SPEAKERS
Technical Sessions (September 29th – October 2nd)
Theme 1
Renewable Energy
Moderator
Prof. MATSUMOTO Mayumi CV
Visiting Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo
Panelist
Dr. Dolf Gielen CV
Director, Innovation and Technology Centre, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Prof. Henry Snaith CV
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Theme 2
Next Generation Energy Management System with Batteries
Moderator
Dr. SAKAEBE Hikari CV
Chief Senior Researcher, Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Panelist
Dr. YOSHINO Akira CV
Director, Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), AIST
Dr. Anthony Burrell CV
Chief Technologist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Prof. Zhi Sun CV
Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Dr. Jinghua Guo CV
Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Theme3
Hydrogen
Moderator
Mr. Martin Tengler CV
Lead Hydrogen Analyst, BloombergNEF
Panelist
Dr. YABE Akira CV
Fellow of Energy System and Hydrogen Unit, Technology Strategy Center (TSC), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Dr. Christopher Hebling CV
Director of Division Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fh-ISE)
Dr. Julie Mougin CV
Head of Hydrogen Technologies Laboratory, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Dr. NANBA Tetsuya CV
Director, Research Planning Office, Department of Energy and Environment, AIST
Theme 4
CCUS
Moderator
Dr. NISHIO Masahiro CV
Innovation Coordinator, Research Promotion Division of Zero emission, Department of Energy and Environment, AIST
Panelist
Dr. Paul Feron CV
Science Leader, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Dr. SAKANISHI Kinya CV
Asisstant Director General, Department of Energy and Environment, AIST
Prof. Jorge Gascon CV
Professor, Director of Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Dr. TAKAGI Hideyuki CV
Team Leader, Hydrogen Production and Storage Team, GZR, AIST
RD20 International Advisors & Co-chair of Technical Sessions
International Advisors
Dr. David Harris CV
Research Director, CSIRO, Australia
Dr. Christian Thiel CV
Head of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Unit, JRC, EU
Dr. Florence Lefebvre-Joud CV
Scientific Director and Deputy Director of CEA-Liten, France
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling CV
Director of Division Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
Dr. William Tumas CV
Associate Laboratory Director, NREL, USA
Cochair, Executive Committee
Mr. FUKUDA Atsushi CV
GZR, AIST, Japan
Dr. KONDO Michio CV
Research Promotion Division of Zero emission, AIST, Japan
Leaders’ Session (October 9th)
RD20 Chair
Mr. ISHIMURA Kazuhiko CV
President, AIST
Special Speakers
Dr. YOSHINO Akira CV
Director, Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), AIST
Mr. ISHIZUKA Hiroaki CV
Chairman, NEDO
Mr. TANAKA Nobuo CV
Chair, Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) Steering Committee
Dr. OBARA Haruhiko CV
Vice-President, AIST
RD20 Speakers
as of Oct. 02, 2020
| Country | Speakers | Organization | Documents (PDF) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Ing. Marcelo Marzocchini Executive Director | Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI) | CV |
| Australia | Dr. Peter Mayfield Executive Director – Environment, Energy and Resources | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) | CV |
| Brazil | Prof. Walter Libardi Deputy Rector | FAI-UFSCar Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos | CV |
| Canada | Dr. Susanna Laaksonen-Craig Director General | Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council Canada (NRC) | CV |
| China | Prof. Zhongmin Liu Director | Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | CV |
| European Union | Mr. Stephen Quest Director General | Joint Research Centre (JRC) | CV |
| France | Dr. Abdelilah SLAOUI Deputy Research Director, Head of Energy unit | Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) | CV |
| France | Dr. Laurence PIKETTY Deputy CEO | Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) | CV |
| Germany | Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning Director | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fh-ISE) | CV |
| India | Dr. Ajay Mathur Director General | The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) | CV |
| Indonesia | Dr. Hammam Riza Head | Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT) | |
| Italy | Dr. Giorgio Graditi Director | Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Energy Sources ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development | CV |
| Japan | Dr. OBARA Haruhiko Vice-President | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | CV |
| Japan | Dr. HASHIMOTO Kazuhito President | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | CV |
| Japan | Dr. HARAYAMA Yuko Executive Director | RIKEN | CV |
| Mexico | Dr. José Mustre de León Director General | Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV) | CV |
| Republic of Korea | Dr. Jong-nam KIM President | Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) | CV |
| Russia | Dr. Oleg Zhdaneev Head | Technology Development Center for Energy, Ministry of Energy of Russian Federation | |
| Russia | Prof. Nikolay Rogalev Rector | Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) | CV |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | H.E. Dr. Khalid Al Sultan President | King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) | |
| Republic of South Africa | Dr. Clinton Carter-Brown Energy Centre Manager | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | CV |
| Turkey | Asc. Prof. Dr. Murat MAKARACI Vice President | TUBITAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) | CV |
| United Kingdom | Dr. Rob Gross Director | UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) | |
| USA | Dr. Martin Keller Director | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | CV |