(March. 10) Higashi-Hiroshima Autono-MaaS Consortium Smart Campus Initiatives in Hiroshima
(March. 10) Higashi-Hiroshima Autono-MaaS Consortium
Smart Campus Initiatives in Hiroshima
Toward the development of sustainable communities, the challenges revolve around accessible transportation systems and clean energy are crucial issues to be solved and are also vigorously researched in academia through research study and demonstration experiments conducted from various approaches in various places.
In March 2021, Hiroshima University will also initiate a demonstration experiment of MaaS (Mobility as a Service), which is an efficient and accessible transportation system using the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or AI, in cooperation with Higashi-Hiroshima City, Izumi Co., Ltd., and MONET Technologies Inc.
In this symposium, experts from Japan and overseas will talk about the prospects of advanced technologies brought to our research and lives such as autonomous driving and smart energy to get a glimpse of our future.
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 13:00 – 16:50 (JST)
Venue: Hiroshima University (Capacity of 30 audiences) and Online live streaming
Language: Japanese and English (Simultaneous translation provided)
Intended audience: Faculties, Students, General audience
Participation fee: Free of charge (Online pre-registration is required)
Organizer: Higashi-Hiroshima Autono-MaaS Consortium
Co-host: Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Town & Gown office Higashi-Hiroshima, TAOYAKA Program
Program
| 13:00 | Opening Remarks Mitsuo Ochi, President, Hiroshima University |
| 13:05 | Congratulatory Speech Hironori Takagaki, Mayor of Higashi-Hiroshima City |
| 13:10 | Project Overview Akimasa Fujiwara, Vice President (Academy of Hiroshima University), Hiroshima University |
| 13:25 | Keynote Lecture “Autonomous Driving using Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM)” Edwin Olson, CEO and Co-Founder of May Mobility, Inc. Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan |
| 14:15 | Mobility Innovation Yoshihide Shibao, Representative Director and COO, MONET Technologies Inc. |
| 15:05 | Smart City Initiatives at Haneda Innovation City and Future Prospects Atsushi Kato, General Manager of Project Department of Real Estate Development Division, KAJIMA CORPORATION |
| 15:45 | Carbon Neutral × Smart Campus 5.0 Declaration Masamichi Takase, Manager, Energy Service Team, Zero Emission Business Dept., SUMITOMO CORPORATION |
| 16:25 | Sustainable University Town Driven by Academic Enterprise Model Shinji Kaneko, Vice President (Global Initiatives), Hiroshima University |
| 16:45 | Closing Remarks Shinichi Tate, Executive Vice President (Research and Academia-Government-Community Collaboration), Hiroshima University |
Online Registration
Contact
TAOYAKA Program Office, Hiroshima University
email：taoyaka-program*office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @.)