First day
[Date/Time] November 18th, 2025 Tuesday 12:30-17:40
[Venue] MIRAI CREA (multi-purpose space), Hiroshima University
[Speaker(1)] Prof. HAN SOO LEE, Professor, Hiroshima University
[Title(1)] Tidal power potential, and its feasibility and viability in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan
[Speaker(2)] Prof. DANNY COLES, Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
[Title(2)] Tidal Stream Energy: Progress, Potential and Pathways
[Speaker(3)] Prof. MIGUEL ESTEBAN, Professor, Waseda University
[Title(3)] The Japanese electricity grid, transmission constraints, renewable energy and curtailment
[Speaker(4)] Dr. PATXI GARCIA NOVO, Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University
[Title(4)] Optimization of tidal current energy farm layouts with an artificial neural network-assisted genetic algorithm
[Speaker(5)] Mr. KATSUHIRO HENZAN, Chief of the Business Development Department, Kyuden Mirai Energy
[Title(5)] Challenges Toward Commercializing Tidal Power Technology
[Speaker(6)] Dr. INSEONG CHANG, Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
[Title(6)] Impact of Vertical Coordinate Systems on Tidal Dynamics in the Yellow Sea
Second day
[Date/Time] November 19th, 2025 Wednesday 9:30-17:00
[Venue] Shimanami Islands & Kurushima Strait
