October 16, 2020 Roundtable Conference on Digital Utilization in the Post-corona Era

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will hold a roundtable conference on digital utilization in the post-corona era. This conference aims to study digital utilization in the post-corona era from the viewpoint of establishing new daily life structures and realizing economic revitalization and regional revitalization, with a medium- to long-term perspective kept in mind.

1. Purpose

Taking the opportunity of measures against COVID-19, the government as a whole is making full-scale efforts toward digitization. MIC considers the use of digital technology in the post-corona era to establish new daily lives and realize economic revitalization and regional revitalization, with a medium- to long-term perspective in mind.

2. Considerations

1. 1.
   Measures to improve the digital usage environment for all people
2. 2.
   Measures to promote data utilization that contributes to the realization of economic revitalization and regional revitalization
3. 3.
   Measures to promote the development of information and communications infrastructure that supports new daily lives
4. 4.
   Other matters related to digital utilization in the post-corona era

3. Schedule

The first meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday, October 23, 2020.