Dear All,

If you happen to be nearby, you may be interested in attending the following:

International Symposium:
Climate Change & Energy Policy in a Post-Fukushima
World: What does the future hold?

Date: 23 May 2012.
Registration and Networking: 4.00-4.30pm
Symposium: 4.30-6.30pm
Location: DLA Piper LLP, 1 St. Paul's Place, Sheffield,
S1 2JX.
Attendance BY TICKET ONLY. Please see below.

Organised and hosted by:
The University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies Daiwa-Anglo Japanese Foundation DLA Piper LLP Action For Involvement

The March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant exposes enduring questions about the safety and reliability of nuclear energy, the capabilities of human beings to predict and manage complex events, and the relationship between humanity and nature. The international response to the disaster has been varied; the UK position on nuclear power remains virtually unchanged, while Germany has vowed to phase out nuclear generation altogether by 2022.
Japanese official policy is unlikely to phase out nuclear power entirely, but a de facto phase out appears possible.

Nuclear energy has been regarded as a failsafe method of reducing human dependence on fossil fuels and mitigating the worst impacts of climate change. What does the future hold for nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, and what impacts will there be on plans to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change?

Find out what's going on at our FREE event. Have your say to shape our Planet's vital resources with our international panel of speakers who want to meet you, young people, other professionals and experts.

Registration & Networking: 4.00 - 4.30pm.
Symposium: 4.30 - 6.30pm - prompt start.

Plus FREE Refreshments and FREE event packs.

ADMISSION: FREE by printed ticket ONLY.
Standard charge: #15 for booking without turning up.

Demand for places is likely to exceed supply, so attendance at this event is by ticket only.
Applications for attendance must be made through the following online booking form:
https://www.eventelephant.com/postfukushima/summary.htm
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Non-attendance will be charged at #15 per ticket.
Event queries: events@actionforinvolvement.org.uk, Tel:
Wendy Stern on 07946 453 258.

Event Chairman: Dr. Peter Matanle, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield.

Speakers:

Dr. Wakako Hironaka, former Director-General, Environment Agency of Japan, Member of the House of Councillors (1986-2010); Cllr. Jillian Creasy, Elected Green Party Member of Sheffield City Council; Jun Arima, Director-General, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), London; Shinichi Kihara, Senior Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris; Prof. Neil Hyatt, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Radioactive Waste Management, University of Sheffield; Teresa Hitchcock, Senior Partner, DLA Piper LLP, Sheffield.

For more information please visit University of Sheffield, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, DLA Piper and Action for Involvement newsblog.

Information related to this message is available at https://www.eventelephant.com/postfukushima/summary.htm
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Dr. Peter Matanle
Lecturer and Taught Post-Graduate Tutor, School of East Asian Studies and National Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield.
Director, WREAC Research Cluster on Social Change and Transition in East Asia.
Tel (UK): +44 (0)114 222 8407.
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Co-Editor: Japan Forum
Founder and publishing editor: electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies.
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Latest publications (within the previous 24 months):

Iles, T. and Matanle, P. (eds) (2012) Researching Twenty-First Century Japan: New Directions and Approaches for the Electronic Age, Lanham, MD:
Lexington Books.
Matanle, P. (2011) The Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown: towards the (re)construction of a safe, sustainable and compassionate society in Japan's shrinking regions, Local Environment, 16 (9): 823-847.
Matanle, P., Rausch, A.S., with the Shrinking Regions Research Group (2011) Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press.
Matanle, P. and Matsui, K. (2011) Lifetime Employment in 21st Century Japan: Stability and Resilience Under Pressure in the Japanese Management System. In Horn, S.
(ed.) Emerging Perspectives in Japanese Human Resource Management, Wirtschaftspsychologie, 15, Berlin: Peter
Lang: 15-44.
Matanle, P. and Sato, Y. (2010) Coming Soon to a City Near You! Learning to Live 'Beyond Growth' In Japan's Shrinking Regions, Social Science Japan Journal, 13
(2): 197-210.