Event Title: International Symposium on Water and Disaster for Cooperation and Partnerships

Date and Time: Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 9:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.

Venue: Auditorium of the Mita Kaigisho (Mita Conference Hall), 2-1-8 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Language: English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)

Organizers: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan, High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)/UN DESA, and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

PROGRAMME

Welcome Remarks

• H.E. Dr. Han Seung-soo, Chair of HELP, former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea
• Representative of MLIT
• Ms. Hiroko Ota, President of GRIPS

Welcome and Congratulatory Remarks

• H.E. Ms. Yoko Kamikawa, Chair of Japan Parliamentary League for Water Policy Reform/ former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Keynote Speeches

• H.E. Prof. Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia/ President of Club de Madrid
• H.E. Mr. Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, former Prime Minister of Bhutan/Member of Club de Madrid
• H.E. Mrs. Retno Marsudi, UNSG’s Special Envoy on
  Water/former Minister of Foreign Affairs of
  Indonesia

High-level Panel Discussion: Case presentations and discussion

• H.E. Prof. Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia
• H.E. Mr. Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, former Prime Minister of Bhutan
• H.E. Mrs. Retno Marsudi, UNSG’s Special Envoy on Water
• Mr. Pablo Bereciartua, Minister of Infrastructure, Municipal Government of Buenos Aires and Chair of Global Water Partnerships
• Mr. Kinya Seto, President and Chief Executive Officer, LIXIL Corporation
• Professor Toshio Koike, Executive Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
• Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, CEO, Sanitation and Water for All
  (Note: Speakers are currently being finalized.)

Moderator: Prof. Kenzo Hiroki, Professor, GRIPS; Coordinator, HELP

Closing Remarks

• H.E. Dr. Han Seung-soo, Chair of HELP

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