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[Cancelled (April 1): Due to an unexpected schedule change of the speaker, this lecture was cancelled]

Despite the accelerated effort in energy transition and diversification of energy resource import sources, Japan remains more than 90% dependent on Middle Eastern oil-producing countries for its oil imports, largely on the contries conprising  the Oranization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). 

While the transition to renewable energy is being explored not only in oil/gas-importing countries like Japan, but in producing and exporting countries of conventional energy resources as well, geopolitical/geoeconomic upheaval and uncertainty in Europe and the Middle East are making us re-evaluate the role played by oil-producing countries in the global economy and energy markets.

How is OPEC responding to the tide of the energy transition? How has been energy market affected by the international political and geopolitical upheavals caused by the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East? How does it access the prospect of the medium- and long-term energy future?

In this open lecture at the University of Tokyo's Komaba Research Campus, Mr. Haitham Al-Ghaith, during  the first-ever visit to Japan by an incumbent OPEC Secretary General, will discuss the current situation of the world energy market and look at the future of energy in from the perspective of an oil-exporting country.

and be held at the historical auditorium of Research Center for Advanced Sience and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo and organized by RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) of the Universitiy of Tokyo.

OPEC’s View on Energy Markets in the Short, Medium and Long Term

Speaker: His Excelency Mr. Haitham Al-Ghais, Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 

Moderator: Prof. Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor of Religion and Global Security of RCAST of the Unversity of Tokyo and Founding Chair of ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) 

Opening Remarks:  Amb. Mr. Izuru KOBAYASHI, Deputy Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau and Deputy Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Date: 8 April 2025 (Tue) 13:30-15:00 (JST)
Venue: Auditorium at RCAST Building No. 13 (Under the iconic Clock Tower), 3rd. Floor
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**Caution: RCAST Campus ("Komaba II "or "Komaba Research Campus") is separete from "Komaba I Campus" for the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Tokyo. 

Format: In-person

Language: English with Consecutive Interpretation to Japanese

Participation: Students and Faculty Members and Member of Public
Please register from this link.

Hosted by: ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) and Religion and Global Security Laboratory (Prof. IKEUCHI Lab.) of RCAST of the University of Tokyo