Speakers
Technical Sessions
October 4th 9:30-18:20 (JST) 0:30-9:20 (UTC)
Opening addresses

Dr. Haruhiko Obara CV
Executive Officer National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Dr. William Tumas CV
Associate Laboratory Director, Materials, Chemical and Computational Science (MCCS), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US
Plenary Session

Dr. Akira Yabe CV
A Fellow of Sustainable Energy Unit, Technology Strategy Center (TSC) of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), National Research and Development Agency, Japan

Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling CV
Director Division Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

Dr. Abdelilah Slaoui CV
Deputy Research Director, CNRS
Head of Energy hub, CNRS, France
Theme 1
Hydrogen Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Techno Economic Analysis (TEA)
Moderator: Dr. Florence Lefebvre-Joud (CEA-Liten, France)

CV Research Director at CEA-LITEN in the field of Materials for Energy & Hydrogen Coordination of French research program on “Ceramic cells for High Temperature Electrolysis”
Speakers

Dr. Nawshad Haque CV
Principal Scientist (Techno-economic and Life Cycle Assessment)
Research Team Leader (Electrochemical Energy Systems) CSIRO Energy, Australia

Dr. Myriam Merad CV
Research Director/Professor, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France

Dr. Amgad Elgowainy CV
Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Dr. Yuki Kudoh CV
Deputy Director, Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Mr. Thomas Roos CSIR, South Africa

Dr. Monika Bosilj CV
Head of Group Sustainable Catalytic Materials
Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, (Fraunhofer ISE), Germany

Dr. Jennifer Kurtz CV
Director, Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center and Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US

Dr. Trinayana Kaushik CV
Research Associate in the Centre for Resource Efficiency and Governance (CREG) at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India on behalf of Mr. Souvik Bhattacharjya CV
Senior Fellow and Associate Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India

Prof. Dr. Mario Ragwitz CV
Director of the Fraunhofer Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems (IEG), Germany

Dr. Farid Bensebaa CV
Team Leader at Energy, Mining and Environment (EME) Research Centre – National Research Council (NRC), Canada
Theme 2
Renewable Energy Generation and Integration
Moderator: Dr. Christian Thiel (JRC, EU)

CV Head of the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Unit in the Directorate for
Energy, Transport and Climate, Joint Research Centre (JRC), EU
Speakers

Dr. Nancy M. Haegel CV
Materials Science Center Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US

Dr. Tetsuya Kogaki CV
Team Leader, Wind Power Team, Renewable Energy Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Dr. Gareth Erfort CV
Principal Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial Reseach (CSIR), South Africa

Ms. Kate Cavanagh CV Transport Electrification Team Leader, CSIRO Energy Systems, Australia

Eng. Marcos Politi CV
Research professor UTN-FRBA – National Institute of Technology (INTI), Argentina

Dr. Kenji Otani CV
Leader, Energy Network Team, Renewable Energy Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Dr. Georgia Kakoulaki CV
Scientific Project Officer, Joint Research Center (JRC), European Commission, Energy Efficiency and Renewables Unit
Theme 3
Carbon Management
Moderator: Dr. David Harris (CSIRO, Australia)

CV Chief Research Consultant, CSIRO Energy, Australia
Speakers

Dr. William Tumas CV
Associate Laboratory Director, Materials, Chemical and Computational Science (MCCS), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US

Dr. Jennifer V. Littlejohns CV Director, Advanced Clean Energy Program, National Research Council (NRC), Canada

Dr. Shinichirou Morimoto CV Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Team Leader, Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
AIST, Japan

Dr. Nicholas Musyoka CV
Research Group Leader & Principal Research Scientist, Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa

Dr. Graeme Puxty CV
Acting Group Leader, Principle Research Scientist, Sustainable Carbon Technologies, CSIRO, Australia

Dr. Atul Sharma CV
Team Leader, Smart CO2 utilization team, Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Dr. Valérie Keller CV
Research Director CNRS, France

Prof. Dr. Eniya Listiani Dewi CV
Professor, Energy and Manufacture Research Organization, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Indonesia
Leaders Sessions
October 6th 13:00 – 16:55 (JST)4:00-7:55 (UTC)
RD20 Chair

Mr. ISHIMURA Kazuhiko CV
President and CEO, AIST
Keynote Lectures

Dr. Akira YOSHINO
Director, Global Zero Emission Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) CV

Ms. Maria DiGiulian
Director, International Science and Technology Collaboration, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy CV
RD20 Speakers
as of Sep. 9, 2022
No. | Country | Institutions | Name | Job title | Documents (PDF) |
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1 | Argentina | Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI) | Mrs. Liliana B Molina TIRADO | Energy & Mobility Deputy – Innovation & Technological Development Management | CV |
2 | Australia | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | Dr. Larry Marshall | Chief Executive | CV |
3 | Brazil | FAI-UFSCar Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos | Dr. Pedro Sergio Fadini | Provost of Research | CV |
4 | Canada | National Research Council Canada (NRC) | Dr. Jean-François Houle | Vice President, Engineering | CV |
5 | China | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Prof. Dr. Li Xianfeng | Deputy Director General | CV |
6 | European Union | Joint Research Centre (JRC) | Mr. Stephen QUEST | Director-General | CV |
7 | France | Commissariat a lenergie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA) | Mr. François Legalland | Director of CEA-Liten | CV |
8 | France | Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) | Dr. SLAOUI Abdelilah | Deputy Research Director Head of Energy unit | CV |
9 | Germany | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Fh-G) | Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer | President | CV |
10 | Germany | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fh-ISE) | Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling | Director Division | CV |
11 | India | The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) | Dr. Vibha Dhawan | Director General | CV |
12 | Indonesia | National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) | Dr. Mego Pinandito | Deputy Chairman for Development Policy | CV |
13 | Italy | Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) | Dr. Giorgio GRADITI | Director of the Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources | CV |
14 | Republic of Korea | Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) | Dr. Jong-nam KIM | President | CV |
15 | Mexico | Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV) | Dr. José Mustre de León | Director General | CV |
17 | Saudi Arabia | King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) | Eng. Hussain Shibli | Renewable Energy Sector Head Assistant | CV |
18 | South Africa | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | Dr. Thulani DLAMINI | CEO | CV |
19 | Turkey | TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) | Dr. Dogan Gezer | Direct Energy Technologies Group Leader | CV |
20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) | Prof. Rob Gross | Director | CV |
21 | United States of America | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | Dr. Martin Keller | Director | CV |
22 | Japan | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | Dr. Kazuhiro Hono | President | CV |
23 | Japan | RIKEN | Dr. Makiko NAKA | Executive Director | CV |
24 | Japan | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Dr. Haruhiko OBARA | Executive Officer | CV |