Japan-India Pilot Symposium
towards Decarbonization of the Global South

-Fusing Japan’s Manufacturing Strength with India’s Digital Transformation

(Online)

Date

November 17 (Fri) 2023
18:00-20:30 (JST), 14:30-17:00 (IST), 10:00-12:30 (CEST), 02:00-04:30 (MST)

Organizers

Technology in Society, International Committee of Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management、and India-Japan Forum on Environmental Technology

Mission

Technology in Society (TIS), an international academic journal focused on the global discourse at the intersection of technology and global social, political, and economic systems will celebrate its 75th volume in 2024.
In addition, the International Committee of Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management (IC-JSRPIM) which pursues the international development of this issue has now held 300 monthly forums.
To commemorate these milestones, both TIS and IC-JSRPIM have decided to hold a pilot symposium focusing on India's decarbonization strategy given its position as a high-potential leader in the global south.
In consultation with Indian organizations sharing a similar view, an organization was developed called the "India-Japan Forum on Environmental Technology (IJFET)" for this symposium.
This organization brings together a diverse range of stakeholders towards decarbonization, thereby opening new doors of opportunity for research and the exchange of ideas and best practices through peer-level engagement in both countries and serving as a catalyst for the fusion of Japan’s manufacturing and India’s digital transformation (DX).
With your participation, we hope that this pilot symposium will have an impact on both countries and the world at large in developing climate change solutions.

Program

　　　　150 minutes

Click on "Presentation text" below the speaker's portrait to view the abstract and presentation text.

Profiles of the Speakers

Explore the Role Technology Plays in the Ongoing Social, Political, and Business Dynamics

Charla Griffy-Brown

Editor-in-Chief of Technology in Society,
Professor and Vice-Dean, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

BA, Harvard University
Ph.D., Griffith University, Austrakia
Researcher, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development,Tokyo
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor, Graziadio Business School, Pepperdine University

Chair person

　

Collaboration Leads to Fusion that Accelerates Decarbonization

Chihiro Watanabe

Chair of the International Committee of the Japan Society for Research Policy & Innovation Management
Director of the Forum of X-Center Japan (FoXc-J), Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology

Ph.D., University of Tokyo
Deputy Director-General, Ministry of International Trade & Industry
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Management of Institutional Innovation)
Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore
Research Professor, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

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Digitally-supported Manufacturing and Manufacturing-oriented DX Save the World

Yuko Yasunaga

Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director, Directorate of Corporate Services
and Operations, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)

Ph.D., University of Tokyo
Vice President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry
Visiting Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Sustainability and Decarbonization: Opportunities and Insights from Technology Powered Interventions

Vinnie Jauhari

Director Education Industry WW Public Sector Team, Microsoft Corporation India Ltd.
Advisor of the Forum of X-Center Japan (FoXc-J)

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Post Doc., Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University (Tokyo)
Professor and Head, Oxford Brookes University
Regional Lead India - HP Labs Open Innovation Office
Learning and Skills Lead, Microsoft Corporation India Ltd.

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New Perspective of Japan-India Collaboration for Decarbonization

Yuko Harayama

Former President of the Japan Society for Research Policy & Innovation Management
Former Standing Member of the Council for Science, Technology & Innovation; Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University

BS, University of Besancon, France
Ph. D., University of Geneva
Associate Professor, University of Geneva
Deputy-Director of Science, Technology & Industry, OECD
Executive Director of RIKEN (National Research and Development Institute)

Moderator

　

Gate Operation Systems for Shorter Supply Chain in India and Expectations for Decarbonization

Atsuhiro Tanaka

Head of NEC Labs. India, NEC Corp. India Pvt. Ltd.

M. Engr. in Information Engineering, University of Tokyo
Former Deputy General Manager, Business Innovation Unit, NEC Corp.
Former General Manager, Secure Systems Research Laboratories, NEC Corp.
Head of NEC Laboratories India, NEC Corp. India Pvt. Ltd.
Former Board Member of Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

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EV Shift for Carbon Neutrality: Win-Win Solution by Japan-India Collaboration?

Kazuyuki Motohashi

Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Ph.D., Keio University; MBA., Cornel University
Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry
Economist, Science, Technology and Industry Directorate, OECD
Sasagawa Peace Fellow, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Editor, Research Policy

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Climate, Energy, and Industrial Transformation in the Digital Age

Takashi Hattori

Deputy Representative, Taipei Office, Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association

Ph.D., Kyoto University; Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology
Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry
Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
Head, Environment and Climate Change Unit, International Energy Agency
Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat

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Best Practices of TERI School of Advanced Studies for Decarbonization

Prateek Sharma

Acting Vice Chancellor
TERI School of Advanced Studies

Ph. D. (Environmental Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi;
M.E. (Hydraulics and Flood Control)
Earlier Dean Academics at TERI School of Advanced Studies
Fellow of Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst, Southampton, UK in recognition
of outstanding scholarly work in the area of air quality modelling.

