{"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":"

Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) held the 48th JAIF Annual Conference on April 13-14 in Tokyo.
\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 “Why Nuclear?”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Plenary Session<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address\/Remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Takashi IMAI<\/td>\nChairman, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF)<\/td>\nKeynote address<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daishiro Yamagiwa<\/td>\nState Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Remarks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special Presentations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yukiya Amano<\/td>\nDirector General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)<\/td>\n“Future of Nuclear Energy in the World”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William D. Magwood<\/td>\nDirector General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)<\/td>\n“Three Key Steps”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Admiral Dennis C. Blair<\/td>\nChairman of the Board and CEO of Sasakawa USA \/ Former Director of National Intelligence \/ Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command<\/td>\n“Japan, the United States and the Future of Nuclear Energy”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenji Yamaji<\/td>\nDirector-General, the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)<\/td>\n“Climate change response and energy mix from a Japanese perspective”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fukushima Daiichi NPS Report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akio Komori<\/td>\nFellow, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TEPCO)<\/td>\n“Current Status and the Future of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 1
\nWhy Nuclear? Views from the World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shigeyuki Koide<\/td>\nScience Journalist, President of Japanese Association of Science & Technology Journalists<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leonam Guimaraes<\/td>\nDirector for Planning, Management and Environment, Eletrobras Eletronuclear, Brazil<\/td>\n“Hydrothermal Transition: Why nuclear in Brazil?”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chengkun Zhao<\/td>\nVice Chairman, China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA)<\/td>\n“Nuclear Power Status and Prospects in China”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christophe Behar<\/td>\nDirector, Nuclear Energy, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)<\/td>\n“Nuclear energy: a pillar in the framework of the French energy transition law”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S.A. Bhardwaj<\/td>\nHomi Bhabha Chair Professor at DAE\/ Former Director (Technical) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.(NPCIL)<\/td>\n“India\u2019s Nuclear Development Programme”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirill Komarov<\/td>\nFirst Deputy CEO, ROSATOM<\/td>\n“Current trends in nuclear energy development: Rosatom Vision”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith C. Franklin<\/td>\nFirst Secretary (Nuclear), British Embassy, Tokyo & UK National Nuclear Laboratory<\/td>\n“Why Nuclear? A UK Perspective”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 2
\nIs Japan Doing it Right?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akihiro Sawa<\/td>\nExecutive Senior Fellow, 21st Century Public Policy Institute of Keidanren \/Director, International Environmental Economic Institute<\/td>\n“Three aspects of nuclear power’s non-transparency”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keynote presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Hatwell<\/td>\nMinister, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to Japan<\/td>\n“The Energy Union: nuclear energy and its safe use in the EU”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panel discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Masakazu Toyoda<\/td>\nChairman & CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan<\/td>\n“Nuclear Energy\uff1aIndispensable for Sustainable Development in Japan”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryuichiro Matsubara<\/td>\nProfessor, The University of Tokyo<\/td>\n“How Should We Take the Experience of the Nuclear Accident?”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kumi Fujisawa<\/td>\nPresident, Think Tank Sophiabank<\/td>\n“Public Acceptance of Nuclear Power”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keiko Sakurai<\/td>\nProfessor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University<\/td>\n“Use Common Sense When Thinking About Nuclear”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fukushima Session
\nA Picture of Fukushima Tomorrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiroshi Kainuma<\/td>\nResearcher, Fukushima Future Center for Regional Revitalization Project, Fukushima University<\/td>\n“About the situation of Fukushima”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keynote presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiroya Masuda<\/td>\nChairman, Japan Policy Council\/ Former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications<\/td>\n“Thinking Regionally About the Future of Fukushima: Coping in an Era of Depopulation”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panel discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naoki Kobayashi<\/td>\nMunicipal employee, Namie town, Fukushima prefecture<\/td>\n“View from the Reconstruction Site and Our Role in this Time”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arisa Ueki<\/td>\nModel, Actress & Show-business Personality<\/td>\n“Fukushima that makes me alive”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motoya Kimura<\/td>\n2nd Year Student, Fukushima University<\/td>\n“Fukushima and Me”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Takeshi Matsumoto<\/td>\nDirector, Yoake Ichiba Co., Ltd.\/ Co-Director, TATAKIAGE Japan<\/td>\n“Beyond Restoration: Creating a New Fukushima”<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

PROGRAM<\/h3>\n

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