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UK-Japan Symposium on Green
Manufacturing and Eco-innovation
 On
2-3 June, the Academy hosted the second UK-Japan
Symposium organised jointly with the Engineering
Academy of Japan. The theme of the meeting was green
manufacturing and eco-innovation, reflecting the
growing market for low carbon and 'clean' technology
and the potential for the UK and Japan to contribute
to and benefit from this. Over the course of the two
days, nine Japanese and nine UK speakers addressed a
wide range of topics. Professor Brian Collins FREng
set the scene with a keynote speech on UK
sustainable development policy and the move to a low
carbon economy, and Dr Shuzo Nishioka, formerly
Senior Advisor to the National Institute for
Environmental Studies, described the Japanese
roadmap for the move towards a low carbon society in
his keynote address.
The subsequent sessions introduced a range of
eco-innovations being developed in the two countries
– from urban mining to recycle critical metals in
electronic products to a technique for water-less
washing of clothes – and described some of the key
challenges, both technical and social, entailed in
developing and adopting important technologies such
as smart grids. One of the main messages to emerge
was the need to consider the whole system when
thinking about environmental impact, whether at the
level of a particular technology, ownership models,
industrial processes or national roadmaps.
Whilst the symposium showed many similarities in the
activities being undertaken by the UK and Japan, it
also highlighted some notable differences.
Interestingly, both the Japanese and UK participants
characterised the approach taken by their country as
‘bottom up’ and that of the other country as being
‘top down’. As pointed out by one of the Japanese
co-chairs, it is these very differences that make
such joint activities worthwhile.
We are grateful to Anglo-American Plc for its
support for this event.
Symposium report (38KB)
Symposium programme (1235KB)
Speaker biographies (695KB)
Please click on the links below to view the presentations:
Introductory session
Prof Brian Collins FREng (985KB)
Dr Shuzo Nishioka (1344KB)
Session 2: Business model and process innovation
Prof Steve Evans (1999KB)
Dr David Clarke (1806KB)
Session 3: Product design
Dr Kohmei Halada (2812KB)
Prof Richard A Williams OBE FREng (2239KB)
Dr Nozomu Mishima (566KB)
Mr Paul Stein FREng (1115KB)
Session 4: Power supply innovation and energy efficiency
Mr Yutaka Wakasa (2588KB)
Prof Joe McGeehan CBE FREng (1586KB)
Prof Akihiko Yokoyama (1092KB)
Prof Marcus Newborough (1169KB)
Prof Masaharu Oshima (2865KB)
Session 5: New design concepts
Prof Masayoshi Esashi (2741KB)
Prof Emile H Ishida (6742KB)
Dr Hideki Kakisawa (6241KB)
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