Previous (2011) Technical Conference Program

• [SG-K] INT'L SMART GRID EXPO Keynote Session March 4th (Fri)　10:00-12:30 Industry Leaders Present their Strategy and Future Outlook on Smart Grid Opening Speech  Takao Kashiwagi, Professor, Solutions Research Lab., Tokyo Institute of Technology Smarter Use of Electricity and a Smarter Grid in TEPCO Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Managing Director, Deputy General Manager, Power Network Div., Tokyo Electric Power Company Toshiba's Smart Grid Business Strategy towards Low-carbon Emission Societies Hideo Kitamura, Executive Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, Infrastructure Systems Group, Toshiba Corp. Smarter Power for a Smarter Planet: Transforming the Energy Value Chain Guido Bartels, General Manager, Global Energy and Utilities Industry, IBM Corp. » For Details

• 【EN-K】 Japan Renewable Energy Week Special Keynote Session March 3rd (Thur)　17:00-18:00 Present Situation and Future Development of Environmental Policies in the Housing, Building and Urban Sectors Hiroto Izumi, Secretary General, Regional Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat » For Details

• 【EN-S】 Japan Renewable Energy Week Special Session March 2nd (Wed)　17:00-18:00 Europe's Strategic Energy Technology Plan Agustin Escardino Malva, Deputy head of Unit, New and Renewable Energy Sources, Directorate General for Research & Innovation, Directorate K-Energy, European Commission ≫ For Details

• Technical Conference Timetable

  March 2nd (Wed)	9:30 – 12:00	[SG-1] National Activities and Policies on Smart Grid Toward a Smart Community Tomoya Ichimura, Director General, Smart Community Dept., New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization Present Status of the Chinese Electric Power Industry Hajime Nakayama, Research Director, Research Dept., Japan Electric Power Information Center, Inc. An Intelligent Energy System, Singapore's Smart Grid Initiative  Eng Kiat Chan, Project Director, Intelligent Energy System, Energy Planning & Development Div., Energy Market Authority *Please note that session contents has been changed. (as of Feb. 10th)
  	13:30 – 16:00	[SG-2] Global Markets and Business Chances on Smart Grid Smart Grid Market and Business Chances Hitoshi Ikuma, Director, Center for the Strategy of Emergence, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd. Europe's Electricity to Become "Smart" by 2020: EU Federal Policy and the Smart Grid Market Ali Izadi, Analyst, New Energy Finance, Energy Smart Technologies Team, Bloomberg L. P. Business Opportunities in the Brazilian Smart Grid Market ―USD 6.0 Billion in Next 10 Years Juliana Passadore, Research Analyst, Energy and Power Systems, Frost & Sullivan

• March 3rd (Thur)	9:30 – 12:00	[SG-3] The Cutting-edge of Next-generation Electricity System              by Innovative Communication Technology Telecommunications Network for Smart Grid Katsumi Nii, Manager, Electric Telecommunications Dept., Telecommunications Policy Group, Tokyo Electric Power Company The Latest Trend of Smart Meter Development and Energy Management Hiroshi Suzuki, Technology Executive, Energy Services Sales - Japan, GE International, Inc. The Forefront of Smart Grid Cyber Security and Toshiba’s Efforts Takashi Kamitake, Chief Fellow, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corp.
  	13:30 – 16:00	[SG-4] The Latest Technical Trends in Next-generation Electricity Infrastructure Implementations of Smart Grids and Direction of Developments in Japan Ryuichi Yokoyama, Professor, Power System and Environment Lab., Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University Front-line of the Next Generation Grid Research in CRIEPI Ikuo Kurihara, Associate Vice President, Director, System Engineering Research Lab., Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry The Latest Technologies of Optimized Power System Control ―Challenges and Solutions for Expanding Renewable Energy― Atsushi Nishioka, General Manager, Transmission & Distribution Systems Engineering Dept., Public Utility & Energy Industry Information Systems Div., Hitachi, Ltd., Information & Control Systems Company

• March 4th (Fri)

  13:30-16:00

  [SG-5] The Cutting-edge of Smart City Sustainable Mobility and Smart Community Hiroshi Okajima, Project General Manager, Frontier & Advanced Engineering Planning Dept., R&D Management Div., Toyota Motor Corp. Smartening Dump Assets Peter Kennedy, Managing Director, Private Equity, CLSA Capital Partners (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Challenge to Shift to Low-Carbon City by Yokohama Masato Nobutoki, Executive Director, Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama *Please note that session contents has been changed. (as of Feb. 10th)

• 【FC-K】 FC EXPO Keynote Session March 2nd (Wed)　14:00-16:30 Policy-making, Energy and Automobiles : Industry Leaders Present their Strategies and Outlook on Fuel Cells Market Preparation of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Battery-electric Drives Klaus Bonhoff, Managing Director (Chair), NOW GmbH The Importance of Widespreading Residential Fuel Cell System "Ene-Farm"and its New Marketing Strategy Matsuhiko Hataba, Senior Exective Officer, Residential Sales Promotion Div., Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. Challenges for Sustainable Mobility and Development of Fuel Cell Vehicles Shinzo Kobuki, Senior Managing Director, Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corp.  » For Details

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  【PV-K】 PV EXPO Keynote Session March 3rd (Thur)　13:30-16:00 Leading Companies' PV Business Strategies and Future Perspectives SANYO Electric's Solar Business Strategy Tetsuhiro Maeda, Vice President, General Manager, Solar Div., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Yingli Solar: towards a Sustainable Future Yaocheng Liu, Vice President, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., Ltd. Hyundai Heavy Industries' Photovoltaics R&D Strategies Eun-Chel Cho, Vice President, Electro-Mechanical Research Institute, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.  » For Details

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• 【BJ-K】 Battery Japan Keynote Session March 3rd (Thur)　10:00-12:00 Leading Companies Present their Corporate Strategies for Rechargeable Batteries The Era of Electric Vehicle ―Future with EV― Takao Asami, Corporate Vice President, General Manager of Nissan Research Center, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Creation of Battery Solution Business with Technology Innovation Yoshito Tsunoda, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO, Battery Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd. Lishen’s Advanced Battery Development for EV&ESS Xingcai Qin, President, Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co., Ltd. » For Details

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  [EH-K] Keynote Session March 2nd (Wed)　10:30-12:30 Leading Companies' Strategies and Future Perspectives of Eco-friendly Houses & Buildings A Development Strategy and the Challenges for Eco-house Takashi Hama, General Manager, Central Research Lab., Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Environmentally-friendly Urban Development and Green Buildings Naoto Aiba, Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. Realization of Eco-building to Survive Katashi Matsunawa, Director, Nikken Sekkei Ltd./ President, Nikken Sekkei Research Institute.  » For Details

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