- COP28
・ Date: 11/30-12/12
・ Venue: EXPO CITY DUBAI(Expo Road, Dubai South Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE) 
- RD20 session at Japan Pavilion of COP28
・ Date: 12/11(Mon) 10:30 – 11:45 (75min.)
・ “Challenge of RD20 toward the Realization of a Carbon Neutral Society” 
- Panelists
・ Dr. Haruhiko Obara: Senior Executive Officer, AIST, Japan
・ Dr. Giorgio Graditi: General Director, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Italy
・ Dr. Bethany Speer: Group Manager for Project Development and Finance, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US
・ Dr. Sangjin Choi: Chief of the Global Strategy Team, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Korea
・ Ms. Julie Cerqueira: Chair, Steering Committee, Mission Innovation, US 
- Agenda
 ・ MC: Dr. Noriko Yoshizawa, Secretary-General of the RD20
 1) Opening remarks: Mr. Izuru Kobayashi, Deputy Director General for Environmental Affairs, METI, Japan
 2) Introduction of each institute and RD20 case
 3) Panel Discussion
   ・ Moderator: Prof. Dr. Michio Kondo, AIST/Waseda University
     ✓  Action items based on the “Leaders Recommendation”:
          Summer School, Task Force, Workshop etc.
       ・ RD20 introduction movie + general outline (AIST)
       Key Questions and Discussion (presentation 3 min. each + discussion)
       (1) Further development of international collaborations among RD20 members:
       (2) Collaboration with other organizations:
       (3) Human Resource Development 
COP28 Japan Pavilion Seminar
“Challenge of RD20 toward the Realization of a Carbon Neutral Society”
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“Challenge of RD20 toward the realization of a carbon neutral society”