Programme

Time	Contents
18:00 – 18:15	Opening remarks Greetings H.E. Volker Stanzel, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany in Japan
18:15 – 20:00	Open panel discussion “Nuclear Phase-out in Japan and Germany: New Possibilities for Japanese-German Cooperation?” Tetsurō Fukuyama, Member of the House of Councilors, Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Eisaku Satō, Former governor of Fukushima Prefecture Hiroshi Takahashi, Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Hesse Hans-Joachim Ziesing, Independent consultant on energy and climate change Chair: Tetsunari Iida, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)

Time	Contents
13:00 – 13:15	Opening remarks Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Hesse Sven Saaler, FES representative in Japan Gerhard Wiesheu, Chairman, Japanese-German Business Association (DJW)
13:15 - 13:45	Input Input 1: Nuclear Phase-out and energy shift in Japan Mika Ohbayashi, Director of Japan Renewable Energy Foundation Input 2: Nuclear Phase-out and energy shift in Germany Hans-Joachim Ziesing, Independent consultant on energy and climate change
13:45 - 14:00	Coffee break
14:00 – 15:15	Panel I: Social and Political Challenges for the Energy Shift in Japan and Germany – Similarities, Differences, Possibilities for Cooperation Tetsunari Iida, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) Eisaku Satō, Former governor of Fukushima Prefecture Regine Günther, Head of Climate and Energy Policy, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Germany Discussion Moderator: Mariko Kawaguchi, Senior Researcher and Managing Director, Daiwa Institute Research
15:15 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 16:45	Panel II: Technical and Financial Challenges for the Energy Shift in Japan and Germany – Similarities, Differences, and Possibilities for Cooperation Fabio Longo, Lawyer, Executive Board EUROSOLAR Section Germany Mariko Kawaguchi, Senior Researcher and Managing Director, Daiwa Institute Research Werner Genter, Head of the division private customer banking, KfW Banking Group Hiroshi Takahashi, Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute Discussion Moderator: Regine Günther, Head of Climate and Energy Policy, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Germany
16:45 – 17:15	Summary of the expert workshop Opportunities for a German-Japanese Energy Partnership? Hans-Joachim Ziesing, Independent consultant on energy and climate change Mika Obayashi, Director of Japan Renewable Energy Foundation
17:15 – 18:00	Coffee break