February 26, 2021 First New Business Strategy Seminar for the Beyond 5G Era

Introduction of the seminar under the theme of Thinking about Beyond 5G from the History of 3G-5G Initiatives

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) announces that the first new business strategy seminar for the Beyond 5G era will be held. 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 is the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center is to strategically acquire and standardize intellectual property with the participation of major industry-academia-government players toward the Beyond 5G era.
The Center encourages private companies and universities to promote the formation of markets and new market entry proactively and strategically by making full use of intellectual property and standardization, the development and social implementation of innovative technologies and services. Therefore, we will support these efforts, provide reference information, provide a place for collaboration, and provide dissemination and enlightenment.
As part of the efforts of the Center, the first new business strategy seminar for the Beyond 5G era will be held for corporate managers, international standardization department managers, and R & D department managers, researchers, etc.

2. Outline

Time and date

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 11, 2021

Venue

Held online (the URL will be provided to those who have applied)

Entry fee

Free

Organizer

Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center

Co-organizer

Planning and Strategy Committee of the Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium

Content

Lecture 1 HARADA Hiroshi Deputy Director, Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center and Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Lecture 2 SAMPEI Seiichi Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Lecture 3 MORIKURA Masahiro Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Lecture 4 NAKAMURA Takehiro Senior Vice President of NTT Docomo and General Manager of Network Innovation Laboratories
Panel discussion
Moderator
HARADA Hiroshi Deputy Director, Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center and Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Panelists
SAMPEI Seiichi Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
MORIKURA Masahiro Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
NAKAMURA Takehiro Senior Vice President of NTT Docomo and General Manager of Network Innovation Laboratories
WATANABE Nozomu Senior Executive of NEC Corporation
NAKAMURA Ryuji Principal Engineer, Advanced Technology Development Office, Fujitsu Limited

Contact

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International Policy Division, Global Strategy Bureau, MIC

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