May 9, 2022 Holding Japan-Finland Beyond 5G/6G Joint Seminar Titled "Societal Impacts of Digitization: Toward Promotion of Beyond 5G"

On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will hold a Japan-Finland Beyond 5G/6G Joint Seminar titled "Societal Impacts of Digitization: Toward Promotion of Beyond 5G" jointly with the Embassy of Finland in Tokyo, for the purpose of reinforcing cooperation between the two countries and accelerating Japan's initiatives in intentional cooperation toward the promotion of Beyond 5G/6G.

1. Date and time

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to noon

2. Form of seminar

Online seminar (ZOOM meeting)

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  With simultaneous interpretation

3. Outline

Opening remarks: FUJII Teruo, President, University of Tokyo
Keynote remarks: KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan (* video message)
Keynote speech (1): Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland
Keynote speech (2): TAKEUCHI Yoshiaki, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, MIC
Panel discussion:
(Introduction of the panelists)
SOMEYA Takao, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
(Panelists)
Matti Latva-aho, professor, University of Oulu
Paula Eerola, President, Academy of Finland
TOKUDA Hideyuki, President, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
GONOKAMI Makoto, President, RIKEN; professor, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO, Nokia
MARUYAMA Seiji, Senior Executive Vice President, NTT Docomo, Inc.
(Moderator)
NAKAO Akihiro, professor, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Closing remarks: KANEKO Yasushi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (tentative)