BWF held a lecture with the aim of widely promoting reports on this year’s BWF activities and future trends related to WPT.

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
　　　Lecture 14:00 ~ 17:00
　　　Social Gathering 17:30 ~ 19:30 (Participation fee system)
Venue: Shinagawa Season Terrace Conference
　　　https://shinagawa-st.jp/en/

Contents

  1. Keynote Speech
    「Trends in Radio Policy」
    Speaker : Mr. Hisashi Onaga
    　(Director-General of the Radio Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
  2. Lecture : Efforts to Implement WPT at BWF
    1. 2-1「Overview of BWF/WPT-WG Activities」
      　　Speaker : Mr. Hiroki Shoki, BWF WPT-WG Leader (Aeterlink Corp.)
    2. 2-2「The Current Status and Future of Spatial Transmission WPT :
      　　BWF’s Vision for a Wireless Power Transmission Society」
      　　Speaker : Mr. Hiroshi Katsunaga, TG6 Leader (MARUBUN CORPORATION)
    3. 2-3「Initiatives Related to Near-Coupled WPT」
      　　Speaker : Ms. Fumiko Kusano, TG5 Leader (DENSO CORPORATION)
    4. 2-4「Efforts toward International Institutionalization」
      　　Speaker : Mr. Takahiko Yamazaki, BWF SDG Deputy Chief Examiner
      　　　　　　(Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
    5. 2-5「Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Commissioned Research :
      　　Interference Suppression and Advanced Technologies for Spatial
      　　Transmission-Type Wireless Power Transmission」
      　　Speaker : Mr. Noboru Sekino, BWF SDG Deputy Chief Examiner (DKK Co., Ltd.)
  3. Panel Discussion
    　Theme : What is the key to expanding the Wireless Power Transmission market?
    　Moderator : Mr. Hiroyuki Morikawa (BWF President, University of Tokyo)
    　Commentator : Mr. Isao Horikoshi (Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Business LIVE, Nikkei BP Inc.)
    　Panelists :
    　　Mr. Yuji Tanabe (Director / CTO, Aeterlink Corp.)
    　　Mr. Shinji Abe (Representative Director / CTO, Power Wave Co., Ltd.)
    　　Mr. Noboru Sekino (Senior Researcher, DKK Co., Ltd.)
    　　Ms. Kaori Maruta (Chief Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)