Program (tentative)
as of September 14, 2015

October 6th, 2015
20:00 – 21:30

Networking Plaza

October 7th, 2015
9:00 - 9:30

Opening Session【Opening Address】

9:30 – 11:50※TBD

Plenary Session (Part 1) - Principal Issues in the Future GHG Reduction Philippe Benoit

Director, Directorate of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, IEA

Héla Cheikhrouhou

Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund

Leon Clarke

Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Richard Lester
Hiroaki Nakanishi

Japan Steel Industry Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear
Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chairman & CEO , Hitachi, Ltd., Vice Chairman of KEIDANREN (Japan
Business Federation)
Ambassador for Climate Change and Special Representative for the 2015

Laurence Tubiana

Paris Climate Conference Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Development of France*Requesting participation of other ministers from developed and developing countries as well as business andacademic leaders

11:50 – 13:10

Networking Lunch

13:10 – 15:45

Plenary Session (Part 2)- Future Perspectives from Innovators, Visionaries and Global Leaders -Ed Abbo

President & Chief Technology Officer, C3 Energy

Anatoly B. Chubais

Chief Executive Officer, RUSNANO

Amory B. Lovins

Cofounder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain InstituteTakehiko Nakao

President of the Asian Development Bank

Sumant Sinha

Founder, Chairman & CEO, ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

Vaclav Smil

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

Muhammad Yunus

Chairman, Yunus Centre*Requesting participation of other innovators, visionaries and global leaders

15:45 – 16:15

Networking Coffee Break1

16:15 – 18:45

Concurrent Sessions (Part 1)
Geothermal Power[Session overview]
Geothermal power is one of the most stable sources of renewable energy with significant
potential for further development. In this session, the focus will be on policies with aremarkably long term outlook, such as 2030 and 2050 (e.g. Kenya, Switzerland). Secondly,
technological development, especially new challenges aiming at supercritical fluids utilization
will also be discussed.

Roland N. Horne【Chair】

Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

Keith Evans

Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH ZürichHiroshi Asanuma

Leader, Geothermal Energy Team, National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST)Guðmundur Friðleifsson

Chief Geologist, HS Orka hf

Other Speakers※TBD

Hydrogen Energy[Session overview]
Hydrogen is expected to become one of the major fuel resources in the future, as it
produces no pollutants or greenhouse gases when used. It can also enhance energy securityby using domestically available renewable resources for production. In this session, a policy
roadmap for realizing hydrogen based society will be presented and discussed. Then, thesession will look into economic and technological prerequisites for realizing this vision.
Subsequently, the current situation and prospects of every stage of the value chain,including production, transportation and application, will be discussed.

Kenichiro Ota【Chair】
Katie Randolph
Takeo Kikkawa

Professor, Green Hydrogen Research Center, Yokohama National University
Technology Manager of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office, U.S. Department ofEnergyProfessor, Graduate School of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of
Science

Francois Venet

Group Vice President, Asia Pacific, Air Liquide

George P. Hansen

Director Communications, General Motors Japan

Kenji Kitahashi

Mayor, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan

Hanno Butsch

Head of International Cooperation, NOW GmbH2

Nuclear Energy[Session overview]
Nuclear power can play a major role as carbon-free base load power source to serve thegrowing electricity demand of the world. In this session, we will discuss the deployment of
nuclear power plants in emerging and developing economies, strategies to make nuclear
power more acceptable for society, and the prospect of R&D, along with how we canovercome challenges such as safety, nuclear waste handling, and non-proliferation of
nuclear arms.

Richard Lester【Chair】
William D. Magwood, Ⅳ
Christophe Béhar
Nobuo Tanaka

Japan Steel Industry Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear
Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Director, Nuclear Energy Division, French Alternative Energies and Atomic
Energy Commission (CEA)
President, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Former Executive Director,
International Energy Agency (IEA)

John Hopkins

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NuScale Power, LLC

Paul T. Dickman

Senior Policy Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory

Other Speakers※TBD

Cement[Session overview]
Sectoral cooperation in the cement sector has progressed through WBCSD CSI activities sofar. In this session, a stock taking of the existing outcomes of the sectoral cooperation anddiscussions of future activities in the sector will take place. It will particularly cover
innovative technologies (e.g. CCS) and the importance of social infrastructure (e.g. waste
treatment).

