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International Symposium
Future of Power Business with Interconnections in Asia Speakers

19 May 2017

  • Bert Maes
    Bert Maes
    Co-CEO of Nemo Link & CEO Eurogrid International
    April 2015 – Present : CEO Eurogrid International & CEO Nemo Link Ltd
    ・ Managing the legal and governance structure of the German assets (Eurogrid GmbH & 50Hertz) – Board of Directors, Audit, Investment & Remuneration Committee
    ・ Managing the set-up of Nemo Link Ltd and the construction of the interconnector between Belgium and the UK being mainly responsible for PMO, Finance, Regulation, Legal & Commercial operations.

    June 2013 – Present : Member of the Board of Directors of Ampacimon (since October 2015 : President of the BOD)
    ・ Start-up in Liège, coming out of the University of Liège
    ・ Specialised in Dynamic Line Rating technology
    ・ Active worldwide

    Since April 1, 2005 working for the Elia group active in different senior management roles like Head of Investor relations and M&A, Managing Director of Eurogrid GmbH (Germany – Berlin) and Head of Business Development

    From May 11th, 1998 till March 2005, Mr Maes was active in the banking industry working for Dexia and Delta Lloyd Securities. He was a Head of Institutional Sales & Research, responsible for a sales and research team of 10 persons dealing with clients all over Europe. He was also Member of the board of directors of Privast Capital Partners, a private equity fund in which Delta Lloyd Securities participates.

    He started his career in September 1992 at Arthur Andersen leaving this company on May 10th, 1998 as audit managerv

    He has a master in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp
  • Ryuichi Yokoyama
    Ryuichi Yokoyama
    Professor Emeritus, Waseda University
    CEO, Energy and Environment Technology Research Institute
    Ryuichi Yokoyama received the degrees of B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1968, 1970, and 1974 respectively. After working in Mitsubishi Research Institute, from 1978 through 2007, he was a professor in the Faculty of Technology of Tokyo Metropolitan University. Since 2007, he had been a professor of the Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering in Waseda University. His fields of interests include planning, operation, control and optimization of large-scale environment and energy systems, and economic analysis and risk management of deregulated power markets. Now, he is a Professor Emeritus of Waseda University, a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Senior Life Member of IEE of Japan, a member of CIGRE. He is also Chairmen of Standardization Commissions of Electric Apparatus in METI Japan. He is a President of Consortium of Power System Technology of Japan and CEO of the Energy and Environment Technology Research Institute.
  • Tsutomu Oyama
    Tsutomu Oyama
    Dr. Eng., Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University
    Tsutomu Oyama is a professor at Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan. He received the B.S., M.S., and Dr. Eng. Degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1978, 1980, and 1983, respectively.
    Since 1983, he is with Yokohama National University.
    His research interests include analysis, operation, and planning of power systems.
  • Nobuo Tanaka
    Nobuo Tanaka
    Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency
    Nobuo Tanaka is Chairman of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation. He had been a former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) from 2007 to August 2011. He began his career in 1973 in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and has served in a number of high-ranking positions, including Director-General of the Multilateral Trade System Department. He was Minister for Industry, Trade and Energy at the Embassy of Japan, Washington DC. He has also served twice as Director for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the Paris-based international organization, OECD.
  • Tomas Kåberger
    Tomas Kåberger
    Chair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute
    Professor, Chalmers University, Sweden
    Tomas Kåberger has been the Chair of Executive Board of Renewable Energy Institute since its foundation in 2011. Academically, he got an MSc in Engineering Physics, a PhD in Physical Resource Theory, and Docent in Environmental Science at Chalmers. He has been professor in International Sustainable Energy Systems at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University, and he is currently Professor of Industrial Energy Policy at Chalmers University of Technology and serves as Distinguished Visiting Expert of bio-energy technology at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Industrially, he has had leading roles in companies providing fuels and technology in the bio-energy industry, another company developing sustainable energy solutions for the automotive industry, and a company operating wind power plants. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Vattenfall, and the board of Industrifonden, an industrial investment foundation. Politically, he has served on board of Swedish and European Environmental Citizen’s organizations, several Swedish Government Committees developing energy and environmental legislation, and China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development as a member of a task force on Low-Carbon Industrialization Strategies. From 2008 until 2011 he was Director General of the National Swedish Energy Agency.
  • Teruyuki Ohno
    Teruyuki Ohno
    Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute
    Before joining Renewable Energy Institute in August 2013, Teruyuki Ohno served as the Director General of the Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, for three years, covering a broad range of environmental issues including energy, climate change, waste management, pollution control, natural environment, and sustainable development. His notable achievements include reducing air pollution and PM emissions through “No Dirty Diesel Vehicle Strategy in Tokyo”, and implementing Japan’s first Cap-and-Trade Program in Tokyo in 2008, involving the industries and building a grand consensus. His active leadership in promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency has formed the foundation of Tokyo’s energy policy. He was awarded Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards by California Air Resources Board in 2014. His latest publication is "Energy Strategies of Municipality Governments" (Iwanami, 2013). He also serves as part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo, and a member of Seoul International Energy Advisory Council (SIEAC).
  • Mika Ohbayashi
    Mika Ohbayashi
    Director, Renewable Energy Institute
    Mika Ohbayashi is a founding member and Director at Renewable Energy Institute since August 2011. Before joining the Institute, Ohbayashi worked for International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi as Policy and Project Regional Manager for Asia Oceania. She served as Deputy Director at Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies for 8 years since its establishment in 2000. She also worked for UKFCO at the British Embassy to Japan, as Advisor for Climate Change Projects and Policies, and started her carrier in the energy field by joining Citizens' Nuclear Information Center in 1992. She coordinates many scientific study projects, takes leadership to team up various networks including national parliamentarians and local authorities, domestically and internationally to improve sustainable energy society.

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