National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) International Liaison Office

Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next Extended GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on May 13.

*Please register from HERE by May 9th (Thu) If you can’t open the registration form, please send an email to gripsforum[at]grips.ac.jp with the following
information:
1. Part(s) you will attend 【Part I: Joint Forum on the Energy Future only/Part II: GRIPS Forum only/Both】2.
Name3. Organization4. Title5. Email-address or phone number 6. Car information (If you are arriving by a private car)

Date: Monday, 13rd May, 2013
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor

Time: Part I: 13:10 - 16:10 Joint Forum on the
Energy Future
Language: Japanese/English (simultaneous interpretation
provided)
☆For further information of part I , please visit HERE.
‐Naoya Kaneko, Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Hiroshi Takahashi, Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute
- Paul Komor, Energy Education Director, Renewable and
Sustainable Energy Institute 　　　　　and
Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado
- Alan K. Meier, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
‐Yoshito Sengoku, Visiting Scholar of GRIPS; Former Chief Cabinet secretary, Japan
‐Hiroshi Takahashi, Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute ‐Paul Komor, Energy Education Director, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado

Part II: 16:40 - 18:10 GRIPS Forum
☆For further information of part II , please visit HERE.
Speaker: Yoshito Sengoku, Visiting Scholar of GRIPS; Former Chief Cabinet secretary, Japan “Energy at a turning point -the sustainability of the power supply system-”
Language: Japanese(English simultaneous interpretation
provided)
Mr. Sengoku’s Profile:
Positions held in the past:
・Chief Cabinet secretary
・Minister of State for National Policy
・State Minister in Charge of Government Revitalization and Civil Service Reform,
Cabinet Office
・Acting President of Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)

*** GRIPS Forum ***
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues.
Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns.
The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).

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For registration
goo.gl/PmO8K

Inquiries:
Ms.Iso
gripsforum[at]grips.ac.jp
http://www.grips.ac.jp/

For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:
http://www.grips.ac.jp/about/access.html

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677
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