I2CNER’s 10th Anniversary Symposium in Tokyo
Energizing the world and the future by strengthening research andcultural bridges across the PacificDate: December 16, 2019
Location: Hitotsubashi Hall (http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/hall/facility.html), Tokyo, Japan
MC: Andrew Chapman, Energy Analysis Division, I2CNER, Kyushu University
Registration
Opening
Remarks

12:0013:00-13:05

Greetings

13:05-13:20

Chiharu Kubo
President, Kyushu University
Yoshio Yamawaki
Senior Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Akira Ukawa
Program Director, World Premier International ResearchCenter Initiative (WPI)
Nicholas Hill
Deputy Chief of Mission, The U.S. Embassy in Japan

Introduction

13:20-13:40

Session I
I2CNER’s“Headline”
Successes

13:40-14:40

Petros Sofronis
Director, I2CNER, Kyushu University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Electrochemical energy conversion
Tatsumi Ishihara1, Nicola Perry2
1
Lead Principal Investigator, Molecular Photoconversion
Devices Research Division, I2CNER
2Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, I2CNER
15 minutes
Structural materials in gaseous environments
Masanobu Kubota1, Akihide Nagao2
1
Principal Investigator, Hydrogen Materials Compatibility
Research Division, I2CNER
2WPI Visiting Scholar, I2CNER
15 minutes
1CO2 management
Shigenori Fujikawa1, Takeshi Tsuji2
1
Lead Principal Investigator, CO2 Capture and Utilization
Research Division, I2CNER
2Lead Principal Investigator, CO2 Storage Research Division,
I2CNER
15 minutes
Catalysis for 21st century energy technologies
Seiji Ogo1, Miho Yamauchi2
1
Lead Principal Investigator, Catalytic Materials
Transformations Research Division, I2CNER
2Principal Investigator, Catalytic Materials Transformations
Research Division, I2CNER
15 minutes
Session IIEnergyTransitions

14:40-15:00

Hydrogen-powered Japan/World
Katsuhiko Hirose
CEO Chief Consultant, HyWealth Co., I2CNER
10 minutes
Energy Trends in the United States
Ross Matzkin-Bridger
Energy Attaché, DOE Director, U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
10 minutes

Break15:00-15:15
Session III
15:15-16:55
Foundation andRoadmap to theFuture

Pushing toward the hydrogen-energy-based economy torealize a future carbon neutral society in JapanKen Okazaki
Unit Leader, Global Hydrogen Energy Research Unit
Institute for Innovative ResearchTokyo Institute of Technology
20 minutes
The Role of CCUS in the Global Management of CO2Emissions
Michael Celia
Director, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton
University
I2CNER External Advisory Committee Member
30 minutes2The Role of Negative CO2 Emission in the Carbon-NeutralWorldToyoki Kunitake
Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu University;
Nano Membrane Technology, Ltd.
20 minutes

BreakPanelDiscussion

16:55-17:10
17:10-18:10

Energy Without Carbon
George Crabtree
Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research,
Argonne National Laboratory
30 minutes
James Stubbins, Moderator
Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I2CNER
Katsuhiko Hirose
CEO Chief Consultant, HyWealth Co., I2CNER
Michael Celia
Director, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton
University
George Crabtree
Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
Argonne National Laboratory
Ken Okazaki
Unit Leader, Global Hydrogen Energy Research Unit
Institute for Innovative Research
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yukihiro Higashi
Research Center for Next Generation Refrigerant Properties,(NEXT-RP), I2CNER
Kathryn Huff
Department of Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I2CNER

Closing Remarks

18:10-18:20

Rashid Bashir
Dean, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign
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