WHATS Seminar [Online] “YRI Logistics Forum: Logistics in 2030” will be held online on Friday, April 28, 2023.

 

 

[Schedule]

 

1:00 p.m.: Introduction and Opening Remarks

 

Introduction

Speaker: Akira Sugawara, Director, Consumer, Environment & Service Industry, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Takashi Mizukoshi, President, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

1:10 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.: Part 1. Keynote Speech (40 mins) / Speech (40 mins)

 

Keynote Speech: “Current Status and Challenges in the Trucking Industry and　Efforts Made by Government”

Speaker: Hiroaki Kokuma, Manager of Cargo Transport Division, Road Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

 

Speech: “Logistics in 2030”

Speaker: Yutaka Haga, Director and General Manager, Logistics Solution Development, Sales Management, Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.

 

Speech: “The Retail and E-commerce Logistics Markets – Current Status and Future Outlook”

Speaker: Yuki Kumagai, Researcher, Consumer, Environment & Service Industry, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

Speech: “ASKUL’s Sustainable E-commerce Logistics”

Speaker: Takeshi Narimatsu, General Manager of Logistics and Executive Officer, ASKUL Corporation

 

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Break

 

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Part 2. Speech (20 mins)

*There will be a Q&A session for researchers from Yano Research Institute Ltd. to ask speakers questions (5 mins each)

 

Speech: “Digital Transformation (DX) in the Logistics Market toward 2030 – Trends and Future Outlook of the LogTech (Logistics Technology) and Robotics Markets”

Speaker: Rina Tanaka, Senior Researcher, Consumer, Environment & Service Industry, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

Speech: “Introduction of Digital Transformation (DX) in the Logistics Market toward 2030”

Speaker: Yuto Harukiya, President and CEO, TSUNAGUTE Co., Ltd.

 

Speech: “Goods To Person (GTP)’s Piece Picking and Sustainable and Human-Friendly Operations – With Case Studies of AutoStore in Europe, the US, and Japan –”

Speaker: Katsuki Sakai, AutoStore System Kabushiki Kaisha, Business Development Manager, AutoStore

 

Speech: “Next-Generation Last Mile Logistics Utilizing Data – Digital Transformation (DX) with a Long-Term Perspective Looking beyond the ‘Year 2024 problem’ –”

Speaker: Haruhito Yoshikawa, COO, OPTIMIND Inc.

 

6:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks

 

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Koji Takeda, Chief Researcher, Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

 

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[Date and Time]

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday, April 28, 2023

 

[Fee]

Free *Pre-registration required.

 

Organizer: Yano Research Institute Ltd.

Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 2023

Contact: Customer Support Center (TEL): +81 3-5371-6901

              Yano Research Institute Ltd.

 

This seminar will be live streamed through Deliveru^*1.

Once your application is approved, “participant ID” will be notified to you on the day before the seminar.

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Note: This seminar will be conducted in Japanese.