Seminar

The 10th IEEJ/APERC International Energy Symposium
“Ideals and Reality in the Global Energy Landscape under Growing Uncertainties”

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Date/Time: May 30th, 2025 (Friday) 10:00-16:35 (in Japan Standard Time (JST))
Seminar type: Hybrid (In Person/Online (ZOOM) meeting)
       ■Venue:Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
       ■Online:Zoom
Theme: "Ideals and Reality in the Global Energy Landscape under Growing Uncertainties"


【Opening Remarks】
Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO, IEEJ 


Session 1 “Examining the Gap between Ideals and Reality from Various Perspectives”
Moderator: Ichiro Kutani, Senior Research Director, Manager, Global Energy Group 1, Director, Energy Security Unit, IEEJ

Dr. Kenneth Medlock, Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, US
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Mr. Wu Mouyuan, Vice President, CNPC Economic & Technology Research Institute (ETRI)
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Prof. Jun Arima, Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policies, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Session 2 “Strategies to Bridge the Gap between Ideals and Reality”
Moderator: Glen Sweetnam, Senior Vice President, APERC

Dr. Nuki Agya Utama, Director for Energy Policy and Head of Asia Zero Emission Center, ERIA / Former Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
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Ms. Marina Md Taib, Senior Vice President, PETRONAS, Malaysia
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Dr. Yoshifumi Suehiro, Director General, Hydrogen Project Department, Energy Business Unit, JOGMEC, Japan
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Session 3 “Innovations to Overcome the Gap between Ideals and Reality”
Moderator: Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Senior Research Director, Manager, Research Strategy Group, Assistant Director, Research Strategy Unit, New Energy System Group, Clean Energy Unit

Mr. Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist, IEA
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Dr. Naser Odeh, Principal Fellow, KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia
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Prof. Nobuo Mimura, Specially Appointed Specially Appointed Professor, Ibaraki University
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【Closing Remarks】
Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC