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Norihiko Saeki
Director for CCUS Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. Norihiko Saeki serves as the Director for CCUS Policy, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI). He is responsible for formulating national strategy for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) in the Japanese government and currently engaged in drafting CCUS Business Act and CCUS Diplomacy as well. Prior to assuming this duty, Mr. Saeki was the Executive Director at Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Los Angeles office and oversees and coordinates the collaboration program of “J-Bridge”. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Tokyo, has been a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University SAIS and completed the Mamagement Acceleration Program at the Anderson School of Management UCLA.
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Michael Liebreich
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Michael Liebreich leads Liebreich Associates, through which he provides advisory services and speaks on clean energy and transportation, technology, climate finance and sustainable development. He founded New Energy Finance in 2004, which was bought by Bloomberg LP in 2009.
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Megan Woods
Minister of Energy and Resources. Megan Woods took office as New Zealand’s Minister of Energy and Resources in June 2017. Her other ministerial portfolios include Research, Science and Innovation. Prior to becoming a member of New Zealand’s parliament in 2011, Dr Woods worked at Plant & Food Research, a New Zealand-based science company.
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David Malpass
President of the World Bank Group.
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Max Schoenfisch
Power Sector Modeller.
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Rachel Kyte
Special Representative for Climate.
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Petr Havlik
Leader of the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
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Anthony Vautrin
Energy Modeller.
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Zulfiya Suleimenova
Special Representative of the President of Kazakhstan on International Environmental Cooperation, Kazakhstan.
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María Fernanda Suárez Londoño
Minister of Mines and Energy. María Fernanda Suárez Londoño has served as Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy since August 2018. Under her leadership, Colombia is implementing an ambitious energy efficiency plan. Ms Suárez has worked in senior roles in the public and private sectors, including at Colombian oil company Ecopetrol.
