{"id":109,"date":"2015-04-15T06:33:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T06:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/?p=109"},"modified":"2015-06-03T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T01:20:11","slug":"jaif_annual_conference2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/events\/109","title":{"rendered":"JAIF Annual Conference 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) held the 48th JAIF Annual Conference on April 13-14 in Tokyo.<br \/>\nThe conference was attended by about 950 domestic and international leaders and experts in nuclear and other wide-ranging fields. The role of nuclear power in Japan and the world was discussed under the keynote theme of &#8220;Why Nuclear?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Plenary Session<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Address\/Remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Takashi IMAI<\/td>\n<td>Chairman, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Takashi-Imai_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Keynote address<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daishiro Yamagiwa<\/td>\n<td>State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Remarks<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Special Presentations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yukiya Amano<\/td>\n<td>Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Yukiya-Amano_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Future of Nuclear Energy in the World&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>William D. Magwood<\/td>\n<td>Director General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_William-D.-Magwood_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Three Key Steps&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Admiral Dennis C. Blair<\/td>\n<td>Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sasakawa USA \/ Former Director of National Intelligence \/ Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Admiral-Dennis-C.-Blair_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Japan, the United States and the Future of Nuclear Energy&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kenji Yamaji<\/td>\n<td>Director-General, the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Kenji-Yamaji_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Climate change response and energy mix from a Japanese perspective&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Fukushima Daiichi NPS Report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Akio Komori<\/td>\n<td>Fellow, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TEPCO)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Akio-Komori_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Current Status and the Future of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Session 1<br \/>\nWhy Nuclear? Views from the World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Moderator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shigeyuki Koide<\/td>\n<td>Science Journalist, President of Japanese Association of Science &amp; Technology Journalists<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Leonam Guimaraes<\/td>\n<td>Director for Planning, Management and Environment, Eletrobras Eletronuclear, Brazil<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Leonam-Guimaraes_fix2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Hydrothermal Transition: Why nuclear in Brazil?&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chengkun Zhao<\/td>\n<td>Vice Chairman, China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Chengkun-Zhao_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Nuclear Power Status and Prospects in China&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christophe Behar<\/td>\n<td>Director, Nuclear Energy, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Christophe-Behar_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Nuclear energy: a pillar in the framework of the French energy transition law&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>S.A. Bhardwaj<\/td>\n<td>Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at DAE\/ Former Director (Technical) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.(NPCIL)<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_S.A.-Bhardwaj_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;India\u2019s Nuclear Development Programme&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kirill Komarov<\/td>\n<td>First Deputy CEO, ROSATOM<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;Current trends in nuclear energy development: Rosatom Vision&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keith C. Franklin<\/td>\n<td>First Secretary (Nuclear), British Embassy, Tokyo &amp; UK National Nuclear Laboratory<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Keith-C.-Franklin_fix2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Why Nuclear? A UK Perspective&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Session 2<br \/>\nIs Japan Doing it Right?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Moderator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Akihiro Sawa<\/td>\n<td>Executive Senior Fellow, 21st Century Public Policy Institute of Keidanren \/Director, International Environmental Economic Institute<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Akihiro-Sawa_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Three aspects of nuclear power&#8217;s non-transparency&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Keynote presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jonathan Hatwell<\/td>\n<td>Minister, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Japan<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Jonathan-Hatwell_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Energy Union: nuclear energy and its safe use in the EU&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Panel discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Masakazu Toyoda<\/td>\n<td>Chairman &amp; CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Masakazu-Toyoda_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Nuclear Energy\uff1aIndispensable for Sustainable Development in Japan&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ryuichiro Matsubara<\/td>\n<td>Professor, The University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;How Should We Take the Experience of the Nuclear Accident?&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kumi Fujisawa<\/td>\n<td>President, Think Tank Sophiabank<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;Public Acceptance of Nuclear Power&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keiko Sakurai<\/td>\n<td>Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Keiko-Sakurai_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Use Common Sense When Thinking About Nuclear&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Fukushima Session<br \/>\nA Picture of Fukushima Tomorrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Moderator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hiroshi Kainuma<\/td>\n<td>Researcher, Fukushima Future Center for Regional Revitalization Project, Fukushima University<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Hiroshi-Kainuma_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;About the situation of Fukushima&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Keynote presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hiroya Masuda<\/td>\n<td>Chairman, Japan Policy Council\/ Former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Hiroya-Masuda_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Thinking Regionally About the Future of Fukushima: Coping in an Era of Depopulation&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"title\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">Panel discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Naoki Kobayashi<\/td>\n<td>Municipal employee, Namie town, Fukushima prefecture<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Naoki-Kobayashi_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;View from the Reconstruction Site and Our Role in this Time&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arisa Ueki<\/td>\n<td>Model, Actress &amp; Show-business Personality<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Arisa-Ueki_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Fukushima that makes me alive&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Motoya Kimura<\/td>\n<td>2nd Year Student, Fukushima University<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Motoya-Kimura_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Fukushima and Me&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Takeshi Matsumoto<\/td>\n<td>Director, Yoake Ichiba Co., Ltd.\/ Co-Director, TATAKIAGE Japan<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/cms_admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JAIF48th_Takeshi-Matsumoto_fix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Beyond Restoration: Creating a New Fukushima&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>PROGRAM<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"group1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en-renew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/48\u56de\u5e74\u6b21\u5927\u4f1aWEB-\u82f1-1000_0415.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-821 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en-renew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/48\u56de\u5e74\u6b21\u5927\u4f1aWEB-\u82f1-1000_0415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--<strong>WHEN<\/strong>\nApril 13-14, 2015\n\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>\nTokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan\n\n<strong>PROGRAM AT A GLANCE<\/strong>\n- Feature presentations by IAEA Director General Amano and other world-renowned leaders\n- Country-specific presentations featuring Brazil, China, France, India, Russia &amp; the UK\n- Panel discussion on \"Is Japan Doing it Right?\"\n- Fukushima Daiichi NPS Report &amp; Fukushima session\n- Up to 1,000 experts and decision-makers participating\n- Networking and discussion opportunity with leaders representing more than 30 countries &amp; regions\n\n\n<h3>DETAILS<\/h3>\n\n\n<a class=\"group1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en-renew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/48\u56de\u5e74\u6b21\u5927\u4f1aWEB-\u82f1-1000_0415.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-821 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en-renew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/48\u56de\u5e74\u6b21\u5927\u4f1aWEB-\u82f1-1000_0415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a>\n<strong>Conference Secretariat<\/strong>\nJapan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF)\n1-2-8 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan\nTel: +81-3-6812-7109\nFax: +81-3-6812-7110\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:48th-annual@jaif.or.jp\">48th-annual@jaif.or.jp<\/a>--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) held the 48th JAIF Annual Conference on April 13-14 in Tokyo. The conference was attended by about 950 domestic and international leaders and experts in nuclear and other wide-ranging fields. The role of nuclear power in Japan and the world was discussed under the keynote theme of &#8220;Why Nuclear?&#8221;. 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