Official Opening

Welcome by Dr. Junzo Kawakami, Executive Vice President & Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

Keynote speeches

• Global Perspectives: Scenarios and Strategies to 2050 by Mr. Neil Hirst, Director, Energy Technology and R&D Office, International Energy Agency
• Safeguarding Nature in a Globalized World by Mrs. Kathryn Fuller, chairman of the board, Ford foundation
• Innovations for Sustainable Society by Mr. Yutaka Yoshimoto, General Manager, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
  

Welcome Reception

Kick-off by Dr. Jean Freymond, Director, Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)

Recent Activities on Eco-Innovation in Japan by Professor Ryoichi Yamamoto, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

Hitachis Technology for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Society by Dr. Shigeru Azuhata, General Manager, Hitachi Research Laboratory

Session I : Energy supply for Sustainable Society

• Energy Supply and Demand to 2050: How to cope with the "Factor 4" target? by Mr. Richard Lavergne, Secretary General, French Observatory of Energy
• E.ON-Project 50plus The Future of High Efficient Coal Fired Power Plants by Mr. Helmut Tschaffon, Technology Policy, New Technologies, E.ON Energie AG
• Power Generation The Path Forward by Mr. Yves Menat, President & General Manager, GE Energy Products Europe
  
• Panel Discussion with Moderators

Coffee break

Group Session I-1
Role and expectations of governments and decision makers
Moderator : Bjrn Heinlein, Clifford Chance
Room Chagall

Group Session I-2
Role and expectations of NGOs and Think-tanks
Moderator :   Nick Mabey, E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism
Room Van Dongen

Group Session I-3
Role and expectations of industry and consumers
Moderator : Bill Duncan, Assure
Room Picasso

Lunch Break

Session II : Energy Consumption towards a Sustainable Society

• Buildings, Appliances and Industry : Energy Demand Trends and Opportunities by Dr. Dolf Gielen, International Energy Agency
• How to save in Europe 86 Mio tons of Co2 each year from now onwards? by Dominiek Plancke, Senior Vice-President, Philips Lighting
• Energy Consumption: impact and solutions by Prof. Jean-Claude Sabonnadire, Adviser to the President, INPGrenoble
• Panel Discussion with Moderators

Coffee break

Group Session II-1
Role and expectations of governments and decision makers
Moderator : Guy Block, Lawfort
Room Chagall

Group Session II-2
Role and expectations of NGOs and Think-tanks
Moderator : Sanjeev Kumar, WWF European Policy Office 
Room Van Dongen

Group Session II-3
Role and expectations of industry and consumers
Moderator : Yoshiyaki Ichikawa, Hitachi Ltd.
Room Picasso

Gala Dinner Party

Session III : Transportation in a Sustainable Society

• Transportation in a Sustainable Society: Technology by Prof. Roderick Smith, Chairman of Future Railway Research Centre, Imperial College London
• Can road transportation become oil free? by Dr. Pierre Beuzit, President, Alphea Hydrogen
• Panel Discussion with Moderators

Group Session III-1
Role and expectations of governments and decision makers
Moderator : Maurizio Tomassini, Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems
Room Chagall

Group Session III-2
Role and expectations of NGOs and Think-tanks
Moderator : Erl Wilkie, Cycling Scotland
Room Van Dongen

Group Session III-3
Role and expectations of industry and consumers
Moderator : Stephen Stacey, Toyota Motor Europe
Room Picasso

Coffee break

Reporting and Wrap-up

• Hitachis Commitment to European Science & Technology by Sir Stephen Gomersall, Chief Executive for Europe, Hitachi
• Report by the Group Sessions Moderators
• Conclusions by Dr. Jean Freymond, Forum General Moderator
• Closing Remarks by Dr. Junzo Kawakami, Executive Vice President & Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

Lunch