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 Cooperation between India, with its remarkable economic development, and Japan, which has a large accumulation of state-of-the-art technologies, would create a partnership in the transition to a low carbon economy. This is vital for the realisation of a sustainable society not just in Asia but across the world.
Focussing on energy conservation and on renewable energy sectors whose markets are expected to expand in the future, the symposium informed the audience of the latest policies and market trends in India, as well as to introduce notable business strategies of Japanese and Indian businesses in the two fields.
This symposium provided a chance to discuss possibilities of Japan-India cooperation towards a low carbon economy and associated business opportunities.
 Report of the Symposium is now on line.
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| Date & Time |
21 November 2008 (Fri.) 13:00-17:45 |
| Venue |
Hamagin Hall VIA MARE
(Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) |
| Organisers |
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
IGES |
| Co-hosting organisations: |
Japan India Partnership Forum (JIPF), JETRO Yokohama, Yokohama India Centre |
| Special sponsor: |
Kanagawa Prefectural Government |
Supporters:
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Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Yokohama City, Japan Institute for Overseas Investment, Nikkei Ecology |
| Language: |
English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation) |
| Participants: |
300 |
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 See the profile of speakers
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| 13:00 - 13:05 |
Opening Remarks |
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Rajendra Pachauri, Director-General, TERI /
Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| 13:05 - 13:15 |
Guest Speeches |
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Kazuhiko Takemoto, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment Japan |
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Shigefumi Matsuzawa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
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Aftab Seth, Chair, Japan India Partnership Forum (JIPF) /
Former Ambassador Plenipotentiary of India to Japan |
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Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Power
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| 13:25 - 15:10 |
Keynote Session
"Towards a Low Carbon Economy - Partnership between Japan and India"
(Chairman: Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES) |
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Keynote Speech 1:
"India today- National Action Plan on Climate Change"
Rajendra Pachauri, Director-General, TERI / Chairman, IPCC 643KB |
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Keynote Speech 2:
"India-Japan Energy Partnership"
Kazuaki Koizawa, Executive Director, NEDO1.6MB |
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Keynote Speech 3:
"Required Technologies toward Low Carbon Economy"
Hiroshi Shimizu, Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University2.0MB |
| 15:10 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:10 |
Presentation |
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Presentation 1:
"Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Policies and Market Trends in India"
Namrata Kala, Research Associate, TERI
157KB |
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Presentation 2:
"Role of Financial toward Low Carbon Economy"
Takashi Hongo, Special Advisor and Head, Environment Finance Engineering Department, JBIC
983KB |
| 16:10 - 17:40 |
Panel Discussion
"Towards a Low Carbon Economy: Business Opportunities and Partnership between India and Japan"
(Coordinator: Mr. Shigenori Jimbo, Chief Editor, Nikkei Ecology) |
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Panelists:
Tantra Narayan Thakur, Chairman and Managing Director, PTC India Ltd.775KB
Pramod Chaudhari, Chairman, Praj Industries Limited604KB
Seigou Mizunuma, Executive Managing Officer, Deputy Head of International Business Division, Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.
