PROGRAM
*Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
*Honorifics and titles omitted, in no particular order.
*Speakers' details (Name, Title, Affiliation, Profile, etc.) posted on this website are as of May, 2019.
*Please be advised that agenda, speakers, presentation themes may be subject to change.
Monday, June 10 [ AM ]
9:25-9:30
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Welcome address by host organization
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9:30-10:00
Lecture
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"Customer Success in the Era of Digital Transformation"
- Keith Block
- Co-CEO, Salesforce.com, USA
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10:00-10:10
Lecture
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"The Uncertainty Principle of Innovation Marketing"
- Jens Heithecker (video message)
- IFA Executive Director, Messe Berlin, Germany
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10:10-10:40
Lecture
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"Scalability: Success Today, Success Tomorrow"
- John Markus Lervik
- Founder and CEO, Cognite, Norway
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11:00-12:35
Session 1
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"Data Technology Has Transformed Business"
- The popularization of information and communication technology (ICT) has changed our society dramatically, and data technology (DT), by which big data are analyzed and leveraged, is expected to bring about a tremendous change from this point onward. How will business and life likely change because of knowledge obtained from data? We will hold discussions on the efforts and initiatives made by far-sighted overseas companies.
Panelist - Amr Awadallah
- Co-Founder and CTO, Cloudera, USA
- John Gibbon
- Senior Vice President, Platform for SAP Concur, USA
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- Andrew Beers
- CTO, Tableau Software, USA
- Gautam Goswami
- CMO, TeamViewer, Germany
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Moderator - Waichi Sekiguchi
- Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
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Monday, June 10 [ PM ]
13:45-14:15
Lecture
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"Bringing the Smart World to Life"
- Jun Sawada
- President and CEO, NTT
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14:15-14:45
Lecture
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"Digital Inclusion -Digital Creates a Brighter Future for All-"
- Takashi Niino
- President and CEO, NEC
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14:45-15:15
Lecture
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"Human Centric Innovation - Driving a Trusted Future"
- Takahito Tokita
- Corporate Executive Officer, SEVP, Fujitsu
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15:30-16:00
Lecture
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"Tomorrow, Together: Heightened Customer Engagement in the
Coming 5G Age"
- Makoto Takahashi
- President, Representative Director, KDDI
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16:00-17:20
Session 2
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"Revolution of Digital Transformation, Driven by 5G"
- With the deployment of the fifth-generation mobile communications system (5G), you will be able to exchange large amounts of data speedily without delay and to connect a large number of devices. We will discuss the effects brought about by 5G, i.e., “digital transformation (DT),” on our businesses and lives.
Panelist - Takayuki Yamane
- Head of KDDI DIGITAL GATE, KDDI
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- John Harrington
- CEO and President, Nokia Japan
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- Takehiro Nakamura
- Senior Vice President, General Manager of 5G Laboratories, NTT DOCOMO
- Satoshi Iwao
- Vice President of Network Division, Samsung Electronics Japan
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Moderator - Akito Tanaka
- Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
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Tuesday, June 11 [ AM ]
9:30-10:00
Lecture |
"The Future of Data Infrastructure"
- Steve Milligan
- CEO, Western Digital, USA
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10:00-10:30
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"Next Generation Analytics and Machine Learning Architectures"
- Rahul Pathak
- General Manager of Big Data, Data Lakes and Blockchain, Amazon Web Services, USA
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10:30-11:00
Lecture |
"5G Data Center of the AI + CASE era"
- Hiroshi Fujiwara
- Chairman, President and CEO, BroadBand Tower
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11:15-12:35
Session 3 |
"Digital Technology for Building New Mobility"
- With regard to the means of transportation, a wide array of innovations are gaining momentum, examples of which are self-driving cars, electric vehicles, and MaaS (Mobility as a Service), such as ride- and car-sharing. How will digital technology (DT) likely advance the transport of people and goods and change the auto industry? We will explore various paths by exchanging advanced cases both in Japan and abroad.
Panelist - Megumi Tsukamoto
- Representative Operating Director, Caterpillar Japan
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- Hiroshi Nakajima
- Managing Executive Officer, Head of Automotive Business Unit, DeNA
- Ichiro Kawanabe
- CEO, JapanTaxi
- Tetsuro Ida
- Head of Japan, Nauto, USA
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Moderator - Kazuyuki Okudaira
- Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.
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Tuesday, June 11 [ PM ]
13:45-13:50
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Welcome address by host organization
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13:50-15:15
Session 4 |
"Forefront of policies around "data" and AI in developed countries"
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Through the progress of digital technologies, "data" is becoming important by leaps and bounds in the various fields of a society. In this phase of great transformation, what kind of social challenges do developed countries face? And what sort of progressive policies do they deal with?
On the basis of the launch of the 5G service, etc., we will share the newest trends of policies in the U.S, EU and international organizations on ethical principles and economic policies of AI, as well as discuss the future policy directions.
Keynote - Katsuya Watanabe
- Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination (International Affairs),
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
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Panelist - Andrew W. Wyckoff
- Director, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
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- Eric Badiqué
- Adviser for Artificial Intelligence, DG CONNECT, The European Commission
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- William A. Carter
- Deputy Director and Fellow, Technology Policy Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
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- Naomi Wilson
- Senior Director of Policy, Asia
Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), USA
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Moderator - Takuo Imagawa
- Director, ICT Strategy Policy Division, Information and Communications Bureau,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
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15:30-16:00
Lecture
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"Unlocking the value of real AI through Analytics"
- Oliver Schabenberger
- Executive Vice president, COO and CTO, SAS Institute, USA
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16:00-17:20
Session 5 |
"Data Technology Has Created Cashless Society"
- With the use of payment options that leverage digital technologies, such as smartphones and QR codes and blockchain technology, a cashless society has arisen in Japan as well. We will discuss what types of new businesses and economies are expected to come into being as a result of the use of data and customer information that can be obtained via the electronic payment process.
Panelist - Charles Hoskinson
- CEO, IOHK, Hong Kong
- Yosuke Tsuji
- Representative Director, President and CEO, Money Forward
- Yoshiki Yasui
- Founder & CEO, Origami
- Takashi Okita
- CEO, SBI Ripple Asia
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Moderator - Waichi Sekiguchi
- Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
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