Seminars & Events
List of events and lectures hosted by the Nature-Positive Technology Implementation Research Center.
FY 2025
3rd AIST Nature-Positive Technology Implementation Research Center Seminar
- Date and Time:
- Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- Location:
- AIST Tsukuba Central, Shared Auditorium
- Participants:
- 30 AIST staff members
- Content:
- JST-COI NEXT NP Hub: Examination of NPI Natural State Indicators in the Kuma River Basin
- Takahisa Yamakita (JAMSTEC)
2nd AIST Nature-Positive Technology Implementation Research Center Seminar
- Date and Time:
- Wednesday, July 29, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
- Location:
- Network Conference Room, Information Building, Tsukuba Central, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Participants:
- 30 AIST staff members, 30 external participants
- Agenda:
- 2:00 PM
- Opening Remarks
- Hiroyuki Imaizumi, Director, NPRC Center, AIST
- Introduction of Participants
- Explanation of Purpose
- Tetsuo Yasutaka, Deputy Director, NPRC
- 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM: Presentation
- Nature Positive and River Management as a Leading Example
Mr. Keigo Nakamura, Group Leader, Watershed Water Environment Research Group, Public Interest Incorporated Research Institute, Public Works Research Institute - 2:50 PM – 3:20 PM: Lecture
- Nature Positive and Sites Coexisting with Nature: Practices at the Tsukuba Living Creatures Green
Space Network
Ms. Fumiko Ishihama, Senior Researcher, Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies - 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM Lecture
- Large-Scale Camera Trap Networks and Nature Positive
Mr. Keita Fukazawa, Senior Researcher, Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Break - 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM Panel Discussion
- Regional Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure: Presentations (7 min/organization)
- ・Mr. Seishu Okuda, Director, Regional Nature Positive Promotion Office, Natural Environment
Planning Division, Natural Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment
Mr. Seishu Okuda, Director - ・Shimizu Corporation, Environmental Management Promotion Office, Green Infrastructure Promotion
Department
Mr. Hiroshi Kotani, Ms. Kiho Ikeda - ・Fuji City, Environmental Department, Environmental Conservation Division
Mr. Eitaro Taki, Senior Manager - ・“Introduction to the Tsukuba Biodiversity Strategy”
Ms. Tomoko Fujita, Chief, Environmental Conservation Division, Living Environment Department, Tsukuba City - ・"Tokyo Metropolitan Government Regional Biodiversity Strategy"
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of the Environment, Natural Environment Department, Planning Division - ・"Activities of the Nasunogahara Nature Positive Alliance and AIST"
Tetsuo Yasutaka, Deputy Director, NP Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) - ・Head of the Natural Capital Database Construction and Value Analysis Research Team
Junko Hara - ・Head of the Ecological Impact and Countermeasure Technology Evaluation Research Team
Wataru Naito - ・Panelists and Commentators: Speakers, Presenters, Ministry of the Environment
- Moderator: Tetsuo Hotaka
1st AIST Nature-Positive Technology Implementation Research Center Seminar
- Date and Time:
- Wednesday, May 29, 3:15 PM – 7:30 PM
- Location:
- Medium Conference Room, Shared Auditorium, Tsukuba Central, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Participants:
- 30 AIST staff members, 25 external participants
- Agenda:
- Opening Remarks and Overview of the Implementation Research Center
- Director of AIST’s NPRC Center
Hiroyuki Imaizumi - Explanation of Purpose and Introduction to NPRC Research
- Deputy Director, AIST NPRC
Tetsuo Hotaka - National Initiatives Toward Nature Positive
- Assistant Director, Natural Environment Planning Division, Natural Environment Bureau, Ministry of
the Environment
Mr. Kohei Sasabuchi - Presentation Materials
- Nature-Positive Through a Landscape Approach: Research and Practice
- Deputy Director, Climate Change Adaptation Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Mr. Atsushi Nishihiro - The Expansion of TNFD and Corporate Initiatives Toward Nature-Positive
- Mizuho R&T Co., Ltd., Sustainability Consulting Division 1
Mr. Kensuke Kito - Presentation Materials
- Introduction to Environmental DNA Research at AIST Aimed at Contributing to a Nature-Positive Society
- AIST, NPRC, Head of the Natural Capital Diagnosis Technology Research Team
Ryo Iguchi - Sustainability Assessment of Supply Chains to Support the Realization of Nature-Positive
- Ryo Iguchi, Team Leader, Natural Capital Sustainability Research Team, NPRC, AIST
Akiharu Motoshita
