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PLENARY SESSION

Date,Place

Tuesday, April 4
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Eminence Hall, 5F

Opening Ceremony

Opening Address
K. Ohnishi Management Committee Chair
Welcome Address
K. Akizuki President of IEE of Japan
K. Matsuse Organizing Committee Chair
Report from the Technical Program Committee
Y. Hori Technical Program Committee Chair

Invited Lectures

Response Strategies for Global Warming and the Role of Power Technologies

Prof. Yoichi Kaya: Keio University


State of the Art and Future Trends in High Power Electronics

Prof. Herbert Stemmler: ETH

Converter-Based FACTS Technology:
Electric Power Transmission in the 21st Century

Dr. Laszlo Gyugyi: Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution