Atlantic Council/EIRP Webinar Assesses U.S.-Japan and U.S.-South Korea Energy Technology Cooperation

Atlantic Council/EIRP Webinar Assesses U.S.-Japan and U.S.-South Korea Energy Technology Cooperation

On December 14, 2020, the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and EIRP co-sponsored a webinar evaluating challenges and opportunities to U.S.-Japan and U.S.-South Korea cooperation on energy technology research and development. A video recording is available on YouTube.

During the event, EIRP President Paul J. Saunders presented his new report, Energy Technology in an Era of Great Power Competition. Jennifer Gordon, Managing Editor and Senior Fell0w at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center moderated the discussion. Other panelists included Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Chinho Park, Professor, Yeungnam University, and former Managing Director, Energy Industry, Office of Strategic R&D Planning, Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, Republic of Korea; and Masakazu Toyoda, Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan and former Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan.