PROGRAM | Global ICT Summit 2015 "City, Business and Society Built by Intelligence"

Mon. 8th June AM
Mon. 8th June PM
Tue. 9th June AM
Tue. 9th June PM

Mon. 8th June [ AM ]

9:20-9:30	Welcome Address by host organizations
9:30-10:00 Lecture	" The Secret of Silicon Valley - Changing the World by Building Great Software Companies - " Mr. Rob Mee President and Founder, Pivotal Labs, the USA PDF download
10:00-10:30 Lecture	" Making Technology Meaningful Through Industry Solutions " Mr. Paul Yonamine Country General Manager and President, IBM Japan, Ltd.
10:30-11:00 Lecture	" Service Collaboration and Legacy Creation " Mr. Hiroo Unoura Representative Director and President, CEO, NTT Corporation PDF download
11:20-12:45 Session1	" Data Management Business for New Economic Growth " It is inviting significant attention to make use of data gained through sensors of hardware like industrial machineries, transaction information from the Internet, and history information accumulated through social media communication, thereby opening avenues for enhancing customer-services, developing new products, and market penetration. This session is meant to discuss ways and means, and strategies for creating new value from the huge amount of data and utilizing it for business growth. Panelist Mr. Takafumi Kusano CEO & President, BrainPad Inc. Mr. Bill Ruh Vice President, GE Software, the USA Mr. Rob Mee President and Founder, Pivotal Labs, the USA Mr. Hironobu Nishikori Executive Officer, Corporate Senior Vice President, President and CEO, Industrial ICT Solutions Company, Toshiba Corporation Moderator Mr. Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.

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Mon. 8th June [ PM ]

13:50-13:55	Welcome Address by host organizations
13:55-14:25 Lecture	" A Prosperous Future Brought About by Innovations " Mr. Masami Yamamoto President and Representative Director, Fujitsu Limited PDF download
14:25-14:55 Lecture	" Orchestrating a brighter world " Dr. Nobuhiro Endo President (Representative Director), NEC Corporation
15:15-16:40 Session2	" Venture Businesses for Building a Knowledge Based Society " Due to advancements in cloud computing, costs for starting a business have decreased, and investments made by capital funds and big companies are on the increase. Venture companies that have succeeded in supplying various types of services are on an ascending trend. Creation of industries by encouraging new businesses is indispensable for national economic growth. The present session involving presidents of venture making ventures succeed. Panelist Mr. Yasuhisa Takatani President, E-Guardian, Inc. PDF download Mr. Daisuke Sasaki CEO and Co-founder, freee K.K. PDF download Mr. Yosuke Akiyoshi Founder and CEO, Lancers, Inc. PDF download Mr. Naoaki Mashita Founder & CEO, V-cube, Inc. PDF download Moderator Mr. Keiichi Murayama Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.

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Tue. 9th June [ AM ]

9:10-9:50 Lecture	" 3D Printing: The Next 25 Years " Dr. Hod Lipson Professor, Cornell University, the USA Moderator Dr. Hiroya Tanaka Associate Professor, Keio University
9:50-10:20 Lecture	" Better Quality of Life Using Wearable Solutions " Mr. Minoru Usui President, Seiko Epson Corporation PDF download
10:20-10:50 Lecture	" Network Vision for IoT " Dr. Youngky Kim President and General Manager of Networks Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., ROK
10:50-11:20 Lecture	" Leadership in a Digital World " Mr. Amur S. Lakshminarayanan President & CEO, Representative Director, Tata Consultancy Services Japan Limited PDF download
11:40-13:05 Session3	" Technologies for a Smart Society and Affluent Life " Impact from technologies, such as 3D printer, robots, smart grids, artificial intelligence, and high-speed network would be making our society and way of living more convenient and safer. On the occasion of Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics in 2020, such smart technologies are expected to be utilized as infrastructure to support operation of games. The present session is meant to discuss from a variety of angles, image of the smart society enabled by progress in Internet-relevant technologies. Panelist Dr. Hod Lipson Professor, Cornell University, the USA Mr. Yan Lida President, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China PDF download Mr. Giuseppe Targia Vice President of the Security Business Unit, Nokia Networks, Nokia, Finland PDF download Mr. Kiyoshi Tsutsui President and CEO, NTT FACILITIES, INC. Moderator Mr. Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.

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Tue. 9th June [ PM ]

14:15-15:45

Session4

" Government Policies and Actions for Promoting IoT "

Against the backdrop of the development of sensor technologies, the IoT (Internet of Things), which is a broad concept including M2M, wearable devices, smart meters and such, has been drawing increasing attention. Each country considers the promotion of IoT as an important political measure and has started to take specific initiatives such as implementation of public-private partnership projects.
In this session, distinguished guest speakers will share information on the status of progress of IoT promotion projects, etc. and will also discuss the socio-economic impact of the development of IoT, measures for political issues on IoT dissemination, and possibility of international cooperation, etc.

Keynote Speech
Mr. Shigeki Suzuki: Director-General, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC, Japan

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Panel Discussion
Mr. Henry Quek: Deputy Director (Next Generation Cellular Networks), Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), Singapore
Mr. Wolfgang Dorst: Head, Industrie 4.0, Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM), Germany

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Mr. James St. Pierre: Deputy Director, Information Technology Laboratory (ITL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the USA

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Dr. Sam Paltridge: Senior Policy Analyst, Division for Digital Economy Policy, Directorate of Science Technology and Innovation, OECD

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Moderator
Mr. Eiji Makiguchi: Counselor, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC, Japan

16:05-17:30

Session5

" Next Generation Mobility with Intelligence "

With progress in hardware and improvement of algorithms, we are witnessing developments such as use of air-borne drones equipped with AI and land-based automated vehicles. Likewise development of communication function consolidated “Connected Car” is further getting developed. While Japan has been keeping competitive edge in the car industry so far, it is time to gain an insight into how Internet-based technology will impact the industry in future. The session is intended to discuss about future vision of mobility evolving due to progress in ICT.

Panelist
Mr. Tooru Futami: Engineering Director, EE and Systems Engineering Division, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Mr. Tin Hang Liu: Co-founder and CEO, OSVehicle

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Mr. Chris Roberts: Vice President and Managing Director of JPAC Region, Parrot, France

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Mr. Hisashi Taniguchi: CEO, ZMP Inc.

Moderator
Mr. Atsushi Nakayama: Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.

Please be advised that the program may be subject to change without prior notice.

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