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Strategic Speakers
2024 Strategic Speakers
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Shinichi Kihara
Director General for International Policy on Carbon Neutrality
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
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Yuya Hasegawa
Director Energy Resource Development Division
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
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Eiji Ohira
Director General, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Office Advanced Battery & Hydrogen Technology Dept
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
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Shinichi Sasayama
President & CEO, Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
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Junya Tawa
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of the Planning Division
JERA Co., Inc.
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Satoshi Tanazawa
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Trading Company
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
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Helle Kristoffersen
President of Asia and member of the Executive Committee
TotalEnergies
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Yumiko Yao
Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of LNG Business Dept. Energy Trading Company, (Joint Role) President of TOKYO LNG TANKER CO., LTD.
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
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Nathalie Oosterlinck
Managing Executive Officer, Head of the Global Renewable Energy Division
JERA Co., Inc.
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Michael Stoppard
Senior Advisor and Global Gas Strategy Lead
S&P Global Commodity Insights
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Jérôme Malka
Member of the Executive Committee
ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)
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Hideaki Tanaka
Operating Officer, General Manager, Hydrogen Business Department
ENEOS Corporation
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Takashi Ishizaki
President and Representative Director of Tokyo Commodity Exchange
JPX Group
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Hitoshi Nakamura
Director for the Carbon Neutral Port Promotion
Port and Harbor Bureau, City of Yokohama
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Ian Gates
Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Director, Global Research Initiative for Sustainable Low-Carbon Unconventional Resources
University of Calgary
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Kenji Takahashi
General Manager Decarbonisation Promotion Section Corporate Strategy Department
JERA Co., Inc.
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Kohei Toyoda
Director General for Energy Transformation Strategy, Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
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Kaneko Tadahiro
Senior Assisstant to Unit Heads, Global Banking & Wholesale
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Jun Arima
Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Environment
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Venera N. Anderson
Strategy Advisor and Author, Sustainability & Climate
The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
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Joren Kippers
First Secretary, Head of Economic and Trade Section
Embassy of Belgium in Japan