The 8th Autonomous Driving ConferenceMETI, MIC, MLIT, NPA, and Digital Agency deliver lectures!!
UC-win/Road is used for a variety of automobile related fields such as road design, vehicle system development, ITS, ADAS and autonomous driving. This conference covers the newest features of the 3DVR software supporting these advanced R&D and examples of system development. At the "8th Autonomous Driving Conference", specialists from the government delivered lectures about trends, current issues, and prospects in the country and abroad.
CEO and President of FORUM8 Yuji Ito
Director of Mobility DX Office, Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
Mr. Takeru Ito
Joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2005. He has been involved in the export strategy for high quality infrastructure, negotiation of WTO rules, green energy policy towards carbon neutrality, etc. He took up his current post in July 2023.
The METI established the "Autonomous Driving Business Study Commission" together with the MLIT and is promoting activities required for the realization of autonomous driving through the collaboration between industries, educational institutions and different administrations to consequently increase the Japanese automobile industry’s competitiveness in the autonomous driving field and contributes to the resolution of social issues such as the reduction of traffic accidents in the world. Mr. Ito introduces METI's current activities such as "the Version7.0 policy toward the realization of autonomous driving" made up by the study commission in April and a new project "RoAD to the L4" towards the realization and spreading of advanced mobility services such as the Level 4 autonomous driving.
Counsellor, National Service Group, Digital Agency
Mr. Kentaro Asayama
He joined the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) in 1993. After working in transport administration and regional development, he took up his current post in July 2023.
The Digital Agency is working on the social implementation of technologies that will lead to the maintenance and improvement of regional mobility services, including autonomous driving, from both a supply and demand perspective. Mr Asayama will present the current status of the initiatives and the future direction.
Director of Mobility DX Office, Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
Mr. Takeru Ito
Joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2005. He has been involved in the export strategy for high quality infrastructure, negotiation of WTO rules, green energy policy towards carbon neutrality, etc. He took up his current post in July 2023.
The METI established the "Autonomous Driving Business Study Commission" together with the MLIT and is promoting activities required for the realization of autonomous driving through the collaboration between industries, educational institutions and different administrations to consequently increase the Japanese automobile industry’s competitiveness in the autonomous driving field and contributes to the resolution of social issues such as the reduction of traffic accidents in the world. Mr. Ito introduces METI's current activities such as "the Version7.0 policy toward the realization of autonomous driving" made up by the study commission in April and a new project "RoAD to the L4" towards the realization and spreading of advanced mobility services such as the Level 4 autonomous driving.
Counsellor, National Service Group, Digital Agency
Mr. Kentaro Asayama
He joined the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) in 1993. After working in transport administration and regional development, he took up his current post in July 2023.
The Digital Agency is working on the social implementation of technologies that will lead to the maintenance and improvement of regional mobility services, including autonomous driving, from both a supply and demand perspective. Mr Asayama will present the current status of the initiatives and the future direction.
Director of New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Mr. Takanori Mashiko
Since joining the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2003, he has been engaged in technology policy and radio policy making in the field of information and communications. He took his current position in July 2022.
Social expectations are growing for autonomous driving, such as reducing traffic accidents and traffic jams, solving driver shortages, supporting vulnerable road users, and providing comfortable mobility spaces. Currently, demonstrations and implementations of autonomous driving are underway worldwide, and in addition to in-vehicle sensors such as cameras and radar, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, which exchanges information with surrounding vehicles and roadside infrastructure, is said to play an important role in achieving advanced autonomous driving including merging support, etc. This presentation will introduce the MIC's initiatives to achieve an autonomous driving society from the perspective of communication administration, as well as the international trends.
Director of New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Mr. Takanori Mashiko
Since joining the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2003, he has been engaged in technology policy and radio policy making in the field of information and communications. He took his current position in July 2022.
Social expectations are growing for autonomous driving, such as reducing traffic accidents and traffic jams, solving driver shortages, supporting vulnerable road users, and providing comfortable mobility spaces. Currently, demonstrations and implementations of autonomous driving are underway worldwide, and in addition to in-vehicle sensors such as cameras and radar, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, which exchanges information with surrounding vehicles and roadside infrastructure, is said to play an important role in achieving advanced autonomous driving including merging support, etc. This presentation will introduce the MIC's initiatives to achieve an autonomous driving society from the perspective of communication administration, as well as the international trends.
Chairman of the Parliamentary League for Considering Automotive Culture / Member of the House of Representatives
Mr. Keiji Furuya
Member of the House of Representatives, the first Minister of State for Disaster Management, National Resilience. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Seikei University and working for a major insurance company, he was elected 11 times in the Gifu 5th district of the House of Representatives. Parliamentary League Activities: Executive Acting Chairperson of Policy Research Council, Chairman of the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Liberal Democratic Party Motorsports, Chairman of the Parliamentary League for Considering Automotive Culture, and many others .. Book: "Is that so !!" National resilience"" (2014 PHP Institute) / "Looking up, Japan" (2010 PHP Institute) / "To normalize education learned from Thatcher reform" Road" (2005 PHP Institute). Also he is a chairman of Parliamentary Association for MANGA and will publish "History and Future of MANGA" from FORUM8 Publishing.
