Time & Date: 18:30 – approx. 22:45 on Wednesday February 16, 2005 (the Hall will open at 18:00)
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Hall (Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan)
Organizers: The Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City
Attendance fee: Free
Languages: Japanese/English (Japanese-English simultaneous translation available)
Program:
18:30 - Reception (Sakura Banquet Room)
19:30 - Commemorative Symposium (Main Hall)
 

1) Greetings
	＊ Mr. Hiroshi Takano, Senior Vice-Minister of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan ＊ Mr. Keiji Yamada, Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan ＊ Mr. Yorikane Masumoto, Mayor of Kyoto City, Japan ＊ H.E. Mr. Ginés González García, Minister of Health and Environment, Argentina
2) Keynote Speeches
	＊ Mr. Hiroshi Ohki, President of UNFCCC/COP3 ＊ Ms. Joke Waller-Hunter, Executive Secretary for the UNFCCC ＊ H.E. Ms. Wangari Maathai, Deputy Environment Minister of Kenya and 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate
3) Panel Discussion: Kyoto Protocol’s Entering into Force and its Significance Panellists:
	＊ Mr. Thomas Becker, Head of International Department, Ministry of the Environment, Kingdom of Denmark ＊ Ms. Sylvia Mcgill, Director, Meteorological Services, National Meteorological Services, Jamaica ＊ H.E. Mr. Masao Nakayama, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Federated States of Micronesia ＊ H.E. Mr. Beat Nobs, Ambassador, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, Swiss Confederation ＊ H.E. Mr. Raúl A. Estrada Oyuela, Special Representative for Environmental Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina ＊ A representative from an international NGO, Climate Action Network ＊ Mr. Atsushi Horiba, President and CEO, Horiba Ltd, Japan ＊ Ms. Mie Asaoka, President, Kiko Network, Japan ＊ H.E. Mr. Masaki Konishi, Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Moderator
	＊ Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, Japan
22:00 - Part 2: 　Relay of Messages from around the World（Main Hall）
	Messages about the entering into force of the Kyoto Protocol sent from the different parts of the world will be introduced in the form of a message relay with Minister of the Environment Yuriko Koike.

Messages will be provided by: H.E.Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Mr. Ginés González García, Minister of Health and Environment, Argentina H.E. Mr. Stéphane Dion, Minister of the Environment, Canada H.E. Mr. Jiang Liu, Minister and Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission, China H.E.Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of European Commission H.E. Mr. Jürgen Trittin, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany H.E. Ms. Wangari Maathai, Deputy Environment Minister of Kenya H.E. Mr. Masao Nakayama, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Federated States of Micronesia H.E. Ms. Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Alphabetical order by country except for UN) *Other guests may be added to this list.

Approx. 22:45 Event ends

* Bureau Members of UNFCCC/COP10 will attend the event.
* The program is subject to change.
* A real-time video broadcast of the entire event as well as linkages with other events taking place outside Japan will be delivered to the worldwide community by live streaming video in the webpage (http://www.kyoto-protocol.jp).
On demand video streaming will also be available on the same address after the event.