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The Ninth Japan–Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue in Niigata

Outline

Date: Wednesday 2 November 2016
Venue: Toki Messe (Niigata Convention Center)
Organizers: Niigata Prefecture, City of Niigata, ERINA

Program

Opening

Ryuichi YONEYAMA Governor of Niigata Prefecture
Akira SHINODA Mayor, City of Niigata
Sergey YASENEV Consul-General of the Russian Federation in Niigata

Message

Keiichi SHIMA Director, Japan-Russia Economic Affairs Division, European Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Keynote Addresses

Sergey MARIN
Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Embassy of the Russian Federation in Japan
Takayuki KAWAMURA
Section Head, Petroleum and Natural Gas Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Japan’s Energy Policy
Andrey ZAGUMENNOV
Deputy Trade Representative, Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Japan

Session A: Energy Resources

Anna GALKINA
Research Fellow, The Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Trends and effects of world energy markets development
Ken KOYAMA
Managing Director, Chief Economist, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Challenges in Asian Energy Market and the role of Russia
Sergei KOVALEV
Acting Director, Department of Industry, Administration of Primorsky Region
POWER POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT OF COAL, GAS AND OIL INDUSTRY OF PRIMORSKY KRAI
Hiroki SATO
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Fuel Transactions Officer, Energy Sales & Procurement, JERA Co., Inc.
JERA’s Initiatives
Takayoshi ENOMOTO
Deputy General Manager, Fuels Department, Thermal & Nuclear Power Division, Tohoku Electric Power Company
Kazumasa MIYAZAWA
General Manager, Russia & Australia Gas Business Division, Mitsui & Co.
Japan-Russia Cooperation in the Development of Russian Natural Resources
Satoshi SAKAI
Senior Advisor, Russia Natural Gas Business Department, Mitsubishi Corporation
Oil and Gas Export by Russia to the Asia-pacific Region
Masumi MOTOMURA
Chief Researcher, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
JOGMEC and JNOC’s activities in Russian Oil and Gas

Session B: Energy Conservation, the Environment and Electricity

Georgy SAFONOV
Director, Center for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Higher School of Economics, National Research University
Low carbon development in Northeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Izumi KUBOTA
Senior Researcher, Environmental Policy Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
Adoption of the Paris Agreement and the Next Step
Takeshi SAKEMI
Director, Business Support Division, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia
Mika OHBAYASHI
Director, Renewable Energy Institute
Connecting Asia with Renewables
Mayumi YOSHIZAKI
Director (International Affairs Department), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Corporation
NEDO’s Contribution to Enhancement of Bilateral Cooperation between Japan and Russia
Reiko TOYODA
Planning Manager, Renewable Business Department, Komaihaltec
Wind Turbine in Cold and Isolated grid areas with Micro-grid system

 

Summarizing Comments

Ken KOYAMA Managing Director, Chief Economist, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan