Program: Day One   Friday, September 12

Ichiro Kanazawa	President, Science Council of Japan, Japan
Konrad Osterwalder	Rector, United Nations University (UNU)

Chair
Kotaro Suzumura	Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University Vice-President, Science Council of Japan, Japan

“On the Concept of Human Well-Being”

Prasanta Pattanaik	Professor Emeritus, University of California at Riverside, U.S.A.

“Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being: Current Status and Future Prospects”

A. H. Zakri	Director, United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)

Co-Chair
Kazuhiko Takeuchi	Vice-Rector, United Nations University (UNU) Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Izumi Washitani	Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

“The Important Role of the Convention on Biological Diversity towards a Sustainable Society”

Ahmed Djoghlaf	Executive Secretary, The Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme

“Resilience in Urban Landscapes: Meeting the Challenges of Rapid Global Urban Transformation”

Thomas Elmqvist	Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden

“Human Health and Adaptation in a Sustainable World”

Chiho Watanabe	Professor, Department of Human Ecology, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan

“Loss of Diversity is a Global Environmental Crisis”

Takakazu Yumoto	Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, National Institutes for the Humanities, Japan