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25/02/2010 - Tokyo, Japan
Making Green Cars a Reality: Policies and Initiatives in the EU and Japan (Seminar)



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Date of Event: 25 February 2010, 16:30 – 18:30 



Venue: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Tokyo,  










Organised by:  EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Tokyo, Japan









Participation: Free 




Language: English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)








                                
 





Overview:



On 25 February 2010, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation organised a seminar on “Making Green Cars a Reality: Policies and Initiatives in the EU and Japan”. Mr. Philippe Jean, Head of the Automotive Unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise & Industry, and Mr. Shin Hosaka, Director of the Automotive Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI), outlined the EU and Japanese policies for promoting the development and prevalence of green cars in our society. On the private sector side, Mr. Ivan Hodac, Secretary General of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), gave a keynote speech presenting the initiatives by automotive industries in Europe to make green cars a reality, while Mr. Yoshiyasu Nao, President of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) developed the “Initiatives by Automotive Industries in Japan”.






details On 25 February 2010, Jiji Press released an  interview with Mr. Hodac in Japanese (and 1 March in English), “Europe Auto Industry Chief Calls for Global Fuel Standards”.








Programme:





16:30
Opening remark, Mr Julien Guerrier, General Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation





16:35
“EU Policy Developments Concerning the Automotive Sector with Focus on Low Emission Cars” 


Speaker: Mr Philippe Jean, Head of the Automotive Unit, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission 






17:05

Keynote Speech --- “Initiatives by Automotive industries in the EU” 


Speaker: Mr Ivan Hodac, Secretary General, European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)





17:20
“Recent Developments in Japanese Automotive Industry, including Policies to Promote Next Generation Automobiles (tbc)”  



Speaker: Mr Shin Hosaka, Director, Automotive Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 


“Initiatives by Automotive Industries in Japan”

   
Speaker: Mr Yoshiyasu Nao, President, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) 





18:00    


Q&A


 


18:30        


Closing remark, Mr Hiroshi Tsukamoto, General Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation


 







  Report of the event.





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Making Green Cars a Reality:  Policies and Initiatives in the EU and Japan


  
   
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    Photo © EU-Japan Centre, 2010





Making Green Cars a Reality:  Policies and Initiatives in the EU and Japan


  

Mr Ivan Hodac, Secretary General, European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) and Mr Philippe Jean, Head of the Automotive Unit, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission  


    Photo © EU-Japan Centre, 2010