SMS Business Summit 2024 | GL events | 13 March 2024 | Aichi Sky Expo, 5 Chome-１０番１号 Centrair, Tokoname, Aichi 479-0881, Japan

The Business Summit will be a succession of keynote speeches, panel discussion, and other innovative formats (e.g. pitches, interviews), delivered by industry leaders from Japan and Europe. Speeches will be made in English and Japanese, with simultaneous interpretation. The conferences will be followed by an informal networking opportunity to exchange business cards.

2024 Speakers

Naohiko YOKOSHIMA
President, NEDO

Susumu KATAOKA
President, JETRO

Philippe GODBOUT
Japan Managing Director, Dassault Systèmes

DAISUKE (DAVID) MATSUO
Manager Aerospace Team, System Integration Div., YUTAKA ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

Guillaume DE MONTAIGNAC
Managing Director, Stäubli KK

Guillaume DOURDIN
CEO and Representative Director, Veolia

Yoshihiro IWATA
Co-founder & COO, Asuene

Kuni HORITA
CEO and President, Siemens

Akira SAKAINO
Director, Evangelist Innovation Center / Smart Industry Taskforce, NTT Communications Corporation

Masahiko Mochizuki
Vice President and Head of Capgemini Engineering, Capgemini Japan K.K.

Akira TAKANO
CEO, SkyPeak

Daniel Chang
Executive Director, Space Monkey SG Pte. Ltd.

Stéphane LAGUT
EY Global Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Assurance Leader, EY Japan

Asher Gabbay
Vice President, Solution Consulting, PTC

Dr. Osamu TABATA
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University of Advanced Science

Akihiro SASOH
Professor & Vice President, Nagoya University-Graduate School of Engineering, Tokai Innovation Institute-Director

Masaaki TERANO
Designated professor, Nagoya University-Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Tokai Innovation Institute-Managing Director

Tokushige Toru
Corporation Founder and Chairman, Terra Charge Corporation

Valerie Moschetti
Chief Operating Officer, European Business Council

Akiko TANAKA
Chair, Sub-Committee on Innovation, Keidanren (Executive Officer, Deputy Group Executive R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc.)

Nikolaus BOLTZE
President at EU-Japan center, Country Representative at thyssenkrupp Automotive Japan, EU-Japan Center for Industrial Cooperation, thyssenkrupp Automotive Japan K.K.

Chénier La Salle
Québec's General Delegate to Tokyo, QUEBEC

Jennifer Marienfeld
Head of Business Unit Japan, NRW.Global Business GmbH

Kentaro Blumenstengel
President, TECHNIUM Co., Ltd. (DMG MORI Group)

Marc Sexton
VP Sales & Marketing, GRIP GmbH Handhabungstechnik

RWTH Aachen University Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)

Kimiaki Sato
Chief Engineer, FA Digital Engineering Dept., Digital Manufacturing Solution Center, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, FACTORY AUTOMATION SYSTEMS GROUP

Hiroaki HARA
Sales Director, Honeywell Japan Ltd.

2024 Sponsors

MAIN SPONSOR:
• Exotec

SPONSORS:
• Capgemini
• NRW.Global Business
• Quebec A Tokyo
• Staubli