Special Luncheon Program "Japanese Agriculture in the Near Future Pioneered by Robotics

At the 7th Hyperdifferentiation Conference main conference (March 2 and 3, 2018 @ TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion), hosted by RIVANES, a special program, "TheRobotics Pioneering the Near Future of Japanese Agriculture(Session Partner: Kobashi Kogyo Co., Ltd.).

According to the Census of Agriculture and Forestry published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan's agricultural working population in 2017 was 1,816,000, down approximately 800,000 from 2,606,000 in 2010, meaning that more than 30% of the labor force has been lost. The need for next-generation agricultural robots has long been recognized, and is now an urgent issue, in order to enable a smaller production population to perform labor-intensive tasks.

In this program, researchers, agricultural machinery manufacturers, and venture companies in the field of agricultural robotics will gather to discuss the significance and research results in light of domestic and international development trends.

We look forward to the participation of university and graduate students interested in agriculture, agricultural robot researchers, and venture companies.

This luncheon session is limited to 40 people, so if the number of registrations exceeds capacity, a drawing will be held. Please note that the number of participants will be limited to 40.

Special Program: Japanese Agriculture in the Near Future Pioneered by Robotics (Academia/Venture Limited)
Date: Saturday, March 3, 11:00-12:40
Venue: TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion, Room C Session Room 2, 4F
Program Overview:
Lecture by Agricultural Robotics Expert
Panel discussion on the near future of Japanese agriculture
Lunch exchange meeting with agricultural robotics experts

<Speakers
Shojiro Kobashi, President and Representative Director, Kobashi Kogyo Co.
Takashi Okayasu, Associate Professor, Department of Production and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kyushu University
Dr. Yutaka Kaizu, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Biomechanical Engineering, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Mr. Yutaka Hishiki, President and Representative Director, inaho Co.
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Shuhei Tsukada, General Manager, Strategic Development Division, Liverness, Inc.

Introduction of Speakers
Shojiro Kobashi
President and Representative Director, Kobashi Kogyo Co.

Born in Okayama, Japan in 1982. Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Joined Kobashi Kogyo Co., Ltd. in 2008, and became the company's fourth president in 2016. In 1964, he developed Japan's first tillage equipment for large tractors; in 1978, he developed the world's first claw-type plow; in 2006, he developed the world's first auto tiller, Gaia; in 2007, he became the first Japanese company to receive the highest rating of aaa from R&I (Rating and Investment Information, Inc.); in 2008, he became the first Japanese company to receive the highest rating of aaa from R&I (Rating and Investment Information, Inc.). In 2017, underwrote a third-party allotment of new shares of Euglena Co. Established a method of constructing a green beetle cultivation facility using rice paddy cultivation technology, aiming to commercialize a domestic bio-jet and diesel fuel business using abandoned farmland.

Mr. Takashi Okayasu
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Agricultural Production System Design, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kyushu University

D. in Agriculture from Kyushu University in 1999. He was a part-time lecturer at the Venture Business Laboratory, Kyushu University, and an academic researcher at the Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kyushu University before assuming his current position. His main research interests are the development of models for the rational representation of inelastic deformation behavior of materials and its application to the analysis of mechanical behavior of various structures. He has conducted research on the analysis of soil trampling phenomena by field machinery using the elasto-plastic finite element method, the analysis of tillage phenomena using the discrete element method, and the advancement of the mechanical design of agricultural machinery by combining these methods. He is also engaged in research on smart agriculture, and is pursuing practical systems for small- and medium-scale agriculture.

Mr. Yutaka Kaizu
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Biomechanical Engineering, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

After graduating from the Graduate School of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1997, he joined Kubota Corporation in the same year and was engaged in the development of fully automatic vegetable transplanters and rice transplanters. 1999 Research Assistant at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, 2006 Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Hokkaido University, and 2012-present. Engaged in research on agricultural robots and biomass energy.

Mr. Yutaka Hishiki
President and Representative Director, inaho Inc.

Graduated from Tokyo Culinary Institute. After 4 years of working for a real estate investment consulting firm, he started his own company, omoro, Inc. in 2014, and after developing and operating a real estate web service, sold it. In January 2005, he dissolved the company and established inaho Co. Ltd. in January of the same year, focusing on the development of agricultural machinery robots and the development and operation of a web service for Instagram marketing. Organizes earthquake recovery festivals and manages Kamakon, a community activity. He is active in a wide range of fields, including the secretariat of The Wave Juku, a school about the latest technology.

Communicator Introduction
Shuhei Tsukada
General Manager, Strategic Development Division, Liverness, Inc.

Born in 1980 in Kyoto, Japan. D. in Applied Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Joined LIVERNESS in 2002, during the first year of his master's program, and became the General Manager of the Regional Development Division in 2010. He was involved in the launch of the plant factory business service and promoted the store production for store consumption project with Subway Japan Co. Since May 2017, he has been the General Manager of the Strategic Development Division of Livanes Inc. He is the author of "The Story of the Plant Factory" (RIVANES Publishing Co., Ltd.).

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.

Convention website:https://hic.lne.st/conference/kanto2018/
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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.