Program
Monday, 16 November 2015
Part 1 Japan-USA Partnership on Algae Biomass and Energy Systems
Moderator: Makoto M. Watanabe (Director, ABES, UT)
Opening Address
9:30-9:35
Makoto M. Watanabe
(Director, ABES, UT)
9:35-9:40
Isao Inouye
(Director, Algae Industry Incubation Consortium, Japan )
9:40-9:45
Masaharu Sumikawa
(Chairman, Tsukuba Global Innovation Promotion Agency, Japan)
9:45-9:55
Koichi Morimoto
(Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Japan)
9:55-10:05
Cameron H. Salony
(Energy Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy Japan Office, Energy Attaché, Embassy of the United States of America Tokyo, Japan)
10:05-10:45
Photo & Coffee Break
Academic-IndustrialCollaboration Session
Session Chair: Mitsutoshi Nakajima
(Professor, ABES, UT)
10:45-11:15
Kazuo Kadowaki
(Vice Director, ABES, UT)
“Algae Biomass and Energy SystemR&D Center (ABES), University of Tsukuba: For the Sustainable and Clean World”
11:15-11:45
John A. McGowen
(Portfolio Manager, AzCATI, ASU, USA)
“The Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation: 5 yrs of Algal Research and Development at Arizona State University”
11:45-13:00
Lunch
13:00-13:30
Isao Inouye
(Director, Algae Industry Incubation Consortium, Japan)
“Algae Industry Incubation Consortium: Past Five Years and Future”
13:30-14:00
Matt Carr
(Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization)
“2015: A Transformative Year for Algae Commercialization”
14:00-14:30
Fred G. Tennant
(CEO, Sobio Technologies, Inc.)
“Commercializing Algae in Japan”
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break
Policy Session
Session Chair: Isao Inouye
(Director, Algae Industry Incubation Consortium, Japan)
15:00-15:30
Daniel B. Fishman
(Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Bioenergy Technologies Office)
“The U.S. Department of Energy, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Algae Project Portfolio Overview”
15:30-16:00
Kinya Sakanishi
(Deputy Director-General, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA))
“Potential of Renewable Energy and the Contribution of Biomass Energy to the Japanese Energy Self-Sufficiency”
16:00-16:30
Chris Cassidy
(National Renewable Energy Advisor, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
“Algae Commercialization: the Challenge of Our Generation”
16:30-17:00
Yoshito Yuyama
(Senior Program Officer, Secretariat of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), JAPAN)
“Biomass Use Research Project in MAFF and Expectation for Microalgae”
17:00-17:10 Discussion
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Part 2 R&D for Renewable Energy and Products
Moderator: Kazuo Kadowaki (Vice Director, ABES, UT)
Opening Address
9:00-9:05
Kyosuke Nagata
(President, UT)
9:05-9:10
Masami Ono
(Deputy Director, Environment and Energy Division, Research and Development Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ( MEXT))
9:10-9:15
Yukio Kawauchi
(Director, Research and Development Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF))
9:15-9:20
Kentaro Morita
(Director, Fuel Policy Planning Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI))
9:20-9:25
Satoshi Tanaka
(President, TSUKUBA EXPO’85 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION)
9:25-9:50
Photo & Coffee Break
Academic Collaboration Session
Session Chair: Masashi Kijima (Professor, ABES, UT)
9:50-10:10
Makoto M. Watanabe
(Director, ABES, UT)
“National Academic Network of Algae Biomass and Energy System R&D Center (ABES), University of Tsukuba”
10:10-10:40
Shigeyuki Kawano
(Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)
“Microalgal Breeding: Potential of Chlorella and Heavy Ion Beam Irradiation”
10:40-11:10
Kazuhiko Sato
(Director, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
“R&D of Practical Catalyst for Green Oxidation and Biomass Transformation”
11:10-11:40
Junji Nakamura
(Professor, ABES, UT)
“Toward Algae Biomass Chemical Industry”
11:40-12:10
Yukihiko Matsumura
(Director, Biomass Project Research Center, Hiroshima University)
“Thermochemical Conversion and Biochemical Conversion for Algal Biomass Utilization”
12:10-12:40
Akihiko Kondo
(Professor, Director of Biorefinery Center, Kobe University)
“Biorefinery from Microalgae”
12:40-13:40
Lunch
Ongoing Project Session
Session Chair: Yoshihiro Shiraiwa
(Professor, ABES, UT)
13:40-14:10
Iwane Suzuki
(Professor, ABES, UT)
“Tohoku Recovery Next-Generation Energy Research and Development Project: Development of Integration Technology of Algae Biomass Production and Water Treatment Process”
14:10-14:40
Howard Fallowfield
(Professor, Health and Environment Group, School of the Environment, Flinders University)
“Algae and the Water-Energy Nexus”
14:40-15:10
Mikihide Demura
(Senior Researcher, ABES, UT)
“Biomass Productivities of Native Algae Population in Minami-Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan: Next Generation Renewable Energy Development Program for Fukushima Reconstruction and Revitalization”
15:10-15:40
Shigeaki Harayama
(Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Chuo University)
“Development of Self-cloning System in Pseudococcomyxa Strains”
15:40-16:00
Coffee Break
Commercialization Session
Session Chair: Iwane Suzuki
(Professor, ABES, UT)
16:00-16:30
Kinya Atsumi
(Project Director, New Business Promotion Dept., DENSO CORPORATION)
“Applying Botryococcus braunii Pure Oil to Cosmetics：Its excellent Moisture-retaining Properties”
16:30-17:00
Junichi Ito
(Researcher, Higashimaru Co., Ltd)
“Application of Microalgae-compound Feed for Aquaculture”
17:00-17:30
Hiroko Isoda
(Professor, ABES, UT)
“Medical Functions of Aurantiochytrium and Squalene”
17:30-17:40
Closing Remarks
18:30- Banquet (Venue: Meikeikaikan 2F)
