Conference Program

Born in 1953 in Gifu Prefecture. In 1979, Suzuki finished the Master’s course at Graduate School of Engineering of The University of Tokyo. After being employed by Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., he is currently a Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo, and a Project Professor of Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo after retirement of a Professor of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the University of Tokyo. Doctor of Engineering. Specialization: aeronautical engineering. The 43rd President of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences. President of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences. His publications include Hikōki Monogatari (published by Chikumashobo Ltd.), Gendai Kōkūron (Editor, The University of Tokyo Press) and Ochinai Hikōki eno Chōsen (Kagaku-Dojin Publishing Company, INC).

Skydio is the world leader in autonomous flight and the largest drone manufacturer in the United States. Tom Moss is CEO of Skydio GK and GM of International at Skydio Inc. Prior to Skydio, Tom was SVP and GM of Mobile for Razer Inc., CEO and founder of Nextbit Inc (acquired by Razer), CEO and founder of security software start-up 3LM Inc. (acquired by Motorola), an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Accel, and from 2007 to 2010 was an executive on the Android team at Google, leading global business development, global go-to-market, and serving as the GM for the Asia-Pacific region.

Trustworthy Autonomy and the Future of Japan

Tom's presentation, titled "Trustworthy Autonomy and the Future of Japan", provide an overview of Skydio's autonomous flying robot technologies, discusses what trustworthy autonomy is, and specifically explores how this technology can play an important role in Japan going forward. Given the difficulties of managing of a shrinking population, aging infrastructure, and the frequency of natural disasters, Japan is facing a perfect storm of problems with respect to the inspection and maintenance of infrastructure. The solution is to deploy trustworthy autonomous drones at scale througout the country that can provide safe, cost effective and high quality visual data in real time.

After joining NTT docomo, he was engaged in area construction and area deployment planning for 3G, 4G, and 5G generations.
Since July 2020, he has served as Director of Drone Business Development Team, 5G＆IoT Business Department, Corporate Sales and Marketing Division, where he is responsible for Skydio drones, cellular drones and docomo sky Cloud.

Deployment of Skydio in Japan

Introducing the services provided by DoCoMo as the development of Skydio in Japan.
In addition, by introducing examples and functions and talking about precedent cases in the Japanese market,
Introducing initiatives for business implementation based on bridge inspections and indoor patrols.

Realization of BVLOS drone flights and further beyond

Drones are expected to be used even more in various fields after BVLOS drone flights are permitted in December 2022. Governmernt of Japan (GOJ) are to take further measures to promote social implementation of drones in various fields such as logistics, industrial safety, and agriculture. In addition, GOJ are to strengthen interregional cooperation and information sharing among drone industries.

Efforts to promote the drone industry, METI

The presentation will explain the efforts that have been made to date toward the social implementation and industrial promotion of drones, including research and development toward realizing a society in which unmanned aircrafts can safely fly around in a Level 4 environment and the development of drones with security. Future initiatives will also be explained.

Joined the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) in 1993. After serving as a member of the Civil Aviation Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Director of the Aircraft Technical Standards Planning Office, Civil Aviation Bureau, Director of the Crew Policy Office, Civil Aviation Negotiator, and Counselor (Next Generation Air Mobility), Minister's Secretariat, he assumes his current position from April 2022.

Efforts to improve the environment for unmanned aircraft

Masayuki Kumada oversees unmanned aircraft management systems and autonomous control systems at Blue innovation.
He also acts as an ISO expert on unmanned aircraft systems and airport infrastructure, as well as the leader of the VTOL airfields project.

He serves as a specially-appointed associate professor at Keio University, where he runs a laboratory for communication research. He also worked independently as a planning producer and conducted experimental projects with various companies and local governments. He studied management as a co-founder and COO of LITALICO Corporation (listed on TSE Prime) when he was a student, and is deeply involved in regional development, including the proposal of "Sabae City Hall JK Section," for which the city received the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award. He has appeared on numerous TV news programs, including Teleasa's "Wide Scramble" and TBS's "N-sta.

Engaged in drone-related consulting, drone software engineer training business, and agricultural service development using drones. After working at Mitsui & Co.'s IT subsidiary, Microsoft Japan, established Drone Japan Co., Ltd. in December 2015. He has written numerous articles in various industrial magazines such as "Drone Business Survey Report 2022" (Impress). He teaches drone-related lectures at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, NEDO and various industry groups about 60 to 80 times a year.

