2023.3.17
The G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ MeetingStakeholders’ Conference on Digital Technologies for Trust
The Digital Agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will host “Stakeholders' Conference on Digital Technologies for Trust,” as a related event of the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting, on March 29, 2023, at the Tokyo Prince Hotel.
About this conference
At this conference, we will introduce the efforts to ensure “trust” for the concrete operationalization of data free flow with trust (DFFT), including specific use cases and technologies/mechanisms that are expected to be implemented in the future.
Sessions 1-3 will introduce the use case of international collaboration of CO2 emission data in the supply chain, using e-seal as an example of how to ensure the authenticity of data to achieve carbon neutrality and will also introduce equivalent initiatives in the EU and India.
Sessions 4-6 will introduce policy efforts and on-going use cases that enhance trust in data exchange through the use of digital technologies such as distributed digital identity and credentials.
The panel will discuss the goal and approach of as well as international collaboration among these policy initiatives by G7 member countries.
Session 7 will introduce the efforts to operationalize DFFT in order to enhance transparency to facilitate cross-border distribution of data by CEO. Johannes Fritz who developed the Digital Policy Alert in St. Gallen Endowment.
Many government officials from G7 countries, invitees, organisations, companies and academic groups involved in trust services will be participating, so if you are interested, please register for participation.
Overview of the conference
- Date and Time
- March 29, 2023 2:00 pm-to 5:20 pm
- Venue
- Tokyo Prince Hotel（2F Providence Hall）（3-3-1 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku Tokyo, 105-8560, Japan）
https://www.princehotels.com/tokyo/location/
- Event Style
- Hybrid Style (comprise both in-person and on-line)
- Language
- English（English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation is available）
- Host
- Digital Agency, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Registration
- The registration is closed.
Event Program (The program may be changed on account of the speakers/ panelists. )
- 14:00-14:10
(10min) -
Opening Remarks
AKAISHI Koichi(Vice-Minister for Digital Policy, Digital Agency, Government of Japan) - 14:10-14:40
(30min) -
Session 1 Presentation on International Mutual Recognition for Achieving DFFT
TEZUKA Satoru(Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Graduate school of Media and Governance, Keio University) - 14:40-14:55
(15min) -
Session 2 Presentation on European context
Lorena Boix Alonso(Director, Cybersecurity and Trust, European Commission) - 14:55-15:10
(15min) -
Session 3 Presentation on Indian context
Arvind Kumar(Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, New Delhi)
Aashish Banati(Deputy Controller, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, New Delhi)
Vijayakumar Manjunatha(Secretary General, Asia PKI Consortium, Bengaluru, India) - 15:10-15:30
(20min) -
Coffee Break
- 15:30-15:45
(15min) -
Session 4 Presentation on “Trusted Web” initiative
KUROSAKA Tatsuya(President and CEO, Kuwadate Inc.) - 15:45-16:05
(20min) -
Session 5 Presentation on use case projects in “Trusted Web” initiative
KIKUKAWA Yuya(CEO/ Founder, ORPHE Inc. (Healthcare Sector))
OKAMOTO Rintaro(Chief Assistant to Manager, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Social Business Sector)) - 16:05-16:50
(45min) -
Session 6 Panel discussion on policy initiatives for enabling trust across the digital economy and society
Key questions:
- What are the goals and approaches of your policy initiative?
- What sectors and use cases has your initiative covered? What benefits and lessons did you identify/do you expect to identify?
- What roles can the government play in this space?
- How can the governments internationally collaborate in this area? What role can the G7 play?
Moderator:
ZAMMA Toshiyuki(Head of International Strategy, Digital Agency, Government of Japan)Panelists:
NARITA Tatsuji(Head of the Secretariat for the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan)
Paul Jackson(Director on Technology and Innovation, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada)
Caroline Copley(Head of Digital Identity international strategy and legislation, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Government of the UK) - 16:50-17:10
(20 min) -
Session 7 Presentation on enhancing transparency for DFFT
Johannes Fritz(CEO, St. Gallen Endowment) - 17:10-17:20
(10min) -
Closing Remarks
ZAMMA Toshiyuki(Head of International Strategy, Digital Agency, Government of Japan)