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2025 Strategic Speakers


Hidenori SAKA
Director, Hydrogen and Ammonia Department
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)


Toshiyuki Sakamoto
Board Member, Director, in charge of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency Unit
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)


Tanaka Hideaki
Operating Officer, General Manager, Hydrogen Business Department
ENEOS Corporation


Dr. Hisataka Yakabe
Executive Officer, Director of Hydrogen and Carbon Management Department
Tokyo Gas


Dr. Kenichi Ando
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Green Energy Division, and Senior General Manager of Marketing Division
Obayashi Corporation


Dr. Nobuhiko Kubota
Managing Executive Officer
IHI Corporation


Toshiyuki Ito
Vice President, Division Director Frontier Business Division
Chiyoda Corporation


Dr. Masami Takenaka
Lead Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Green Solution Project
Asahi Kasei Corporation


Hiroyuki Yuzuki
General Manager, New Energy Business Development Dept
Marubeni Corporation


Shinya UMEHARA
General Manager, Hydrogen Solutions Business Div, Energy Solutions Business Unit
Mitsui & Co.


Yasuhiko Otsuki
Director, Vice President Business Development
Siemens Energy


Kohei Toyoda
Director General for Energy Transformation Strategy Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)


Fumiyo Harada
Managing Executive Director
Development Bank of Japan


Yoko Chivers
Senior Vice President/Sustainable Solution Dep
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group


Daisuke Fujihashi
General Manager of Carbon Solution Projects, Carbon Solution Development Unit
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines


Nikolaus Boltze
Country Representative for Japan, South-Korea and Australia
thyssenkrupp


Mathieu Geze
Executive Director Asia Pacific
HDF Energy


Lars Schaumann
Managing Director Japan
Vopak


Barry Lavery
Global Head, Green Fuels and Hydrogen, IBD
ReNew


Kenji Konno
Country Head Japan
ACME CleanTech Ventures (UK) Private Limited


Takeo Akamatsu
General Manager, Green Innovation Business Unit
ITOCHU Corporation


Dr. Namiko Murayama
Senior Regional Manager, gH2 Business Development
thyssenkrupp nucera Japan


Richard Folsom
Representative Partner
Advantage Partners


Keiichi Suzuki
Partner, Head of Renewables and Sustainability
Advantage Partners


Ko SAKATA
Advisory Fellow/Former President
The Institute of Applied Energy/Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan


Rayane Boudokhane
Executive Director
Nomura Greentech


Alois Santl
Senior Expert Hydrogen
BMW Group


Savir Julka
Global Head - IG
INOXCVA


Dr. Katsuhiko Hirose
CEO & Chief Consultant
HyWealth Co.


Connie Lo
Vice President
NexantECA


Rupert Burrows
Managing Partner of Tokyo office
Mayer Brown


Cansu Doganay
Analyst
Lux Research


Kristian Bradshaw
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth


Dr. Friedrich Mendler
Postdoc Researcher
Fraunhofer ISE


Zhang Hao
Chairman
Shandong LandKing Hydrogen Energy Technology Co.


Mark Davies
Partner
King & Spalding


John McClenahan
Managing Partner, North Asia
King & Spalding


Tat Chuan Goh
Head of Asia Pacific, Business Development
Aether Fuels


Dr. Srinath Rengarajan
Director of Downstream and Business Development
Hemtron GmbH


Kunihiro Yokoi
Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune


Nathan G. Schmidt
Partner
Nishimura & Asahi


Iain Elder
Partner, Internatioanl Projects
DLA Piper


Sachiko Kokue
Head of ESG & Sustainability and DEIB Lead
DHL Supply Chain Japan, Inc.


Amit Khedkar
Manager, Hydrogen & Fuel Engineering
Vena Energy


Danillo Oliveira Marques
Hydrogen, CCUS & Low Carbon Fuels Group Lead
DNV Singapore Pte. Ltd.


Guillermina Vidal
Project Director, TANGO Project
HyNewGen


Elisabeth STERNER
Regional Representative for East Asia
H2Global Stiftung


Yata Hideo
President of Hynfra Japan
Hynfra
2024 Strategic Speakers


Teruaki Tsukamoto
Executive, CP Hydrogen Strategic Business Unit Division
Ebara Corporation


Pablo Pulpeiro Mori
Chief Executive Officer
Acciona & NORDEX


Takahiro Rokuroda
Group General Manager, Green Business
NYK Line


Navid Ostadian-Binai
Head of Green Vessels and Fuels
Maersk Tankers


Brent Lakeman
Director, Hydrogen Initiative
Edmonton Global


Fumiyo Harada
Managing Executive Director
Development Bank of Japan Inc.(DBJ)


Tadahiro Kaneko
Chair of Finance Committee & Senior Assisstant to Unit Heads, Global Banking & Wholesale
Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A) & Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation


Jerome Henry
Global Hydrogen Segment Manager
Hitachi Energy


Dr. Aljoscha Frede
Senior Manager Corporate Ecosystem
H2UB GmbH


Laurent Dallet
Managing Director
Nomura


Hirofumi Taba
Partner
Linklaters


Kaoru Umino
Partner
DLA Piper


Yoshimi Okada, Ph.D.
Fellow
Chiyoda Corporation


Dan Woznow
Senior Vice President – Business Diversification
Trigon Pacific Terminals Ltd.


Connie Lo
Vice President
NexantECA


Murray Douglas
Vice President, Hydrogen and Ammonia Research
Wood Mackenzie


Flor De La Cruz
Principal Research Analyst, Hydrogen & Derivatives
Wood Mackenzie


Stone Zhang
Managing Director for Asia
Amogy


Nathan G. Schmidt
Partner
Nishimura & Asahi


Sebastiaan Surie
Head of Green Hydrogen
Climate Fund Managers B.V.


Kento Yoshimura
Head, Japan Market Lead
Aurora Energy Research


Keiichi Suzuki
Partner, Head of Renewables and Sustainability
Advantage Partners


Richard Folsom
Representative Partner
Advantage Partners


Hidetaka Endo
GX expert, Green Transformation Advisor/ Fellow
Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. / Bywill


Hans Menski
Partner
Clifford Chance, Tokyo


Rupert Burrows
Managing Partner of Tokyo office
Mayer Brown


Greg Rozitis
Investment Attraction Advisor, Tokyo
Invest Alberta Corporation


Marion N. Chivot-Legris
Director, ESG and Sustainability Strategy
Edmonton International Airport



