The Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT International Symposium 2025

[Opening] (1) 10:00-10:05 Mr. Kazuyuki Tagawa (Managemant Secretary, RRI) (2) 10:05-10:10 Ms. Chizuru Suga (Director of DX Policy Planning and Coordination for the Manufacturing Industry, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (3) 10:10-10:15 Mr. Markus Heß (Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy） [Session1] Building a Digital Ecosystem (1) 10:15-10:30 Status-quo in Germany: A holistic approach to foster data ecosystems Mr. Markus Heß (Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy） (2) 10:30-10:45 Future Prospects of the Ouranos Ecosystem Mr. Yuji Ikai (Director, Office of Digital Strategy and International Affairs, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau) (3) 10:45-11:00 Scaling Industrial Data Ecosystems and Industrial AI: A Global Collaborative Approach Mr. Thomas Hahn (Plattform Industrie 4.0 / Fellow, Siemens AG) (4) 11:00-11:15 Initiatives toward industrial data spaces era in Japan Dr. Naohiko Irie (Co-chair person, WG1, RRI / Senior Strategist, Infrastructure Control System Division, Social Infrastructure Systems Business Unit, Hitachi Ltd.) (5) 11:15-12:00 Panel Discussion [Panelist] Mr. Markus Heß Mr. Yuji Ikai Ms. Nadine Kanja (Plattform Industrie 4.0 / Head of Industry Business Unit Automotive & Industry Data Ecosystems, SAP SE) Dr. Naohiko Irie [Moderator] Mr. Shuhei Sugie (CEO, Innovation Research Institute LLC) [Session2] Leaders Dialogue: Industrial Sustainability (1) 13:00-13:05 Opening Dr. Youichi Nonaka　(International Standard AG, RRI / Corporate Chief Researcher, Hitachi Ltd.) (2) 13:05-15:00 Panel Discussion [Panelist] Mr. Thomas Hahn (Plattform Industrie 4.0 / Fellow, Siemens AG) Prof. Ragu Athinarayanan (Professor of Smart Manufacturing & Industrial Informatics, Purdue University) Prof. Fumihiko Kimura (Chairman of International Standard AG, RRI / Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo) [Moderator] Dr. Youichi Nonaka [Session3] Japan-Germany Expert Forum (1) 15:20-15:40 Collaboration for future growth Mr. Kazuo Nakashima (GM, Industrial IoT, RRI) Ms. Nadine Kanja (2) 15:40-16:05 Advancing semantic interoperability for the future of manufacturing transformation Dr. Jens Gayko (SCI4.0 Managing Director) Dr. Hitoshi Komoto (International Standard AG, RRI/ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)) (3) 16:05-16:30 Industrial Trustworthiness and Security Mr.Hirozumi Eki (Industrial Security AG, RRI/ ARGO GRAPHICS INC.) Dr. Wolfgang Klasen (Plattform Industrie 4.0 WG3 / Siemens AG) (4) 16:30-16:55 Collaboration on Business Model Prof. Dr. Nils Madeja (Plattform Industrie 4.0 WG6 / Technical University of Central Hesse) Mr. Shuhei Sugie (CEO, Innovation Research Institute LLC) (5) 16:55-17:20 How to measure user readiness for Manufacturing Data Space? Mr. Shinji Oda (Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Principal Strategist, Technology Marketing) Mr. Ingo Sawilla (Trumpf Werkzeugmaschien SE, Coordinator Datagovernance ＋Datasecurity) (6) 17:20-17:25 Closing Remarks Mr. Satoru Serizawa (RRI Secretary General) ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative https://www.jmfrri.gr.jp/english/