Hokkaido University looked at G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit 2008 as a tremendous opportunity to gather momentum in realizing a sustainable society. HU hosted a series of events under the title of "Sustainability Weeks 2008." HU is committed to promoting research and education on sustainability in 2009 by capitalizing on the networks cultivated during the Weeks among universities, researchers and citizens.

Asian Sustainability | Citizens Media Center | Far-east Russia Environment Forum | Changing Polar Regions | Environment of Mt. Usu and Lake Toya | Nanotoxicology Assessment | Invasive Alien Species | Knowledge of University | Environmental Forum in Lake Toya | Mathematics & Environmental Problems | Radio Program on Sustainablility | University-led Ventures Business | Bio-diversity & Sapporo Maruyama Zoo | Japan Russia Youth Exchange | Indigenous People & Gender History | Creation of a Low Carbon Society | Hokkaido University Days in Beijing | Joint Symposium with Seoul National University | Gender Medicine | Symposium on Indigenous Studies | Pan-Okhotsk Region Int'l Symposium | Avian Influenza Control | Database of Local Hawaii Words | Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Standing up against Global Warming | Symposium for Zoonosis Control | RC for Zoonosis Control | Issues with Indigenous Peoples' Art | Sustainable Water Environment | Global Warming and the Environment of Hokkaido | Natural Regeneration and Regional Revitalization | Origin & Evolution of Natural Diversity | Cross-Coupling & Organometallics | Japan-Russia Student Forum | Plant Science for Biomass & Food Production | In-situ Characterization of Catalyst | Training Course: Forest Ecotourism in Africa | Zoonosis Control Training Course

Opening Symposium | Sustainable Low Carbon Society | Drastic Change in the Earth System | Multi-Media Signal Processing | Global Warming | Environmental Monitoring | Sustainable Land Architecture | Northeast Asia in the Cold War | Origine & Evolution of Natural Diversity | Marine Ecosystem & Fisheries Food Resources | Science Cafe - Global Warming | Taxonomy and Biodiversity | School Education for Sustainability | The Present & Future of Ainu Studies | G8 University Summit | Ties between Agricultural & Medical Sciences | Sustainable Agriculture & Environment | Environment & Health | Sustainable Society & Hokkaido | Sustainable Management for Culture & Communities | Health of the Earth & People | Sentinel Earth | Water & Sanitation | Catalysis Leading to a Sustainable Society | Peace, Reconciliation & Civil Society | Strategy of Social Inclusion | Gender Equality & Work-Life Balance in Science | Beyond the Double Helix | UNI. SUMMIT2008 | Team Omotenashi| Closing Symposium