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EU-Japan Cooperation Towards Tokyo 2020: Tapping into the Potential of GNSS Application

March 07 2017

Overview
Galileo has started the initial service in December 2016. Additionally, Japan is scheduled to a 4-satellite constellation by 2018 and a 7-satellite constellation by 2023. The Tokyo 2020 games are one of the best opportunities to demonstrate applications for GNSS downstream sectors and there are some potential areas of cooperation between the EU and Japan. In this seminar, there will be presentations of updates on Galileo and QZSS and their services. Also introduced will be the applications for GNSS which were showcased in the London Olympics, and achievable applications towards Tokyo 2020. The panel discussions will cover the strength and issues of EU-Japan Collaboration and the roles of industry-government-academia. The target audience will be businesses based and operating in the Japanese market, academia and stakeholders interested in cooperation with the EU in the GNSS user segment.

Programme
MC: Mr. Fabrizio Mura, Deputy General Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
9:30 – 9:35 Opening Remarks: Mr. Hiromichi Moriyama Director, National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office, The Government of Japan
Keynote Speech
9:35 – 9:55 Ms Fiammetta Diani, Deputy Head of Market Development Department, European GNSS Agency
9:55 – 10:15 Dr. Satoshi Kogure, Director of QZSS Development, National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office, The Government of Japan Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: Introduction to GNSS Application
10:15 – 10:30 “Case Study: GNSS Application in Japan” Mr. Masanori Tsuruda, Director, Space Industry Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
10:30 – 10:45 “High-accuracy Indoor Positioning Project - Providing assistance for everyone to help them avoid stress to travel” Mr. Naoya Aoto, Director, National Land Information Division, National Spatial Planning and Regional Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
10:45 – 11:00 “Use of ‘Big Data’- London 2012 Olympics, subsequent developments and Opportunities for Tokyo 2020” Ms Yoshie Muramatsu, Senior Consultant, Arup
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:30 “Control Your Sky” Mr. Thierry Torlotin, Chief Mobility Solutions, Syntony
11:30 – 11:45 “GNSS Application in Japan” Mr. Katsumi Nemoto, Chairman of Environment-Automobile Materials Committee / President and CEO, Sakai Kotsu
11:45 – 12:00 “Protecting GNSS services in Europe and beyond” Mr. Mark Dumville, CEO, NSL
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:15 “GNSS x Sports” Mr. Jun Sudo, Analyst, Sungoliath Suntory
13:15 – 13:30 “GNSS Utilisation in Sports” Mr. Kenji Sakamoto, Manager, ASICS Corporation Institute of Sport Science
13:30 – 13:45 “Performance Analytics for Teams”Mr. Jelle Reichert, Founder, JOHAN Sports

Panel Discussion:
“Strength and Issues of EU-Japan Collaboration:The Role of Industry/Government/Academia”
13:45 – 15:00
Moderator: Prof. Naohiko Kohtake, Associate Professor, Graduate School of
SDM, Keio University
Panelists:
- Ms Fiammetta Diani, Deputy Head of Market Development Department,
European GNSS Agency
- Dr. Satoshi Kogure, Director of QZSS Development, National Space
Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office, The Government of Japan
- Ms Yoshie Muramatsu, Senior Consultant, Arup

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