Opening Session

• Opening Address

  • Shinzo Abe Prime Minister of Japan (Video message)
  • Daishiro Yamagiwa State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

• Keynote Speech

  • Takeshi Uchiyamada Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation
    Vice Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)

Plenary Session (Part1)

The Role of Innovation for Addressing Climate Change

Networking Coffee Break

Plenary Session (Part2)

Strategies for Promoting Innovation

Networking Lunch

Concurrent Sessions

• Solar Energy

  [Chair]

  • Adam Heller Research Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Martin Green Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales
    Fellow of Royal Society (London)
    Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • Atsuhiko Hirano President and CEO, Representative Director, Solar Frontier K.K.
  • Paolo Martini Director, Business Development, Archimede Solar Energy (ASE),
    a Joint Venture of Angelantoni Industrie (Italy), Chiyoda Corporation (Japan) and FAL Holding (Saudi)
  • Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

• Geothermal Power

  [Chair]

  • Kasumi Yasukawa Principal Research Manager, Renewable Energy Research Center - FREA, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

  • Ruggero Bertani Geothermal Center of Excellence, Engineering & Construction Dept., ENEL Green Power SpA
  • Roland N. Horne Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
    Professor of Energy Resources Engineering
    Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy
  • Isao Matsunaga President of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan
    Emeritus Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Chief Officer, Secretariat of the Selection Committee, The Japan Prize Foundation
  • Bjarni Bjarnason CEO of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik Energy)

• Automobile Technology

  [Chair]

  • David Sandalow Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

  • Mark S. Duvall Director, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Cal Lankton Director, Global EV Infrastructure, Tesla Motors Inc.
  • Takashi Moriya Senior Chief Engineer, Automobile R&D Center, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
  • Florence Lambert Director, Laboratory for Innovation in New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-LITEN)
  • Philippe A. Tanguy Vice President, International Scientific Development, Total
  • Yasuhiro Daisho Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University

• Energy Efficiency

  [Chair]

  • Itaru Yasui President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation(NITE)
    Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

  • Hidetoshi Nakagami CEO and Founder, Jyukankyo Research Institute Inc.
  • Kevin Facinelli Executive Vice President, Operations, Daikin Applied Americas Inc.
  • Andreas C. Kramvis Vice Chairman, Honeywell International Inc.
  • Alex Laskey President and Founder of Opower
  • Alan Meier Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Smart Community

  [Chair]

  • Kenji Yamaji Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
    Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

  • Yves Bamberger Scientific Advisor of the chairman and CEO, Electricité de France
    Member of the French Academy of Technology
  • Mark Atherton Director of Environment, Greater Manchester - Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA)
  • Kenichiro Yamanishi Chairman of Japan Smart Community Alliance and Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  • Paddy Turnbull Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation and Country Director Ireland for GE Digital Energy

• The Role of Public Sector for RDD&D

  [Chair]

  • Hoesung Lee Professor at Korea University Graduate School of Energy and Environment
    Member of the Board of Directors of the Korean Academy of Environmental Sciences
    Senior adviser to Korean Society for Climate Change Research and the Korea Resources Economics Association
    Member of the Asian Development Bank President’s Advisory Board on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
    Vice Chair of the IPCC (Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change)

  • Didier Houssin Director, Directorate of Sustainable Energy, Policy and Technology, International Energy Agency(IEA)
  • Gwythian Prins Emeritus Research Professor, London School of Economics; Convenor of the Hartwell Group
  • Georg Erdmann Professor, Berlin University of Technology
    Member of the independent Expert group “Energy for the Future” consulting the Federal Government on the German Energy Transformation
  • Charles Kennel Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • Marzan Aziz Iskandar Former Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)
  • Tomoji Kawai Executive Director, Technology Strategy Center, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

• Cooperation between Developing and Developed Countries

  [Chair]

  • Ismail Serageldin Director, Library of Alexandria

  • Guy Caruso Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Unggul Priyanto Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)
  • Nobuo Tanaka Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
    Member of High-Level Panel on CDM Policy Dialogue, UNFCCC
    Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
  • Avigad Vonshak Professor, Ben Gurion University, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
  • Jim Falk Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne Visiting Professor to the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies of Sustainability
    Professor Emeritus, The University of Wollongong

Networking Coffee Break