Date
January 18 (Sat) – 19 (Sun), 2025
Venue
Kobe University Integrated Research Center
（Please note this Center is located on Port Island, Kobe City）
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Format
Hybrid, with live streaming through ZOOM
All speakers and panelists are participating in-person at the venue.
Keynote speaker and Panelists
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・Kazuhiko NAKAMURA
Legal Adviser/ Director-General, International Legal Affairs Bureau
（former Director-General for Global Issues）, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
・Yukari TAKAMURA
Professor, University of Tokyo; President, Central Environment Council of Japan
・Kees BASTMEIJER
Professor, University of Groningen; Advisor to the Dutch ATCM delegation
・Li CHEN
Professor, Fudan University, China
・Natasha GARDINER
Ph.D. candidate, University of Canterbury; CEP Representative, New Zealand
・Jeff McGEE
Visiting Professor, Kobe University; Professor, University of Tasmania
・Yumi NAKAYAMA
Journalist, The Asahi Shimbun
・Indiah HODGSON-JOHNSTON
Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania; Chief Rapporteur of ATCM (2024- )
・Ville KARI
Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
・Yliana V. RODRÍGUEZ
Assistant Professor, University of the Republic of Uruguay
・Anna Christin LAUENBURGER
Candidate, MA in polar law, University of Akureyri
・Satoshi IMURA
Director, Center for Antarctic Program, National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
・Hyoung Chul SHIN
President, Korea Polar Research Institute(KOPRI)
・Chaerin JUNG
Senior Administrative Associate, Office of Policy Development, KOPRI
・Ridzanna M. ABDULGAFUR
LL.M. candidate, Kobe University
・Akiho SHIBATA
Director, Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University
Invited Guests
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・Chizuko KAWAMURA
Director, Internationalization Department, Citizens Affairs Bureau, Hiroshima City
・Masatoshi NOSAKA
Director, Internationalization Division, Int'l Peace Promotion Dept., Hiroshima City
・Yuta INOMARU
Supervisor, Internationalization Division, Int'l Peace Promotion Dept., Hiroshima City
・Rumiko KITAO
Assistant Director, Global Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
・Eiji TANAKA
Seninor Coordinator for Biodiversity, Biodiversity Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
・Yukiko FUKUHAMA
Assistant Director, Biodiversity Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
・Seonung CHOI
Head, Office of Policy Development, KOPRI
・Osamu INAGAKI
Researcher, Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University
・Fumika IWAMA
LL.M. candidate, Kobe University
Keynote Speech
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Kazuhiko NAKAMURA
"Japan and the Antarctic: towards 2026 ATCM in Hiroshima"
Topics to be covered in panel discussion
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・Peace in Antarctica: Significance of Hiroshima ATCM
・A Message from the youth
・Geopolitical context of Antarctic governance today
・Governance challenges facing the three upcoming ATCM hosts: Italy, Japan and Korea
・Report adoption: roadblocks and solutions
・A Chinese perspective on some (difficult) ATCM & CEP agenda items
・Governance responses to the Antarctic tourism
・Efforts to bring into force the Annex VI on Environmental Liability
・CEP agenda items and role of science and SCAR in its environmental decision-making
・Equity, diversity and inclusiveness (EDI): role of language
・A perspective from a journalist on Antarctica and Antarctic Treaty
etc.
Registration / ZOOM Webinar Registration
◆In-person registration
In-person Registration deadline: 17:00, January 8 (Wed), 2025 (JST)
If you are planning to attend this workshop in-person,
please inform by Email as soon as feasible.
MAIL to: KOBE PCRC Symposium Secretariat : pcrc.symposium[at]gmail.com
◆ZOOM Webinar registration
Zoom Webinar Registration deadline: 17:00, January 10 (Fri), 2025 (JST)
Pre-registration for online auditing via ZOOM Webinar is required.
Webinar Registration(closed)
Kobe PCRC / KOPRI Antarctic Governance Workshop
