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Overview | Japan and Norway both have a long history as maritime nations, and have shared these values and norms with each other. In addition, as core members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, which includes the leaders of 14 coastal states such as Palau, Japan and Norway share the importance of addressing the challenges of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), to bring the state of the ocean out of crisis, and have suggested that there are many urgent solutions to secure a sustainable future for the oceans. Now, more than ever, Japan and Norway need to promote closer cooperation in order to steadily implement these challenges and measures. In light of these domestic and international circumstances surrounding Japan and Norway, the 188th Ocean Forum aims to expand and deepen cooperation between the two nations in the ocean sector, to raise awareness of ocean issues, and to show how a sustainable ocean can be achieved based on the results of efforts by the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF) and other relevant organizations in Japan and Norway. |
Venue
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The event will be livestreamed on SPF's YouTube channel |
Date and time
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Friday, April 22, 2022, 16:00 to 18:00 (JST) |
Theme
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Japan-Norway Cooperation in the Maritime Sector: Reflections on its Expansion and Deepening |
Program (Provisional) |
Opening session Ms. Line AUNE, Chargés d'affaires ad interim of Norway in Japan Mr. Ko TANAKA, Commodore, Enoshima Yacht Club Dr. Hide SAKAGUCHI, President, OPRI-SPF Moderator: Mr. Masanori KOBAYASHI, Senior Research Fellow, OPRI-SPF Session 1 (Blue carbon: cradle of ocean for food, marine biodiversity and climate change actions) Mr. Junichiro FURUSAWA, Representative, Umisakura Mr. Yuma YAMAMOTO, Japan Business Developer, Uninomics Co., Ltd. Dr. Atsushi WATANABE, Senior Research Fellow, OPRI-SPF Moderator: Mr. Masanori KOBAYASHI, Senior Research Fellow, OPRI-SPF Session 2 (Marine plastic session) Mr. Akio SAKAMOTO, Executive Director, Umiotsukurukai (The Sea Beautification Society) Mr. Tatsuhiko KASHIMURA, Managing Director, Refineverse, Inc. Mr. Sonny SöDERBERG, President, Tomra Japan Ltd. Moderator: Mr. Masanori KOBAYASHI, Senior Research Fellow, OPRI-SPF Session 3 (Ocean expedition and research) Dr. Geir HUSE, Research Director, Marine Ecosystems and Resources, Institute Ms. Kokoro WATANABE, Sustainable Ocean Alliance Japan Dr. Takashi KIKUCHI, Director, Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Moderator: Mr. Masanori KOBAYASHI, Senior Research Fellow, OPRI-SPF Concluding session Dr. Marianne S. BERG, Counsellor, Science, Technology and Higher Education, The Trade and Technology Office, Norwegian Embassy Mr. Takayuki SHIBATA, Member, Environment Committee, Japan Sailing Federation and Director, Enoshima Yacht Club Dr. Hide SAKAGUCHI, President, OPRI-SPF Moderator: Mr. Masanori KOBAYASHI, Senior Research Fellow, OPRI-SPF ***The time and contents are subject to change |
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