[2023/4/21 Hybrid, Free Event] The University Panel Symposium on Planetary Health for the G7 Hiroshima Summit

Overview

In response to the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 17-21, 2023), The IDEC Insitute will hold the University Panel Symposium on Planetary Health, “Planetary Health for a Sustainable Global Environment: Open Up the Future by Interdisciplinary Research.” This symposium aims to develop an educational and research network foundation that will increase the momentum in the Asian region for putting into practice planetary health, which comprehensively captures the health of humans, social systems, and ecosystems. Specifically, based on the recommendations for the G7 Hiroshima Summit compiled by the Health and Global Policy Institute in November, we will discuss the role of universities in planetary health. For increasing the resolution of global issues, we will particularly focus on the topic of how we should collaborate in the implementation of interdisciplinary research in the fields of health science, science, and engineering ranging from the ecological environment to the social environment. We will Invite experts from universities leading planetary health in different disciplines.

  • Date & Time: April 21, 2023
  • Venue: MIRAI CREA 2F, Hiroshima University / ZOOM Hybrid
  • Simultaneous Interpretation: Japanese / English 
  • PRE-REGISTRATION Required
  • Participation Fee: Free

Keynote Speech

Antoni Plasència Taradach, Director General of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Antoni Plasència Taradach is the Director General of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) since October 2014. He is also Medical Consultant at the Department of International Health of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and an Associated Professor at the University of Barcelona.  

The University Panel Symposium on Planetary Health

  • Hokkaido University
  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Nagasaki University
  • Hiroshima University

Program

Program Name Affiliation
Chair Han Soo LEE Professor, PHIS, The IDEC Institute, HU
13:00-13:30 : OPENING CEREMONY
Opning Remarks Shinji KANEKO Executive Vice President (Global Initiatives), Hiroshima University
Junko TANAKA Executive Vice President (Kasumi Campus, Faculty Personnel and Public Relations), Hiroshima University
Guest Remarks Kiyoshi KUROKAWA Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute
Explanatory introduction Saori KASHIMA Director, Center for the Planetary Health and Innovation Science (PHIS), The IDEC Institute, HU
13:30-14:45 : Keynote Speech
Moderator Fumito MARUYAMA Professor, PHIS, The IDEC Institute, HU
Speaker Antoni Plasència Taradach Director General of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
15:00-16:45 : University Panel
Moderator Yasuhide NAKAMURA President of Friends of WHO Japan
Panelists Yasuhiko SUZUKI Distinguished Professor, Hokkaido University
Keiko NAKAMURA Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Masahiro HASHIZUME Professor, The University of Tokyo
Chiho WATANABE Dean, Interfaculty Initiative in Planetary Health, Nagasaki University
Akimasa FUJIWARA Professor, PHIS, Hiroshima University
16:45-17:00 : CLOSING CEREMONY
Hiroshima PH Declaration Yasuhide NAKAMURA President, Friends of WHO Japan
Closing Remarks Yoko SHINPUKU Hiroshima University, Vice President (International Public Relations)

Organizer

The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University

Co-Organizer

Nagasaki University

Endorsement

  • Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
  • Friends of WHO JAPAN
  • Planetary Health Alliance
  • Planetary Health Alliance JAPAN
  • Future Earth
  • Higashi-Hiroshima City
  • Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University
Contact

Planetary Health Innovation Center

E-mail: symposium [at] idec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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