Vincent Mages【Chair】
Philippe Fonta
S.K. Handoo
Diane Thomas

Co-Chair of WBCSD CSI TF1; Vice President, Climate Change Initiatives,
Lafarge Holcim
Managing Director, Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) & Tires Industry
Project (TIP), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Advisor (Technical), Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA)
Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Faculty ofEngineering, University of Mons

Eric Masanet

Head, Energy Demand Technology Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Kenji Ogawa

Director, Senior Executive Officer, Taiheiyo Cement Corporation

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Iron and Steel[Session overview]
Iron and steel industry is one of the most energy-intensive industries and therefore holds alarge greenhouse gas reduction potential. In this session, past and current energy
conservation and CO2 reduction measures of this industry will be shared, and based on this,possible actions for this industry and necessary support and policy measures to promotefurther CO2 reduction from 2020 will be discussed. In addition, the iron and steel industries’
possible global warming prevention contribution in other industries will be pointed out.

Jun Arima【Chair】

Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo

Edwin Basson

Director General, World Steel Association

Hiroshi Tomono

Senior Advisor, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Keigo AkimotoGroup Leader, Systems Analysis Group, Research Institute of Innovative
Technology for the Earth (RITE)

Vaclav Smil

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

Other Speakers※TBD

Energy Systems[Session overview]
Energy supply and demand should be considered as a system composed of element
technologies, and also as a societal subsystem related strongly with national security,
economic development and environmental sustainability. In this session, recent topics
including changes in the global energy market, possible emergence of new technologies andthe relationship between the energy system and the ecosystem will be discussed.
Furthermore, important long-term issues for the energy system will also be considered.

Kenji Yamaji【Chair】

Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE)

Christopher GunnerCountry Chairman, Shell Japan

Shozo Kaneko

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Hiroshi Esaki
Afshin Afshari
Michael Obersteiner

Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The
University of Tokyo
Professor of Practice & Program Lead, Engineering Systems & Management,
Masdar Institute
Program Director, Ecosystems Services and Management, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

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Technology Transfer to Developing Countries and Investment Promotion[Session overview]
Technology transfer from developed countries to developing countries plays an essential rolein mitigating climate change. In the session, the international framework to promotetechnology transfer and private investment (both at UN and bilateral levels) will first be
discussed. Secondly, discussions about enabling environment, such as policy and humancapacity development, and necessary elements that technologies should fulfill to take root inrecipient countries will take place.

19:00 – 21:00

Ismail Serageldin【Chair】

Director, Library of Alexandria

Ogunlade R. Davidson

Dean of Post－Graduate Studies, University of Sierra Leone

Jukka Uosukainen

Director, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)

Dang Huy Dong

Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Investment of Viet Nam

Michał Kleiber

Vice President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Jon Moore

CEO, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Official Dinner5October 8th, 2015
9:00 – 11:30

Concurrent Sessions (Part 2)
Artificial Photosynthesis[Session overview]
Artificial photosynthesis is a promising method for creating sustainable fuel and chemicals.
Since it is still in a research stage, this session will firstly focus on sharing the current statusof research projects in three of the leading in this area: the USA, Korea, and Japan. Also,
effectiveness and competitiveness compared with other technologies will be discussed.
Finally, based on the abovementioned discussion, a plausible future image of practical use of
artificial photosynthesis will be shared.

Haruo Inoue【Chair】

Specially Appointed Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo
Metropolitan University

Daniel G. Nocera

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Havard University

Kyung Byung Yoon

Director, Korea Center for Artificial Photosynthesis

Kazunari Domen

Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University ofTokyo

Takeshi Morikawa

Principal Researcher, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.

Toru Setoyama

Executive Officer Fellow, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Wind Power[Session overview]
Wind power has become a global movement and is viewed as an important future source ofenergy supply. In this session, various wind power related technologies, such as onshore,offshore and floating wind turbines, grid integration will be discussed. Furthermore, different
technical and social situations which can promote the use of wind energy will be brought
into light.

Preben Maegaard【Chair】

Executive Director, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy

Jin Kato

Co-CEO, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S

Takeshi Ishihara

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, The
University of Tokyo

Raghavan Venkatesh

National Council Member, Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA)

Volker Thomsen

Vice President and Treasurer, World Wind Energy Association Bonn Germany

6Electricity Storage[Session overview]
In recent years, the demand for Electricity Storage Systems (ESS) deployment in the powersystem is increasing, due to large-scale introduction of variable generation. In this session,
deployment strategies and technology perspectives of ESS, specifically, ESS deployment
strategy determined by locality and technology application will be covered, withpresentations on region specific policies and technology development perspectives.

Itaru Yasui【Chair】

Honorary Advisor, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation(NITE);
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

Gabriel Petlin

Supervisor, California Public Utilities Commission

Peter Eckerle

Managing Director, StoREgio

Ahmed Ali

Director General, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Republic of MaldivesCecilia Tam

Deputy Vice President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)

Zempachi Ogumi

Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Smart Grids[Session overview]The development of the smart grid is seen as one important component in integrating large
amounts of renewable energy into the electricity grid. In this session, the latest
developments on smart grid technologies will be discussed together with topics such as how
the electricity market should be regulated to facilitate the introduction of renewable energy,
and how customers should be engaged regarding electricity use.

Paddy Turnbull【Chair】
Ruud Kempener
Kazuhiko Ogimoto

Chairman, Global Smart Grid Federation
Technology roadmap analyst, International Renewable Energy Agency(IRENA)
Project Professor, Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

B.N. Sharma

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power, India

Atul Mahajan

President and CEO, Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation (OPUC)

Other Speakers

※TBD

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Zero Energy Building[Session overview]
The buildings sector is the largest energy-consuming sectors, accounting for over one-thirdof final energy consumption globally, and as such it is a huge source of CO2 emissions.
Therefore, efforts to promote Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB)/Positive Energy Buildings (PEB)
have been accelerating worldwide. In this session, technological innovation required for therealization of ZEB/PEB will be discussed. Following this, barriers that prevent the diffusion of
ZEB/PEB, and the possible countermeasure policies will be highlighted.

Shuzo Murakami【Chair】

President, Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation(IBEC)

Vincent Cheng

Director, Building Sustainability Group, Arup

Yoichi Miyamoto

President, Shimizu Corporation

Amory B. Lovins

Cofounder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain InstituteJane Henley

Senior Advisor, U.S. Green Building Council

Low-Carbon Mobility[Session overview]
According to the IPCC, the transport sector represents about 14% of global GHG emissions.
Whereas renewable energy is increasing in electricity generation, mobility is still largely
dependent on fossil fuels. In this session, we will look at the outlook for light automobiles inparticular, and how to get this sector to move towards sustainable alternative fuels.
Furthermore, the session will investigate the state of innovation in technology of both newvehicles (EV* and FCV**) and conventional vehicles.
*Electric Vehicle, **Fuel Cell Vehicle

Yasuhiro Daisho【Chair】

Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda
University

Michael Walsh

Special Adviser, The International Council on Clean Transprot (ICCT)

Nobuhiko Koga

General Manager, Energy Affairs Department, Toyota Motor Corporation

Lutz Rothhardt

Director, Development Japan, BMW Group Japan

Richard Parker

Director of Research and Technology, Rolls-Royce

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Business Engagement in Climate Change[Session overview]
Business engagement is essential to tackle climate change effectively, since businesses haveexpertise on both low-carbon technologies and markets. This session highlights several
themes associated with the role of businesses. The themes are as follows: communication
on low-carbon technologies and policies between the government and business sector,
channels to engage in the UN framework, lessons from industries' proactive action plans,innovation and technology dissemination to achieve substantial GHG reduction, etc.

Taishi Sugiyama【Chair】
Soichiro Sakuma
Emmanuel GuerinPeter M. Robinson
Peter Bakker
Brian Flannery
Hiroyuki Tezuka
David Victor

Senior Researcher, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry(CRIEPI)
Chairman, Subcommittee on Global Environment, Committee on
Environment and Safety, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
Special Advisor to the France Climate Change Ambassador and Government
Special Representative for COP21
President and CEO, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development(WBCSD)
Center Fellow, Resources for the Future
Chair of Global Environment Strategy WG, Committee on Environment and
Safety, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
Professor of International Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy,
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Role of Public Funding for Research, Development and Demonstration[Session overview]
Funding agencies have the ability to induce technology innovation through financial support.
However, there are many different functions a funding agency can provide, and it isimportant to find effective methods for achieving innovation. In this session, methods for
effectively achieving innovation in the energy and environment sector will be discussed byfunding agencies from different countries.

