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Date : November 11, 2016

Video Report: IoT—Japan’s Strategy and International Competitiveness (Dr. Jun Murai, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)

post date : 2016.11.15

The movement to implement the Internet of Things (IoT), adding network connectivity to various objects in order to increase their convenience, is picking up pace around the world. The IoT Acceleration Consortium was established in Japan in October, 2015, in a collaboration between industry and academia. By cooperating with organizations in the US and Germany, which are leaders in this field, efforts are underway to establish international standards.

 

The FPCJ invited Dr. Jun Murai, Chairman of the IoT Acceleration Consortium, and Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, to discuss Japan’s IoT strategy and international competiveness.

 

The briefing had a total of 24 participants, including 9 journalists from China, France, Germany, South Korea and Singapore.

 

 

- Distributed Material:IoT: Japan's Strategy and International Competitiveness

 

- Date: November 11 (Fri), 2016

- Briefer: Dr. Jun Murai, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

- Language: Japanese (with consecutive English interpretation)

 

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