2022.11.16 WED

10:30 - 12:00

Challenges Towards GX (Green Transformation)

Organizer

• KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
• The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
• New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
• Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute

Seminar abstract

To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, GX, a fundamental transformation of the economy and society, will be indispensable. We invite government officials, business people, and experts from Japan and overseas to discuss the specific challenges and pathways towards GX.

Speakers

１．Speakers

• Akio Migita, Chair, Sub-Committee on Global Environment, Keidanren
• Ryo Minami, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs and Director-General for International Policy on Carbon Neutrality, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI
• Takashi Wada, Executive Director, NEDO
• David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow at Columbia University
• Shahid Hasan, Fellow at KAPSARC
• Hiroyuki Tezuka, Chair, Working Group on Global Environment Strategy, Keidanren
• Mari Yoshitaka, Fellow, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd

２．Panel Discussion
＜Moderator＞

• Jun Arima, Project Leader at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Keidanren

＜Panelist＞

• Shahid Hasan, Fellow at KAPSARC
• Hiroyuki Tezuka, Chair, Working Group on Global Environment Strategy, Keidanren
• Mari Yoshitaka, Fellow, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd