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Friday 20 May

16:00 - 18:30

Walking guided tour of Athens City (Optional event)

18:45 - 18:50

Opening by Mr. Norikiyo Koide, General Manager, Hitachi Corporate Office, Europe, Hitachi, Ltd.

18:50 - 19:00

Welcome Speech by Sir Stephen Gomersall, Chief Executive for Europe, Hitachi, Ltd.

19:00 - 19:05

Address by Mrs. Kalliopi A. Bourdara, Deputy Mayor of Athens

19:05 - 19:15

Address by H.E.M. Hideaki Ninomiya, Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Japan to Greece

19:15 - 19:35

Address by H.E.M. Evripidis Stylianidis, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

19:35 - 20:20

Keynote Speech : Urbanisation: past, present and future - Prof. Basil Stephanis, Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Civil Engineering, Section of Transport, Xanthi

20:30 - 23:00

Welcome Reception


Saturday 21 May

08:30 - 09:00

Introduction: Toward Far-sighted Urban Regeneration - Prof. Yasushi Asami, Tokyo University, Department of Urban Engineering, Center for Spatial Information Science, Tokyo

09:00 - 09:30

Hitachi Technology Presentation - Mr. Kunihiko Ohnuma, CEO Urban Planning & Development Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.

09:30 - 10:00

Urban Sustainability - Dr. Adriano Alessandrini, University of Rome La Sapienza, DITS Dipartmento Idraulica Trasporti e Strade, Rome.

10:00 - 10:30

Athens 2004 Olympic & Paralympic Games - Technological Solutions and Security Planning in a Modern City - General Vassilios Konstantinidis, Director, Center for Security Studies, Hellenic Ministry of Public Order, Athens

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30

Mobility in the City of the Future - Prof. George M. Hazel, Managing Director - McLean Hazel Ltd., Edinburgh

11:30 - 12:00

Urban Systems Management in the Global Economy - Dr. Pierre Laconte, President, Foundation for Urban Environment, Brussels

12:00 - 12:30

 

Building for the Future - Concrete : A New High-Tech Material of the 21st Century - Dr. Jacques Lukasik, Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Lafarge, Paris

 

12:30 - 13:30

 

Lunch Break

 

13:30 - 14:00

Rules of the game for the Parallel Working Sessions - Mr. Jean Freymond, Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations, Geneva and Mr. James Mitchell, Forum Member, London

14:00 - 17:00

Parallel Working Sessions

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Urban Sustainability - Moderator : Mr. Pierre E. Longin

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Security & Safety - Moderator : Dr. Florian Schmitz

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Mobility - Moderator : Mr. Mark Cantley

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Urban Planning - Moderator : Mr. Jean Freymond

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Building Technology and Materials - Moderator : Dr. Dolf Gielen

20:00 - 23:00

Reception and Dinner Party


Sunday 22 May

09:00 - 10:40

Parallel Session Results (5 X 20 min)

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

General Q&A Session

12:00 - 12:15

Closing Remarks by Dr. Michiharu Nakamura, Executive Vice President & Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

12:15 - 13:00

Lunch Break


Forum General Moderator:

Dr. Spyros Konidaris, Advisor to the Deputy Director General, DG Information Society, European Commission

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