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Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Dates:
February 14, 15, 2012
Venue:
Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
1180 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4R5

February 14 – Opening Sessions, Keynote Lectures, Plenary and Breakout Sessions
0815 – 0830 Welcome addresses
  • Mr. Jean Saint-Vil, Director, NSERC Policy and International Relations
  • Mr. Mamoru Shinohara, Director for Special Missions, JST
0830 – 0915 Keynote speaker 1
Framing the issue: Clean Energy R&D in the Japanese Context - Dr. Shiro Saka
0915 – 1000 Keynote speaker 2
Framing the Issue: Clean Energy R&D in the Canadian Context - Mr. Don OfConnor
1000 – 1030 Explanation of Next Steps - Coffee Break
1030 – 1215 Parallel Breakout Sessions: Generating Innovative Ideas for Research and Scientific Partnership between Canada and Japan
Locations
  • BioEnergy (Grouse Room)
  • Photovoltaics, Solar Cells, Net-Zero Energy Buildings (Okabe Room)
  • Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Cypress Room)
Suggested themes
  • Introduction to the research
  • Obstacles and Challenges
  • Objectives for the next 5 years
Guidelines
  • Each breakout session to include up to 6 presentations: 3 from Canada and 3 from Japan
  • Presentations should be roughly 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions
  • A rapporteur will be asked to capture key points and relevant questions for panel discussion on Day 2.

* See attachment for presentation order (PDF: 357KB)

1215 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1500 Continue Parallel Breakout Session Presentations
1500 – 1520 Coffee Break
1520 – 1700
  • Finalize Parallel Breakout Sessions Presentations
  • Suggested themes for discussion
    • Open discussion /cross-fertilization of ideas
    • Potential for collaboration with Canada / Japan
    • Looking ahead - the Future of Clean Energy

February 15 – Panel Discussion and Networking Lunch with Industry Experts
0900 – 1000 Parallel Breakout Session: Preparing Panel Discussion
1000 – 1015 Coffee Break
Arrival of Guest Participants including Canadian Clean Energy Industry Experts
1015 – 1130

Panel Discussion g Future Directions for Clean Energy R&D and Collaboration between Canada and Japanh Grouse Room – 4th Floor

Themes and Questions:
  • Reporting back on the breakout sessions – key notes, observations, challenges and insights
  • What research barriers and obstacles need to be overcome?
  • How can academic-business R&D partnerships address challenges for the clean energy industry and promote commercialization
  • How to foster effective international collaborations
  • Blue sky question: What will it take to be carbon neutral by 2050?
1130 – 1135 Concluding Remarks
1135 – 1300 Networking Lunch

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