Date/Time: 22 January 2024, 14:00 – 17:00
Venue: JTTRI’s Conference Room on the 2nd Floor and Online (Hybrid; with English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation)，3-18-19 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, JAPAN.
Program:
(1) Opening Address
SHUKURI Masafumi (Chairman, JTTRI)
(2) Guest Greeting
TANAKA Yuki (Director General for International Affairs,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and
Tourism)
(3) Keynote Address:
“Railway situation and present policies: UK, EU and comparisons with Japan”
Roderick A SMITH
(Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Future Rail Research Centre Chair, Imperial College London.
Formerly Chief Scientific Advisor Department for Transport,
Past President Institution of Mechanical Engineers)
(4) Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Professor Emeritus Roderich A SMITH
UTSUNOMIYA Kiyohito (Professor, Faculty of Economics,
Kansai University)
KATO Hironori (Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
The University of Tokyo) [Moderator]
AIDA Kazuhiko (Manager, Global Railway Business Dept.,
International Affairs Headquarters,
East Japan Railway Company)
AGATSUMA Koji (Corporate Officer, Hitachi Ltd.
Chief Technology Officer - Vehicles,
Railway Systems Business Unit & Hitachi Rail STS USA, Board Director)
(5) Q&A + Wrap-up
(6) Closing Remarks
FUJISAKI Koichi (Distinguished Research Fellow, Director
General for Research, JTTRI)
JTTRI’s Conference Room on the 2nd Floor and Online (Hybrid)
