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Agenda / Handouts
10:00-10:15
Welcoming Remarks
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IMAHASHI Ryu (Vice Chairman of Center for Business and Industrial Research / Professor of Business Administration, Hosei University) Delivered on behalf of KIYONARI Tadao (President, Hosei University) in his absence. |
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AOKI Masahiko (RIETI President & Chief Research Officer / Professor, Stanford University) |
10:15-10:30
IMVP Overview
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John Paul MACDUFFIE (IMVP Co-Director / Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania) Presentation [PDF:116KB] |
10:30-11:30
Session 1: Managing Extended Enterprise (I)
| Chairman: | |
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OKAMATSU Sozaburo (RIETI Chairman) |
| "The Second Century - Moving Beyond Lean Factories" | |
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- Frits PIL (Assistant Professor and Research Scientist, University of Pittsburgh) |
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- Matthias HOLWEG (IMVP Sloan Industry Center Research Fellow) |
11:30-11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45-13:00
Session 2: Managing Extended Enterprise (II)
| Chairman: | |
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IMAHASHI Ryu (Vice Chairman of Center for Business and Industrial Research / Professor of Business Administration, Hosei University) |
| "Supplier Parks: Shared Proximity and Dispersed Ownership" | |
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- SAKO Mari (RIETI Visiting Fellow / Professor, University of Oxford) Presentation [PDF:116KB] , Paper [PDF:236KB] |
| "Structural Changes of Japanese Supplier System" | |
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- TAKEISHI Akira (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) Presentation [PDF:108KB] |
| "New Strategies of the Japanese Automobile Industry: New Trends in Thailand and China" | |
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- SHIMOKAWA Koichi (Emeritus Professor, Hosei University / Professor, Tokaigakuen University) Presentation [PDF:180KB] |
13:00-14:00
LUNCH
14:00-15:00
Session 3: eAutomotive
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FUJIMOTO Takahiro (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor, The University of Tokyo) |
| "Opportunities When Value Networks Collide: Telematics at the Intersection of Automotive and Telecommunications" | |
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- Charles FINE (Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor, MIT) Presentation [PDF:488KB] |
| "The Influence of 3D-CAD on Product Development Process Performance" | |
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- NOBEOKA Kentaro (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor, Kobe University) |
15:00-16:00
Session 4: Visions of a Sustainable Future
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NOBEOKA Kentaro (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor, Kobe University) |
| "Transition to a Hydrogen Future - Scenarios for the U.S." | |
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- Jamie WINEBRAKE (Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology) Presentation [PDF:260KB] |
| "Recent Development of Fuel Cell Vehicles and Related Issues in Japan" | |
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- DAISHO Yasuhiro (Professor, Waseda University) Presentation [PDF:1.5MB] |
16:00-16:15
COFFEE BREAK
16:15-17:25
Panel Discussion: Near-to-Mid-Term Predictions for the Global Automotive Industry
| Chairman: | |
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John Paul MACDUFFIE (IMVP Co-Director / Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania) |
| Discussants: | |
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Yannick LUNG Co-Director, GERPISA, France) Presentation [PDF:100KB] , Paper [PDF:172KB] |
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Ulrich JURGENS (Professor, Social Science Research Center, Germany) |
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Charles FINE (Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor, MIT) |
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FUJIMOTO Takahiro (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor, The University of Tokyo) |
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ITO Sadanori (Deputy Director of Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI) |
17:25-17:30
Vote of thanks and valedictory speech
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John Paul MACDUFFIE (IMVP Co-Director / Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania) |
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SHIMOKAWA Koichi (Emeritus Professor, Hosei University / Professor, Tokaigakuen University) |
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FUJIMOTO Takahiro (RIETI Faculty Fellow / Professor, The University of Tokyo) |
17:45-19:00
Reception
* The agenda is subject to change.
