Comparing Japanese and German Approaches to Denuclearization and Energy System Transformation

A Conference Organized by the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU),

Freie Univ. Berlin and Hokkaido University

 

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DAY ONE: March 11, 2013

Location: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Science Center of Berlin), Room

B002/003

10:00  Introduction: Professor Miranda Schreurs

10:15  Prof.Dr. Fumikazu YOSHIDA (Hokkaido University)

            A Comparative Study of Denuclearization Between Germany and Japan

10:45 Mr. Schafhausen, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation

          and Nuclear Safety

           Germany's Energy Transition: Opportunities and Challenges

11:15-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 Dr. Hans Joachim Ziesing, Chair, Berlin Climate Advisory Board

           Monitoring Germany’s Energy Transition

12:00 Prof.Dr. Hiroshi HONDA (Hokkai Gakuen University)

          Three Cleavages of Postwar Japanese Politics as the Context of the

        Anti-nuclear Movement

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30 Dr. Aiko AZUMA, Hokkaido University

           CO2 Reduction without Nuclear Power Generation

14:00 Dr. Helmut Weidner, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin

           German Climate Change Policy and Politics

15:00-15:30 coffee break

15:30 Prof. Dr. Martin Jänicke, FFU, Freie Univ. Berlin (To be confirmed)

           Greening the Economy and the Third Industrial Revolution

16:00 Prof. Rie Watanabe, Prof. Univ. of Niigata Prefecture

           Nuclear Policy Change in Japan after Fukushima - Do Beliefs Matter?

16:30 Richard Forrest, FFU, Freie Univ Berlin, formerly with National Wildlife Federation

           Nuclear Policy in the United States

Day TWO

Location: German Environment Advisory Council (SRU), Luisenstrasse 46

10:00 Prof.Dr. Kazuto SUZUKI (Hokkaido University)

           The Myth of Safety: How Japanese Nuclear Safety Regulation was Captured

10:30 Prof.Dr. Ken-Ichi OHSHIMA (Ritsumiekan University)

           The Cost of Nuclear Power in Japan

11:00 Dr. Lutz Mez, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Univ. Berlin,

           Germany’s Nuclear Phase Out Policy

11:30 -11:45 coffee break

11:45 Prof.Dr. Susumu OHNUMA (Hokkaido University)

         How to Design A Decision Making Process with a Participatory Program

       for Radioactive Waste Management

12:15 Dr. Brunnengräber and Dr. DiNucci, Environmental Policy Research Centre, FU

          Nuclear Waste Management in Germany: Political and Societal Challenges

12:45 LUNCH

14:00 Soo Jin Kim, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Univ. Berlin.

           Nuclear Politics: The Case of South Korea

14:30 Ms. Julia KLEIN (Hokkaido University)

           Citizens Movements for Denuclearization after Fukushima 3.11

15:00 Dr. Dörte Ohlhorst, Dr. Kerstin Tews, Robert Brandt, FFU, Freie Univ. Berlin

           Energy Transition and Public Acceptance in Germany (To be confirmed)

15:30 Dr. Christian Hey, Secretary General, German Environment Advisory Council

           Transition Crisis - Key Issues on the Way Towards 100% Renewables

16:00 Prof. Miranda Schreurs

           Comparing Japanese and German Energy Policies for the Future