Container Management Science: Kick-off symposium for Social Cooperation Program of ONE and UTokyo
Date
Friday, October 11, 2024
Place
The University of Tokyo and online
- Fukutake Learning Theater (Symposium) https://fukutake.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/facilities-inside/theater.html
- Sanjo Kaikan (Social Gathering)
Schedule
Chair: Tomoya Kawasaki, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
15:00 Opening address, Yasuhiro Kato, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
15:10 Congratulatory address, Yoshifumi Miyatake, Director General, Maritime Bureau, MLIT
15:20 Overview of the Social Cooperation Program, Kazuhiro Aoyama (Professor, The University of Tokyo
15:40 Keynote speech 1, Katsuhiro Nishinari, Professor, The University of Tokyo
Keynote speech 2, Yasuki Iwai (Global Chief Officer, Ocean Network Express)
16:40 Panel Discussion “Innovation in maritime industry”
Moderator: Kazuhiro Aoyama
Kenichi Michida (Senior Vice President, Ocean Network Express)
Hideyuki Ando (Director, MTI Co., Ltd.)
Hiromasa Fuchi (General Manager, Quantum Computing Division, NEC Corporation)
Kentaro Sashio (General Manager, Operations Research Department, KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING)
17:30 Closing Remarks
18:00〜 Networking
Registration (Deadline: September 30)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7WdwfbXbRxAA2WCv77gY5eRXxbJrkwrSLxJGRwLx1UTf5ag/viewform
Overview of the symposium
In this Social Cooperation Program, Ocean Network Express and the University of Tokyo are working together to find solutions to complex and diverse issues in the container shipping industry, which is widely recognized as a social infrastructure, from an interdisciplinary approach and to build a sustainable and resilient container shipping industry (Sustainable/Resilient service design). Specifically, this program focuses on three themes such as: (i) customer & market strategy, (ii) network design & optimization, and (iii) operational efficiency & sustainability.
In this kick-off symposium, an overview of the course will be presented, and two keynote speakers will discuss the problems of the container shipping industry and their expectations for the program. Subsequently, a panel discussion on ‘Innovation in the shipping sector’ will be organized. The shipping industry is a very complex system where numerous variables are intertwined in a complex manner. In such a complex system, improving business efficiency and optimizing networks requires identifying the essence of the problem and then solving them using advanced technologies such as quantum computing technology. In the panel discussion, panelists with expertise in problem solving using advanced technologies in shipping and its related fields will be invited to discuss related innovations that contribute to a sustainable and robust container shipping industry.