Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony will be held!
^{Top leaders from the energy industry will participate.}

Join us for the Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, where leading companies and organizations from across the industry will gather to mark the start of the exhibition.
We warmly invite you and your colleagues to attend and witness this special occasion.

Date & Time : Sep. 9(Wed) 9:40~

Venue : in front of Hall 5, Central Entrance, Makuhari Messe, Japan

Admission Fee / Pre-registration: Not required

Opening Ribbon-cutting Ceremony -SMART ENERGY WEEK [Autumn] | RX Japan Ltd.

For Exhibitors
Take this opportunity to welcome your key customers in the vibrant atmosphere of the exhibition's opening day. The ceremony provides an excellent setting to connect with existing and prospective customers and serves as a great conversation starter before business meetings.

For Visitors
Start your exhibition experience alongside key industry stakeholders at this opening event. Feel the excitement of the venue and gain insight into the industry's key topics before attending conferences, visiting booths, and engaging in business discussions.

*Admission to the Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony is free of charge and no reservation is required.
*Free visitor registration is required to enter the exhibition and conference.

List of Ribbon-cutting Dignitaries

(in random order, honorifics omitted, as of September 2, 2026)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Director-General, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Dept.,
Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Jin Yamaguchi

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
President
Naohiko Yokoshima

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc
Member of the Board and Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer (CIO), International Business Development
Takashi Oishi

Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering Society
President/Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Managing Executive Officer
Masahiro Abe

The Kansai Electric Power Company,Incorporated
General Manager
Business Strategy and Development Department
Customer Solution Division
Sonoko Osawa

Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Corporation
Chairperson of the Board
Yasuhiro Konishi

OSAKA GAS Co., LTD.
SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Osamu Sudou

INPEX Corporation
Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, Low Carbon Solutions
Koji Ochiai

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer,
President of Japan Carbon Neutral Div.
Dai Wada

Renewable Energy Association for Sustainable Power Supply
Vice President
Kiyoshi Doi

Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan
President
Mikihiro Nomura

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Development Information Center
President / Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo
Ken Okazaki

Japan Hydrogen Association(JH2A)
Executive Director
Hiroshi Fukushima

ENEOS Corporation
General Manager, Hydrogen Business Department
Keisuke Nakayama

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Executive Officer, General Manager, Hydrogen Strategy Division
Kei Nomura

Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association
Chairman / Deputy Chairman,
Sharp Corporation
Masahiro Okitsu

Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Director, Ph.D., Perovskite PV Development Center
Yukihiro Kaneko

Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
President and Executive Officer
Kyo Fujiwara

Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University
Professor, Vice Dean
Takeshi Abe

HONDA R&D Co.,Ltd.
Executive Chief Engineer
Battery Research & Development Division
Research Center of Excellence

Yoshiaki Matsuzono

Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.
Executive Vice President, CTO
Shoichiro Watanabe

ProLogium
Chairman & CEO
Vincent Yang

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Director, Div. of Energy Storage Materials & Technology
Shih-Chieh Liao

E-Flow LLC
Chief Policy Officer
Koichi Kawaguchi

Ashikaga University
Adviser & Professor Emeritus
Izumi Ushiyama

Japan Wind Power Association
President /
Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation
Representative Director Executive Vice President
Masaru Akiyoshi

Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association
Chairman
Masakatsu Terazaki

Floating Offshore Wind Construction System Technology Research Association (FLOWCON)
President
Tetsushi Noguchi

GE VERNOVA
Country Sales Director Onshore Wind Japan
Fumitoshi Nishikawa

MHI Vestas Japan Co., Ltd.
Chief Executive Officer
Katsushige Goto

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Ltd.
Head of Offshore Asia-Pacific
Niels Steenberg

Carbon Recycling Fund
Vice-Chairperson /
Representative Director Chairman,
Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.
Toshifumi Watanabe

Mitsubishi Corporation
Carbon Management Dept. Europe & Next-Generation Energy Div. Energy & Power Solution Group・General Manager
Tadashi Sawamura

Japan Fusion Energy Council (J-Fusion)
Executive Director /
Representative Director, President and CEO, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Hideya Moridaira

National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
Executive Director
Hidenobu Takenaga

National Institute for Fusion Science
Director General
Hiroshi Yamada

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Director, Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology
Tammy Ma

Focused Energy
President & CFO
Christopher Wendel

Institute of SCIENCE TOKYO
Director, Professor / Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy Institute of Integrated Research Director, Science Tokyo GXI
Yukitaka Kato

JAPAN ELECTRO-HEAT CENTER
Executive Director
Jin Yasuda

Toshiba Corporation
Chief Fellow Corporate Laboratory
Chikako Iwaki

<Organiser>
RX Japan GK
President
Takeshi Tanaka

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