We are pleased to announce that the TGU International Symposium: Energy and Nanomaterials for a Carbon Neutral Society in a Sustainable Future will be held on October 26, 2023.

The event is open to the public with no pre-registration required. Please come to the venue directly.

TGU International Symposium Flyer

- Program -

13:30 – 13:35	Opening Remarks	Kenichi Oyaizu Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University Leader, TGU Unit for Energy & Nanomaterials
13:35 – 14:00	The Energy & Nanomaterials Unit of the TGU Program – Our Decade and Beyond –	Takayuki Homma Executive Vice President and Vice Provost, Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University Member of TGU Unit for Energy & Nanomaterials
14:00 – 14:25	Carbon Economy: Advances in Materials and Energy Research	Rigoberto C. Advincula Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Center for Nanophase Materials and Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Former Joint Appointment Professor
14:25 –14:50	Physical Electrochemistry Research in the United States: Energy-Related Technologies for a Carbon Neutral Future	Daniel A. Scherson Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University Former Joint Appointment Professor
14:50 – 15:10	Coffee Break
15:10 – 15:35	European Trends and Cooperation with Japan in the Development of Energy and Materials for Carbon Neutrality ~A Personal Perspective~	Kazuyuki Kuroda Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Stockholm Office Former Member of TGU Unit for Energy & Nanomaterials
15:35 – 16:00	Towards net-zero carbon economy in Scandinavia	Martin Sjödin Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Uppsala University Former Joint Appointment Professor and Joint Supervisor
16:00 – 16:25	Sustainable Materials and Ecosystems Research in Germany for a Carbon Neutral Society	Rubén D. Costa Technical University of Munich Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability Former Joint Appointment Professor
16:25 – 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:10	Trends and Policies on Carbon Neutral Research in Japan	Yasushi Sekine Department of Applied Chemistry,Waseda University Member of TGU Unit for Energy & Nanomaterials
17:10 – 17:35	Carbon Pricing for Carbon Neutrality in Japan	Toshihide Arimura Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Waseda University
17:35 – 18:00	Circular Economy and Materials for a Carbon Neutral Future	Kei Saito Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University Former Visiting Professor and Joint Supervisor
18:00 – 18:10	Summary address for TGU International Symposium	Jinichi Igarashi ENEOS Research Institute, Ltd. Council on Competitiveness-Nippon (COCN)
18:10 – 18:25	Australia to Waseda to Europe: Experiences and Impact on Research	Luke Wylie Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn Former Student of Joint Supervision Program between Monash and Waseda in 2018 and 2019
18:25 – 18:40	In-situ Spectroscopic Measurements and Computational Analyses in TGU Activities	Masahiro Kunimoto Global Center for Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
18:40 – 18:45	Closing Remarks	Kenichi Oyaizu
19:00 –	Reception