Springer Nature and the University of Tokyo will be hosting a symposium to bring together researchers in Japan, alongside members of the academic, business, civil society, and policy communities to critically discuss aspects of the energy systems needed for a sustainable future. This event marks the third SDGs symposium organized in partnership between Springer Nature and the University of Tokyo.
The symposium will take place online on March 29, 2022, and will consist of a number of talks from some of Japan’s renowned researchers working at the interface of energy systems and SDGs, to actively discuss how research can better address the SDGs and explore effective solutions with high societal relevance and impact. Registration for this event is free and anyone interested in energy systems and sustainability research is welcome to join.
The symposium will consist of three parts: two keynote lectures, five research presentations, and a panel discussion. The keynote speakers will be Hiroshi Segawa from the University of Tokyo and Ed Gerstner of Springer Nature. Research presentations will be delivered by Akari Hayashi of Kyushu University, Masahiro Sugiyama, and Muhammad Aziz, both from the University of Tokyo, Gregory Trencher of Kyoto University, and Nicky Dean of Nature Energy. A panel discussion comprising the keynote and presentation speakers will be moderated by Yukari Takamura of the University of Tokyo.
In the lead up to the symposium, a special interview between the President of the University of Tokyo, Teruo Fujii, and Springer Nature’s chair of the SDG programme, Ed Gerstner, discussing the significance of collaboration between diverse parties for tackling the SDGs, is published on March 1, 2022 in The Source and in the March issue of Nature Digest (Japanese).
The event program and speaker profiles can be viewed on the event page.
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