5th Sino-Finnish Innovativeness Forum proceedings available for order

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Low Carbon City Development World Forum
Dipoli Congress Centre, Espoo, FinlandSeptember 27th, 2011

Morning Session
Eco Urban Living Landscape

8:30 - 9:15 Registration and coffee
9:15 - 9:45 Group Photo
9:45-10:15 Opening address
Ms. Saija Äikäs-Idänpään- Heikkilä, Chairman of the Board, City of Espoo
Dr. ZHANG Xinmin, First Secretary, Chinese Embassy in Finland
Mr. Raimo Karhu, Secretary General, Federation of Finnish Technology Industries
Professor KANG Feiyu, Dean, Graduate School of Tsinghua University, Shenzhen

Exploring the potential of EV

10:15-10:30 Eco Urban Living and the World Alliance for Low Carbon Cities (WALCC); Dr. Johan Wallin, Chairman, Synocus Group
10:30-10:45 Strategic role of dialogue in network orchestration, Professor Saku Mantere, Hanken
10:45-11:00 Recent development in lithium ion battery technology; Prof. KANG Feiyu, Tsinghua University, China
11:00-11:15 Valmet Automotive’s holistic new energy city solution, Mr. Ilpo Korhonen, President, Valmet Automotive
11:15-11:30 Charge and Drive, a new innovative EV-concept, Mr. Juha Stenberg, Head of Sales and marketing, Charge & Drive, Fortum
11:30-11:45 Developing the sustainable Aalto Campus, Professor Jorma Kyyrä, Vice President, Aalto University
11:45-12:00 Green People Flows, Dr. Harri Hakala, Research Director, Kone

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

Afternoon session
Practice for a better, greener urban life

13:00-13:15 Sustainable transportation, Professor Nils-Olof Nylund, VTT
13:15-13:30 The Finnish EVE-project, a status update, Mr. Martti Korkiakoski, program manager, Tekes, The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
13:30-13:45 Planning of sustainable and innovative cities, Professor Raine Mäntysalo, Aalto University
13:45-14:05 Shenzhen’s roadmap for low carbon development, Ms. CHEN Haiou, the President of the China Shenzhen Emission Exchange (speaking on behalf of Mr. WU Delin, the Deputy Secretary General of the General Office of the Shenzhen City Government), Shenzhen City, China 
14:05-14:35 Ordos’ development of low carbon industry, Ms NA Renhua, the Director, International Economics Collaboration Bureau, City of Ordos, China
14:35-14:55 A roadmap towards a Low-carbon society in Kyoto city, Dr. Kei GOMI, Kyoto University, Japan
14:55-15:15 Low carbon city assessment, Dr. LI Wanxin, City University of Hong Kong

15:15-15:30 COFFEE BREAK

World Alliance for Low Carbon Cities

15:30-15:50 Introduction of the focus areas of WALCC
15:50-16:10 WALCC formal procedures announcement
16:10-16:30 Communication plan
16:30 Test driving Think City Car