Expo 2005 Aichi Site – 23-09-2005
Expo Forum Aichi 2005 – Shanghai 2010, was held at the Rotary Hall of the Nagakute Expo Site on the 23rd September 2005. The Forum brought together a large and diverse amount of public along with the prestigious speakers of the event. After having expressed their points of view, the speakers engaged in open discussions to try and come up with some possible answers relating the the theme of the Forum:

Following the welcoming speeches which were made by:

Mr. Chen Lianyu, First Vice-Chairman of the National Organizing Committee of Shanghai Expo,

Amb. Wu Jianmin, President of the BIE,

Amb. Taizo Watanabe, Commissioner General of the 2005 World Exposition,

Dr. Shoichiro Toyada, Chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition

and the Ambassador of China to Japan, Amb. Wang Yi.

The theme of the Forum was split into three round table discussions:

World Expos facing sustainable development

Mr. Luo Gaolai
Deputy Director General of FECO of State Environmental Protection Administration
Mr. Domíngo Jiménez Beltrán
Director of the Spanish Observatory for Sustainability, Former Director General of the European Environment Agency
Mr. Ryozo Hayashi
Professor of the Graduate School of Public Diplomacy, Tokyo University
Mr. Jim Frederick
Senior Editor and Tokyo Bureau Chief for TIME Magazine
Moderator : Mr. Christopher William Brooks
Director of Public Affairs and Communication of the OECD

World Expos enhancing cooperation for sustainable development

Mr. Kim Klastrup
Group Senior Vice-Président of Grungfos Management A/S
Mr. Anton Spierenburg
Technical Advisor for the Environment of the Council of Europe Development Bank
Mr. Richard Wooldridge
President and  COO of the International Herald Tribune
Mr. Osamu Watanabe
Chairman of the Japan External Trade Organisation, JETRO
Mr. Liu Guoshen
President of Bao Iron Steel Corporation
Moderator: Mr. Michel Dumas
President of the Conseil BDDS Webber Shandwick

World Expos improving models for sustainable city life

Mr. Pieter van Wesemael
Dutch Urbanist
Mrs. Outi Onkatukia
OECD Coordinator for Sustainable Development
Mr. Mats Andersson
Senior Urban Management Specialist of the World Bank
Mr. Shinji Fukukawa
Pavilion Director of Global House
Mr. Zhu Dajian
Professor of Tengji University
Moderator: Mr. Jean-Pierre Gaudin
Professor of Political Sciences, IEP Aix-Marseille

After some words of thanks by the Vice-Mayor of Shanghai, Mr. Zhou Yupeng, the Secretary General of the BIE, Mr. V. G. Loscertales gave some conclusive remarks to the Forum.

The evening was concluded with a reception that was hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Government.