Program

International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN) Conference
in China March 23-24, 2006 Suzhou, China

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

15:00-20:00

Registration

Thursday, March 23, 2006

	Chairman: Mr. Li Jian, deputy manager of CEC
9:00	Opening ceremony
	-Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto (Chairman of IGPN)
	-Ms.Wang Kaiyu (Senior Officer of SEPA)
	-Mr.Chai Hanming (Jiangsu Environmental,Protection Bureau)
	-Director Hu Zhengming (Suzhou National New&Hi-Tech Industrial Development Area AdministrationCommittee)
9:30	Photo session / Tea Break
10:00	Introduction on Chinese Environmental-labelling System and Government Green Procurement
	-Mr. Chen Yanping (Director of Environmental Development Center of SEPA, Chairman of China Environmental Certification Center)
10:20	Discussion
10:30	Concept and Significance of Green Purchasing
	-Mr. Hiroyuki Sato (Secretary-general of Green Purchasing Network (GPN), Japan)
10:50	Discussion
11:00	Green Olympiad and Green Purchasing
	-Ms.Yu Jianke (Director of Environmental Division, Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad)
11:20	Discussion
11:30	Introduction on the website of CGPN
	-Mr. Liu Zunwen (Director of R&D division, CEC)
11:50	Discussion
	(12：00－13：30 Lunch)
	Chairman: Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto
14:00	The Green Purchasing Law, and Promoting Green Procurement in Japan
	-Mr. Kazuyuki Harada (Deputy Director, Environmental and Economic Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan)
14:20	Discussion
14:30	Green Purchasing Activities in Korea: Focusing on the Green Procurement Law
	-Ms. Hyun-Jung Im (Ministry of Environment, Korea)
14:50	Discussion
15:00	Status and Development of Green Purchasing in Hong Kong
	-Ms. Linda Ho (CEO of Hong Kong Green Council)
15:20	Discussion
	(15：30－15：50 Tea Break)
15:50	IGPN and Green Purchasing Activities on Global Level
	-Mr. Akira Kataoka (Manager, IGPN Secretariat)
16:10	Discussion
16:20	Ricoh Group, Sustainable Environmental Management
	-Mr. Kenji Tanaka (General Manager, Environmental Sustainability Development Office Corporate Environment Division Ricoh Company, Ltd.)
16:40	Discussion
16:50	Closing Speech
	-Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto (Chairman of IGPN)

Friday, March 24, 2006

	Chairman: Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto, Mr. Liu Zunwen
9:00-12:00	Discussion Topics
	-Status and tendency of international green purchasing -Function of environmental protection administrations -Eco-labelling products and green purchasing -How the enterprises to practice green purchasing -The advices on government green purchasing in China -Reciprocity between consumer and green purchasing

Participants:	International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN)
	Environmental Development Center of SEPA
	Ministry of the Environment, Japan
	Environmental Certification Center, SEPA (CEC）
	Ministry of Environment, Korea
	Hong Kong Green Council