~Transforming business in the digital, green and space transitions~

Date and time: December 1, 2020, from 17:00 to 19:00 Japan time (9:00-11:00 CET)
Language: English / Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Participation fee: free
Registration: This webinar is conducted through ZOOM.
In this webinar, you will be able to:

• learn about concrete cases of such collaborative industrial innovation in particular in the digital, circular economy, and space sectors in which new ideas translated or are going to be translated into valuable products and services;
• participate in a discussion aimed at further understanding how to improve the EU and Japan business environment and research & innovation programs towards increasing the number and success rate of innovation-focused collaborations especially between young, dynamic firms and large, established companies.

PROGRAM

17:00-17:10 Welcome and opening remarks by Dr. Philippe de Taxis du Poët, Managing Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation,
Presentation Sessions
17:10-17:25 Title: Enabling the new space economy: the benefits of space logistics
Speaker: Mr. Luca Rossettini, CEO, D-Orbit, Italy.
17:25-17:40 Title: Robot as a Service for inspection and maintenance of infrastructures
Speaker: Mr. Michele Guarnieri, CEO, hibot, Japan.
17:40-17:55 Title: New health-creation system beyond treatment - preventative health tools for lifelong health
Speaker: Ms. Ida Tuononen, Business Manager, Nightingale Health, Finland
17:55-18:10 Title: Global business and collaboration on an eco-friendly foamed glass “Porous Alpha”
Speaker: Maki Sawada, International Business, Tottori Resource Recycling, Inc., Japan
18:10-18:50 Panel discussion
18:50-19:00 Closing Remarks by Dr. Gediminas Ramanauskas, Counsellor, Head of
the S&T Section, Delegation of the European Union to Japan

Note: this webinar will only be streamed live. Some of the webinar materials might be distributed to those who wish to receive them upon answering the questionnaire after the webinar.

Contacts:
In Japanese: Mr. Ko Sasaki, ko.sasaki@eu-japan.or.jp
In English: Mr. Luca Ecoffier, luca.escoffier@eu-japan.or.jp