ICEF2024 Program
How to Live within the Planetary Boundaries through Green Innovation
How to Live within the Planetary Boundaries through Green Innovation
Wednesday, October 9 - Thursday, October 10
- Opening Session
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- Keynote Session
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- Plenary Sessions
- PL1 Planetary Boundaries and the Energy Transition
- PL2 Innovative Finance
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- Special Sessions
- Special Dialogue
- ICEF Roadmap Project
- Young Innovators
- Closing Session
Wednesday, October 9
Opening Session
9:30 - 10:00
Opening Session
Opening Remarks by
Mr. TANAKA Nobuo
(Chair of ICEF Steering Committee)
Plenary Session 1
10:05-11:35
Planetary Boundaries and the Energy Transition
ModeratorTANAKA Nobuo
Chair, ICEF Steering Committee;
Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA);
CEO,Tanaka Global, Inc
Sally M. Benson
ICEF Steering Committee;
Professor, Energy Science and
Engineering, Stanford University;
Deputy Director for Energy and Chief
Strategist for the Energy Transition,
White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Hoesung Lee
ICEF Steering Committee;
Former Chair of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Special Sessions
13:45 - 14:45
Special Dialogue
SpeakerVaclav Smil
ICEF Steering Committee;
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba
SAKANO Akira
ICEF Steering Committee;
Representative Director, Zero Waste Japan;
Co-Founder, Green innovation;
Director & CSO, ECOMMIT Co.,Ltd.
Ismail Serageldin
ICEF Steering Committee;
Co-Chair of the Board of Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC);
Emeritus Librarian of Alexandria;
Former VP of the World Bank
Technology Session 1
15:00 - 16:00
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Management (SRM)
ModeratorNebojsa Nakicenovic
ICEF Steering Committee;
Vice Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA) to the European Commission;
Honorary and Emeritus Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
Emeritus Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
KURODA Reiko
ICEF Steering Committee;
Designated Professor, Frontier Research Institute,
Chubu University;
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo;
Member, G7 GEAC (Gender Equality Advisory Council) 2023
Technology Session 2
16:15 - 17:15
Hydrogen Readiness
ModeratorDavid Sandalow
ICEF Steering Committee;
Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University;
Co-Director, Energy and
Environment Concentration,
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Georg Erdmann
ICEF Steering Committee;
Retired Chair of Energy Systems, Faculty of Process Engineering, Berlin University of Technology;
President of the Board, KSB Energie AG, Berlin
Technology Session 3
17:30 - 18:30
Food and Agriculture
ModeratorAdnan Z. Amin
ICEF Steering Committee;
Senior Research Fellow, Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs,
Harvard University’s Kennedy School
of Government;
Director General Emeritus, IRENA;
Senior Adviser to COP 28 President
Valli Moosa
ICEF Steering Committee;
Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission;
Former President, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
Thursday, October 10
Plenary Session 2
9:00 - 10:30
Innovative Finance
ModeratorIsmail Serageldin
ICEF Steering Committee;
Co-Chair of the Board of Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC);
Emeritus Librarian of Alexandria;
Former VP of the World Bank
Changhua Wu
ICEF Steering Committee;
China /Asia Director,
Office of Jeremy Rifkin;
Chair, Governing Council,
Asia Pacific Water Forum
Jon D. Moore
ICEF Steering Committee;
Chief Executive Officer, BloombergNEF
Special Sessions
10:45-11:45
ICEF Roadmap Project
ModeratorDavid Sandalow
ICEF Steering Committee;
Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University;
Co-Director, Energy and Environment Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Technology Session 4
13:00-14:00
Future of Nuclear Energy
ModeratorEija-Riitta Korhola
ICEF Steering Committee;
Delegate of the Consultative
Commission for Industrial Change
European Economic and Social Committee
YAMAJI Kenji
ICEF Steering Committee;
President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE);
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Technology Session 5
14:15-15:15
Sustainable Marine Transport
ModeratorVikram Singh Mehta
ICEF Steering Committee;
Chairman, Center for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) Research Foundation
Georg Erdmann
ICEF Steering Committee;
Retired Chair of Energy Systems, Faculty of Process Engineering, Berlin University of Technology;
President of the Board, KSB Energie AG, Berlin
Special Sessions
15:30-16:30
Young Innovators
ModeratorValli Moosa
ICEF Steering Committee;
Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission;
Former President, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
SAKANO Akira
ICEF Steering Committee;
Representative Director, Zero Waste Japan;
Co-Founder, Green innovation;
Director & CSO, ECOMMIT Co.,Ltd.
Closing Session
16:45-18:15
Closing Session
Quick Comments
(Takeaways, Comment for ICEF 2025) from each SC Member
Announcement of the Roadmap by David Sandalow
(ICEF Steering Committee)
Announcement of the Statement from the Steering Committee by YAMAJI Kenji
(ICEF Steering Committee)
Final Thoughts on the Event by TANAKA Nobuo
(Chair of ICEF Steering Committee)
Closing Remarks by SAITO Tamotsu
(Chairman of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO))