ICTPI2009 in Portugal
The ICTPI 2009 conference in Porto, Portugal, just concluded. I presented a paper during the “New Frontiers in Science and Technology” session. My presentation was entitled ”Mechanism of Corporate Environmental Management: Empirical Study of Japanese and U.S. Firms.” I talked about the relationship between external pressure about environmental activity and corporate environmental management strategy. I was the only person from East Asia at the meeting! Most attendees were from Europe, the U.S. and South America.
Will Wynn, former mayor of Austin, gave a talk about city management and Austin’s appealing culture. I didn’t know that with a population of 800,000, Austin is currently the 14th largest city in the U.S. Moreover, the population growth rate is high, and because of this, Austin has huge energy supply capacity needs. For sustainable development, the mayor pointed out that it is going to be very important for Austin to build and develop clean energy supply systems.
Porto, a World Heritage site, is a really beautiful city. But there are very few Asian people here—it is the first time I’ve ever felt like a minority!
New Japanese Phrase for the day:
Tanoshi-desu (I enjoy it)
Posted: July 15th, 2009