Our mission is to maximize social implementation of agri-tech (agriculture x technology). Agriculture is the last challenge in the industry, the "last frontier" so to speak.
We will innovate the old-fashioned agriculture and create digital innovation to data-enable production, distribution, and sales, and create a new common sense in the future of agriculture.

Government Initiatives for Advanced Air Mobility

Studies for eVTOL realization are underway in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other countries around the world.
In August 2018, the Japanese government established the Public Private Committee in order to discuss regulatory framework and technology development among government and the private sector and discussions have been ongoing since then.
In this session, we will explain about what eVTOL is like, provide an overview of the latest discussions in the Public Private Committee including activities toward flying eVTOL in 2025 Osaka Kansai EXPO and introduce policies on developing eVTOL industry.

AAM Market and Rolls-Royce Electrification Strategy

Rolls-Royce believes electrification of aircraft is necessary for sustained economic development while reducing environmental impact. Although configurations differ depending on the requirements, technologies being developed for all-electric AAM are especially important in enabling more electric air vehicles of all sizes. Revolutionary AAM itself will create a significant market, and the potential influence of the technology on the aerospace industry is even greater.

Joined a heavy industry system company in 1993. Engaged in development of Hypersonic Flight Experiment and H-II Orbitting Plane. Joined DENSO in 2000. Developed and mass produced i-ART, the world's first fuel injection feedback system. After that, engaging in planning and development of electric propulsion systems for Sora-Mobi, CO2 circulation systems, etc.

Automotive Technologies to the Sky 2022

In 2018, he launched an automotive cyber security company , which evaluates and assesses
the cyber security for vehicles and ECUs (including penetration test).
Recently , he worked on IoT , Cloud , DecSecOps , Blockchain, cyber security projects
as Executive Officer of GMO Cyber Security by ierae.

Masakazu Asano is leading R&D as a head of CTO office in GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.
He started working in the PKI/Certificate Authority segment in 2000, and took current post in 2019.
He has been also in charge of the security of Drone/eVTOL since 2020.

After graduating from the Department of Environmental Information, Keio University, worked for Recruit Co. Ltd. (now Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.). In 2009, he joined Colopl, Inc. and was appointed Executive Vice President. After Colopl was listed with the Mothers of the TSE in 2012, and with the 1st Section of the TSE in 2014, Mr. Chiba resigned in July 2016.

JR Hammond is the Executive Director of CAAM, the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium.
CAAM is a Federal Not For Profit organization that acts as the catalyst for the new Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry in Canada.
JR is also the Managing Partner and Founder of Rhizome Aero based in Vancouver, Canada with a Canadian wide operational mandate. Rhizome Aero is Canada’s first zero-emission aviation fund uplifting environmental, social, and inclusivity investments into the Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem.

Project　Professor of Tokyo　City　University, Representative Director of Platinum Meister Co., Ltd., Representative Director of Sustainability Empowerment, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. "Sustainability" Academy Co-producer. and ,Visiting Professor of Musashino University Graduate School ,Doctor　of Philosophy in Environmental Science（University of Tsukuba／School of Life and Environmental Sciences）

After receiving his PhD from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University, he held research and teaching positions at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, the Research Institute of Humanity and Nature, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the East West Center of the US Federal Government, JICA, and others before assuming his current position. Since 2015, he has introduced drones into his research and leading the active use of drones in academia and industry.

In 1971, born in Tomioka Town. After graduating from university in 1994, entered Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Worked on ODA projects and worked in over 25 countries. In August 2008, returned to Tomioka Town.In2011, the main branch to Koriyama City a month after the earthquake. In December 20013, changed company name to FUTABA. Inc and assumed CEO. Have been working of projects for the reconstruction and regeneration of Fukushima Prefecture and projects for the disaster prevention plans and environmental conservation for small islands of other countries. In 2018, built a new building in Tomioka Town as head office.

1948:Born in Fukushima-pref. 1973:Joined IBM Japan Corp. 1983:Liaison to Boeblingen Research Lab. in Germany. 1991:General manager of B777 development office in IBM. 2005: Established Eyeplusplus Inc. as President / CEO. 2006 Established YC Property's Co.,Ltd. as Managing director. 2009 Commercialized Auxdeco a living aid for the Blind, 2011 Opened Latin American market based in Colombia. 2012 Opened China market by Exhibition in Beijing. 2013: Opened EU market based in Italy.

Joined FSR (Organization for Fukushima Soso region Revitalization) in 2020
Manager of Demonstration Testing Division (June 2021 - present)
Head of the "Fukushima Drone 2022" project; Guidebook production and exhibition at "Japan Drone 2022"