Innovation for
Cool Earth Forum

1st Annual Meeting
Date October 8th, 2014
*Opening Reception will be held on October 7th

Venue Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, JapanGreetings
The first decade of the 21st century have been warmer than any
preceding period since global temperature records began in 1850
and it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominantcause of the observed warming, according to the latest IPCC
reports. Climate change is a challenge that humanity is facing at thisvery moment, not in the future.
7 years ago, I, as Prime Minister of Japan, proposed a 50%
reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Innovation is
the key to achieving this ambitious goal and it is essential for governments, businesses, andacademia around the world to share their wisdom and closely cooperate with each other.
Based on this concept, I proposed the establishment of a new international conference
where the world’s leading policy makers, business persons, and researchers can meetand cooperate with each other to address climate change through innovation. This is an
unprecedented attempt, an energy- and environment-focused version of the World EconomicForum.
It would be very beneficial if you, who are at the forefront of one of the biggest challenges
to humanity, climate change, and are responsible for shaping the future of the earth, would
participate in this forum. I hope to see you in Tokyo.

Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister of JapanWe have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions which have not ceased to increase since the industrial revolution andhave to continue to pursue development in harmony with the global environment. It is not only our obligation, basedon our responsibilities to the next generation, but also the largest global mission of mankind.
In particular, challenged with the ever-increasing growth of energy consumption accompanying economic growth,
we must fundamentally transform our social system in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The key to thischange is technological innovation and diffusion. Government, industry and the academic community must joinhands in discovering the seeds of new creative technology, implementing the technology and finally achieving its
practical use. The world must engage in gathering the wisdom of mankind for this purpose.
The Innovation for Cool Earth Forum is established as a platform for policymakers, business people and researchers working on climatechange issues from worldwide to share knowledge, engage in discussion, and jointly develop new actions for innovation.
I look very much forward to meeting all of you who bear an important role in the world’s technological innovation and to having theopportunity to share enthusiastic discussions on efforts to pave the way for a bright future for humans.

Yuko Obuchi
Minster of Economy, Trade and Industry

GHG emissions are increasing rapidly on a global level, while the impacts of climate change on ecosystems as wellas human society are becoming clearer. Countering global warming is an urgent challenge to be addressed by theinternational community. There is increasing importance on implementing global warming countermeasures whileachieving global economic growth and poverty reduction at the same time.
A new international framework is scheduled to be adopted at the COP21 to be held in Paris in December 2015, and
the Government of Japan is exerting all efforts for a successful outcome in Paris. However, this does not mean thatactions in response to climate change end in 2015. All countries must continue to take effective countermeasuresover a long period of time through the promotion of innovation and diffusion of low-carbon technologies andpartnerships among public and private enterprises.
Japan formulated its proactive diplomatic strategy for countering global warming, “ACE: Actions for Cool Earth” last year. The “Innovationfor Cool Earth Forum (ICEF)”, which further promotes development and diffusion of excellent low-carbon technology, is an important forumand part of ACE. I hope and trust that all of you, who are performing a leading role in the area of technological innovation, will be engagedin active discussion for the sake of promotion of international cooperation in this field.

Fumio Kishida
Minister for Foreign Affairs

The IPCC 5th Assessment Report conveys several important messages. Firstly, it shows that climate change isalready a clear and present danger. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Significant impacts are projected
on areas including sea level rise, human health, livelihoods and ecosystems.
Secondly, the report also points out that delaying mitigation actions for these impacts will reduce our future options.
I see this crisis as an opportunity for innovation to ensure major and enduring reduction of greenhouse gasemissions. This is our opportunity to disseminate renewable energies, advance energy conservation, and send lowcarbon technologies to the world. Furthering such concrete action points will also foster economic growth.
“Innovation for Cool Earth Forum” gathers wisdom from around the world, and thereby holds great potential for the realization of such avirtuous cycle between the environment and economy, i.e. green economic growth.
I wish for fruitful discussions on the innovation and dissemination of technologies to address the challenges of climate change.

