Previous (2012) Technical Conference Program

• PV-K Block

  

  PV-K Keynote Session

  Policy Trends and Future Industry Perspectives in Japan, the U.S. and Europe Feb. 29 [Wed] 15:00-17:00

  On Renewable Energy in Japan	Latest Photovoltaic Policy Trends in the European Union	The US SunShot Initiative ―Towards Grid Parity
  Keisuke Murakami Director of New and Renewable Energy Div., Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)	Bruno Schmitz Head of Unit, New and Renewable Energy Sources, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation	Minh Le Chief Engineer and Acting Deputy Program Manager, SunShot Initiative, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) *Speaker has been changed on Jan. 30th.

• SE-K Block

  

  SE-K Keynote Session

  World Smart Energy Week 2012 Special Keynote Session Mar. 2 [Fri] 13:30-14:30

  Realization of a Smart Community as a Future Eco City
  Kazuo Furukawa Chairman, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

• SE-S1 Block

  

  SE-S1 Special Session

  World Smart Energy Week 2012 Special Session-1 Feb. 29 [Wed] 13:00-14:00

  Smart Grid in Britain: an Overview of the Market and the Opportunities
  Robert McNamara Executive Director, SmartGrid GB

• SE-S2 Block

  

  SE-S2 Special Session

  World Smart Energy Week 2012 Special Session-2 Mar. 1 [Thur] 16：30-17：30

  The US Market for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency; Trends, Government Policy, and Investments
  Keith Curtis Senior Energy Advisor, CS/International Operations, US Department of Commerce

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  PV-1 Latest Technology Development in High-efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Feb. 29 [Wed] 9:30-11:30	PV-8 Worldwide Expanding PV Market ―Demand Side and Supply Side Feb. 29 [Wed] 9:30-11:30
  General Manager, Photovoltaic & Thin Film Device Research Labs. and Photovoltaics European Lab., Kaneka Corp. Kenji Yamamoto Director, R&D Solar Cells, SCHOTT Solar AG Axel Metz Head of Dept., High Temperature and Printing Technologies / Industrial Cell Structures Div. PV Production Technology and Quality Assurance, Fraunhofer ISE Daniel Biro	Manager, Research Div., RTS Corp. Izumi Kaizuka Senior Analyst, Solar Research, GTM Research Shyam Mehta Professor, Director, Research Center for New Energy Technologies, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhengxin Liu

• PV-2 Technological Advancement in High-efficiency and Low-cost Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells Feb. 29 [Wed] 12:30-14:30	PV-9 Recent Trends in Construction Technologies for PV Systems Feb. 29 [Wed] 12:30-14:30
  CTO Thin-Film, Oerlikon Solar-Lab S.A. Johannes Meier Chairman Emeritus, United Solar Ovonic Subhendu Guha	PV Engineer, Yoshidomi Electric Co., Ltd. Masanobu Yoshidomi President, Photovol-Tec Co., Ltd. Sadao Nishijima Team Leader, Seibu Photovoltaic Power Generation System Team, Construction Dept. 1, Environmental Solutions Div., Sumitomo Densetsu Co., Ltd. Akira Yamauchi

• PV-3 Frontline of CIS Thin-film Solar Cells in the U.S., Asia and Europe Mar. 1 [Thur] 9:30-11:30	PV-10 Cutting Edge of Power Conditioning Systems ―from Residential to Industrial Applications Mar. 1 [Thur] 9:30-11:30
  Executive Director, Engineering Div., HYUNDAI-AVANCIS Co., Ltd. Jung Woo Park Director of Business Development, Corporate, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Brad Kemp *Speaker has been changed on Feb. 20th. Head, Lab. for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Professor, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology Ayodhya N. Tiwari	Manager, Photovoltaic Inverter Engineering Section-A, Photovoltaic Power Systems Dept.B, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Nakatsugawa Works Naoki Nishio Senior Fellow, Power Electronics Systems Div., Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp. Ambo Tatsuaki *Speaker has been changed on Feb. 23rd.

• PV-4 Progress in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells for their Practical Use Mar. 1 [Thur] 12:30-14:30	PV-11 Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Grid Mar. 1 [Thur] 12:30-14:30
  Group Manager, SC Development Group, L&E System Development Dept., Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. Tatsuo Toyoda Unit Director, Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science Liyuan Han	Group Senior Vice President, Public Utility Systems and Assistant to Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Haruki Matsuda Project Professor, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) Dept. of Human and Social Systems, Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering (CEE), The University of Tokyo Kazuhiko Ogimoto

• PV-5 Forefront Development in Organic Thin-film Solar Cells Mar. 1 [Thur] 16:00-18:00	PV-12 Frontline of Diversifying Photovoltaic Power Generation Business Mar. 1 [Thur] 16:00-18:00
  Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, R&D, Konarka Technologies, Inc. James R. Buntaine General Manager, OPV Business Development Dept., Information and Electronics Div., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. Hiroaki Yamaoka Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Hiroshi Segawa	General Manager, Business Development-Japan, Eurus Energy Holdings Corp. Satoshi Takahata Chief Operating Officer, Phoenix Solar AG Murray Cameron * His speech has been cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances.

