Scope and events
This conference will welcome participants of professionals dedicated to theories, experiments, simulations, databases, and applied aspects on all kinds of refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Attendees will include consulting engineers, design engineers, contractors, architects, manufacturers, researchers and academics.
Technical Sessions and Events
Panel Discussion (PD)
“What Makes the HVAC&R Exhibition and the New International HVAC&R Professional Symposium So Appealing?” (Tentative Title)
Moderator: Kiyoshi Saito (President of the Society)
Panelists: To be announced
In January 2026, our society will host the inaugural International HVAC&R Professional Symposium as a co-located event of HVAC&R JAPAN 2026, organized by JRAIA. Together with HVAC&R JAPAN, we aim to promote and energize the exhibition and symposium by sharing the purpose and appeal of this event in advance.
Organized Sessions (OS)
Session title | Organizer | |
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OS-1 | Present Status and Future Development of Compressors |
ANAMI, Keiko (Osaka Electro-Communication Univ.) MOTOZAWA, Masaaki (Shizuoka Univ.) |
OS-2 | Heat and Mass Transfer in Solid-Liquid Phase Change |
ASAOKA, Tatsunori (Shinshu Univ.) YAMADA, Yutaka (Okayama Univ.) |
OS-3 | Phenomena and Application Technology on Frost, Snow and Ice |
FUKIBA, Katsuyoshi (Shizuoka Univ.) MATSUMOTO, Ryosuke (Kansai Univ.) |
OS-4 | Technological Development in Heat Exchangers |
HAMAMOTO, Yoshinori (Kyushu Univ.) NAKAMURA, Hajime (National Defense Academy) HIROKAWA, Tomoki (Univ. of Hyogo) |
OS-5 | Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants |
KANO, Yuya (AIST) KARIYA, Keishi (Saga Univ.) MARUKO, Kohei (Carrier Japan) |
OS-6 | Simulation Technology for Refrigeration, Air-conditioning and Water Heating |
YAMAGUCHI, Seiichi (Waseda Univ.) NONAKA, Masayuki (Hitachi-Johnson Cntrols Air-Conditioning, Inc.) TAIRA, Shigeharu (Daikin Industries, LTD.) HIGASHIIUE, Shinya (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.) |
OS-7 | Technologies of Desiccant, Adsorption, Absorption and Chemical Reaction |
TSUJIGUCHI, Takuya (Kanazawa Univ.) ESAKI, Takehiro (Kyushu Univ.) TAKASU, Hiroki (Institute of Science Tokyo) |
OS-8 | Low Temperature Application and Technology for Food and Biomaterials |
KAWAI, Kiyoshi (Hiroshima Univ.) MIYAO, Norio (Toyo College of Food Technology) |
OS-9 | Next generation refrigeration system technology |
MATSUOKA, Fumio (Heatpump Lab.) DAIGUJI, Hirofumi (Univ. of Tokyo) KANAI, Hiroshi (Panasonic Co.) ITO, Masahiro (Mitsubishi Electric Co.) SAITO, Rei (Sun Co.) NAKAMURA, Shingo (Fuji Electric Co.) |
International Session (IS)
Session title | Organizer | |
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IS | Advancement in HVAC&R Technologies in Asia |
Akio Miyara (Saga Univ.) Yosuke Hasegawa (Univ. of Tokyo) Anna Sciazko (Univ. of Tokyo) Li Zhang (CRIEPI) |
General Session (GS)
It covers all fields of refrigeration and air conditioning.
Depending on the content, it may be included in the organized session.
Presentation Time
> Each speaker has 20 minutes for presentation including 5 minutes discussion.
> Each keynote speaker has 40 minutes for presentation including discussion.
Workshops (WS)
Workshop title | Moderator | |
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WS-1 | Trends in Development of Heat Exchangers |
SAGAWA, Kentaro (Fujitsu General Ltd.) YANACHI, Satoru (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.) TSUNODA, Isao (Shizuoka Univ.) |
WS-2 | Thermally Driven Technologies and Its Applications for Carbon Neutrality |
Technical Committee on Desiccant, Adsorption, Absorption, Chemical Systems |
Heat Pump for Co-creation of Future Society |
MATSUDA, Kenji (Waseda Univ.) |
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WS-4 | Current Status on the Research and Development of Alternative Refrigerants to R23 |
Ryo AKASAKA (Kyushu Sangyo Univ.) Yohei KAYUKAWA (AIST) Koh SHIMOSAKA (ETAC Engineering co., Ltd.) |
Energy Manegement of Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Systems |
HASUIKE, Hiroshi (Waseda Univ.) SAITO, Kiyoshi (Waseda Univ.) SASAKI, Masanobu (TEPCO EP) GIANNETTI, Niccolo (Waseda Univ.) |
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Development of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technologies for Practical Use of Next-Generation Low-GWP Refrigerants |
AKASAKA, Ryo (Kyushu Sangyo Univ.) MIYARA, Akio (Saga Univ.) SAITO, Kiyoshi (Waseda Univ.) HIGASHI, Tomohiro (CRIEPI) |
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Current Status and Future Prospects of Natural Refrigerant Systems |
KAYUKAWA, Yohei (AIST) AOYAMA, Jun (Ebara Corp.) |
Seminar (SN)
Seminar title | Moderator | |
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Seminar on Compressor Technology |
TOJO, Kenji (Tojo R&D design technology/Waseda Univ.) OKU, Tatsuya (MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.) |