13:00 Opening

Opening Remarks (13:05)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Plenary session（13:15～14:15）
13:15-13:35 Future climate policy (1) (tentative title)
Dr. Yoichi Kaya, Professor emeritus, University of Tokyo / President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

13:35-13:55 Future climate policy (2) (tentative title)
Dr. W. David Montgomery, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting

13:55-14:15 Envisioned efforts under the Commitment to a Low Carbon Society (tentative title)
Mr. Yasushi Kimura, Vice Chairmen, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Safety, KEIDANREN (Chairman of the Board, JX Holdings, Inc.)

14:15-14:30 Coffee Break

Panel Session（14:30～16:55）
Theme: The role of voluntary approaches in Japan’s climate change policy and future challenges (tentative title)
Session Chair：
Dr. Hidetoshi Nakagami, Committee member, Committee for the Comprehensive Review of the Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (CEO and Founder, Jukankyo Research Institute)

14:40-15:00 The role of voluntary approaches as global warming countermeasures
Dr. Taishi Sugiyama, Senior Research Scientist, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)

15:00-15:20 Climate change policy in Europe (tentative title)
Dr. Ernst Worrell, Professor, Energy, Resources & Technological Change, Utrecht University

15:20-15:40 Climate change policy and voluntary approaches in the U.S. (tentative title)
Dr. Brian Flannery, Center Fellow, Resources for the future

Panelists (TBD):
Dr. W. David Montgomery
Dr. Ernst Worrell
Dr. Brian Flannery
Dr. Taishi Sugiyama
Mr. Hiroyuki Tezuka, Chairman of the Working Group on Global Environment Strategy, Committee on Environment and Safety, KEIDANREN (General Manager, Climate Change Policy Group, Technology Planning Department, JFE Steel Corporation)
Discussion
Q&A (floor)

Closing remarks: (16:55-17:00)

17:00 Closing
17:00- Reception