Date: 2025/11/18
Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: MIRAI CREA (multi-purpose space), Hiroshima University
Online: registration required
Language: English (Japanese real-time translation provided)
Contact: Dr. Jae-Soon Jeong / jeongjs@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Program (18 Nov., 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm):
- Chairperson: Dr. Jae-soon Jeong
- Opening Remark (1:00 pm – 1:10 pm):
- Prof. Naoto Chatani, The Dean of the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
- —— Presentations (30 min per presentation) ——————————-
- Tidal power potential, and its feasibility and viability in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan
- Prof. Han Soo Lee, Professor, Hiroshima University
- Tidal Stream Energy: Progress, Potential and Pathways
- Prof. Danny Coles, Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
- The Japanese electricity grid, transmission constraints, renewable energy and curtailment
- Prof. Miguel Esteban, Professor, Waseda University
- —— Break (10 min) ——————————-
- Optimization of tidal current energy farm layouts with an artificial neural network-assisted genetic algorithm
- Dr. Patxi Garcia Novo, Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University
- Challenges Toward Commercializing Tidal Power Technology
- Mr. Katsuhiro Henzan, Chief of the Business Development Department, Kyuden Mirai Energy
- Impact of Vertical Coordinate Systems on Tidal Dynamics in the Yellow Sea
- Dr. Inseong Chang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- —— Break (10 min) ——————————-
- Panel Discussion (4:50 pm – 5:30 pm)
- Moderator: Mr. Morhaf Aljber & Dr. Jae-soon Jeong
- Closing Remark (5:30 pm – 5:40 pm):
- Prof. Yuji Sakuno, the Head of the Transportation and Environmental System Program
Second day (19 Nov.) – Field trip (from MIRAI CREA by a charter bus)
Place – Shimanami Islands & Kurushima Strait
【The registration for the field trip】
https://forms.gle/WckLEtvWFozTqMQo6
