PLENARY SESSION 1
The Role of Innovation for Addressing Climate Change
David Sandalow [Moderator]
Current position:
Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Country:
United States
Career history:
- 2009-2013
- Under Secretary of Energy and Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs, US Dept of Energy
- 2005-2008
- Energy & Climate Working Group Chair, Clinton Global Initiative
- 2003-2008
- Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- 1999-2001
- Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment & Science, US State Dept
- 1994-1998
- White House staff, US
Areas of expertise:
Energy and climate policy
Vaclav Smil
Current position:
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba
Country:
Canada
Career history:
- 1976-2014
- Author of 35 books on energy environment and technical advances
- 2013
- Member of the Order of Canada
- 1996
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy)
- 1972-2011
- Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba
- 1966-1969
- Consultant in energy and environmental affairs (Czech Republic)
Areas of expertise:
Interdisciplinary research in energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy
Mitsutsune Yamaguchi
Current position:
Visiting Professor, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence (KOMEX), The University of Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Career history:
- 2013-
- Visiting professor, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence (KOMEX), The University of Tokyo
- 2012-
- Special Advisor, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
- 2006-2013
- Visiting professor, later Project Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo
- 2002-2010
- Visiting professor, The Open University in Japan
- 1996-2005
- Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
- 1962-1999
- Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Limited
He is a lead author of Third, Fourth and Fifth Assessment Report of Intergovernmental
Panel for Climate Change (IPCC). He has written many books and articles including Climate Change Mitigation, A Balanced Approach to Climate Change, Springer, London (2012) (Editor & Co-author).
Areas of expertise:
Environment Economics focusing mainly on Climate change
Nguyen Minh Quang
Current position:
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam
Country:
Viet Nam
Career history:
- 2004-2005
- Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee
- 2005-2010
- Secretary of Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee
- 2006-
- Member of Central Party Committee
- 2010-2011
- Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- 2011-
- Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Areas of expertise:
Natural Resources and Environment
Matthew Hancock
Current position:
Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy, in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom
Country:
United Kingdom
Career history:
- 2014-Present
- Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy
- 2013
- Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise
- 2012
- Minister for Skills
- 2010
- Selected for the West Suffolk constituency in the 2010 general election
- 2005-2010
- Worked for the then Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne
Areas of expertise:
Economics, Politics
Laurence Tubiana
Current position:
Special Representative for COP21, Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France
Professor, Sciences Po Paris and Professor, Columbia University
Founder and Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Co-Chair, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council
President, French Development Agency (AFD) Board of Governors
Country:
France
Career history:
- 2012
- Appointed by the French government to the National Steering Committee on Energy Transition
- 1997-2002
- Served as a Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, on environmental issues
Member of the French Council of Economic Analysis and research director for the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
Areas of expertise:
Published a number of articles and books on environment, development and international issues
Norio Sasaki
Current position:
Vice Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
Vice Chairman, Toshiba Corporation
Member of the Council for Industrial Competitiveness
Country:
Japan
Career in Toshiba Corporation:
- 2013
- Director, Vice Chairman of the Board
- 2009
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- 2008
- Director, Representative Executive Officer, and Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
- 2005
- Executive Officer and Corporate Vice President
- 2003
- Vice President, Nuclear Energy Systems and Services Division
- 1972
- Joined Toshiba Corporation
- 1972
- Graduated Waseda University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering
Areas of expertise:
Energy and Low-Carbon Technologies