(J-POWER/EPDC)453KB
Takeshi Sekiyama, General Manager, International Cooperation Department, The Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ)476KB62KB
Hisashi Hongo, Special Advisor and Head, Environment Finance Engineering Department, JBIC
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Q & A |
| 17:40 - 17:45 |
Closing Remarks |
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Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES |
| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Reception |
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| Guest Speeches |
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Tetsuo Saito
Minister of the Environment, Japan |
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Shigefumi Matsuzawa
Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
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Aftab Seth
Chair, Japan India Partnership Forum (JIPF) / Former Ambassador Plenipotentiary of India to Japan / Chairman of the International Advisory Committee and Professor of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University
In 1963, Prof. Seth visited Japan as an exchange student in Keio University in Diploma with distinction in the Japanese Language and History. After completed his B. A. (Hons.) in History from Delhi University in 1964, he entered in Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and completed his M. A. in History and Political Science in 1967 and in 1993 he obtained his Ph. D. in History from American College of Greece, Athens. After joining the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in 1968, as an Indian Diplomat he served in Tokyo, Beirut, Cairo, Cyprus, Hamburg, Jakarta, and Karachi. He is a former Ambassador of India to Greece, Vietnam and Japan. He is currently a Professor, Keio University, Japan since June, 2004. He is the author of many books such as “If an elephant loses weight it is still an elephant”, “Pillars of Landscape (Poems)”, etc. and also contributed several articles and reviews in various magazine and newspapers across the world. |
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Mr Jairam Ramesh
Minister of State for Power, India |
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| ＜Chairman＞ |
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Hironori Hamanaka
Chair of the Board of Directors, IGES
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka is professor at Keio University. Before joining Keio University, he was the Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of the Environment. He served with the Government of Japan for more than 35 years, mostly in the field of environmental policies, before he left in 2004. Over the last 9 years, he has devoted his administrative career to intergovernmental negotiations in areas including the Kyoto Protocol and its implementing rules, major agreements in the field of sustainable development, such as the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, and the development of national policies to implement international agreements, most notably the Kyoto Protocol. Based on his professional career, he was elected and serves as a Co-chair of the Compliance Committee under the Kyoto Protocol and the Chair of its Facilitative Branch. He has held his present position since April 2007. |
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Rajendra Pachauri
Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) / Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri has been Chief Executive of TERI since 1981, currently serving as Director-General. In April 2002 he was elected as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 along with former US Vice President Al Gore. He has been active in several international forums dealing with the subject of climate change and its policy dimensions. Dr. Pachauri was bestowed the "Officier De La Legion D'Honneur" by the Government of France in 2006. He was also conferred with the "Padma Vibhushan", the second highest civilian award, for his services in the field of science and engineering in January 2008 by the President of India. He also has been a membership of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. He has Ph.D.s in Industrial Engineering and Economics. |
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Kazuaki Koizawa
Executive Director, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s School of Engineering, Mr. Koizawa joined the Ministry of In-ternational Trade and Industry (now METI) in 1978. His work there was focused on energy, serving various positions in the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), the Agency of Industrial Science and Tech-nology (AIST), at a local bureau of the Ministry, and as a cabinet research officer. He has worked at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) since 2004. In his initial position as a Director General, he led NEDO’s photovoltaic power generation technology development efforts. He currently serves as Executive Director of NEDO’s Energy and Environment Technology Center, which is responsible for developing renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental technologies.
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Hiroshi Shimizu
Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu has been professor at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Japan since 1997. Prior to his current position, he worked at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in En-gineering from the School of Engineering, Graduate Program, Tohoku University in 1976. His major academic area is Electric Vehicle and Environmental Technology. Currently he serves as a technical management leader of the academic-industrial collaborative project “Eliica”, the electric vehicle. The project is jointly implemented by 38 companies and Keio University, and Prof. Shimizu carries out the research to make the Eliica commercially viable. |
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Namrata Kala Research Associate, TERI
