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.

ESSJ 2020 Advisory Committee member

Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto is currently the Executive Vice President in charge of corporate planning at TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.
He started his career with TEPCO in 1993 immediately after he obtained BS, MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Tokyo. Since then, he has worked for project management of electric power system including Ultra High Voltage (UHV) transmission, renewable energy integration to the power grid, smart grid strategy, international consultancy services for the several power companies and  regulatory affairs of the electricity market.
Since June 2017, he has been EVP of TEPCO Power Grid. Prior to the current position, he served as Executive Managing Officer of TEPCO, President of TRI (TEPCO Research Institute) and Secretary General of the New Growth Task Force.
In 2017, Dr. Okamoto jointly published a book "Utility 3.0: Game change in energy industry 2050". He also published many articles and books.
Dr. Okamoto is member of Advisory Committee on Transmission and Distribution of International Electro-technical Commission (IEC/ACTAD), Vice Chairman of Japanese National Committee of CIGRE (International Large Scale Power System Conference), Director of Japan Science Foundation and active member of IEEE, IEEJ, GO15 and IUWG.

Presentation Title: Utility 3.0: Japan’s Utility of the Future
Abstract:
Five megatrends (5Ds) will bring about changes to the Japanese power/energy business. These changes are inevitable and irreversible. We call them the 5Ds and they are: Democratization, Decentralization, Decarbonization, Digitalization and Depopulation.
The role of Future Utility and the initiatives of TEPCO Power Grid will be presented.

Mr Cassat holds a M.Sc. in industrial engineering from ParisTech Arts & Metiers. He served as a project manager within the European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER) in Germany, where he managed the assessment of award-winning Smart Grids demonstration projects, and conducted technology transfers at US and EU levels. He then joined a team of experts on Smart & Sustainable Cities working with EDF, a world leading utility, on integrating energy systems in early stages of urban planning for major cities like Shanghai, Berlin, Lyon and Singapore. In 2016, he joined EDF R&D, strong of 2000 researchers worldwide, as an advisor to the R&D programs directors in Paris on the topics of Renewables & Storage, T&D Networks, Retail & Energy Services, Power Systems & Markets.  Since 2018, he is Managing Director of EDF Lab Singapore, where he leads a dozen of researchers & engineers to develop applications in Urban Energy Analytics, E-mobility and Low-carbon MicroGrids. 

Presentation Title：A worldwide utility navigating a more distributed landscape
Abstract
Decentralized Energy Resources are increasingly being connected to transmission and distribution systems everywhere in the world. Their technical and market integration come with challenges but also opportunities. EDF's know how and experience will be presented through a selection of R&D projects and commercial applications.

Chris Wright founded Moixa with Simon Daniel in 2006 and leads technology development as CTO. Over the last 7 years Moixa have developed the UKs leading domestic energy storage system with their UK market-leading Moixa Smart Battery.  They are now rolling out their Gridshare aggregation platform to multiple partners including ITOCHU & Honda in Japan as they expand.
Moixa  is based in London’s Clerkenwell design district, has a roster of patents in the arena of computer interface technology, batteries and renewable energy.
Chris studied architecture at Cambridge University and worked as an architect at practices including Norman Foster and Partners, and in industrial design, before founding Moixa to address Energy systems.

www.moixa.com

Presentation Title:  Moixa GridShare platform.  Optimising fleets of batteries to deliver value to customers and the Grid
Abstract:
The GridShare platform interfaces with the worlds largest aggregated fleet of domestic ESS systems, 24,000 installs, >240MWh deployed in Japan with our partner ITOCHU.  GridShare is delivering value through using AI to predict energy use & generation, and optimising performance for each customer.
The GridShare platform is now extending to control and optimise Electric Vehicles, we have partnered with HONDA to launch a world first, the e:progress service.