Opening Session

• Opening Address

  • Shinzo Abe Prime Minister of Japan [To be Confirmed]
  • Yuko Obuchi Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

• Keynote Speech

  • Takeshi Uchiyamada Chairman of the Board of Toyota Motor Corporation

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, Austin

  • Martin Green Professor, University of New South Wales
  • Atsuhiko Hirano President and CEO, Representative Director, Solar Frontier K.K.
  • Paolo Martini Director, Sales & Business Development, Archimede Solar Energy
  • Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

• Geothermal Power

  [Chair]

  • Zhou Dadi The Director General (Emeritus) of the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National Development and Reform Commission

  • Ruggero Bertani Geothermal Center of Excellence, Engineering & Construction Dept., ENEL Green Power SpA
  • Roland N. Horne Professor, Stanford University
  • Isao Matsunaga President, Geothermal Research Society of Japan
  • Bjarni Bjarnason CEO, Orkuveita Reykjavíkur

• Automobile Technology

  [Chair]

  • David Sandalow Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
  • Mark S. Duvall Director, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Diarmuid O'Connell Vice President, Business Development, Tesla Motors Inc.
  • Takashi Moriya Senior Chief Engineer, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
  • Florence Lambert Director, CEA-LITEN
  • Philippe A. Tanguy Vice President, International Scientific Development, Total S.A.
  • Yasuhiro Daisho Professor, Waseda University

• Energy Efficiency

  [Chair]

  • Itaru Yasui President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation(NITE)

  • 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, Opower
  • Alan Meier Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Smart Community

  [Chair]

  • Kenji Yamaji Director-General of Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

  • Yves Bamberger Scientific Advisor of the Chairman and CEO, Electricité de France
  • Mark Atherton Director of Environment for Great Manchester, AGMA Environment Commission
  • 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 Vice-Chair, IPCC; Professor at Korea University Graduate School of Energy and Environment

  • 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
  • Charles Kennel Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Marzan Aziz Iskandar Former Chairman, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia
  • 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, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia
  • Avigad Vonshak Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)
  • Jim Falk Honorary Professorial Fellow, the University of Melbourne

Networking Coffee Break

Closing Session