7/11/2011
Open Symposium for Endowed Chair for Global Solar+ Initiative
– The University of Tokyo
"Is It Feasible To Build Civilization Based On
Solar Power As The Main Source Of Energy? "
July 11, 2011 (Mon) 13:00~17:45 p.m.
We have held a very successful symposium attended by more than 650 audiences including people outside of the university (private companies, public sector and other institutes etc.)
The contents of the symposium were as follows.
Greeting: President of The University of Tokyo, Professor Junichi Hamada
Keynote Speech: Domestic and foreign government officials (as expected METI)
Invited Speaker: From solar energy sector companies,
Mikio Katayama (President, Sharp Corporation)
Koichi Kawana (President, JGC Corporation)
【Symposium Theme】
※ Click PDF to download printable document (All documents are in Japanese)
Future Policies in Energy and Solar energy Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI |
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Global Energy Situation and Outlook for solar energy utilization, Introduction of Endowment Chair of Global Solar Plus Initiative:GS+I — Gento Mogi (Joint Chair of GS+I, School of Engineering, Associate Professor) |
Industrial and overseas policy of the renewable energy industry — Hideaki Shiroyama (Graduate School of Public Policy, Policy Alternative Research Institute, Director, Professor) |
Large-scale PV power in transportation technology using smart grid — Rikiya Abe (Graduate School of Engineering, Project Professor) |
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Energy storage and transportation technologies for solar power in remote areas — Masakazu Sugiyama (Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor) |
Ultra-high efficiency solar cell research and development, The aims of Endowment Chair of Global Solar Plus Initiative:GS+I —Yoshiaki Nakano (Joint Chair of GS+I, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Director, Professor) |