Outreach Event
The Energy Transition in Japan & Germany:
Consensus and Controversies
Insights of the German-Japanese Energy TransitionCouncil GJETC

Friday, 16th February 2018
10:00 - 12:00 hrs
Federal Press Conference, Berlin

Outreach Event
BackgroundHow can a long-term and risk-minimizing energy strategy which protects the climate
and natural resources and at the same time creates jobs and drives the economy berealized? This is a challenge where international cooperation is more important thanever.
As leading industrialized nations, Germany and Japan have a special responsibility totake the lead for implementing the “Paris Agreement” and to contribute as much as
possible to a global deep decarbonization pathway.
Since its foundation in May 2016, the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council(GJETC) has been working on strategic and systemic analysis to develop policy advice
for new and long-term perspectives on the way to an ambitious energy transition.
At the outreach event of GJETC in Berlin, the co-chairs and members of the GJETC will
share the results and first recommendations of the Council and discuss it with abroader audience.

Language
German and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)

Organized byFinanced byOutreach Event
Program
09:30 Admission & Registration
10:00 Words of Welcome
Klaus Mindrup MdB (SPD), Member of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Group
Sylvia Kotting-Uhl MdB (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Chairwoman of the Committee forEnvironment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
10:20 Insights of the GJETC
Prof. Masakazu Toyoda, Chairman of the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ)
and Co-Chair of GJETC
Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke, former president of Wuppertal Institute for Climate,
Environment, Energy and Co-Chair of GJETC• Energy transition as a central building block of a future industrial policy –Comparison and analysis of energy transition scenarios• Strategic framework and socio-cultural aspects of the energy transition• New allocation of roles and business segments of established and newparticipants in the energy sector currently and within a future electricity
market design• Energy end-use efficiency policies and the development of energy service
markets energy efficiency
11:00 Panel Discussion: The ”Energiewende” in Germany and Japan – Lessons Learnt
from a Fruitful Dialogue“
Moderation: Dagmar Dehmer, Journalist
Panelists:Dr. Karsten Sach, Director-General KI Climate Policy, European andInternational Policy, Federal Ministry for the Environment, NatureConservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke, former president of Wuppertal Institute for Climate,Environment, Energy and Co-Chair of GJETC
Prof. Masakazu Toyoda, Chairman of the Institute of Energy Economics Japan(IEEJ) and Co-Chair of GJETC
Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs, Chair of Environmental and Climate Policy, Bavarian
School of Public Policy (HfP)
Prof. Dr. Koji Nomura, Keio Economic Observatory
12:00 EndOutreach EventVenue
Conference Center in the building of Bundespressekonferenz (Room II-IV)
Schiffbauerdamm 40 / close to Reinhardtstraße 55
10117 Berlin

Contact
ECOS Consult
Tel: +49-541-911 909-93
Fax: +49-541-911 909-99
E-Mail: ntemmen@ecos.eu
Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Tel: +81-3-5547-0211
Fax: +81-3-5547-0223
E-Mail: contact-ieej@tky.ieej.or.jp
Homepage: www.gjetc.org