October 7, 2021 Fifth New Business Strategy Seminar for Beyond 5G Era

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will sponsor the fifth new business strategy seminar for the Beyond 5G era. This seminar is an initiative of the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center (co-headed by MORIKAWA Hiroyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and YANAGAWA Noriyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo).

1. Purpose

On December 18, 2020, MIC launched the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center (co-headed by MORIKAWA Hiroyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and YANAGAWA Noriyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo). The purpose of the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center is to strategically acquire intellectual property and standardize with the participation of major industry-academia-government players toward the Beyond 5G era.
The Center encourages private companies, universities and other organizations to proactively and strategically promote the formation of markets and new market entry, the development and social implementation of innovative technologies and services by making full use of intellectual property and standardization. Therefore, MIC will support these efforts, provide reference information and a place for collaboration, and promote dissemination and enlightenment.
As part of the efforts of the Center, the fifth new business strategy seminar for the Beyond 5G era under the theme of “Future Digital Strategy in the Beyond 5G Era” will be held for corporate managers, IP department managers, international standardization and R&D department managers, researchers, etc.

2. Outline

• Time and date: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 20, 2021
• Venue: Online (the URL will be provided to those who register)
• Participation fee: Free
• Organizer: The Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center
• Co-organizer: Planning and Strategy Committee, Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium

3. Seminar overview

The following speakers will discuss the importance of future digitalization, expectations for Beyond 5G, and the future direction of intellectual property and standardization based on examples of DX initiatives from the standpoint of user companies.

Lecture 1

NAKABAYASHI Norihiko, Executive Officer, the Yamato Transport Company, Ltd.

Lecture 2

AKIBA Junichi, President, Frameworx, Inc.

Lecture 3

TOMOOKA Kenji, CIO/CDO, Fujitec Co., Ltd.
General Manager, Digital Innovation Headquarters

4. Panel discussion

1. Moderator

ETO Minoru, Professor, Osaka University’s Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives

2. Panelists

• NAKABAYASHI Norihiko, Executive Officer, the Yamato Transport Company, Ltd.
• AKIBA Junichi, President, Frameworx, Inc.
• TOMOOKA Kenji, CIO/CDO, Fujitec Co., Ltd.
  General Manager, Digital Innovation Headquarters

5. Application deadline

No later than 5:00 pm on Friday, October 15, 2021