1978 1978 School of Commerce, Waseda University
1982 IBM Japan, sales for Electric and Electronics customers.
2008 General Manager of Team Green Innovation, (Smartcity country leader)
2015 Resigned IBM Japan
          Established and Advisor, Volter Japan
2016 Professor, Faculty of Urban Innovation, Asia University
          Vice president for International Affairs, Asia University
2018 European Union: EU Gateway Construction Engineering Chair Expert

Awards
Worldwide        50 most impactful smartcity leaders, 2017    
Central Gov.       Ministry of General affairs, Kanto annual communication award
IBM Internal      President award 3 times, Asia pacific award and many others

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He joined a major think tank immediately graduating from The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 2000, and then transferred jobs to Accenture in 2012. During his career at Accenture, he has worked on numerous projects, mainly in institutional design, corporate and business strategies, organizational design, marketing and sales strategies, and new business planning. He co-authored “The Energy Industry in 2050: Game Change to Utility3.0,” published by Nikkei Publishing Inc. in 2017.

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Education：
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Public Law course
Career Profile：
April 1992    Joined Mitsubishi Corporation, Power Systems Export Dept.
April 2011    Team Leader, New Business Development Team, Power Systems International Unit
April 2014    Team Leader, Europe Team, Power Transmission Business Dept.
April 2016    General Manager, EMEA Power Business Development Dept.
April 2017    General Manager, International IPP Dept.
April 2018    President, Diamond Generating Corporation
April 2020    Division COO, Energy Service Solution Div.
 

Career Summery   
April 1972 Joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO)
Jan. 1984 – July 1984 an investigator at West Germany dispatched from TEPCO
June 1999 General Manager of Ueno-Branch, TEPCO
June 2003 Director, President HIKARI Network Company(an in-house company, TEPCO)
June 2004 Executive Offer, President HIKARI Network Company(TEPCO)
June 2006 Senior Executive Offer, TOKO Electric Company ,LTD (currently TAKAOKA TOKO Co., LTD)
June 2007 Representative Director and Senior Managing Director , TOKO Electric Company, LTD
June 2012 Adviser TAKAOKA TOKO Co., LTD
July 2014 Adviser YDK Communications Co., LTD
March 2015 Representative Director, Evergreen Energy Initiative, Inc.(to present)
June 2015 – June 2018 Part-time Director, YDK CO., LTD
June 2018 Adviser YDK Co., LTD(to present)
June 2016 – June 2019 Part-time Director, EIKEN CHEMICAL Co., LTD

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Hirotaka MITSUI

Date of Birth: March 10, 1966
Education:  Master Degree in School of Engineering,
Depart of Information Technology Depart of Information
University of Tokyo

Present Position (since July 2019)
July 2017 General Manager, Electric Power & Gas Division
Deputy Division Director,
Electric Power & Gas (E&G) Business Division
TEPCO Energy Partner, Inc.

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Isshu Kikuma is Japan Energy Analyst for BloombergNEF. He supports the BNEF service for Japan’s renewable energy and grid integration. He also has experience in the solar and sustainability fields before joining BNEF.
Isshu holds a Masters in Environmental Management from Duke, the U.S. and Bachelors in Economics and Geography from SUNY Geneseo, the U.S.

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Dr. Andreas Hauer studied Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. He made his PhD at the technical University in Berlin. Now is Head of the Division “Energy Storage ” at the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, ZAE Bayern, with about 80 emploees. Dr. Hauer is an international known expert on energy storage in general and specialized on thermal energy storage. For 7 years he was the secretary of the Executive Committee of the Energy Storage Programme within the International Energy Agency IEA.