"Outline of management system for chemicals in Japan"
Prof. Itaru Yasui, UNU

"Report on First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm
Convention and Introduction of UNITAR Persistent Organic Pollutants Programme"

Mr. Brandon Turner, United Nations Institute for Training and Research

"Japan's Leading Role in the Global Efforts against POPs"
Mr. Yoichi Kamiya, Ministry of Environment (MoE), Japan

"Current Situation and Future Trends in Environmental Chemistry"
Dr. Masatoshi Morita, NIES

"Monitoring of POPs in China"
Dr. Huang Yeru, Shino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection

"Determining the Method Detection Limit (MDL): A Major Analytical Challenge in Reporting POPs Monitoring Data in the Philippines"
Dr. Evangeline Santiago, University of Philippines

"Chemicals Having POPs-related Properties"
Dr. Yasuyuki Shibata, NIES

"Metal Toxicity and Chemical Species: Focuses in Methyl-mercury"
Dr. Momoko Chiba, Juntendo University, Tokyo

"Integrating Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment"
Dr. Yurika Nishioka, Harvard School of Public Health