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