After graduating with an MA in International and Development Economics from Yale University, Ms. Namrata Kala has been working as a Research Associate with the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) since June 2008. Prior to joining TERI, she has worked on environmental economics projects at the Yale Centre for Environmental Law and Policy and at Environmental Defense Fund, as well as working as an energy analyst with Juice Energy, Inc., New York. She holds a BA (honors) in Economics from Delhi University. At TERI, she has been involved with research projects on sustainable development and climate change, and is working on the carbon finance and international strategy components of the Lighting a Billion Lives programme, which disseminates solar lighting in non-electrified rural areas. |
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Hisashi Hongo
Special Advisor and Head, Environment Finance Engineering Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Japan Finance Corporation
Mr. Hongo works as a Special Advisor and Head of Environment Finance Engineering Department, following positions as Director for the Middle East and Africa, International Finance Department II, Director for the Environment Risk Analysis De-partment and Chief Representative in Frankfurt. In addition to engaging in financing operations for GHG emission reduction projects, he is helping develop new frontiers, such as carbon trading market in Japan including Carbon Credit Trading Plat-form and Nikkei-JBIC Carbon Price Quotation, and Market Approach Adaptation. He contributes to a number of committees and task forces in the Climate Change and energy field. |
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Shigenori Jimbo
Chief Editor, Nikkei Ecology
Mr. Jimbo graduated from Keio University in 1984 and started working at Nikkei McGraw Hill in 1988, and after a stint with “Nikkei Restaurants”, went on to become Chief Editor of “Nikkei Information Strategy” in December 2001. In January 2004, he took up the position of Chief Editor of ‘Nikkei Ecology” a monthly business magazine focusing on environmental technology and business. “Nikkei Ecology” was first published in 1999, and specialises in support for value-added improvement in the environment for management and business. The publications main editorial themes are environmental management, envi-ronmental law, environmental technology, global environmental issues, and overseas trends. |
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Tantra Narayan Thakur Chairman & Managing Director, PTC India Limited (PTC)
Mr. Tantra Narayan Thakur is the Chairman & Managing Director of PTC India Limited (PTC) since October 2000. Mr. Thakur provided sustained leadership to PTC’s operations, and devised optimal capital structure and organisational processes. He introduced several market-making initiatives, including the differential pricing for power transactions, in effect differentiating a commodity-like product. Mr. Thakur is an engineering graduate and joined the Indian Audit & Accounts Service in 1973. Before joining PTC, Mr. Thakur served as the Director of Finance & Financial Operations, Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC), New Delhi and held various assignments in the Government including Deputy Secretary in Government of India, Assistant Controller & Auditor General, Secretary to Chief Minister-Bihar and Member-Audit Board. |
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Pramod Chaudhari Executive Chairman, Praj Industries Limited, India
Chairman, Praj Group
Mr. Pramod Chaudhari graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Bombay in 1971. He established Praj Industries Ltd. in 1984, a global leader in biofuels technology. As founder of Praj, Pramod has always sought challenging opportunities. He believes in continuous learning and to refresh his own perspective, he attended Advanced Management Programme at Har-vard Business School in 1995. He is the recipient of many awards for entrepreneurship and excellence. He is actively in-volved with various national and international organisations like the GGC, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and MCCIA (Pune). Presently he heads the CII National Committee on Biofuels as its Chairman and is Vice Chairman, CII Maharashtra State Council. He is Executive Chairman of Praj, India which is stepping into its 25th year.
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Seigou Mizunuma Exective Managing Officer, Deputy Head of International Business Division,
Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.(J-POWER/EPDC)
Since he took office as a leader of the division of an overseas Power Development business in 2002, he has promoted the expansion of generation service and investment. As a result, J-POWER's overseas power business became the second largest business of J-Power's activities. By the end of September 2008, J-POWER has participated in 18 power projects in operation in six countries / regions. Before engaging in overseas power business, he mainly worked for planning and devel-opment division (and also community relations and nuclear division) since he entered into J-POWER in 1978. |
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Takeshi Sekiyama General Manager, the Energy Conservation Center, Japan(ECCJ)
Graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Postgraduate degree in chemistry). He worked for Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. for about 30 years, and worked in areas of speciality chemicals such as R&D, research planning & development, establish-ment of the JV and its management and etc. He joined the Energy Conservation Center, Japan in 1998, serving mainly in international collaboration affairs to promote energy conservation in developing countries. His main accomplishments up to now in ECCJ are cooperation in various energy conservation projects for developing countries including dispatch of experts for energy audit / seminar / workshop / etc., implementation of training programmes for trainees from overseas, research & analysis related to energy efficiency & conservation in overseas countries and participation as a Japanese representative in international conferences for energy conservation. |
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