EU Environmental Policy Seminar

March 24 2017

Date: 24 March 2017, 10:00 - 13:00

Venue: Hilton Brussels Grand Place

Co-organised by: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, JETRO Brussels

EU-Japan Centre and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are co-organising a seminar to look at the EU policies in the field of energy and environment. This seminar targets Japanese industry and businesspeople interested in understanding the EU legislatative process and what the latest EU policy development are in these fields.

09:30             Registration starts, Welcome Coffee

10:00             Opening Remarks by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

10:05             Latest developments in the EU policy for promoting clean energy transition

                      Speaker: Mr. Frank HESELER, Legal Officer, Legal Section, Energy Policy Coordination Unit,

                      Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission

10:45             Q & A

11:00             Coffee Break

11:20             Understanding EU environment policy-making process and how Japanese companies should respond to them

                      Speaker: Mr. Kitayoshi TSUMITA, Secretary General, Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)

11:40             RoHS – Latest developments and Japanese company’s approach

                      Speaker: Mr. Shinya SASAKI, Horiba Europe / JBCE – Environmental Working Group

12:10             Latest developments in EU chemical substance regulations and Japanese company’s approach

                      Speaker: Mr. Hideo Kawasaki, ADEKA Europe / JBCE – Environmental Working Group

12:40             Q & A

13:00             Networking Lunch

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