{"id":4585,"date":"2021-11-19T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/december-9-2021900jst-utecon-will-hold-a-seminar-data-innovation-and-competition\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T09:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T00:00:21","slug":"december-9-2021900jst-utecon-will-hold-a-seminar-data-innovation-and-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/december-9-2021900jst-utecon-will-hold-a-seminar-data-innovation-and-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"December 9, 2021,9:00(JST), UTEcon will hold a seminar \u201cData Innovation and Competition\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2>\u201cData Innovation and Competition\u201d<\/h2>\n<h4>Hosted by UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.<br \/>\nSupported by KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)<br \/>\nManaged by KEIDANREN Business Services<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The recent accelerated digitalization has generated much attention toward how accumulation and utilization of data contributes companies to build business models and enhances their competitiveness. This is a key question from various perspectives including competition policy and law. Wide ranging stakeholders in Japan and abroad have involved in the quite active discussions on this topic. In addition, we need to build better governance various stakeholders from both public and private sectors participate in, to implement societal innovations brought by complex and rapidly changing advanced technologies such as big data and AI.<br \/>\nTherefore, UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc. (UTEcon) holds this seminar with the support of KEIDANREN\uff08Japan Business Federation\uff09and the management cooperation of KEIDANREN Business Services. This seminar will introduce the latest policy and academic discussions in Japan on the challenges and benefits of data accumulation and utilization, including the required state of governance, as well as the trends in global discussions.<br \/>\nWe look forward to the participation of those in legal departments of private companies, government agencies, lawyers, researchers, and others related to this theme.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Seminar Outline<\/h3>\n<h4>1.Date and Time:<\/h4>\n<p>Thursday, December 9, 2021, 9:00 \u2013 12:00(JST)<br \/>\n*Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English and Japanese.<\/p>\n<h4>2. Venue:<\/h4>\n<p>Zoom webinar<br \/>\n*Pre-registration required.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Participation fee:<\/h4>\n<p>Free<\/p>\n<h4>4. Registration:<\/h4>\n<p>To participate, please pre-register for Zoom at the following URL<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_BBP0vtQCQoG5KJNBEvhO4g\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_BBP0vtQCQoG5KJNBEvhO4g<\/a><br \/>\n*You will receive a \u201cRegistration Confirmation Email\u201d to your registered email address once your registration is complete. On the day of the seminar, please click on the \u201cClick here to join(\u3053\u3053\u3092\u30af\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u3057\u3066\u53c2\u52a0)\u201d link in the email to join the seminar.<\/p>\n<h4>5. Others:<\/h4>\n<p>To participate in this seminar, you will need to be able to use Zoom (equipment and communication environment). If you have any questions about Zoom, please contact your company\u2019s system department for further information.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Seminar Programs<\/h3>\n<h4>9:00 \u2013 9:10 Opening Remarks<\/h4>\n<p>Yos Kawaharata, CEO, UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.<br \/>\nTakashi Inoue, Managing Director, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)<\/p>\n<h4>9:10 \u2013 9:40 Keynote Speech<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cJFTC\u2019s recent activities for the digital sector\u201d (TBD) \/ Q&amp;A Session<br \/>\nShuichi Sugahisa, Director General, Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)<\/p>\n<h4>9:40 \u2013 10:00 Presentation 1<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cLessons from the data regulation \u2013 implication of effect of GDPR on business\u201d (TBD)<br \/>\nGinger Zhe Jin, Professor, University of Maryland\uff08Former Director of Economics Bureau, Federal Trade Commission\uff09<\/p>\n<h4>10:00 \u2013 10:20 Presentation 2<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cAgile Governance \u2014 a framework to boost Data Innovation\u201d<br \/>\nHiroki Habuka, Deputy Director for Global Digital Governance, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)<\/p>\n<h4>10:20 \u2013 10:30 Break<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>10:30 \u2013 10:50 Presentation 3<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe role of data in the retail industry: An economic assessment\u201d<br \/>\nKensuke Kubo, Chief Economist, UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.<\/p>\n<h4>10:50~11:45 Panel Discussion<\/h4>\n<p>\u25a1Moderator<br \/>\nYasutora Watanabe, Director, UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.<br \/>\n\u25a1Panelists<br \/>\nGinger Zhe Jin, Professor, University of Maryland<br \/>\nHiroki Habuka, Deputy Director, METI<br \/>\nKensuke Kubo, Chief Economist, UTEcon<br \/>\n\u25a1Possible topics<br \/>\n\u30fbHow data generates competitiveness to firms? \/Any difference or distinction in the role of data across different business categories (data-driven business, retail and others)?<br \/>\n\u30fbHow should we (regulators\/businesses) respond to both potential benefits and challenges raised by data in the digital sector? (e.g., policy making, enforcement)<br \/>\n\u30fbHow competition policy should interplay with other connected areas such as privacy, data security, IP? Any lessons from the past legislations overseas (GDPR, CCPA)? In particular, how should we delineate the roles of competition policy and domain-specific policies such as personal data protection and consumer protection? How we should develop the governance model (law, regulation, standard etc.) to what extent?<\/p>\n<h4>11:45 \u2013 11:55 Q&amp;A session<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>11:55 \u2013 12:00 Closing Remarks<\/h4>\n<p>Yos Kawaharata, CEO, UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cData Innovation and Competition\u201d Hosted by UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc. Supported by KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) Managed by KEIDANREN Business Services The recent accelerated digitalization has generated much attention toward how accumulation and utilization of data contributes companies to build business models and enhances their competitiveness. This is a key question from various perspectives including competition policy and law. Wide ranging stakeholders in Japan and abroad have involved in the quite active discussions on this topic. In addition, we need to build better governance various stakeholders from both public and private sectors participate in, to implement societal innovations brought by complex and rapidly changing advanced technologies such as big data\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utecon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}