Event

Baden-Württemberg Innovation Region No.1: Dialogue with Japan on cooperation in the fields of future mobility and digitalization

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 15:30-19:00
Venue: Roppongi Academyhills, Tower Hall (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 49F)
Host: BW-i Baden-Württemberg International - Agency for International
Economic and Scientific Cooperation
Organized by: German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (AHK Japan)
Supported by: German Embassy、JETRO (tentative)
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Dr.-Ing. Prof. e.h. Willhelm Bauer, Director of Fraunhofer IAO will have a keynote speech at the "Baden-Württemberg Innovation Region No.1:
Dialogue with Japan on cooperation in the fields of future mobility and digitalization". A researcher from Fraunhofer IPA will also join the panel discussion.

15:00 - Registration

15:30 - 15:40 Opening Remarks  Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing of the State of BadenWürttemberg

15:40 - 16:00 Signing Ceremony of Cooperation Agreements

16:00 - 16:20 Keynote Speech  Hiroshi Hasegawa
Principal Deputy Director, Industrial Machinery Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
“Connected Industries - Recent Developments & Challenges in Japanese Manufacturing IoT”

16:20 - 16:40 Keynote Speech  Dr.-Ing. Prof. e.h. Willhelm Bauer
Commissioner for Technology of the State Government of BadenWürttemberg, Director of Fraunhofer IAO
“Future of Work”

16:40 - 17:00 Keynote Speech  Sadahiro Sato
Senior Vice President SoftBank Group
“Approach of Information Revolution of SoftBank and Cooperation with BW-state”

17:00 - 18:00 Panel Discussion “Digitalization – Latest Trends and Possibilities for Cooperation”

Panelists:

Joachim Seidelmann, Head of Department DigiTools for Manufacturing, Fraunhofer IPA
Dr. Masahiro Nakamura, CEO, Lexer Research Inc.
(additional panelists tba)
Moderator:
Martin Schulz, Fujitsu Research Institute

18:00 - 19:00 Networking Event

Further information:
・Entrance fee: free
・Participants: 150
・Language: Japanese, English (simultaneous interpretation will be available)
・Registration: Please register in advance, using the following link:
・Registration Deadline: Thursday, 22 February, 2018