Public Seminar Laying the Groundwork for Offshore WindBuilding the Grid and Designing the Market for the Renewable Era

Opening Remarks
Teruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute

■Session 1　How Far Can Renewables Go? The Role of the Grid, and What Policy Can Do

Keynote  "Nordic Lessons on Strategy and Infrastructure"
Peter Markussen, Director, Energinet DenmarkDL

Panel Discussion
Bo Normark, Industrial Strategy Executive, EIT InnoEnergyDL
Atsushi Nishioka, Country M/S Manager, HVDC Japan, Hitachi EnergyDL (in Japanese)
Teruo Ohno, General Manager, Transmission and Distribution IT & OT SystemsDL (in Japanese)
Junji Shimazaki, Manager Marine Technology, Equinor JapanDL
Peter Markussen, Energinet
[Moderator] Seiichiro Kimura, Principal Researcher, Renewable Energy InstituteDL

■Session 2　Connecting Areas, Sharing Costs: How Public-Private Collaboration Can Expand the Grid

Keynote  
Hiroshi Takahashi, Professor,  Faculty of Social Sciences, Hosei University DL (in Japanese)

Panel Discussion
Masaki Higurashi, Director, New and Renewable Energy Division, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)DL (in Japanese)
Toshiro Kataoka, Deputy Director, Business Planning Office, TEPCO Power GridDL (in Japanese)
Kenichi Matsumoto, Chairman, VolueDL 
Shuji Mayama, Chief Engineer, Power Cable Project Engineering Division, Sumitomo Electric IndustriesDL
Hisafumi Manabe, President & CEO, Marubeni Offshore Wind Development DL (in Japanese)
Hiroshi Takahashi, Hosei University
[Moderator] Mika Ohbayashi, Director, Renewable Energy InstituteDL