With the progress of CPS and IoT technologies, a variety of structural changes are taking place today throughout the entire industry. In line with the concept of a super-smart society, “Society 5.0,” proposed by the Japanese government, we will aim to achieve “Connected Industries,” which form the backbone of “Society 5.0,” as a way of connecting everything, and then offering people new added value. While the social issues we face today are complicated, various initiatives to resolve them will be presented in this keynote address.

There are Issues related about sustainable society, such as global ecological issues, are common policy targets in the world. In order to overcome such issues, we establish a Beyond Smart Society (Society 5.0) in Japan under the cooperation of the public and private sectors. Tokyo Olympic Paralympic Games in 2020 will be a good opportunity to disseminate the future image of Beyond Smart Society from Japan to the world. In this presentation, I will introduce the activities of CIAJ and the Japanese ICT vendors to create a Beyond Smart Society.

It's no need to raise the example of Industrial Revolution, at any time of the era, technology has become to great opportunity to change the world. And now, AI and IoT, as cutting-edge technology, are changing this world absolutely. However, it is not only technology which is changing the world. Ourselves also should have something able to do in order to create a better world. "What will happen in the forthcoming future, how should ourselves be at that time?", l wish to speak about these matters in conjunction with the theme of regulatory reform.