DX Initiative 2019 was held on July 26th in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The main theme of the one-day event was “Social Impact Driven by Next Generation Mobility”. Presentations and discussions focused on software development approaches and schemes accelerating next generation Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE). Event highlights include:
265 attendees at the DX Initiative
Made up of senior management level executives representing Business Planning Department, Business Strategy Department, New Business Planning Department, Innovation Department and Development Department
Keynote Speaker Hideki Miyauchi
LDP Member, House of Representatives & Embedded IoT Innovation Federation Executive Director
Japan Industry Expert Speakers:
- Noriaki Izumi, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Software Industry Strategic Planning Officer
- Hiroshi Nakajima, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Automotive Business Unit, DeNA
- Takeshi Narisako, MaaS R&D Division Director, DENSO
- Seiko Shirasaka, Professor at Graduate School of Design and Management, Keio University
- Kiichiro Tamura, Wireless Sensor Network Application and Testing Evaluation Center Association and Professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology
- Akio Tokuda, Professor at the College of Business Administration/Department of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University and Future Mobility Research
30 journalists attended the DX Initiative Press Workshop:
Media represented included AJAJ Journalists, IT Leaders, MONOist, Kotsu Mainichi Shimbun, SEMICON Portal, Denshi Device Sangyo Shimbun, Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun, Kagaku Kogyo Nippo, Marklines, Dempa Shimbun, Nikkei CNBC, EE Times Japan, Car Styling, Automation Shimbun, NikkeiBP, Toyo Keizai and others.
Participating Organizations & Associations:
- Information –technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
- Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association (JASA)
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
- Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE)
- Automotive Embedded System Industry Forum (ASIF)
- Business System Initiative Association (BSIA)
- Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)
- Embedded Systems Industry Production Organization (ESIP)