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Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

2026JSRAE Annual Conference

Organizer: Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

Co-organizer: Osaka Metropolitan University

September 1-4, 2026

Morinomiya Campus, Osaka Metropolitan University (Osaka, Japan)

Special Lecture Open to the Public

The 2026 Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers will host the following special lecture.
This lecture is open to the public.

Date and Time Thursday, September 3, 2026, 4:45–5:45 p.m.
Speaker Professor Takamasa Shigematsu
Vice President, Osaka Metropolitan University
Department of Urban Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Lecture Title “Technologies for a Mature Future City” (tentative)
Venue Auditorium, Morinomiya Campus, Osaka Metropolitan University
Lecture Room 402 (live relay)

Professor Takamasa Shigematsu, Vice President of Osaka Metropolitan University

Biography

1986  B.E., Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka City University
1988  Completed the Master's Program in Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University
1999  Ph.D. in Engineering

1988  Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka City University
2000  Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka City University
2004  Associate Professor, Department of Urban Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University
2010  Professor, Department of Urban Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University
2022–Present  Professor, Department of Urban Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University

2018  Director of Student Affairs, Osaka City University
2021  Special Assistant to the President for Community and Industry Engagement, Osaka City University
2022–Present  Vice President, Osaka Metropolitan University (industry–academia–government–community co-creation strategy, urban think tank strategy, industry–academia collaboration, and Expo-related initiatives)
April 2024–Present  Executive Director, Osaka Metropolitan University Corporation (industry–academia–government–community co-creation, urban think tank initiatives, and Expo-related initiatives)

Main Research Areas

Urban disaster prevention engineering, environmental engineering in enclosed coastal waters, wave power generation, and solid–liquid multiphase flow

Japan Society of Refrigerating and AirConditioning Engineers

Supported by : Architectural Institute of Japan, Chubu Refrigeration Industry Association, Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of Japan, Energy Conservation Center, Japan, Heat Island Institute International, Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan, The Heat Transfer Society of Japan, The High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan, The Institute for Advancement and Promotion of Food Freezing Technology, The Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan, The Japan Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, Japan Association of Food Preservation Scientists, Japan Association of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Contractors, Japan Frozen Food Association, The Japan Institute of Energy, The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering, The Japan Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, Japan Society for Food Engineering, The Japan Society of Cookery Science, Japan Society of Energy and Resources, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Kansai Branch, The Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties, Japan Solar Energy Society, Japanese Association of Building Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Japanese Society for Cryobiology and Cryotechnology, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow, Japanese Society of Animal Science, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, Japanese Society of Latent Heat Engineers, Osaka Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industries Association, The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, The Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan, West Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industries Association, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers(ASHRAE), The Society of Air-conditioning and refrigerating engineers of Korea (SAREK), Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CAR), Taiwan Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (TSHRAE)

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