• PV-6 Most-current Trends in Evaluation Technologies and Product Certification Mar. 2 [Fri] 9:30-11:30

  PV-13 Development Trends in Solar Cell Silicon Materials and their Future Outlook Mar. 2 [Fri] 9:30-11:30

  Senior Researcher, Collaborative Module-Reliability Research Team, Research Center for Photovoltaic Technologies, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Takuya Doi Program Director, Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida Neelkanth G. Dhere Executive Director, Research & Business Development Center, Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories (JET) Katsuaki Shibata

  Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Finance, Wacker Polysilicon, Wacker Chemie AG Erk Thorsten Heyen Senior Engineer , Application Engineer / Sales, MEMC Japan Ltd. Akira Kamo Executive Advisory Engineer, RTS Corp. Fukuo Aratani

• PV-7 Latest Trends and Outlook for Development of Module Components and Materials Mar. 2 [Fri] 16:00-18:00

  PV-14 Trends in Equipment Manufacturers Supporting towards Photovoltaic Industry Expansion Mar. 2 [Fri] 16:00-18:00

  Head of Solar Business Japan, Solar Business Dept., Building Products & Regional Solar Account Manager, Solar Energy Products, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Masato Hyodo Global Technology Director, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions / DuPont Electric & Communications, DuPont de Nemours International S.A. Simone M.P. Arizzi Manager, Environment & Energy Development Center, Photovoltaic Materials Development Sect., Toray Industries, Inc. Miki Terada

  Chief Executive Officer, Pasan Ltd., -A Member of Meyer Burger Group Andreas von Kaenel Deputy General Manager, System Engineering Dept., Technology Development Group 2, Green Technology Development Center, Dainippon Screen MFG Co., Ltd. Koji Kizaki

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  All Sessions Available in English / Japanese

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  ＜Concurrent Shows : Technical Conferences＞

  
  

• FC-K Block (For other Exhibit)

  

  FC-K Keynote Session

  Policy-making, Automobiles and Energy: Strategies and Outlook on Fuel Cells Mar. 1 [Thur] 13:30-16:00

  Government Efforts toward Hydrogen Energy Society	FCEV Research and Development at Nissan Motor Company	JX's Approach to Realizing Self-sustaining and Distributed Energy Society
  Yasuji Komiyama Director, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Promotion Office, New and Renewable Energy Div., Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Dept., Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)	Takao Asami Corporate Vice President, General Manager of Nissan Research Center, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.	Masuhiro Yamaguchi Executive Officer and General Manager, System Integration Business Dept., Energy System Business Div., JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.

• BJ-K Block (For other Exhibit)

  

  BJ-K Keynote Session

  Leading Companies' Current Status and Future Perspectives on Rechargeable Batteries Mar. 1 [Thur] 10:00-12:00

  Prospects of Rechargeable Battery SCiB? as Infra-battery	Tesla Motors' Model S EV Development Status and Technology	LG Chem's Li-ion Polymer Battery Technology for Automotive Application
  Toshio Masaki Corporate Senior Vice President, President and CEO, Social Infrastructure Systems Company, Toshiba Corp.	JB Straubel CTO, Tesla Motors, Inc.	Myung Hwan Kim Executive Vice President, Battery R&D/ LG Chem Research Park, LG Chem Ltd.

• EH-K Block (For other Exhibit)

  

  EH-K Keynote Session

  Industry Leaders' Strategies and Perspectives of Eco-friendly Houses & Buildings Feb. 29 [Wed] 10:30-12:30

  Status and Prospects for Policies to Increase Energy?efficient Houses and Buildings	Smart Houses: Current Situations and Challenges for the Future	For the Next-generation Environmental City―The Urban Development of Kashiwanoha Campus City
  Toshiyuki Inoue Deputy Director-General, Housing Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism (MLIT)	Yoshikazu Nakamura Executive Officer, Development Dept., Housing Company Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.	Yasuo Onozawa Executive Managing Officer, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Office Building Div. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

• SG-K Block (For other Exhibit)

  

  SG-K Keynote Session

  Industry Leaders' Strategies and Outlook on Smart Grid Mar. 2 [Fri] 10:00-12:00

  Future Outlook for ICT Infrastructure for Electric Power Utilities to Realize Smart Grid	Hitachi's Smart City Technologies and Solutions	Smart Metering: Paving the Way for the Smart Grid
  Masayuki Yamasaki Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Information & Communications Div., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.	Yutaka Saitoh Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO, Information & Control Systems Company, Deputy General Manager, Smart City Business Management Div., Hitachi, Ltd.	Branko Bjelajac Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Landis + Gyr AG

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