Yukari Yamashita, Director of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ); President-Elect, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)

Ms. Yamashita joined The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) in 1985 and is now a Board Member, Director, Charge of Energy Data and Modelling Center (EDMC) of IEEJ. As a Board Member for the Institute and the Director in Charge of EDMC, she is responsible for quantitative and qualitative analyses of energy and climate change policy issues. Her modeling team prepares the annual IEEJ Energy Outlook, continues to develop a Practical Approach to Climate Change and performed analyses that contributed greatly to Japan’s debate on a national energy mix. She has been leading miscellaneous international and regional programs in the area of energy cooperation through IEA, APEC, ERIA and IPEEC. She is currently a Council member as President-elect of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).