The Future of Earth and Biodiversity Week
Knowledge as the Key to Protection -Part I-
Italian Republic
Japanese and Italian scientists will engage in a bilateral exchange of research experiences on five key environmental themes: biodiversity, sea, polar regions, climate change, and natural hazards. Organised by the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment of Italy’s National Research Council (CNR), the programme highlights how scientific knowledge—anchored in memory and data—is essential for understanding environmental changes and increasing resilience to global challenges.
Discussion
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
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Track Programme
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2025.09.19[Fri]
10:00 ～ 13:30
(Venue Open 09:30)
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- Pavilion
- Italy Pavilion, also hosting the Holy See
Programme details
The event will facilitate the exchange of research experiences between Japanese and Italian scientists, focusing on five key environmental issues: biodiversity, the sea, the polar regions, climate change, and natural hazards. These themes reflect the core research domains of Italy’s CNR – Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment.
Each session reflects how knowledge, grounded in scientific observation and cultural memory, can be harnessed to better understand and respond to global environmental threats. The day begins with high-level greetings and the signing of bilateral memoranda, followed by thematic panels that highlight both nations’ complementary strengths and shared research efforts.
・Biodiversity is addressed from both European and Japanese cultural perspectives, and includes insights into biosynthesis and bioprospecting for future medicine.
・Seas and Oceans focuses on local ecological knowledge, particularly “fishers’ memories,” as a practical tool for marine ecosystem management.
・In Polar Regions, ice core data and remote observation offer a vivid record of past climates, while stressing the urgency of international cooperation in a rapidly warming Arctic.
・The Climate Change panel examines long-term observational networks such as SKYNET and GRUAN, emphasising collaborative monitoring of solar radiation and atmospheric conditions.
・The final panel on Natural Hazards and Deep Exploration delves into disaster memory, earth observation, and seafloor dynamics, highlighting efforts to understand and mitigate geophysical risks.
The programme concludes with a curated artistic video presentation, open to Expo visitors, designed to evoke public interest in the morning’s scientific topics and foster a broader understanding of environmental protection through knowledge.
Cast
Speakers
Francesco Petracchini
Director, Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment, CNR
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Amb. Mario Vattani
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, General Commissioner Expo Osaka 2025, Ambassador
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Elena Sgarbi
talian Commissioner’s Office for Osaka
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Maria Elena Martinotti
Head of Institutional Affairs, Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment, CNR
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Gianluigi Serianni
Scientific Attaché, Embassy of Italy in Tokyo
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Shuichi Kodaira
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
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Giuseppe Magnifico
Director, Research Infrastructure Office, CNR
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Diego Fontaneto
Institute of Water Research (IRSA), CNR
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Jotaro Urabe
Macroecology Lab, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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Angelo Fontana
Director, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (ICB), CNR
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Toshiyuki Wakimoto
Hokkaido University
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Ernesto Azzurro
Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), CNR
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Takehito Yoshida
The University of Tokyo
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Mayumi Fukunaga
The University of Tokyo
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Co-organiser
National Research Council
The Future of Earth and Biodiversity Week
Knowledge as the Key to Protection -Part I-
Japanese and Italian scientists will engage in a bilateral exchange of research experiences on five key environmental themes: biodiversity, sea, polar regions, climate change, and natural hazards. Organised by the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment of Italy’s National Research Council (CNR), the programme highlights how scientific knowledge—anchored in memory and data—is essential for understanding environmental changes and increasing resilience to global challenges.
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2025.09.19[Fri]
10:00～13:30
(Venue Open 09:30)
- Pavilion
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
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