8:00am-

Registration

8:30am-8:45am

Opening / Welcome Address

Motoyuki Ono
President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kenji Shinoda
Minister, Embassy of Japan

Hirotaka Sugawara "Welcome address"
Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Washington Office

8:45am-10:45am

Session 1: Environment
Convener: Teruyuki Nakajima
Professor, Director, Center for Earth Surface System Change studies Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute

Aerosols, Monsoon Rainfall Variability, and Climate Change
William K.M. Lau
Chief, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Moderating Climate Change by Limiting Emissions of Both Short- and Long-Lived Greenhouse Gases
Michael C. MacCracken
Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute, Washington DC

Global Warming and Water Resources
Syukuro Manabe
Senior Meteorologist, Princeton University

10:45am-11:00am

Break

11:00am-1:00pm

Session 2: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Convener: Burton Richter
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies And Paul Pigott Professor in the Physical Sciences Emeritus, Stanford University

Renewable Energy Technology Programs in the US
Henry Kelly
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

Advanced Mobility Research for Sustainable Transportation
Yoshihiro Suda
Professor, Institute of Industrial Science , The University of Tokyo

Energy Efficiency and Buildings in the United States
Burton Richter

1:00pm-2:00pm

Lunch, hosted by JSPS

2:00pm~4:00pm

Session 3: Advanced Energy Sources
Convener: Chris Llewellyn Smith
President of the Council of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and its Applications in the Middle East),Vice President of the Royal Society, and a Visiting Professor in the Oxford Physics Department

Simultaneous Satisfaction of Energy Demand and Environmental Protection
Yoichi Fujiie
Academic Consultant Hiroshima University
Professor Emeritus Tokyo Institute of Technology

Fusion Power - how and when?
Steve Cowley
CEO, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Future Energy Supplies: the Big Picture
Chris Llewellyn Smith

4:00pm-4:15pm

Break

4:15pm-6:00pm

Session 4: Government Policy
Convener: Neal Lane "Summary"
Malcolm Gillis University Professor and Senior Fellow of the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Issues of Our Time: Rethinking Agriculture in a Hotter, Drier World
Nina V. Fedoroff
Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State U. S. Department of State

Policies on Environment and Energy in Japan and Efforts of MEXT
Sadayuki Tsuchiya
Director-General for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

6:00pm

Adjournment

6:30pm-

Reception (Spouses are welcome)