Conference program
Aeromart Nagoya 2023 Conference Program
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
10:00 - 10:10 Chairman's Welcome and Conference Commencement
Sosuke Nagayama, Partner, DELOITTE
10:10 - 10:30 Japan and Malaysia: Navigating the Future of the Aircraft Supply Chain
Junichi Iwasaki, Director, Aircraft Component and Material Industries Office, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, Japan
Prof. Ts. Shamsul Kamar, Chief Executive Officer, National Aerospace Industry Corporation Malaysia
10:30 - 10:50 Boeing Business in Japan
Jon Lilja, Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Asia Business Development, Boeing
10:50 - 11:10 Development Status of Composite Structural Technology for Commercial Airplane with an Eye Toward Net Zero
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Senior Chief Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
11:10 - 11:30 Morning Break
11:30 - 11:50 Innovation Driving the Net Zero Energy Transition
Adam Hollis, Senior Supply Chain Manager, Rolls-Royce Japan
11:50 - 12:40 Panel Discussion: Current and Potential Opportunities for Material Innovation in Space and Aerospace
- Changing Design Criteria for Materials in Electric Aviation
- Connecting materials science developments with industrial capabilities
- How is Material Innovation Improving Engineering Design, Performance and Methodology?
- Additive manufacturing for aerospace: developments and opportunities
Moderator:
Kayne Ikeda, Senior Channel Manager - Japan & South Korea, Ultimaker
Panelists:
Hitoshi Sakurai, CTO, NTT Data XAM Technologies Corporation
Kenneth Keegan, Executive Vice President, Jonal Laboratories
Tomohiro Oyama, General Manager – AM Innovation Center, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.
Max Di Domenico, GE Additive Product Manager, GE Additive
Christopher Schmitz, Team Leader Additive Minds, EOS
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:50 Organized with AICHI-NAGOYA AEROSPACE CONSORTIUM (ANAC)
Panel Discussion: How is Japan Fostering a New Space Value Chain?
- Public and private opportunities in the space economy
- Leveraging the New Space industry developments
- Combining home-grown advantages with international collaboration to advance Japan’s space supply chain
- Diversification into space: challenges and opportunities
- Attracting, recruiting and training the industrial workforce needed to build and sustain space manufacturing capabilities?
Panel Moderator: Munetaka Ueno, Research Director, JAXA
Panelists:
Hidehito Shiratsu, General Manager, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Toshihiro Obata, Board Director & General Manager, Synspective Inc
Hiroshi Koyama, Defense & Space Systems Group Fellow, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Misuzu Onuki, Aerospace Business Consultant
14:50 - 15:40 Panel Discussion: The Future of Passenger Air Travel
- Human-centric aviation: the key to future industry success?
- Building the next-generation ecosystem for urban air mobility
- Redefining economic and service models for electric aviation
- How can the aerospace supply chain adapt to future aircraft requirements?
- Developing lightweight, adaptable, and green design concepts
Panel Moderator:
Kenichi Yamamoto, Director for Policy Planning and Coordination, Advanced Air Mobility Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
Panelists:
Asa Quesenberry, Founder, SkyScape
Kenji Nakagawa, Air Mobility Business Development Department /General Manager, Skydrive Inc
Takahiro Morimoto, CEO, SkyLink Technologies
15:40- 15:55 Afternoon Break
15:50 - 16:30 New Developments Stimulate Cooperation Opportunities (En)
Remy Moreau, International Cooperation, Senior Director, Airbus
16:15 – 16:55 Defense Business Dialogue - Navigating Future Potential (En)
Bernice Kissinger, Chief Engagement & Outreach Officer (CEOO), Tech Accelerator
Mica Imamura, CEO, Armatus
