pollution sources, health concerns, and policy measures, while PM session will shed light on ongoing cases of technical cooperation projects by JICA and the private sector (demonstration of emission gas purification is planned in the venue).
9:00-11:05
l Introduction of participants, Opening remark, Photo session
Representatives
from MONRE, MOEJ and JICA Thailand office
*Order of speakers might be readjusted ad hoc
l Current situation on air pollution and policies in Thailand
(TBA)
Pollution Control Department, MONRE
l Administrative activities for atmospheric environment in Japan and international cooperation (JTCAP, EANET etc.)
Dr. Keiichi Sato
Principal Senior Researcher, Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
l Particulate Matter Reduction Strategy and Measures Development Project by JTCAP
(TBA)
Pollution Control Department, MONRE
11:05-11:20 Coffee Break @ Foyer
11:20-12:25
l PM2.5 Policy in Japan considered by health effects
Dr. Kazuhiko Sakamoto
Emeritus professor, Saitama University
l Administrative policy for spreading air pollution prevention technologies
(Tentative) The Board of Investment of Thailand
l General discussions in morning session
12:25-13:40 Lunch & Demonstration by companies
13:40-15:05
l Technical Session 1: PM2.5 monitoring by using satellite observation
Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
l Technical Session 2: International cooperation of air pollution measures by JICA, Future prospective of cooperation in Thailand
Dr. Shinji Wakamatsu
Emeritus professor, Ehime University; Representative Director,
Institute of Integrated Atmospheric Environment
l Q&A for Technical Sessions 1 and 2
l Technical Session 3 Automobile measures (i): Old aged car issues and activities on End-of Life Vehicles (ELV), Import of second hand engine
Mr. Yoshiaki Ishimoto
Vice president, Toyota Daihatsu Engineering and Manufacturing
l Technical Session 4 Automobile measures (ii): Diesel exhaust gas measures (Diesel Particulate Filter, DPF)
Mr. Masanori Komori
COMOTEC Corporation
l Q&A for Technical Sessions 3 and 4
15:05-15:20 Coffee Break @ Foyer
15:20-16:40
l Technical Session 5 Open burning measures (i): Zero emission agriculture
(TBA)
SIAM KUBOTA Corporation Co., Ltd.
l Technical Session 6 Open burning measures (ii): Public-private partnership for verification of countermeasure technology
JICA (Tentative)
l Technical Session 7 Open burning measures (iii): Utilization of biomass waste
Thai enterprise (Tentative)
l Technical Session 8: Flue gas treatment in factories
Mr. Hiroyasu Ito
Managing Director, Amano Thai International Co., Ltd.
l Q&A for Technical Sessions 5, 6, 7 and 8
l Closing remarks
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REGISTRATION AND SURVEY |
Preregistration is required for the participants for the Open Seminar for Day 1 and Day 2 through online registration system:
https://a10.hm-f.jp/index.php?action=R1&a=436&g=62&f=123
Registrations accepted on first-come-first-served basis. Please be advised that we may not be able to accommodate all applications due to the capacity of the venue.
EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS
Main expected participants include:
² National and local governmental officials;
² Business managements and experts interested in the topics;
² Research entities and NPOs; and
² International and sub-regional institutions
QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY ON ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION NEEDS IN THAILAND
Event Secretariat will conduct the questionnaire survey to capture and analyze environmental solution needs in interested both public and private sectors in Thailand.
Event Secretariat will contact to the event participants for their cooperation to the questionnaire survey in due course. Your kind cooperation will be appreciated.
Date: 15th and 16th January 2020
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Business Match and Exhibition at Foyer (Day 1 & Day 2) |
15th Jan. 8:45-18:00 / 16th Jan. 8:30-17:00
Venue: Foyer
Exhibition on environmental solutions will be organized on the sidelines of the Open Seminars on 15th and 16th January, with the aim of providing opportunities for the participants to better understand various environmental solutions, and to promote business match among potential solutions seekers and providers. Following around 20 Japanese and Thailand environmental leading companies will join the event.
List of Exhibiter Names (alphabetical order)
l Asia Kendy Co., Ltd./OMI ODOR AIR SERVICE Co.,Ltd.
l Automation Service Co.,Ltd.
l DKK-TOA CORPORATION
l Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc.
l Fukui Keep Environment Clean and Consultant Cooperative Corp.
l Green & Blue Planet Solutions Co., Ltd./EnviX, Ltd.
l Hitachi Zosen Corporation
l HORIBA (Thailand) Limited
l IDEA Consultants, Inc.
l JICA Thailand office
l MORIKAWA/Nagase (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
l NEW COSMOS ELECTRIC CO.,LTD
l NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
l Pirika Inc.
l Sharp Solar Solation Asia Co., Ltd.
l SYSTEM ENG SERVICE CO.,LTD.
l Waste Management Siam Ltd.
l Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
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EVENT SECRETARIAT |
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
Telephone:+81-3-6803-4291 E-mail: jw-info@oecc.or.jp
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