panel discussion

Envisioning a new energy local production for local consumption system

A panel discussion, "Envisioning a New Energy Local Production for Local Consumption System" (session partner: Focus Systems Co., Ltd.) will be held within the Hokkaido Forum 2022 (Saturday, November 26, 2022) of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields.

Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference in Hokkaido Forum 2022

Hokkaido, with its abundant agricultural, forestry, and fishery resources, is rich in a variety of biomass. Effective utilization of this biomass is being promoted in order to realize a recycling-oriented society and local production for local consumption of energy, and energy utilization through biogas conversion is beginning to take place in various parts of Hokkaido. In this session, we will focus on weeds, which have been difficult to use as a raw material for biogas, and expand the use of biogas beyond power generation to envision a new system of local production for local consumption of energy, with biogas at its core.

We will have a program of discussions among researchers, startups, and large companies from a variety of perspectives, not limited to the themes of this session. For more information,Conference Websitefor more information.

*The event will be held after taking measures against new coronavirus infection on the day of the event.

Envisioning a new energy local production for local consumption system

Date: Saturday, November 26, 2022, 15:50-16:40
Location: FMI International Center, Hokkaido University
Details:https://hic.lne.st/conference/hokkaido2022/

speaker

Yuichiro Fujii
Representative Director, Fujii Farm Ltd.
Representative Director, Japan A2 Milk Association

He is the fifth generation of a dairy farming family that has been in business for 118 years since the pioneering days of Hokkaido. He runs a dairy business with 1,200 dairy cows and 500 hectares (120 times the size of the Tokyo Dome) of farmland. While a student at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, he went to the U.S. to study under F. Helfter, who was called the world's best dairy farmer. After graduation, he recovered his family's dairy business, which was on the verge of bankruptcy after he contracted Yone's disease, a legally contagious disease. He has been working on a number of firsts in Japan, such as farm HACCP certification and the introduction of a sand separator, aiming for "only one milk" under the management philosophy of "being a pioneer. In 2030, he plans to establish "Furano Mirai Kaitakusai Mura" as a new rural model to foster the next generation of farmers. In 2014, he was elected as a member of the deliberative committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' "Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas" policy. Involved in the formulation of the Basic Agricultural Policy Plan.

Yasunori Baba
Lecturer, Institute of Bioresource Engineering, University of Ishikawa

D. in Agriculture. He specializes in environmental microbiology. D. in research on a novel methane fermentation method using bovine rumen microorganisms, and based on his experience of living through the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, he has been conducting research to produce methane gas, which is city gas, and electricity from weeds that exist anywhere and anytime, so that people can eat, drink, and use electricity even during disasters that involve gas outages and power outages. He is currently conducting research to make it possible to eat, drink, and use electricity even in times of disaster. He received the Tohoku University President's Award (2013) and the President's Award of the Council of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Award for Young Researchers in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2049).

Kei Okubo
Professor, School of Advanced Co-creative Studies, Osaka University

The company was the first in the world to successfully develop a technology to convert methane and air into methanol and formic acid at room temperature and pressure. In July 2020, the company succeeded in producing methanol and formic acid from biogas, and is now further developing the technology for its social implementation. In July 2020, he succeeded in producing methanol and formic acid from biogas, and is now further developing the technology for social implementation. His areas of expertise are photochemistry, catalytic chemistry, and electron transfer chemistry.

Moderator.
Shuichiro Takahashi
Representative Director, President and COO, Liverness, Inc.

D. (Life Sciences), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Founding member of RIVANESS. He established the RIVANES research institute and built the foundation for research support and R&D projects. He has devised unique business models such as "RIVANESS Research Fund" and "L-RAD," a platform for unused research ideas, and has led many projects involving industry, academia, and education.

Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference in Hokkaido Forum 2022