Program WRF 2011


September 20, 2011

8:00 - 9:00 Registration 

9:00 - 10:30 PLENARY SESSION II – „How can international and national policies establish a resource efficient green economy?”

  • 9:00 Introduction by session chair Jochen Flasbarth, President of German UBA,  “Institutional approaches for resource policies – what international organisations can do”
  • 9:15 Keynote address by Ashok Khosla, Co-President Club of Rome & President IUCN, "Basic Prerequisites for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources"
  • 9:30 Keynote address by Dajian Zhu, Tongji University, Shanghai  “The Chinese Model of Circular Economy”
  • 9:45 Keynote address by Walter Stahel, Vice Secretary General & Head of Risk Management Research, Geneva Association, Switzerland, "Continued Resource Ownership as a Strategy to Combat Resource Scarcity"
  • 10:00 Keynote address by Markku Wilenius, Finland Futures Research Center, and Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek, Factor 10 Institute, “The challenge of the whole: creating system policies to tackle sustainability”
  • 10:15 Questions from the audience

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 PLENARY SESSION II continued – „What are industry solutions to achieve a resource efficient green economy?”

  • 11:00 Introduction by session chairs Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel and Anders Wijkman
  • 11:20 Keynote address by Masafumi Maeda Vice President Tokyo University, Japanese Academy of Engineering  “The Japanese View of Resource Management – a Perspective of Industry and Science”
  • 11:30 Keynote address by Klaus Hieronymi, Hewlett Packard, Chairman of the Environmental Board, Hewlett Packard Europe, Middle East and South Africa, "Raw Materials, the view from an IT Manufacturer"
  • 11:40 Keynote address by Hans Hess, President Swissmem, “The contribution of Swiss Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Industries to Resource Efficiency”
  • 11:50 Keynote address by Philip A. Hodges, Senior Vice President Supply Chain, Kraft Foods Europe, "Creating a more delicious world – How Kraft Foods is conducting business in a way that is environmentally, socially and economically responsible"
  • 12:00 Keynote address by Juan F Gonzalez-Valero, Head Public Policy and Partnerships, Syngenta, "Planting Innovation - Harvesting a Green Economy"
  • 12:10 Questions & Answers Panel

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS (PS) AND WORKSHOPS (WS)

  • PS 1 Security of Supply
  • PS 2 Growth, Innovation, Decoupling, Efficiency and Sufficiency
  • PS 3 Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets
  • PS 4 The Social Dimension of Resources
  • WS 5 Orchestrating Global Transition? Design and Implementation of Efficient Resource Policies
    (part 1), organised by UBA and Technopolis Group
  • WS 6 Practical business examples (part 1), organised by ÖBU
  • WS 7 Less common elements (part 1), organised by Council for Less Common Elements
  • Intergenerational dialogue/youth caucus

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS (PS) AND WORKSHOPS (WS) continued 

  • PS 1 Security of Supply
  • PS 2 Growth, Innovation, Decoupling, Efficiency and Sufficiency
  • PS 3 Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets
  • PS 4 The Social Dimension of Resources
  • WS 5 Orchestrating Global Transition? Design and Implementation of Efficient Resource Policies  
    (part 2), organised by UBA and Technopolis Group
  • WS 6 Practical business examples (part 2), organised by ÖBU
  • WS 7 Less common elements (part 2), organised by Council for Less Common Elements
  • Discussion Panel on the Future Implications of Resource Use in Asia-Pacific and in Latin Americ, organised by UNEP

  • The Sustainability Cafe - organised by Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES)

17:30 - 18:00 PLENARY II: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

Video impressions, feedback from parallel sessions and workshop chairs, and perspective from youth, moderated by Bas de Leeuw, Managing Director World Resources Forum

18:30 Cocktail Reception

19:30 Mummenschanz Theatre Performance

20:00 - 23:00 Congress Banquet