Events

2025.07.30

symposium

🌍 Bridging Nations, Protecting Generations🌍
Symposium on Climate-sensitive Diseases in Elderly Populations

🗓️ Date & Time: 28 August 2025 — 16:00–18:15 JST / 09:00–11:15 CET
📍 Hybrid Format: Online via Zoom & In-person at Hokkaido University
🎙️ Presentation Language: English

As climate extremes escalate, how do aging societies like Japan and Germany shield their elderly from heat stress and other environmental threats? Join leading researchers and public health experts from Hokkaido University, University Hospital Cologne, and the Centre for Planetary Health Policy as they unveil innovative, collaborative strategies to protect vulnerable populations.

🔍 Topics include:

• Health risks of extreme temperatures for seniors

• Resilience-building strategies in aging communities

• Cross-national insights into planetary health policy

Meet renowned speakers such as Prof. Shigekazu Komoto, Nicole Stauf, Dr. Ingo Meyer, and many more in a timely conversation that bridges disciplines and geographies.

🎯 Be part of the solution. Engage. Learn. Act.
✅ Register Now!: https://forms.gle/kfuaP7jPmGW46M7V7
📩 Contact: uedak@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Supported by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (1-2307)