Date：2010.02.22 (Mon.) AM 9:50-17:50 Guideline for Paper Preparation, Example Objective: The symposium welcomes presentations and encourages interchange discussions for advanced findings on environmental science and technology. Program: Main Conference Room ● 09:50-09:55 Opening Remarks ● 10:00-12:00 Environmental Planning and policies (I) (Chairman: Prof. Hirofumi Abe) 10:00-10:30 Alternative Energy Policies in Germany Focused on Solar Energy Sang-Chul PARK, Korea Polytechnic University, Korea 10:30-11:00 Urban Infrastructure Financing in Reform-era China De WANG, Zhao ZHANG, Tongji University, China 11:00-11:30 (to be determined) Eko Agus Suyono, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia 11:30-11:45 Promoting Sustainable Development of Mountainous Village in Central China: A Case Study in Gaogongqiao Village, Enshi City Zhiyong QI, Okayama University 11:45-12:00 How Ethnic Minority Communities Manage Forest after Devolution? Case studies in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam Quang Hoang TRUONG, Okayama University ● 13:00-14:30 Global Warming (Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Toru Iwata) 13:00-13:30 Regional Response of Productivity of Larch Forests to Climate Variability across Eurasia to East Asia Masahito UEYAMA, Osaka Prefecture University 13:30-14:00 Monitoring Our Environment - How Much Greenhouse Gas is Emitted from, or Absorbed at the Rice Paddy Masayoshi MANO, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences 14:00-14:30 Carbon Budget at Double-cropping Cultivated Field in Western Japan Takahiro TAKIMOTO, Okayama University ● 14:40-17:50 Solid Waste Management (Chairman: Takeshi Fujiwara) 14:40-14:50 Japanese International Cooperation on Waste Management and 3R Akira NITTA, Ministry of the Environment, Japan 14:50-15:10 How to Improve Solid Waste Management in Asia Masaru TANAKA, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, Japan 15:10-15:30 Waste Management on Malaysian Islands and Marine Pollution Agamuthu Pariatamby, University of Malaya, Malaysia 15:30-15:50 Development of appropriate landfill technology for Indonesia Enri Damanhuri, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia 15:50-16:10 Accumulation of Silicon in Paddy Field Applied with Lignite Fly Ash Orawan Siriratpiriya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 16:10-16:30 Biomethanation: Viable Option for Energy Recovery from Biodegradable Solid Wastes from Vegetable Markets Ashok V. SHEKDAR, Nagpur Institute of Technology, India 16:30-16:50 Solid Waste Management in Vietnam- Current Status and Future Direction Kim Thai NGUYEN, University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam 16:50-17:05 Survey of Household Solid Waste Generation and Characteristic in Can Tho city, Vietnam Phuc Thanh NGUYEN, Okayama University 17:05-17:20 Current Research Topics in Solid Waste Management Research Center of Okayama University Takeshi FUJIWARA, Solid Waste Management Research Center, Okayama University 17:20-17:50 Panel Discussion:“Current problem and future perspective on MSW management” The 2nd Lecture Room ● 10:00-12:00 Environmental Geotechnology (Chairman: Prof. Yuji Takeshita) 10:00-10:30 Hydro-mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils and Its Simulations De'an SUN, Shanghai University, China 10:30-11:00 Three-dimensional Slope Stability and Back Analysis of Slope Failures Jing-Cai JIANG, Tokushima University, Japan 11:00-11:30 Laboratory Evaluation of Stabilized Pavement Geomaterials Using Coal Combustion By-Products in Korea Seong-Wan PARK, Dankook University, Korea 11:30-12:00 How Many Boreholes are Needed to Estimate Hydrofacies Structure in the Subsurface with Reasonable Accuracy? Toshihiro SAKAKI, Colorado School of Mines, USA ●13:00-15:00 Environmental Planning and policies (II) (Chairman: Prof. Hirofumi Abe) 13:00-13:30 Analysis of Community-based Self-governance and Natural Resource Management Hurng-Jyuhn Wang, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan R.O.C 13:30-14:00 Prospect of Collaboration between Academic Institution, Government and Industry in Realizing Sustainable Development Program Ahmad Agus Setiawan, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia 14:00-14:30 The Revitalization of Depopulated Mountain Villages, Initiated by Residents’ Associations: A Case of Camellia Village, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Korea Hye-Jin BU, Okayama University 14:30-15:00 Grazing Utilization of Farmland, Forest and Zoysia-Type Grassland in Amakusa Region, Japan（in Japanese） Tatsuya KANDA, Okayama University ● 15:15-17:45 Forest Ecology (Prof. Ken Yoshikawa) 15:15-15:20 Opening 15:20-15:35 The Structure of Forestry in Ogawa Makiko ODA, Okayama University 15:35-15:50 Successional Pathway after Fire in the Boreal Forest of Mongolian Forest-steppe Takashi OTODA, Okayama University 15:50-16:25 Past and present status of Mongolian forest Nachin BAATARBILEG, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia 16:25-16:35 Break 16:35-17:10 Ecological Features of the Taiga at Its Southern Edge Michael MUHLENBERG, The University of Gottingen, Germany 17:10-17:45 Biogeochemistry of Alaskan Forests and Response to Climate-Induced Changes in Disturbance Regimes Knut KIELLAND, University of Alaska Fairbanks, U.S.A. 17:45-17:50 Closing The 1st Seminar Room ● 13:00-15:00 Water Environment Management (Chaiman: Porf. Osami Kawara) 13:00-13:30 Hydro-Meteorological Effects on Phytoplankton Biomass in a Freshwater Lake Haiping ZHANG, Feipeng LI, Ling CHEN, Tongji University, China 13:30-14:00 Numerical and Mathematical Approaches to Flow Analyses in Ponds Induced by a Water Circulator Takashi NAKAZAWA and Hiroshi SUITO, Okayama University 14:00-14:30 Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Substances in Kojima Lake Wen CHEN and Osami KAWARA, Okayama University 14:30-15:00 Fabrication of Zeolite Membrane and Its Novel Application Hitoshi INOKAWA, Shunsuke NISHIMOTO, Yoshikazu KAMESHIMA and Michihiro MIYAKE, Okayama University Location: Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Bldg., Okayama University, Japan Organizer: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Japan Sponsors: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Japan Solid Waste Management Research Center, Okayama University, Japan “Human Resources Development for Environmental Rehabilitation in Asia” supported by Program for Enhancing Graduate School Education of MEXT, Japan Contact: Prof. Takeshi Fujiwara Solid Waste Management Research Center, Okayama University, Japan Tel/Fax: +81-86-251-8994 Email: