GX's current location at UTokyo
The "UTokyo Compass“, which lays out the basic policy surrounding the philosophy and direction that the University of Tokyo should
pursue under President Teruo Fujii, positions Green Transformation (GX) as one of the pillars of its action plan. The University of Tokyo,
as a business entity, will formulate a roadmap to achieve virtually zero GHG emissions and work in partnership with the campus and thelocal communities, as well as accelerating the concrete efforts to achieve this goal. UTokyo will present and discuss the university’scurrent initiatives and concrete action plans to achieve this goal.

Program [language：English]
1. Welcome Remarks
TSUDA Atsushi [Executive Director and Vice President & Director General of the Division for External Relations, The University of Tokyo]

2. Lecture ① “Energy transition for Net-Zero Japan 2050”
SUGIYAMA Masakazu [Director, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo]

3. Lecture ② “Why does social science matter in climate action？
Justice and Communities in Asia”
SATO Jin [Vice Director, Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo]

4. Discussion
KUMADA Akiko [Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (online) ]SUGIYAMA Masakazu, SATO Jin
TSUDA Atsushi【Moderator】

5. Closing Remarks
MASUYAMA Masaharu [President, UTokyoNY]

Speaker Profiles
SUGIYAMA Masakazu
He received a B.E. (1995),M.S. (1997), and Ph.D.
(2000) in Chemical
Systems Engineering fromthe University of Tokyo,
Japan. He joined theDepartment of Electronic
Engineering in 2002 andwas promoted to professor
in 2016. He then moved toRCAST in 2017. His
research covers highefficiency photovoltaic,hydrogen energy systems,
and CO2 utilization basedon electrochemistry. Healso discusses the energy
transition scenario forcarbon neutrality.

SATO Jin
He specializes indevelopment studies with a
specific focus on thepolitics of natural resources
and foreign aid in thecontext of Southeast Asia.
He served as a visiting
professor in the School of
Public Policy at Princeton
University from 2016-2020
where he taught classes on
the dilemma ofenvironment anddevelopment in Asia. He isa Special Adviser to thePresident of the Universityof Tokyo and currently a
Deputy Director of his
institute. He holds an MPP
from the Kennedy School at
Harvard University and a
PhD in International
Relations from theUniversity of Tokyo.

KUMADA Akiko
B.S., Electrical Engineering, The
University of Tokyo, 1994; M.S.,Electrical Engineering, The
University of Tokyo, 1999. She iscurrently a professor in theDepartment of ElectricalEngineering, School ofEngineering, The University ofTokyo. She is also the Director of
the Alliance for Advanced Power,
Energy and Environmental
Technology (APET) in theDepartment of ElectricalEngineering. She specializes inhigh-voltage and discharge
engineering and is engaged in
the development of opticalmeasurement and analysis
techniques for high-voltage
discharge phenomena, as well as
the improvement of insulationand disconnection technologies
that are indispensable for nextgeneration power grids.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 18:00-20:00 [EDT](Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 7:00-9:00 [JST])

Online (Webinar (Zoom)) , Onsite (at UTokyoNY)
Scan the QR code to register your participation.
Online : https://u-Tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rrVafJ7CTVmBv-9EPQQfJg
Onsite : https://webform.adm.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Forms/utokyonyGX/
E-mail: nyo.adm@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Organizer: The University of Tokyo New York Office (UTokyoNY) ／Division for External Relations of the University of Tokyo
Supporter: JETRO NEW YORK／JSPS Washington OfficeUTokyoNY 145 west 57th Street 21st Floor, New York 10019
https://utokyony.adm.u-tokyo.ac.jp/【online】【onsite】

TSUDA Atsushi【Moderator】
Professor TSUDA Atsushi
obtained his Ph.D. in Agriculture
from the University of Tokyo in
1987. After working at the
Atmosphere and Ocean
Research Institute (AORI) of theUniversity of Tokyo and theFisheries Research Center
Hokkaido District Fisheries
Laboratory, he was appointed as
an Associate Professor at AORIin 2003. He became a professor
in AORI in 2011 and served as
the Director of the AORI in 2015,and Vice President of theuniversity (in charge of socialcooperation, external relations
and alumni, reconstructionsupport) and Vice Director
General of the Division forExternal Relations in 2019.
Since 2021, he has been serving
as an Executive Director andVice President of the university(in charge of promoting social
cooperation) and the Director
General of Division for ExternalRelations. His area of expertiseis ecology.