The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as “AIST”) will hold the 5th “RD20: Research and Development 20 for Clean Energy Technologies” from Wednesday, October 4 to Thursday, October 5, 2023.
We are currently accepting registrations on the official RD20 website (https://rd20.aist.go.jp/en/).

*Those who register will receive a viewing link at a later date, allowing them to watch videos of the presentations from after the event until the end of December.
(Depending on the judgment of the speaker, it may not be possible to watch all videos after the event.)

Dates: Wednesday, October 4 and Thursday, October 5, 2023
　　 　Wednesday, October 4: Technical Session / Panel Exhibition
　　 　Thursday, October 5: Leaders Session / Panel Exhibition

* The Technical Session and Leaders Session will be streamed online from the venue in Fukushima
Sponsor: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Co-sponsors: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of the Environment, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

• Technical Session
  The Technical Session will consist of a plenary session in the morning and parallel sessions with three themes in the afternoon. It will feature a keynote presentation, expert presentations from 14 countries, and a briefing on the activities of the Hydrogen and PV Task Force.
  • Applications and impacts of H2 for decarbonization of energy sectors and for power to X
  • LCA and environmental impacts on large-scale deployment of PV
  • CCU — with a focus on CCU value proposition and integration themes

  * Researchers from the following research institutions are scheduled to give lectures:
  INTI(Argentina), CSIRO(Australia) , NRC(Canada) , CNRS/Paris Dauphine, CNRS/ University of Strasbourg (France) , Fh-IEG(Germany), TERI(India) , BRIN(Indonesia) , KIER(Korea), CSIR(South Africa) , NREL, ANL (US) , JRC(EU) , AIST(Japan)

• Leaders Session

  The Leaders Session will consist of a keynote presentation and round-table discussion, and discussions will be held to realize international cooperation through RD20, including the opinions of the leaders of each research institute. At the venue, directors and representatives from 18 research institutes from 15 countries and regions will participate to discuss concrete measures to achieve the Leaders Recommendations adopted at the 4th meeting in 2022. In addition, the organizations shown below are scheduled to participate.
  In this session, Akira Yoshino, Research Center Director (Fellow) of the Global Zero Emission Research Center at AIST will give a keynote presentation and Kazuhiko Ishimura, President and CEO of AIST, will chair the round-table discussion and aim to adopt an action plan.

  * The following organizations are scheduled to participate:
  INTI(Argentina), CSIRO(Australia) , NRC(Canada) , DICP-CAS(China), CNRS, CEA(France) , Fh-ISE(Germany), TERI(India) , BRIN(Indonesia) , CINVESTAV(Mexio), KACARE(Saudi Arabia), CSIR(South Africa) , TUBITAK-MAM(Turkey), NREL(US) , JRC(EU) , RIKEN, NIMS, AIST(Japan)

• Panel Exhibition
  At the venue (Hotel Hamatsu), 10 Japanese companies, 2 local governments, 3 overseas research institutions, and researchers from AIST will present 32 initiatives on carbon neutrality in a panel exhibition.
  • Hitachi, Ltd. SHIMIZU CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
  • CHIYODA KOGYO CO., LTD SANKEI Co., Ltd.,AISAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD,ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD,SANNO Co.,Ltd
  • Fukushima Prefecture,Koriyama City
  • Fraunhofer ISE (Germany), NZTC(UK), NREL(USA), AIST(Japan)
  * Technical Session and Leaders Session will be viewable online with simultaneous interpretation.
  * Check the official RD20 website (https://rd20.aist.go.jp/) for more information.

Launched in 2019, the RD20 is a framework for international research and development aiming to strengthen international collaboration and promote innovation by leading research institutes in G20 countries and regions that develop the world’s most advanced technologies for achieving carbon neutrality. RD20 provides opportunities for participants to exchange R&D activities, experiences, and best practices related to clean energy technologies across countries and regions, as well as to explore the potential for international joint research. It also serves to deepen and develop new partnerships among relevant industry, academia, and government stakeholders.

The 5th RD20 conference will be held in Fukushima, the site of Japan's renewable energy frontier. Several international actions, including task forces on PV and hydrogen, summer school in France, and the Gigaton Hydrogen Workshop have been already launched. Leaders and experts of the institutes from G20 members will gather to accelerate collaboration and release the outcome all over the world.

Reference Information

TOKYO GX Week
https://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/energy_environment/global_warming/roadmap/tokyo_gx_week/index.html

• Organizations of RD20 participation
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI), Arzentina
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
  • Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council Canada (NRC), Canada
  • Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (DICP-CAS), China
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France
  • Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fh-ISE), Germany
  • The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India
  • National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
  • Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute(CINVESTAV), Mexico
  • King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE), Saudi Arabia
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
  • TUBITAK Marmara Research Center (TUBITAK-MAM), Turkey
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US
  • Joint Research Centre (JRC), EU
  • RIKEN, Japan
  • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Contacts

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