2nd German-Japanese Industrie 4.0 Forum

Germany and Japan are central partners for industrial digitization. With cutting-edge innovation and international dialogue, they tackle the twin transitions facing society. On the one hand, they work jointly on global challenges such as supply chain resilience and climate change, for a more sustainable future. On the other hand, they enable the digital transformation of their industries and strengthen their local economies.

The aim of this year’s Germany-Japan Industrie 4.0 Expert Forum was to highlight the bilateral cooperation in the field of Industrie 4.0 and to share ideas on how to support and strengthen enterprises in their digitization processes.

Experts from industry, science and politics discussed developments in the fields of secure and sovereign digital ecosystems, IT-Security, standardization and robotics.

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Wednesday, June 14th, 2025 | 10:00 - 18:30 (JST)
InterContinental Tokyo Bay

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Program and Presentation Materials

Moderator: Henning Banthien

Time		Details	Speaker
09:30		Registration start
10:00 - 10:30		Introductions / Keynotes	Markus Heß – Deputy-Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) Takeshi Fujimoto – Trade Policy, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Marcus Schürmann – Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Japan & CEO, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (AHK Japan) Dr. Takashi Hotta – Secretary General, RRI Dr. Anna Wallbrecht – Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
10:30 - 10:45		Opening Industrial Transformation – Shaping Digital Ecosystems	Henning Banthien – Secretary General, Plattform Industrie 4.0 Kazuo Nakashima – General Manager, Industrial IoT, RRI Ernst Stöckl-Pukall – Head of Unit, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
10:45 - 12:45		Digital Ecosystems
	10:45 - 11:05	Gaia-X – The importance of digital ecosystems for digital sovereignty: Framework to create digital ecosystems	Andreas Weiss – Head of Digital Business Models, eco e.V. & Director, EuroCloud Germany & Managing Director, eco Service GmbH Thomas Niessen – Managing Director, Kompetenznetzwerk Trusted Cloud e.V.
	11:05 - 11:25	Data-EX – The importance of digital ecosystems for digital sovereignty: Framework to create digital ecosystems	Prof. Noboru Koshizuka – Professor, The University of Tokyo
	11:25 - 11:45	Catena-X – The digital ecosystem for the value network of the automotive industry	Oliver Ganser – Chairman of the Board, Catena-X e.V. & Head of Consortium, Catena-X Automotive Network & Head of Industry Platform Program, BMW AG Hagen Heubach – Member of the Board, Catena-X e.V. & Global Vice President Industry Business Unit Automotive, SAP
	11:45 - 12:05	JAMA (The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association) – Activities for implementing ecosystem in the automotive industry in Japan	Akihiko Shibata – Project General Manager, Information Systems Group, Toyota Motor Corporation Tetsuya Inoue – Expert Administrator, Digital Supervisory Unit, IT Strategy Planning Division, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Hiroyuki Ishii – Project Manager, Industry data PF Group, IT management Division, Toyota Motor Corporation
	12:05 - 12:45	Manufacturing-X – Industrial Initiative for the implementation of global digital ecosystems	Keynote Sebastian Schneider – Head of R&D Processes, DMG Mori Ingo Sawilla – Coordinator Data Governance and Data Security, TRUMPF SE Panel Reinhard Heister – Managing Director Electrical Automation & Forum Industry 4.0 & Wireless Communications for Machines, VDMA e.V. (German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Association) Sarah Bäumchen – Member of the Board, ZVEI e.V. (German Electro and Digital Industry Association) Kazuo Nakashima – General Manager, Industrial IoT, RRI Naoaki Fujino – Chief Researcher, Nomura Research Institute
12:45 - 14:15		Lunch
14:15 - 15:00		IT-Security and Trustworthiness Realizing Security & Trustworthiness for International Value Chains	Dr. Wolfgang Klasen – Head of Working Group Security Standardization and Internationalization, Plattform Industrie 4.0 & Consultant for Siemens Dr. Takashi Ogura – Researcher, Hitachi Kumiko Mahara – Senior Manager, Sony Semiconductor Solutions
15:00 - 16:00		Testbed – Transfer, Standardization and Social Sustainability
		1. LNI 4.0 future testbeds, use cases and SME transfer in an international context (data space Manufacturing-X)	Dr. Dominik Rohrmus – CTO, Labs Network Industrie 4.0 (LNI4.0) & Siemens
		2. Navigate the forest of Smart Manufacturing Standard	Shinji Oda – Chief Standardization Officer, Yokogawa Electric
		3. Digital Product Passport (DPP) – A global digital ecosystem to meet sustainability goals	Dr. Jens Gayko – CEO, Standardization Council Industrie 4.0
		4. Progress of human-centered digital system after publishing as Japan-Germany joint project	Dr. Yoichi Nonaka – Corporate Chief Researcher, Hitachi
16:00 - 16:15		Break
16:15 - 17:00		Robotics Maturing and Advancing Industrie 4.0 AI-based Robotics and Automation AI and robots cooperating with humans in a declining working population	Prof. Henning Kagermann (virtual) – Chair of the Board of Trustees, Acatech e.V. (German National Academy of Science and Engineering) Dr. Tamio Tanikawa – Director, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
17:00 - 18:30		Networking-Event

Organizers

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German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

Organized by

German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (AHK Japan)
Plattform Industrie 4.0

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Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative (RRI)

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Chief Operating Officer / Stellv. Delegierter der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Japan / Head of Department, DEinternational Business Services / Economic Representative of the State of Baden-Württemberg Management Office
+81-(0)3-5276-8724 management@dihkj.or.jp

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