International Symposium on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary Bringing Vast Renewables to Global Interconnection
Time/Date :9:30-18:00, Friday, 9 September 2016 (Gate opens at 8:45)
Venue :Hall B7, Tokyo International Forum
Organizer :Renewable Energy Institute
Supported by :Ministry of the Environment of Japan,Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan,Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Program
Opening Tomas KåbergerChair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute Amory B. LovinsCo-founder, Chief Scientist and Chairman Emeritus, Rocky Mountain Institute
Part Ⅰ: Energy transition towards de-carbonization of Asia Masayoshi SonFounder & Chairperson, Renewable Energy Institute Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Liu ZhenyaChairman, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization(GEIDCO)/ Chairman, China Electricity Council(CEC)/ Former Chairman, State Grid Corporation of China(SGCC)
Hwan-Eik ChoPresident, CEO and Standing Director, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Michael LiebreichFounder / Chairman Of The Advisory Board Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Discussion:Accelerated vast deployment of renewables for high integration to grid system Masayoshi Son Liu Zhenya Hwan-Eik Cho Michael Liebreich Amory B. Lovins (Moderator:Tomas Kåberger)
Part Ⅱ: Energy transition with the initiative of business for 100 years
Takejiro SueyoshiVice-Chair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute Special Advisor to UNEP Finance Initiative in the Asia Pacific Region
Jeremy LeggettFounding Director, Solarcentury, Chairman, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Kiyoshi KurokawaAdjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Nobuo TanakaPresident, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Dörte FouquetLawyer/Partner, Becker Buettner Held
Discussion:The role of business upon building a de-carbonized society Jeremy Leggett Kiyoshi Kurokawa Nobuo Tanaka Dörte Fouquet (Moderator:Takejiro Sueyoshi)
Part Ⅲ: Energy transition with the initiatives of communities Session for the 5th Anniversary of Renewable Energy Council and GDC Renewable Energy Council David SuzukiCo-Founder, David Suzuki Foundation / Biologist Mark B. GlickState Energy Administrator, Energy Office, Hawaii State Kamon IizumiGovernor of Tokushima Prefecture, Chairperson of the Renewable Energy Council Daisaku KadokawaMayor of Kyoto City, Chairperson of the GDC Renewable Energy Council *GDC : government-decreed cities
Discussion Keys to realize transition to safe and peaceful energy with the initiative of communities Masayoshi Son David Suzuki Mark B. Glick Kamon Iizumi Daisaku Kadokawa (Moderator:Hiroshi Takahashi Professor, Tsuru University)