Hiroshi Kuniyoshi【Chair】
Pun-Arj Chairatana

Executive Director, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization (NEDO)
Director, National Innovation Agency (NIA), Ministry of Science andTechnology, Thailand

Shane Kosinski

ARPA-E Deputy Director for Operations, U.S. Department of Energy

John Loughhead

Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), UK

François Moisan

Executive Director, French Agency for Environment and Energy Management(ADEME)

Lean Weng Yeoh

Director, National Research Foundation, Singapore

Other Speakers

※TBD

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11:30 – 12:45

Networking Lunch

12:45 – 15:15

Concurrent Sessions (Part 3)
Advanced Liquid Biofuels[Session overview]
In order to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector, advanced liquid biofuels using
lignocellulosic biomass, non-food crops or waste need to reach the market. This session will
focus on opportunities and challenges in advanced liquid biofuels. Key issues, such as trendsof the market and technologies, experiences and challenges of commercialization (i.e.
innovative technologies, emerging pathways, and business models), enhancing innovation
processes and partnerships for business development will be discussed.

John Holladay【Chair】

Dolf Gielen

Masayuki Inui

Manager, Biomass Sector, Energy & Environment Directorate, PacificNorthwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Director of the Innovation and Technology Center, International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA)

Acting Group Leader, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the
Earth (RITE)

Andreas C. Kramvis

Vice Chairman, Honeywell

Bas Melssen

Head of Biomass Conversion Business Development, Asia Pacific, Novozymes

Ken C. Lai

Vice President, Asia Pacific Operation, LanzaTech

Head of Airport Authority Region IV, Directorate General of Civil Aviation,

Yusfandri Gona

Chairman of Aviation Biofuel and Renewable Energy Task Force, Republic ofIndonesia

Solar Energy[Session overview]
In order to promote further deployment of solar energy, there are still issues that need to beaddressed. One such issue is the intermittency of the power output, where energy storage
can be considered as one possible solution to solve this. In this session, among the manydifferent ways of harvesting solar power, focus will be on roof-top PVs. A roadmap for
further deployment of roof top PVs with batteries will be presented and discussed.

Speakers

※TBD

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CCS
[Session overview]
CCS is expected to be one of the key technologies to mitigate climate change, and inincreasingly attracting attention as the Boundary Dam Project, the world’s first large-scale
CCS project in the power sector, started in 2014. In this session, the current situation andfuture prospects of CCS projects will be reviewed, and challenges in CCS deployment (e.g.
cost reduction, safety ensuring and expansion of demonstration projects) will be discussed
from technological and social perspectives.

Sally M. Benson【Chair】

Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Professor, School of Earth, Energy &Environment Sciences, Stanford University

Leon Clarke

Senior Research Economis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)John Gale

General Manager, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)

Shinichi Nakao

Mike Monea

Group Leader, Chemical Resarch Group, Research Institute of Innovative
Technology for the Earth (RITE)

President, Carbon Capture and Storage Initiatives, SaskPowerInternational Framework for Complementing UN[Session overview]
While the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is expected to play acentral role in the field, the regime is facing numerous challenges towards achieving its
ultimate goal. In this session the following will be discussed: how to overcome thosechallenges, and how partnerships and collaboration among forums and regimes beyond the
UNFCCC can complement the work of the UNFCCC.

Robert N. Stavins【Chair】

Emmanuel Guerin
Eija-Riitta Korhola

Maria Mendiluce

Masakazu Toyoda

Mitsutsune Yamaguchi
Other Speakers

The Chairman of the Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group at
the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Special Advisor to the France Climate Change Ambassador and Government
Special Representative for COP21

Former member of European Parliament; Adviser in European Affair

Director, Climate & Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD)

Chairman & CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)Special Advisor, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE)※TBD

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15:15 – 15:45

Networking Coffee Break

15:45 – 18:15

Plenary Session (Part 3) - Future Strategy for Climate Change Peter Bakker

President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development(WBCSD)John Loughhead

Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Department of Energy and Climate Change

Patrick Pouyanné

Chief Executive Officer and President of the Executive Committee, Total

Robert N. Stavins
Win TunDavid Victor

The Chairman of the Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group at
the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Union Minister for Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar

Professor of International Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy,
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)*Requesting participation of other ministers from developed and developing countries as well as business andacademic leaders

18:15 – 18:45

Closing Session

19:00 – 21:00

Farewell Dinner12