Kyushu University Holds Energy Week 2021
Kyushu University Energy Week 2021 took place from January 22nd (Friday) to 29th(Friday), 2021, featuring symposiums concerning energy on the theme of "EnergyIntelligence Beyond Borders: Adapting in a Post‐Pandemic Society.” For this year’s
symposium, Kyushu University’s energy‐related departments came together to organize
international workshops and those between industry, academia, and government as wellas other events around the theme of “future energy,” which served as a forum forexchange and an international hub for energy researchers.
This year marked the fifth annual Energy Week, which was hosted online to help preventthe spread of COVID‐19 and focused on COVID‐related energy issues. The symposium saw
upwards of 2,100 participants and included lectures and presentations from researchers
from Japan and abroad conducting a wide rangeof energy‐related research as well as students,industry and government officials, and more. On
Wednesday, March 3, a symposium was held by
the Kyushu University COI Center of
Coevolutionary Research for SustainableCommunities(C2RSC).
President Ishibashi delivers his opening address

Kyushu University Platform of Inter‐/Transdisciplinary Energy Research(Q‐PIT Plenary Session)
The January 22nd plenary session on the first day of the conference began with an
opening address by Kyushu University President Ishibashi, followed by keynote speeches
by Hiroshi Asano, president of the Japan Society of Energy and Resources, and Yukari
Yamashita, vice president of the International Association for Energy Economics. The
plenary discussion between the keynote speakers and Kyushu University faculty was a
hybrid of online and in‐person sessions, which resulted in a wide range of lively
discussions about this year’s theme: “Thinking about energy and environmental issues inthe Beyond Corona era.”

Keynote Speech / Panel Discussion

Poster Presentation
A poster presentation was conducted virtually during the Energy Week (January 22–29),
featuring 27 awardees of the Q‐PIT “Support Program for Doctoral Students” and 4
overseas researchers through an invitation program for international collaborative
research. The poster presentation saw a total of 411 participants, who all could listen
online to pre‐recorded explanations of research outlines and chat with the presenters in
an online Q&A session.

Online Poster Presentation / Awardees of the Support Program for Doctoral StudentsResearch Center for Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage, Kyushu University
Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Forum in Kyushu & International Hydrogen EnergyDevelopment Forum 2021
As part of Kyushu University’s efforts to communicate new developments in hydrogen
research to academic researchers and the industrial community alike, the research centerhas organized the Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Forum in Kyushu & International
Hydrogen Energy Development Forum every year since 2007 together with the Fukuoka
Strategy Conference for Hydrogen Energy and the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade andIndustry. This year's forum was held online on Thursday, January 28, and included
lectures on national initiatives for achieving a hydrogen society and examples of hydrogenenergy industrialization in the Kyushu area.
In addition, a HYDROGENIUS‐I2CNER joint symposium was convened on Thursday, January
28, and Friday, January 29, with an online HYDROGENIUS symposium on Friday, January

29. With a large number of participants joining from outside of Japan, the research center
managed to accommodate different time zones, allowing for spirited discussions acrossvarious fields by 884 participants over the two‐day symposium.
Department Website: http://hydrogenius.kyushu‐u.ac.jp/en/

International Hydrogen Energy Development Forum 2021 / Symposium / Joint SymposiumInternational Institute for Carbon‐Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER)(I²CNER Thrust Workshop, I²CNER‐IMI International Workshop, I²CNER AnnualSymposium)
76 participants from around the world attended the Thrust Workshop despite its late‐night start time on Friday, January 22 (JST). The workshop introduced three new research
units established in April 2020 and shared the latest research findings from each unit
before opening up to numerous questions from participants.
After the weekend, the I²CNER‐IMI International Workshop took place on Monday the25th, where both practical and theoretical discussions were extended on the integrationof energy and mathematics, in particular artificial intelligence, to improve the operationand management of energy systems.
The I²CNER Annual Symposium on Tuesday, January 26, welcomed Japanese and U.S.
government officials as well as world‐class researchers to engage in discussions on post‐COVID energy transition policies from the perspectives of Japan, the U.S., Europe, andAustralia. 22 early‐career I²CNER researchers also shared posters and one‐minutepresentations of their current research projects.
Report on the January 22nd I²CNER Thrust Workshop:. https://i2cner.kyushu‐
u.ac.jp/en/news/details.php?code=1304
Report on the January 26th I²CNER Annual Symposium:. http://i2cner.kyushu‐
u.ac.jp/en/news/details.php?code=1287

I²CNER Annual Symposium I²CNER Thrust Workshop
I²CNER Annual Symposium / I²CNER Thrust Workshop / I²CNER‐IMI International Workshop

Faculty of Engineering Sciences(Chikushi Symposium)
The Chikushi Symposium on Monday, January 25, began with an address by Mr. Toshiyuki
Yamasaki, director of the Office of International Cooperation in Air and Water Quality
Management, Ministry of the Environment. Online participants included researchers fromthe Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) as well as researchers and faculty
members from universities and research institutions in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Discussions focused on the theme of sustainable development in Asia, covering diverse
perspectives on the current situation of each country’s co‐benefits approach toenvironmental policy and looking at future prospects for a co‐benefits approach toclimate change mitigation.
Report on the Chikushi Symposium:
http://farzaneh‐lab.kyushu‐u.ac.jp/News/W5Report.pdf

Chikushi Symposium

Kyushu University Center of Coevolutionary Research for Sustainable Communities(Kyushu University COI Center of Coevolutionary Research for Sustainable Communities(C2RSC) Symposium)
An online symposium was hosted on Wednesday, March 3, titled “Creation of a safe,
active, and vibrant community toward the new normal era ～Revitalizing the local
economy through locally generated and consumed energy, creating sustainable mobility
and ICT monitoring services～.”
Deputy Mayor of Fukuoka City, Mr. Nakamura, presented a special lecture titled“FUKUOKA NEXT Initiatives ‐ What’s Next for Fukuoka City,” and in the second half of theprogram, presentations were given on various research themes, followed by a groupdiscussion where presenters fielded questions from the audience, further deepening thediscussion.
Department Website:
https://coi.kyushu‐u.ac.jp/en/

Special Lecture by Mr. Nakamura, Deputy Mayor of Fukuoka City / Group Discussion(Inquiries)
Kyushu University Platform of Inter‐/Transdisciplinary Energy Research
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