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| Brief Report of International Symposium on Sustainable Development (7-9 August 2006)
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The Hokkaido University International Symposium on Sustainable Development was the first multidisciplinary international meeting of its kind, bringing together educators of higher educational institutes and researchers to share their views of the sustainable development. About 950 educators and researchers from 19 countries and regions, representing fields as diverse as Earth Science, Ecology, Veterinary, Engineering, Political Science, Education and more, gathered for three days in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
A major goal for the Symposium was to serve as a springboard for international collaboration toward the global sustainability among educators and researches beyond academic, national and regional boundaries. Many participants have told us about new insights and connections gained through the unique environment of the multidisciplinary meeting.
The Symposium finished with the proposals for creation of a network, named, "Hokudai Network for Global Sustainability". The Network is to accelerate education and research on Sustainable Development by sharing ideas and information through internet by increasing the visibility of the good practice and by enhance collaborative activities. The symposium also proposed the reunion, meeting at the next symposium held in 2009, with achievements of research and education.
The project team of Hokkaido University Initiative on Sustainable Development (HUISD) would take a central role of designing and operating the effective network activity. By doing so, Hokkaido University would accelerate further contributions to the global issue.
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| 948 enrollments from 19 countries |
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Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thai, U.S.A.
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| 8 Sister schools appealed with posters & fliers |
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| The University of Alberta(Canada), Chungnam National University (South Korea), The University of Hawai'i (U.S.A.), Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France), Pukyong National University (South Korea), The University of Auckland(New Zealand), Universite Joseph Fourier (France), University of Geneva (Switzerland)
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