Naha City

Symposium “PFAS Issues Seen by UN Special Rapporteurs”

  • Lecture / Seminar
  • Real-life event

Schedule

2024.11.20(水)

Open:18:00 Start:18:30 End:20:30

Venue

Times Hall 〒900-0015 2-3-1 Kumoji, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture

Contents

Speakers: TAMAKI Denny (Governor of Okinawa Prefecture)/Marcos A. Orellana (UN Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Waste)/Yasuyuki Shibata (Honorary Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies)/Izumi Hirai (former TV caster) General Moderator and Facilitator: Shimabukuro Natsuko (Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Organization Department Deputy Director)

Okinawa Prefecture invited Mr. Marcos A. Orellana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Waste, to Okinawa and hold a symposium in order to widely disseminate the necessity of resolving Okinawa's base issues, etc., and to form international public opinion to resolve these issues. At this symposium, a keynote address by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on international trends in PFAS issues and a panel discussion on PFAS issues with experts, etc. will be held.

speakers
TAMAKI Denny (Governor of Okinawa Prefecture)
Marcos A. Orellana (UN Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Waste)
Yasuyuki Shibata (Honorary Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Iizumi Hirai (former TV caster)

General moderator and facilitator
Shimabukuro Natsuko (Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Organization Department Deputy Director)

Performers

Contact

Symposium Organizing Office (Machizukuri Lab Ryugu/Sabira Cooperative Business Entity)

TEL:098-988-3742