Abstract: Energy harvesting not only presents us with academic challenges in basic and fundamental research, but is also a technological platform that requires collaboration across a wide range of research layers, from materials, devices, and circuit design to system design for social implementation. The energy dissipated around us has many different pathways, so the scope of energy harvesting-related technologies is extremely broad. This is why energy harvesting requires collaboration and integration among stakeholders from various fields.

In his contribution, as examples of international collaboration, Hiroyuki Akinaga will introduce two activities related to energy harvesting, International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Hiroyuki Akinaga believes that by revitalising these activities, we can envision a future in which energy-harvesting devices become an essential part of the infrastructure of our lives as semiconductor devices.

Hiroyuki Akinaga (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, in 1987, 1989, and 1992, respectively. Currently, he is the Principal Research Manager, Device Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He is co-leader of the Beyond CMOS Working Group (WG) at International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS), Japanese leader of the research field of energy harvesting at More-than-Moore WG, and a strategic committee member at WG of Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (ESHS). He has been serving as a convenor at International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), TC113 (Nanotechnology for electrotechnical products and systems), WG7 (Reliability) and WG13 (Wafer-Scale System Integration). He is a fellow of Japan Society of Applied Physics. His current interests include nanoelectronics and open innovation platform.