Yoshio Mochiduki
Minister of the Environment

Program
October 7th, 2014
19:00 - 21:00

Opening Reception

Jupiter, Plaza 4F

October 8th, 2014
09:00 - 09:30

Opening Session

Orion, Plaza 5F

Opening Address
Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister of Japan (Video message)

Daishiro Yamagiwa
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Keynote Speech
Takeshi Uchiyamada
Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation
Vice Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)

09:30 - 11:00

Plenary Session (Part1)Orion, Plaza 5F

The Role of Innovation for Addressing Climate Change
Prospects of innovation to address climate change will be discussed.
Moderator: David Sandalow

Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Vaclav Smil
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

Mitsutsune Yamaguchi
Visiting Professor, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence (KOMEX), The University of Tokyo

Nguyen Minh Quang
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam

Matthew Hancock
Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy, in the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills and Department for Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom

Laurence Tubiana
Special Representative for COP21, Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, FranceProfessor, Sciences Po Paris and Professor, Columbia University
Founder and Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Co-Chair, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council
President, French Development Agency (AFD) Board of Governors

Norio Sasaki
Vice Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
Vice Chairman, Toshiba Corporation
Member of the Council for Industrial Competitiveness

11:00 - 11:30

Networking Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:00

Plenary Session (Part2)

Orion, Plaza 5F

Strategies for Promoting Innovation
Strategies and policies to facilitate and disseminate innovation will be discussed.
Moderator: Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Deputy Director General and Deputy CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Full Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna
University of Technology (TU Wien)

Didier Houssin
Director, Directorate of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Richard K. Lester
Japan Steel Industry Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Faculty Chair and Founding Director of the Industrial Performance Center, MITAdvisor to corporations, governments, foundations and non-profit groups

Sorena Sattari
Vice President for Science and Technology Affairs, IranEric P. Dresselhuys
Executive Vice President Global Sales and Co-Founder, Silver Spring Networks

Ogunlade R. Davidson
Dean of Post-Graduate Studies at University of Sierra Leone
Former Co-Chair of WGIII of IPCC and Former Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Sierra Leone

Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)13:00 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00 - 16:30

Concurrent Sessions
Solar Energy

Cosmos, Tower 8F

Chair: Adam Heller
Research Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Martin Green
Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales
Fellow of Royal Society (London)
Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science

Atsuhiko Hirano
President and CEO, Representative Director, Solar Frontier K.K.

Paolo MartiniDirector, Business Development, Archimede Solar Energy (ASE), a Joint Venture of Angelantoni Industrie (Italy), Chiyoda Corporation (Japan) and FAL
Holding (Saudi)

Vaclav Smil
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

Geothermal Power

Azalea, Tower 9F

Chair: Kasumi YasukawaPrincipal Research Manager, Renewable Energy Research Center - FREA, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Ruggero Bertani
Geothermal Center of Excellence, Engineering & Construction Dept., ENEL Green Power SpA

Roland N. Horne
Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Professor of Energy Resources Engineering
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy

Isao Matsunaga
President of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan
Emeritus Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Chief Officer, Secretariat of the Selection Committee, The Japan Prize Foundation

Bjarni Bjarnason
CEO of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik Energy)

Automobile Technology

Tsubaki, Tower 7F

Chair: David Sandalow
Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Mark S. Duvall
Director, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Cal Lankton
Director, Global EV Infrastructure, Tesla Motors Inc.

Takashi Moriya
Senior Chief Engineer, Automobile R&D Center, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

Florence Lambert
Director, Laboratory for Innovation in New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials, French
Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-LITEN)

Philippe A. Tanguy
Vice President, International Scientific Development, Total

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

Energy Efficiency

Pegasus, Plaza 1F

Chair: Itaru Yasui
President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE)
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

Hidetoshi Nakagami
CEO and Founder, Jyukankyo Research Institute Inc.

Kevin Facinelli
Executive Vice President, Operations, Daikin Applied Americas Inc.

Andreas C. Kramvis
Vice Chairman, Honeywell International Inc.

Alex Laskey
President and Founder of Opower

Alan Meier
Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Smart Community
Chair: Kenji Yamaji
Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

Yves Bamberger
Scientific Advisor of the chairman and CEO, Electricité de France
Member of the French Academy of Technology

Cassiopeia, Plaza 1F

Mark Atherton
Director of Environment, Greater Manchester - Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA)

Kenichiro Yamanishi
Chairman of Japan Smart Community Alliance and Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Paddy Turnbull
Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation and Country Director Ireland for GE Digital Energy

The Role of Public Sector for RDD&D

Sakura, Tower 6F

Chair: Hoesung Lee
Professor at Korea University Graduate School of Energy and Environment
Member of the Board of Directors of the Korean Academy of Environmental Sciences
Senior adviser to Korean Society for Climate Change Research and the Korea Resources Economics Association
Member of the Asian Development Bank President’s Advisory Board on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Vice Chair of the IPCC

Didier Houssin
Director, Directorate of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, International Energy Agency(IEA)

Gwythian Prins
Emeritus Research Professor, London School of Economics
Convenor of the Hartwell Group

