<<OPENING REMARKS>>
Chiharu Kubo, President, Kyushu University
<<GREETINGS>>
Sadayuki Tsuchiya, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Toshio Kuroki, WPI Program Director
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The U.S. Embassy in Japan
“Internationalization of Scientific Research in the Search for Global Energy Solutions”
Petros Sofronis, I²CNER, Director, Kyushu University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
<<SESSION I>>
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FOR ADVANCING CARBON-NEUTRAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
“International Approach to Developing Technologies for Aggressive CO2 Emissions Reduction by 2050”
Kenshi Itaoka, Energy Analysis Research Division, I²CNER, Kyushu University
Takeshi Tsuji, Lead Principal Investigator, CO2 Storage Research Division,
I²CNER, Kyushu University
Ken Christensen, Professor and College of Engineering Chair in Fluid Mechanics,
I²CNER, University of Notre Dame
“Inspired by Nature—New Energy Sources from Hydrogenase Model Complexes”
Seiji Ogo, Lead Principal Investigator, Catalytic Materials Transformations
Research Division, I²CNER, Kyushu University
<<SESSION II>>
INITIATIVES FOR CARBON-NEUTRAL ENERGY APPROACHES IN JAPAN AND THE U.S.
“Federal Energy and Materials Policy, Opportunities for Bilateral Cooperation”
Cyrus Wadia, Assistant Director, Clean Energy and Materials, R&D, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
“The Future of CO2 Management in Japan”
Toyoki Kunitake, President, Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement
of Industry Science and Technology
<<PANEL DISCUSSION>>
Jim Stubbins, Moderator, Professor and Head, Department Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, I²CNER, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Toyoki Kunitake
Cyrus Wadia
Takeshi Tsuji
Shigenori Fujikawa
Ken Christensen
Kenshi Itaoka
<<CLOSING REMARKS>>
Kazunari Domen, WPI Program Officer