The conference was held to coincide with Fukuoka Motor Show 2009, with the aims to bring journalists together to exchange opinions and share knowledge on how to achieve sustainable transportation development and overcome an environmental divide and what role media can play.
- UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office
- The Nishinippon Newspaper
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism , Government of Japan.
- Moderator:
- Takeshi Kokubu (The Nishinippon Newspaper, Senior Editor)
- Keynote Speech (from Japan):
- Mamoru Taniguchi (Univ. of Tsukuba)
- Commentator:
- Toshi Noda (UN-Habitat Fukuoka Office, Director)
Ryuji Tanaka (The Nishinippon Newspaper, Managing Editor)
Susumu Shimaya (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure. Transport and Tourism, Deputy Director)
- Panelists (Journalists from respectable newspaper in Asia):
- 1. Nguyen Ham Bao Truc (Saigon Giai Phong Investment Finance Newspaper)
2. Teo Woan Yee, Joelle (Lianhe Zaobao)
3. Yeo-Jin Yun (Busan Ilbo Daily News)
4. Robert Adhi Kusumaputra (KOMPAS Jakarta)
5. Cynthia Delgado Balana (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
6. Somhatai Mosika (Prachachat Business Newspaper)
7. Faezah Ismail (New Straits Times)