Past Event

2010

Special Seminar on Hazardous Waste management at the University of Tsukuba

Date: December 3rd, Friday, 2010
Time: 15:00-16:30
Place: University Hall Auditorium（大学会館講堂）
Target Audience: International Students and Staff Members

Program:

1. Hazardous waste management on campus: experience from Tsukuba and other leading Universities
Dr. Helmut Yabar
2. Safety management in the laboratory.
How to handle experimental waste?
What you should care about?
Prof. Tetsuro It
3. Video; Guide to waste handling
4. Overall discussion
Chaired by Prof. Yoshiro Higano
5. Guided tour to central district Laboratory Wastewater Purge System
Prof. Seigo Sato and Dr. Mikio Kajiyama

Hosted by the Office of Environmental and Safety Management and G30 program

1st International Seminar on Environmental Policies and Practices December 1, 2010 – University of Tsukuba

Organized by: JDS Program and Waste Management Expert Course (G30) Venue: A111 at Advanced Research Building A Time: 9:00 AM – 17:00 PM

Program

9:15-9:20 Opening Address and Introduction of Lecturer Dr. Helmut Yabar
9:20-10:35 Water Resource Management in Asian Countries
Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
10:45-12:00 Groundwater Resource Management Policy: Experiences of Japan and case study cities in Asia
Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan
13:30 -16:30 Presentations by JDS Students Moderator: Dr. Helmut Yabar
13:30-14:10 Water environment management in Cau river basin, Viet Nam
Nguyen Thanh Nga
14:10-14:50 Wastewater from industrial zones in Vietnam: curent situation, challenges and some imperative solutions
Ngo Thi Lan Phuong
15:10-15:50 Water Resource Management for Agriculture in Mongolia: A Case Study of the Main Crop Production Region in North Central Mongolia
Gonchig Gantulga
15:50-16:30 Waste Water Management: Case study in the removal of chromium from tannery wastewater by adsorption”
Zagdragchaa Otgonbayar
16:30 -17:00 Seminar Wrap up and Closing 　Prof. Yoshiro Higano

International Seminar: Life Cycle Assessment and its Application in Waste Management

November 8, 2010 – University of Tsukuba

Organized by: Waste Management Expert Course (G30) Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Venue: F406 (Seino-To)
Time: 13:00 PM – 14:30 PM

Program

13:00 Opening address and introduction of lecturer [Dr. Helmut Yabar]
13:05-13:55 “Life Cycle Assessment and its Application in Waste Management”
[Dr. Martin Baitz Director Process and Material Sustainability PE INTERNATIONAL GmbH, Germany]
13:55-14:25 Discussion [Dr. Yoshiro Higano (Moderator)]
14:25 Closing address [Dr. Yoshiro Higano]

Special Seminar on Alternative Energy Sources

October 13th 2010 – University of Tsukuba

Organized by: Waste Management Expert Course (G30)
Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Venue: F406 (Seino-To)
Time: 9:00 AM – 10 AM

Abstract

There is a great deal of enthusiasm these days for biofuels and for other forms of alternative energy. There is also confusion over what should be considered “feasible.” In an economic sense, the notion of feasibility assumes that current levels of technology will produce energy at a price that users are willing to pay given the alternatives. But there are also issues of “emotional feasibility” and “public policy feasibility.” In the former case the question asked is “is it technically possible to produce energy a certain way” (regardless of cost and alternatives)? In the latter case the question often asked is “can energy be delivered to consumers” at an “acceptable price” if subsidies and mandates (even hidden subsidies and mandates) are involved? In this presentation we will take a look at US energy production and consumption patterns and at the emergence of alternative energy sources including biofuels. We will also look at some of the issues surrounding current patterns of energy production/consumption including possible unintended consequences of shifting demand away from traditional energy and to alternative sources including biofuels. At the end of the presentation I will offer a few comments on California Agriculture.

Program

09:00 Opening address and introduction of lecturer [Dr. Helmut Yabar]
09:05-09:45 “Energy, Alternative Energy, and Bio-fuels: Costs, Benefits, and Unintended Consequences with a Few Comments about California Agriculture”(PDF)
[Dr. Lay James Gibson, University of Arizona]

09:45-09:55 Discussion [Dr. Yoshiro Higano (Moderator)]
09:55 Closing address [Dr. Yoshiro Higano]

Special Seminar on Sustainability Design

14:00 – 15:30 Monday, 12th July, 2010

Waste Management Expert Course (G30)
Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba

Room: F106 of Bio-agriculture Building

14:00 Opening address and introduction of lectures
Dr. Helmut Yabar

14:05-14:45 Waste Management and Sustainability Transition – Outlooks in Japan and Asia(pdf)
Dr. Keishiro Hara, Osaka University

14:50-15:30 Sustainability assessment: overview and introduction to bio-diversity conservation assessment(pdf)
Dr. Michinori Uwasu, Osaka University

15:30 Closing address
Dr. Yoshiro Higano