This forum will introduce the robot strategies of the companies supporting WRS, as well as their latest development trends.

A discussion of the future and possibilities of agriculture utilizing robots, ICT, and more.

[Moderator]
Research Institute for Re-Creation of Humanity and Nature
Masaki Komiyama

Co-organized: Japan Open Innovation Council (JOIC)
Cooperation: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, SMBC Nikko Securities, Incubation & Innovation Initiative (III)

This session will introduce the current situation and trends in the robot and the hard tech startup scene in Japan and across the world. A CEO of a successful robot-related startup will talk about the reason for founding the company, its vision, current efforts, challenges unique to robot startups, and a message to people thinking about founding their own companies.

15:30-
"Opening 1"
NEDO President,
Hiroshi Oikawa

15:35-
"Opening 2"
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Teiko Kudo

Co-organized: Japan Open Innovation Council (JOIC)
Cooperation: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, SMBC Nikko Securities, Incubation & Innovation Initiative (III)

16:45-18:20

18:30-
Networking

The Cabinet Office ImPACT Tough Robotics Challenge is the result of research and development from 2014 to 2018, and produced many world-firsts, world's-only, and world-class results. This forum will be an introduction of its main achievements.

Co-hosted: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), and IEEE Standard Association (IEEE-SA)

Standardization will play a big role in whether robots become commercial products that are used widely in society. IEEE has already contributed to the development of society through international standardization. This session will feature a discussion of standardization for the coming robot society.

Co-organized: Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework, JAEA

Lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake dictate the direction of development for disaster response robots. In addition, there will be an introduction of the testing plant that will open this autumn at Fukushima RTF, which is one of the WRS venues.

Cooperation: RobiZy

FANUC CORPORATION Officer, Chief Technical Advisor、ROBOT Business Division
Shinsuke Sakakibara

DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED FA ROBOT BUSINESS UNIT CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION PRODUCT PLANNING DEPARTMENT General Manager
YOUSUKE SAWADA

THK CO., LTD. Head of Robot Unit Business Planning Section Industrial Machinery IMT (Innovation Mechatronics Technology) Division
Masahiro Uchiyama

Subsequent to the National Liaison Conference of Support Organizations for Smart Monodzukuri (National Smart Monodzukuri Conference) held in December last year, METI is planning this time to hold the National Forum of Smart-Manufacturing Support Organizations. In order to accelerate "Connected Industries", the Forum aims for networking extensive efforts and sharing cross-industrial know-hows and issues, activates connections between bases, both existing and potential ones, and further promotes information sharing. As a new approach, the Forum this time will provide poster presentation sessions in addition to introduction of case examples. We hope that you frankly share issues with us which cannot be overcome by one base alone, and also to share any problems and thoughts which come to your mind in everyday business activities.

Co-organized：Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative

Co-hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative

[Welcoming Remarks]
Mr. Koji Inoue
(Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

[Speech 1]

<Session 1> Business Future images of Manufacturing and Service with IIoT
[Speech 2]
"Digital Transformation / Industrie 4.0 in Germany: status quo and way ahead"
Mr. Markus Heß (Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy)

[Speech 3]
"Horizon Europe and future images of industry from Europe"
Mr. Thomas Walloschke (Director, Fujitsu Distinguished Engineer, Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, AIOTI chair of Steering Board and WG11 chair)

[Speech 4]
"Initiatives on Smart Manufacturing Innovation and Transformation of Industrial Cities"
Prof. Dong Sub Kim (Head, Institute for Future Industry Strategy/Chair Professor, UNIST)

[Keynote Speech]
"Plattform Economy needs international actions" (TBD)
Dr. Henning Kagermann (Chair of the Board of Trustees, acatech)

[Panel Discussion]
Moderator: Mr. Naoaki Fujino (Leader of Intelligence and marketing team, RRI, NRI)
Dr. Henning Kagermann
Mr. Markus Heß
Mr. Thomas Walloschke
Prof. Dong Kim
Mr. Kiyoshi Mizukami (Industrial IoT Chief Specialist, RRI / Hitachi)

<Session 2> Harmonizing Smart Manufacturing Standards with Future Images, including Industrial Security
[Speech 5]
"Platform Economy and Standardization" (TBD)
Dr. Ulrich Löwen (Plattform Industrie 4.0 / Senior Principal Key Expert Engineer, Siemens)

[Speech 6]
"Platform Economy and Trustworthiness standardization
Dr. Wolfgang Klasen (Plattform Industrie 4.0 / Head of Security for Embedded Systems, Industry4.0, IoT, Siemens)

[Panel Discussion]
Moderator: Prof. Fumihiko Kimura (Chairman of International Standard AG, RRI / The Univ. of Tokyo)
Dr. Ulrich Löwen
Mr. Takenori Baba (Use Case TF, RRI / Mitsubishi Electric)
Dr. Wolfgang Klasen
Dr. Takeshi Yoneda (Industrial Security AG, RRI / Mitsubishi Electric)

[Closing Remarks]
Michitaka Nakatomi (Management Secretary, RRI)

This lecture will focus on the future role expected of robotics in the nursing care and welfare fields.

Real-life examples from municipalities in Japan and abroad that are promoting the sort of social implementation of robots that WRS aims for.

[Moderator]
World Robot Summit Executive Committee Chairperson
(The University of Tokyo Emeritus Professor,) Tomomasa Sato

Aichi Pref.
Hidenori Tsuzuki

Osaka Pref.
Masayoshi Yamada

Kanagawa Pref.
Takaki Hoshi

Fukushima Pref.
Yoshitaka Sekine

Kitakyusyu City Office
Norio Nishioka

Sagamihara City Ofiice
Shigeki Tomioka

Chiba City Office.
Katsuyoshi Inou

Royal Danish Embassy
Investment Manager/Invest in Denmark
Kensuke Nakajima

NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATION Vice President Research and Development
YUJI MAEGUCHI

IHI Corporation Associate Director, Technical Advisor Corporate　Research & Development Technical Advisor
Hiroki Murakami

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. FA Solution Division 2, Robot Business Division, Precision Machinery & Robot Company Associate Officer, General Manager
Shogo Hasegawa

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. Executive Officer Harmonic Drive Laboratory Fellow (CTO)
Yoshihide　Kiyosawa

OMRON Corporation INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION COMPANY ROBOTICS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ASSISTANT SENIOR GENERAL MANAGER
EIJI IKENO

MISUMI Group Inc. 3D2M Marketing Group　Chief Director
Satoru Yoshida

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Robot Manufacturing Department Senior Manager
Takashi Arai

Dr Chris Jones of American company iRobot will give a lecture about his approach to robotics. What is the future position of robots that can create value for consumers in a variety of industries and make smart homes achievable?

This forum will introduce the robot strategies of the companies supporting WRS, as well as their latest development trends.

[Talk Session]

Associate Professor, Faculty of System Design of Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kazuyoshi Wada

A discussion from both industrial and educational circles on how robots and AI can play an active role in education in order to prepare learners for the future.

Toyota Research Institute Systems Engineer
Michael Sudano

[Moderator]
RoboCup Federation, Vice President representing RoboCupJunior, Board of Trustee member/Associate Professor of Education, Bloomfield College
Dr. Amy Eguchi

Co-organized: Robosta / Robot Start Inc.

A showcase of cutting edge usage examples of communication robots by their developers.

Co-organized: Robosta / Robot Start Inc.

Three young women living with robots will take the stage. What will their true feelings tell us about the appeal of robots?

This forum will introduce the robot strategies of the companies supporting WRS, as well as their latest development trends.

Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki talks about the future of humans and robots living together and robots working in space.