Georg Erdmann
Professor, Berlin University of Technology
Member of the independent Expert group “Energy for the Future” consulting the Federal Government on the German Energy TransformationCharles Kennel
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Marzan Aziz Iskandar
Former Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)

Tomoji Kawai
Executive Director, Technology Strategy Center, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Cooperation between Developing and Developed Countries

Soleil, Tower 4F

Chair: Ismail Serageldin
Director, Library of Alexandria

Guy Caruso
Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Unggul Priyanto
Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)

Nobuo Tanaka
Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Member of High-Level Panel on CDM Policy Dialogue, UNFCCC
Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

Avigad Vonshak
Professor, Ben Gurion University, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research

Jim Falk
Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
Visiting Professor to the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies of Sustainability
Professor Emeritus, The University of Wollongong

16:30 - 17:00

Networking Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:30

Closing Session

Orion, Plaza 5F

Summary of Concurrent Sessions and Q&A
Solar Energy
Geothermal Power
Automobile Technology
Energy Efficiency
Smart Community
The Role of Public Sector for RDD&D
Cooperation between Developing and Developed Countries
TOP10 Innovations announcement
ICEF2014 Statement from Steering Committee
Closing Remarks
Yuko Obuchi
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Yoshio Mochiduki
Minister of the Environment

Kazuyuki Nakane
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

19:00 - 21:00

Farewell Dinner

Galaxy, Plaza 1F*Speakers are lined up in order of speechAbout ICEF
Prime Minister Abe announced that the Government ofJapan will host an annual global conference, the Innovation
for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) every year in October inTokyo. ICEF is aimed at providing a global platform topromote discussions and cooperation among researchers,
business persons, and policymakers from around theworld in order to address climate change throughinnovation of energy and environmental technologies
including their dissemination.
ICEF is held every year in October in Tokyo just after theScience and Technology in Society (STS) Forum in Kyoto.

ICEF will also provide the Web-based platform in orderto promote year-round discussions in between annualforums.
ICEF is hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO) and co-hosted byMinistry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of theEnvironment (MOE).
The Steering Committee has been established in orderto ensure that ICEF is operated in a manner reflecting thewide range of views of the international communities.

Steering Committee Members
Yoichi Kaya (Chair)

President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Japan

Sally M. Benson

Professor, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University
Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, United States

Zhou Dadi

The Director General (Emeritus) of the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National Development and Reform
Commission, China

Ogunlade R. Davidson

Dean of Post-Graduate Studies at University of Sierra Leone
Former Co-Chair of WGIII of IPCC and Former Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Sierra Leone

Georg Erdmann

Professor, Berlin University of Technology
Member of the independent Expert group “Energy for the Future” consulting the Federal Government on the German
Energy Transformation, Germany

José María Figueres

President of Carbon War Room (NGO)
Co-Chair, Global Ocean Commission, Costa Rica

Adam Heller

Research Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, United States

Yoriko Kawaguchi

Professor of Meiji Institute for Global Affairs, Meiji University
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Environment, Japan

Hoesung Lee

Professor at Korea University Graduate School of Energy and Environment
Member of the Board of Directors of the Korean Academy of Environmental Sciences
Senior adviser to Korean Society for Climate Change Research and the Korea Resources Economics Association
Member of the Asian Development Bank President’s Advisory Board on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Vice Chair of the IPCC (Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change), Korea

Nebojsa Nakicenovic

Deputy Director General and Deputy CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) andFull Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria

Gwythian Prins

Emeritus Research Professor, London School of Economics
Convenor of the Hartwell Group, United Kingdom

David Sandalow

Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, United States

Ismail Serageldin

Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

Susan Solomon

Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Former IPCC WGI Co-Chair, United States

Laurence Tubiana

Professor, Sciences Po Paris and Professor, Columbia University
Founder and Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Co-Chair, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council
President, French Development Agency (AFD) Board of Governors, France

Itaru Yasui

President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE)
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Participants
By Invitation (Senior Researchers, Business Persons, and Policy Makers)

Hosts

Contact Us

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)[ICEF Secretariat]

E-mail: icef-reg@congre.co.jp

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Co-Hosts
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Ministry of the Environment (MOE)

VenueZoshigaya Hotel ChinzansoTokyo
Ikebukuro

Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, Japan
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Travel time: 50 minutes by airport limousine bus
Distance: 30 kilometers / 18.6 miles
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the “Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Mae” stop. (Approx. 10 mins.)＊The Kabuki-mon gate is opend from 10:00-21:30.(The time changes depending on the season.)

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