Leading Machi-Factory Managers to Speak - Machi-Factory Strategies in the Era of Great Abandonment - 7th Main Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Factories (March 2 at TEPIA Advanced Technology Center)

We will hold a panel discussion, "Machi-Factory Strategies in the Era of the Great Abandonment," within the 7th Annual Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields, sponsored by Liverness Corporation (March 2 and 3, 2018 @ TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion).

The 7th Hyperdisciplinarity Conference Main Conference Web site:https://hic.lne.st/conference/kanto2018/

In 2025, more than 60% of Japan's small and medium-sized business owners will be over 70 years old, and it is said that a number of them will be forced to close their companies due to lack of successors, even though they have current account surpluses. While we are entering an era of major business closures if nothing is done, there are some town factories that have leaped out of the existing industrial structure and are achieving growth. What strategies are they using to survive, and what can be done to make Japan's small factories the center of global manufacturing again in the future?
Four town factory owners from Sumida-ku, Ota-ku, Itabashi-ku, and Minato-ku, Osaka will be invited to discuss the future of manufacturing in Japan.

Advance registration is required to attend the lecture, so please register as soon as possible.

Apply for auditing:https://hic.lne.st/conference/kanto2018/#ticket

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Panel Discussion: Strategies for Town Factories in the Era of Great Business Downturn
Date: Friday, March 2, 13:00-14:20
Venue: TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion, 4F Room B
Program Overview:
<Panelists
Sumida Processing Co. Mr. Yoichi Suzuki, President and Representative Director (Sumida-ku, Tokyo)
Japan Special Optical Resins Co. Mr. Koichi Sato, President and Representative Director (Itabashi Ward)
Toshin Seisakusho Co. Representative Director, Mr. Koichi Ishihara (Ota-ku, Tokyo)
Nariko Seimitsu Co. Mr. Hironori Takamitsu, Representative Director (Minato-ku, Osaka)
<Facilitator
Executive Officer CKO, Liverness Corporation / Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Director, Hamano Manufacturing Co.
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In addition to this session, we have prepared a number of cross-disciplinary programs over the two days, including cutting-edge research in academia, the latest startups, and advanced manufacturing initiatives in Japan. We are looking forward to your participation.
Abstract registration (due January 22) and auditorium registration (due February 28) are available on the conference website (see below).
Convention website:https://hic.lne.st/conference/kanto2018/
Abstract Registration:https://hic.confit.atlas.jp/nonmember/contents
Apply for auditing:https://hic.lne.st/conference/kanto2018/#ticket
<Contact us
Liverness Corporation (Attn: Takahashi, Nishiyama)
TEL：03-5227-4198 E-mail：[email protected]

<Outline of the 7th Hyperdifferential Conference
Conference theme: What is a person and to research surrounding people
Date and time of the event:
Friday, March 2, 09:00 - 20:00 (18:30 - 20:00 Reception)
Saturday, March 3, 09:00 - 20:00 (18:30 - 20:00 Reception)
Organized by: Liverness, Inc.
Place: TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion 3F & 4F
Participation fee: 50,000 yen for companies, free for academia and presenters
Convention URL:https://hic.lne.st/conference/kanto2018/
The program of the conference (tentative, partial excerpts):

Friday, March 2
TECH PLANTER World Communication
Panel Discussion by International Accelerators
Real Tech Venture of the Year 2018 Awards Ceremony
Visionary Partner Award Ceremony
Session: "Agriculture and Food Changing with the Introduction of Smart Agriculture
Session: "Sensing to Reveal Deep Human Information
Session: "Strategies for Town Factories in the Era of Great Business Downturn

Saturday, March 3
Keynote Speech (Dr. Hirotomo Takahashi, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
Liverness Research Funding Award 2018
Symposium "Pumping New Value from the Unknown Sea
Panel Discussion "How to Reform Work Styles and Generate Innovation in the Knowledge Society"
Panel Discussion "Humanome Research, Beginning."

What is the Society for Transdisciplinary Research?
Since 2002, when RIVERNESS was founded, we have held an annual "Super Hetero-Disciplinary Exchange Meeting" where students and researchers participating in internship programs at RIVERNESS discuss their thoughts on their research and issues they wish to solve through their research. Since 2012, the conference has evolved into a "super interdisciplinary conference" with the participation of researchers from industry and academia, where discussions are held from a broader perspective.
Today, the meeting is held annually as a gathering of people from diverse fields and industries, ranging from junior high and high school students, researchers and engineers in academia (including engineers from local factories), people involved in venture companies, accelerators, and managers and business development personnel from large corporations.