WHATS Seminar Vol. 163 [Online] “YRI Materials Industry CN Forum: Pathways to Carbon Neutrality in Various Industries” will be held online on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

 

[Overview of the seminar]

• 1:00 p.m.: Opening Remarks

Koichi Aihara, Director, Industrial Technology, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

• 1:00 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.: Speech

[Keynote Speech] Japan’s Resource Recycling Economy Policy

Lecturer: Shogo Tanaka, Director, Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

 

• [Speech] JFE Steel’s Efforts and Challenges toward Carbon Neutrality

Lecturer: Ikuhiro Sumi, Doctor of Engineering, Director, and Leader, Global Environment Group, Technology Planning, JFE Steel Corporation

• [Speech] A Lighter World Achieved with Aluminum: Reduction of the Environmental Impact of Aluminum and Contribution to the Sustainable Society

Lecturer: Sachio Urayoshi, Deputy General Manager, Sustainability Promotion, UACJ Corporation

• [Speech] An Electric Furnace Is the Very Thing That Enables CN

Lecturer: Soichiro Tsuda, Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of General Affairs (in charge of Purchasing and General Affairs), Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

• [Speech] ENEOS Group’s Efforts toward Carbon Neutrality

Lecturer: Kentaro Ochi, Manager, Carbon Neutral Planning Group, Carbon Neutral Strategy, ENEOS Corporation

• [Speech] Trends and Prospects toward Carbon Neutrality in the Materials Industry

Lecturer: Mayo Aoki, Researcher, Industrial Technology, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

• 4:35 p.m. –4:50 p.m.: Break

• 4:50 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Panel Discussion

Topic for Discussion “Issues in CN Strategy Promotion (Promotion Structures and Operational Aspects)”

Moderator: Mayo Aoki, Researcher, Industrial Technology, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

Panelists: JFE Steel Corporation, UACJ Corporation, ENEOS Corporation, and Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

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Apply For the Seminar

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Time: 1:00 p.m. –6:00 p.m.

Fee: free

 

Organizer: Yano Research Institute Ltd.

Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 18, 2023

Contact: Customer Support Center (TEL): +81 3-5371-6901

              Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

This seminar will be live streamed through Deliveru^*1.

Once your application is approved, “participant ID” will be notified to you on the day before the seminar.

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Note: This seminar will be conducted in Japanese.