Our employees Goro Kato, Keisuke Yoshida, and Norio Koito will be on stage at "The Circular Economy Learned from the UK's Ellen MacArthur Foundation" (November 24th)

Our employees Goro Kato, Keisuke Yoshida, and Norio Koito will be on stage at the Circular Economy Hub series of online programs "Learning about the Circular Economy from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in the UK" -Thinking with Pioneers in Each Industry- (sponsored by Circular Economy Hub). We are looking forward to your participation.

<Seminar overview>
Seminar Title: Circular Economy Hub Continuous Online Program "Circular Economy Learned from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation UK”
Organizer: Harch Co., Ltd. Circular Economy Hub Editorial Department
Location: Online (using the online meeting tool “Zoom”)
Cost: 3000 yen (pre-registration required)

Seminar overview:
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation*, a British circular economy promotion organization, operates the online learning program "From Linear to Circular" in which about 5,000 people from all over the world participated. With permission from the Foundation, this is a 7-part series of online programs that deliver the learnings gained in the program.
In addition to introducing the basics of the circular economy and trends in each industry, guests will introduce circular economy initiatives. While learning with the participants, we will think about the path to circular economy transition.

<Overview of our program>
Title: 7th “Architecture/Space Creation and Circular Economy/Summary of all 7”
Date: November 24, 2020 (Tuesday) 19:00-21:00
Location: Online

Speakers (tentative):
・ Kozue Nishizaki (Amsterdam Resident, Circular Economy Hub Editorial Department)
・ NOMURA Co., Ltd. Fairwood Project Project Leader, JAPAN VALUE Project Project Leader Goro Kato
・ NOMURA Co., Ltd. NOMLAB concept design Engineer Keisuke Yoshida
・ NOMURA Co., Ltd. Creative Division N.O. A. U. 1 Norio Koito

Program (contents subject to change without notice):
19:00 Opening (5 minutes)
19:05 Commentary by Circular Economy Hub members (30 minutes)
19:35 Activity introduction by 3 guest speakers (50 minutes)
20:30 Q&A/Panel discussion (30 minutes)
After the end Networking in breakout rooms

<How to apply/participate>
Apply to: Harch Co., Ltd. Circular Economy Hub Editorial Department
how to apply: Application form Please apply at

way to participate:
・Please connect using the online tool “Zoom” We will send the URL for entering the room to all applicants one hour before the start.
・The venue is scheduled for 18:45.
・If you are using Zoom for the first time, please access it before the start. The app will be downloaded to your PC or smartphone. Due to functional limitations, we recommend using a PC as much as possible.
・The microphone will be muted during lectures.
・On the day of the event, there will be some time for participants to interact with each other in the breakout room.
・Each report will be posted on the Circular Economy Hub at a later date. Photos taken during the program may be published. If you do not want to take photos, please participate with your camera off except during networking time.
・Please note that we cannot accept refunds for your application.
・Please refer to peatix for receipts.

 

 

<Speaker profile>
・ NOMURA Co., Ltd. Fairwood Project Project Leader, JAPAN VALUE Project Project Leader Goro Kato
Graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is the secretary general of NOMURA, Ltd.'s CSV activity organization. Contribute to the autonomous economic activities of the forestry industry and the protection and growth of Japan's forests through the use of domestic fairwood (legal and sustainable wood) in space. fairwood project”, Incorporating traditional techniques from all over the country into spaces to propose high-value-added spaces ”JAPAN VALUE Project Also serves as the project leader of . As a member of the General Incorporated Association Building Promotion Council for Utilizing Wood (2018), he sponsors production site tours, participates in seminars sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment, and contributes articles. want to be.

・ NOMURA Co., Ltd. NOMLAB concept design Engineer Keisuke Yoshida
Graduated from Toyohashi University of Technology Graduate School. Specializes in concept design that fuses digital technology such as technology and programming with space, and works on projects on various scales such as corporate museums, observatory facilities, and artworks. In addition to being active as a designer specializing in digital technology space, NOMURA Group's innovation laboratory "NOMLAB” is also working with creators outside the company to develop prototypes such as new expression devices that use interaction and control. In 2020, we will create a next-generation wooden space using computational concept design and domestic materials. Geometric Timber"(SC Business Fair 2020 In charge of the creative direction and space concept design for the project.

・ NOMURA Co., Ltd. Creative Division N.O. A. U. 1 Norio Koito
Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Meiji University. After working at a general contractor and a design office, he worked on a wide range of concept design from interiors to architecture at NOMURA. In 2020, NOMURA, Ltd. signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, where they are active as a creative partner. Nazuna Obi Castle town hot spring”, Renovated an alley lined with townhouses into one inn “Nazuna Kyoto Tsubaki-dori”, in charge of utilization projects such as old houses from the Edo and Meiji periods, and historical buildings before the Building Standards Act. We are working on regional revitalization through the creation of spaces, with a wide range of methods from large-scale repairs and renovations, including earthquake resistance repairs, to conversions.

<Related news release>
・ Accelerate the “Fairwood Project,” which utilizes domestically produced Fairwood (legal and sustainable wood) for space production

・ < NOMURA Group Social Activity Report> Fairwood Project “MOKU LOVE DESIGN ~Wooden Space concept design Approach Book~” Completion Presentation

・ NOMURA Kogeisha Plans and Produces Next-Generation Wooden Spaces Combining Computational concept design with Domestic Lumber - First displays of Future Sustainability Spaces -

 

 

<Details/Inquiries>
Event official website: https://cehub.jp/news/seminar-emf-in-detail/
Inquiries: Harch Co., Ltd. Circular Economy Hub Editorial Department

 

Circular Economy Hub:
Circular Economy Hub is an online platform for promoting the circular economy operated by Harch Corporation. We support companies, organizations, and local governments that want to promote the circular economy through the latest information, cases, insights, events and workshops, experience programs, networking, and matching on the circular economy in Japan and overseas.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation:
A circular economy promotion organization established in 2010 by Dame Ellen MacArthur, who set the record for the shortest solo yacht circumnavigation of the world. Promote circular economy in cooperation with all sectors such as global companies, SMEs, national governments, local governments, educational institutions, and NPOs. Organized "CE100", an inter-company network for circular economy, "New Plastic Economy" aiming at circularization of plastics, "Make Fashion Circular" in the fashion field, etc., and promoted the transition to a circular economy with each industry. In addition, it conducts surveys and provides educational opportunities, and is known as an organization that leads the world's circular economy.

What is the circular economy:

Products and raw materials that were “discarded” without being utilized in the conventional linear economic system of “Take”, “Make”, and “Waste” etc. as a new "resource", and refers to an economic mechanism that circulates resources without producing waste. Please see here for details.

 

 

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