WS-1 The Challenge Toward a Hydrogen Society Starting in the Kansai Region

Organizer
YOSHIDA, Atsumasa (Osaka Metropolitan Univ.), NISHIMURA, Nobuya (Osaka Metropolitan Univ.), WAKUI, Tetsuya (Osaka Metropolitan Univ.), ASANO, Hitoshi (Kobe Univ.)

2026/09/03 (Day 2 ), Room F

WS-1 The Challenge Toward a Hydrogen Society Starting in the Kansai Region 1 09:00 〜 10:20
【Keynote】Japan’s Recent Policy Developments on Hydrogen and Ammonia and the Initiatives of METI Kansai

◯ ATSUSHI Tsuji (METI-Kansai)
Efforts to build an international liquefied hydrogen supply chain
Contribution to Decarbonization

◯ INOUE Kenji (Kawasaki Heavy Industries,Ltd.)
Iwatani’s Initiatives for a Hydrogen Society and the Utilization of Liquid Hydrogen Cold Energy

◯ HIROTANI Ryuichi (Iwatani)

2026/09/03 (Day 2 ), Room F

WS-1 The Challenge Toward a Hydrogen Society Starting in the Kansai Region 2 10:40 〜 12:00
【Keynote】Liquid Hydrogen Supply System and Open Laboratory of HyTec, KOBE UNIV.

◯ TAKEDA Minoru (Kobe Univ.)
Paving the Way to Carbon Neutrality: Liquefied Hydrogen Pumps Powered by High-Temperature Superconducting Motors
An Innovative Drive System that Transforms Cryogenic Temperatures into a "Resource"

◎ KARASUDA Go (Torishima Pump Mfg. Co., Ltd.)
Visualization and Measurement of Liquid Water Behaviors in PEFC

◯ ASANO Hitoshi (Kobe Univ.), MURAKAWA Hideki, SUGIMOTO Katsumi, SHIRASE Yuto (Univ. Yamanashi), SCHREIBER Christofer, DZRAMADO Eric, INUKAI Junji, ADACHI Hironori (Enomoto Corp.), NASU Mitsunori, ODAIRA Naoya (Kyoto Univ.), ITO Daisuke, SAITO Yasushi