Director of Business Development, FIA World Rally Championship, WRC Promoter GmbH
Mr. Marc de Jong
Marc de Jong has been part of the commercial team behind the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for over 20 seasons. At WRC Promoter GmbH, Marc is responsible for the commercial relationships with the automotive sector (including OEMs and leading suppliers) as well as licensing and business development.
Among specific projects managed by Marc are the development of the new rally events in Japan and the USA, and the publishing of the WRC interactive video games.
Marc has extensive international experience in the car industry, motorsports and broadcasting. He has worked at the highest levels in world rally and other motorsports in projects with major brands and automotive suppliers. Between 2004 and 2010, Marc was part of Energy Efficient Motorsport - a UK government-funded think-tank focussed on promoting the use of sustainable technologies in motorsport.
Marc speaks English, German, French and Dutch, as well as being conversant in Spanish. He has competed as an international rally co-driver, most recently in the five-day electric vehicle challenge through the Alps.
Chairman of the Parliamentary League for Considering Automotive Culture / Member of the House of Representatives
Mr. Keiji Furuya
Member of the House of Representatives, the first Minister of State for Disaster Management, National Resilience. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Seikei University and working for a major insurance company, he was elected 11 times in the Gifu 5th district of the House of Representatives. Parliamentary League Activities: Executive Acting Chairperson of Policy Research Council, Chairman of the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Liberal Democratic Party Motorsports, Chairman of the Parliamentary League for Considering Automotive Culture, and many others .. Book: "Is that so !!" National resilience"" (2014 PHP Institute) / "Looking up, Japan" (2010 PHP Institute) / "To normalize education learned from Thatcher reform" Road" (2005 PHP Institute). Also he is a chairman of Parliamentary Association for MANGA and will publish "History and Future of MANGA" from FORUM8 Publishing.
Director of Business Development, FIA World Rally Championship, WRC Promoter GmbH
Mr. Marc de Jong
Marc de Jong has been part of the commercial team behind the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for over 20 seasons. At WRC Promoter GmbH, Marc is responsible for the commercial relationships with the automotive sector (including OEMs and leading suppliers) as well as licensing and business development.
Among specific projects managed by Marc are the development of the new rally events in Japan and the USA, and the publishing of the WRC interactive video games. Marc has extensive international experience in the car industry, motorsports and broadcasting. He has worked at the highest levels in world rally and other motorsports in projects with major brands and automotive suppliers. Between 2004 and 2010, Marc was part of Energy Efficient Motorsport - a UK government-funded think-tank focussed on promoting the use of sustainable technologies in motorsport.
Marc speaks English, German, French and Dutch, as well as being conversant in Spanish. He has competed as an international rally co-driver, most recently in the five-day electric vehicle challenge through the Alps.
Director of ITS Policy and Program Office, Road Traffic Control Division, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Mr. Masamitsu Waga
Joined Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (FKA Ministry of Construction) in 1997. He took his current position in April 2022 after experiencing the chief of Urban Environment Policy Office, Urban Policy Division, City Bureau.
The Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is working on road infrastructure support for safe and smooth autonomous driving. Mr. Waga will talk about the demonstration experiments of "Autonomous driving service based on roadside stations, etc. in the mountainous area", which the MLIT has worked on, and other efforts such as the merging support for autonomous driving trucks to be used on highways, and providing road status information at intersections for autonomous driving services on general roads.
Director for Policy planning of Automated Driving Technology, Engineering and Environmental Policy Division, Logistics and Road Transport Bureau, MLIT
Kenichi Hayashi
Joined the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2001. He took his current position in July 2023 after experiencing the chief of Facility Management Department at JRTT.
The realization of autonomous driving is expected to play a major role in solving several social issues facing our country, such as reducing traffic accidents and providing means of transportation for the elderly. In May 2023, Japan's first Level 4 driverless autonomous transport service has been launched in the city of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture. In this lecture, Mr. Hayashi will present initiatives for the realization of autonomous driving including the current state of autonomous driving technology and policies for social implementation.
Director of ITS Policy and Program Office, Road Traffic Control Division, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Mr. Masamitsu Waga
Joined Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (FKA Ministry of Construction) in 1997. He took his current position in April 2022 after experiencing the chief of Urban Environment Policy Office, Urban Policy Division, City Bureau.
The Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is working on road infrastructure support for safe and smooth autonomous driving. Mr. Waga will talk about the demonstration experiments of "Autonomous driving service based on roadside stations, etc. in the mountainous area", which the MLIT has worked on, and other efforts such as the merging support for autonomous driving trucks to be used on highways, and providing road status information at intersections for autonomous driving services on general roads.
Director for Policy planning of Automated Driving Technology, Engineering and Environmental Policy Division, Logistics and Road Transport Bureau, MLIT
Mr. Kenichi Hayashi
Joined the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2001. He took his current position in July 2023 after experiencing the chief of Facility Management Department at JRTT.
The realization of autonomous driving is expected to play a major role in solving several social issues facing our country, such as reducing traffic accidents and providing means of transportation for the elderly. In May 2023, Japan's first Level 4 driverless autonomous transport service has been launched in the city of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture. In this lecture, Mr. Hayashi will present initiatives for the realization of autonomous driving including the current state of autonomous driving technology and policies for social implementation.
Director of Autonomous Driving Planning Office, Traffic Planning Division, Traffic Bureau, NPA
Mr. Norihiro Naritomi
Joined the National Police Agency in April 1992. He took his current position in August 2023 after experiencing the Deputy Director of License Division and the Director of Records Management Office.
Autonomous driving is considered as the technology that contributes to reducing traffic accidents and easing traffic congestion, and the police will support the progress of autonomous driving so that it can be realized at an early stage according to the road environment in Japan. In this lecture, Mr. Naritomi will present the trends on autonomous driving, the NPA's activities and future issues for achieving autonomous driving.
Director of Autonomous Driving Planning Office, Traffic Planning Division, Traffic Bureau, NPA
Mr. Norihiro Naritomi
Joined the National Police Agency in April 1992. He took his current position in August 2023 after experiencing the Deputy Director of License Division and the Director of Records Management Office.
Autonomous driving is considered as the technology that contributes to reducing traffic accidents and easing traffic congestion, and the police will support the progress of autonomous driving so that it can be realized at an early stage according to the road environment in Japan. In this lecture, Mr. Naritomi will present the trends on autonomous driving, the NPA's activities and future issues for achieving autonomous driving.
Japanese VR CG Software that can Realize Digital Twins and Metaverse - Application in Autonomous Driving, Molibity and Smart City Projects -
FORUM8 Executive Officer, System Sales Manager
Katsumi Matsuda
This presentation will introduce the construction of a digital twin environment using open data such as PLATEAU, as well as its overall workflow, examples of actual projects, and future prospects: Application of autonomous driving, construction machinery, UAV, etc. to smart city or mobility related projects, cooperation of these devices with ROS / ROS2 system, multi-device monitoring system using metaverse, etc.
UC-win/Road and F8VPS, FORUM8's Newest VR Technology Development and Future Development
FORUM8 Executive Officer, Development Senior Manager
Pencreach Yoann
He will give an update on UC-win/Road and F8VPS and the development roadmap, especially the enhancement of system cooperation to improve simulation correspondence and the Python interface of UC-win/Road in detail. He will also present the latest information on F8VPS web application for realizing real-time information management and planning simulation using digital twins technology, and the metaverse function as a new consensus building tool provided by our company.
Awards Ceremony for the 22nd 3D-VR Simulation Contest on Cloud
A must-see event of the latest utilizations of UC-win/Road and F8VPS are showcased!
"3D-VR Simulation Contest on Cloud" is the competition between international and domestic contestants to see who can create the most advanced VR simulation. UC-win/Road has been used in various fields from civil engineering/construction, to driving/traffic simulation, environmental assessment and disaster management. In a recent years, its fields of application and possibilities have been expanded to even educational training and new applications using the metaverse. The 2nd "VR SYSTEM OF THE YEAR" will also be selected by the VR Promotion Council.
Past Awards
The author will introduce the contents of new publication of FORUM8 Publishing.
Learn Construction ICT in 1 Day -Certified for Construction ICT Expression Technology Test-
Tatsuoki Inagaki (Dr. Eng., Chairman of Pave & Road How-To Way Technology Association)
This book explains technologies and trends related to the deployment of i-Construction, Construction ICT, and DX, which are being promoted toward the Super Smart City (Society 5.0) and the 4th Industrial Revolution (manufacturing in the IoT era).
Learn Cloud & AI in 1 Day -Certified for Cloud IT Expression Technology Test-
Yoshihiro Kobayashi (Associate Teaching Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University)
For those interested in learning about the cloud and artificial intelligence, the content of this book will help them understand the big picture before embarking on a full study. It is also an ideal text for training or retraining employees.
Venue: Foyer
We will hold a networking party at the end of Day 1. As a communication and information sharing event, our development managers and support managers will also be in attendance. You will also have the chance to win various prizes in a VR game competition using sensing devices. We are looking forward to having you attend.
