Energy’s present and future shines at Kyushu University Energy Week 2020

From January 27 to 31, Kyushu University held the fourth edition of its annual Energy Week,
this time under the theme of “Energy Intelligence Beyond Borders: Sharing Sustainable
Energy Visions.” A five-day international conference that is collaboratively organized by allenergy-related departments, Energy Week features a variety of academic workshops,
symposia, and invited lectures from prominent energy researchers as well as public events
that bring together experts from academia, industry, and government. This year’s EnergyWeek was attended by a total of 2,700 participants from Japan and abroad and featured aspecial lecture by Distinguished University Professor Akira Yoshino, Nobel laureate inchemistry, on the last day.
Considered to be Kyushu University's main venue to promote exchange among
researchers and practitioners in the energy sector and to highlight its role as an international
hub for sustainable energy research, the event also brings together young researchers
from overseas and Kyushu University to foster international collaborative research andeducation and features a poster competition organized by the Kyushu University Platform
for Inter-/Transdisciplinary Energy Research (Q-PIT), with the aim of supporting, nurturing,and discovering young researchers and doctoral students who are responsible for futureenergy research.
Key EventsA prologue workshop on the first day focused on the concept of a Regional Circular andEcological Sphere (Regional CES) and included lectures by representatives of the Ministryof the Environment, Japan(MOE) and Kyushu University.
The Opening Ceremony in the morning of the second
day officially started the conference with welcoming
remarks by Kyushu University President Chiharu Kubo.
The following plenary session on “Sustainable Energy
Visions for Asia-Pacific: The Contribution of Science”
brought together prominent speakers from the ASEAN
Energy Center, the Asian Development Bank, theRenewable Energy Foundation, the University of Hawaii
at Manoa, and Shizen Electric Co., Ltd., who shared their

President Chiharu Kubo
delivering the opening remarks

perspectives of future sustainable energy development in the region. The invited lecturers
also joined Kyushu University faculty members for lively discussion as part of a panel
discussion.

Panel discussion

During the course of the day, the annual poster competition for young researchers washeld. The President's Award was given to Ryo Sakamoto, Ph.D. student at Interdisciplinary
Graduate School of Engineering Sciences. The Gold Prize for the Young Researchers /Doctoral Students Support Program was awarded to Tomoya Kageyama, Ph.D. student atthe Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering.

Poster presentation and young researchers program winners

The third day featured two workshops focusing on different aspects of sustainable energy
development in Asia-Pacific. The first workshop, titled “Can Scientists Make a Difference?
Exploring the Possibilities of Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Clean Energy
Development," brought together experts from international organizations and university
researchers to discuss potential avenues of future science-policy collaborations.
This was followed by the afternoon workshop called “Sustainable Energy Transitions inAsia,” which presented energy-related research projects at Kyushu University andcollaborating institutes. The event was kicked off by a keynote-lecture by Prof. Adrian Bejan(Duke University, USA) on constructal theory and its applications to sustainability andfinished with a lively Q&A session with the audience.

Prof. Adrian Bejan keynote speech on “Constructal theory and sustainability”

Departments and Collaboration Partners
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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Research Center for Hydrogen
Industrial Use and Storage [Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Forum in Kyushu &International Hydrogen Development Forum 2020]

Research Center for Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage & International Institute forCarbon-Neutral Energy Research [Joint Research Symposium]

Research Center for Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage, Kyushu University[Symposium]International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research [International Workshop]International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research & Institute of Mathematics

for Industry [Joint International Workshop]
Research Center for Synchrotron Light Applications [Tosu SLRC Symposium]

Chikushi Symposium/ Kyushu University Platform for Inter-/Transdisciplinary Energy
Research and Research Center for Green Technology [Special Lecture by Dr. AkiraYoshino]Special lecture by Dr. Akira Yoshino, Distinguished University Professor, Kyushu University[Contact]
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