Moderator

　

Best Practices of TKM on Sustainability for Mutual Learning

Sudeep S. Dalvi

Senior Vice President & Director - Technical & Purchase, Chief Communication Officer
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. India

B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Mumbai University
Leadership role at TKM and led vehicle and new car manufacturing, Unit Manufacturing,
Quality control, New car projects, product design
35 years of rich experience in the Automotive Business, External affairs and CSR
New car projects, Purchasing, Product design & development, New business development, E

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Insights on Machine Learning Models for Solar and Wind Energy

Amlan Chakrabarti

Professor
A.K. Choudhury School of Information Technology
University of Calcutta, India

Post-Doctoral Fellow (School of Engineering), Princeton University, US
Ph.D. (Calcutta University in association with ISI, Kolkata)
H Hamied Visiting Professorship from University of Cambridge, UK
Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology
Visiting Professorship from University of Cambridge, UK
Expert member of European Science Foundation

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Current Challenges & Opportunities in Sea Water Electrolysis

Akhoury Sudhir Kumar Rajiv Sinha

Director
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Ph. D. (Chemical Eng.) IIT(BHU), India
Ex Head, Ex Dean, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
Professor and Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology,
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India

　

Umaprasana Ojha

Professor
Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar

Professor, RGIPT Jais
Early Career Engagement with American Chemical Society
Member of Society for Polymer Science India
Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

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Q&A and Summing-up

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Q&A

No.	Session	Responsible person	Question	Answer
1	Opening	Charla G. Brown
2	PS-J	Chihiro Watanabe	Q1 What is the typical example of Japan’s fusing manufacturing technology with digital technology?	Typical example can be seen in Canon’s advancement from optical cameras to photocopiers, printers, digital cameras, and AI surveillance cameras. The core technology of an optical camera includes an image sensor together with lens and shutter. High-quality image processing technology evolved with the trend of digitalization has enabled the reproduction of high-quality documents and images in copiers. This kind of technology fusion has led to the development of high-quality and efficient copying machines, similarly printing machines, digital cameras, and AI surveillance cameras.
			Q2 Does Indian traditional innovation system Jugaad induce digitalization in India?	While jugaad's influence on digitalization might not be direct, its underlying principles of frugal innovation, adaptation, and creativity can contribute to the development and adoption of digital technologies in India. The spirit of jugaad can inspire approaches that resonate with the Indian populace, facilitating a more inclusive and adaptive digital landscape.
3	PS-UND	Yuko Yasunaga	Q1 What are UNIDO's best practices for accelerating decarbonization in the Global South?	Efforts to try to mobilize private funds to be invested into green industrialization, especially in the area of decarbonization of carbon-intensive industries as iron & steel and cement as well as promotion of green Hydrogen.
			Q2 What is the UNIDO's role in facilitating the collaboration between Japan and India for decarbonization?	UNIDO’s activity must be financed by member states so that mobilize these funds to reinvest them into developing/emerging countries to demonstrate the effectiveness of specific technologies in the form of technical cooperation or providing policy advisory function to show the critical importance of paradigm change in technology and societal/institutional mechanism. Both India and Japan has a research capacity and manufacturing sites that will work in a collaborative manner to find realistic and scalable transition.
4	PS-I	Vinnie Jauhari	Q1 What is the structural impediment impeding Indian industries collaborating with Japanese industries?	While there exists huge potential of collaboration between Japan-India industry collaboration, the support through funding opportunity for technology transfer is critical. The funding on new and green technology initiatives by international funding agencies such as ADB, World Bank and International Banks can play a big role in enhancing green collaboration across countries. More such formal forums of collaboration across industry verticals between Japan and India would be helpful.
			Q2 What is the most critical effort in organizing the India-Japan forum on environmental technology (IJFET) ?	To facilitate regular dialogue between Japan and India including symposium, Round Tables, collaborative research and discussion among all stakeholders as industry, academia and government.
5	BP-J I	Atsuhiro Tanaka	Q1 What are the concrete actions that contribute to decarbonization?	The first step is to find bottlenecks throughout the supply chain by identifying the critical data to measure. As the next step, it is necessary to quantitatively evaluate the overall impact of the bottlenecks. After completing these actions, effects of decarbonization should be measured by a new system.
			Q2 How to calculate carbon footprints and who certifies the credits?	Carbon footprints can be calculated by the truck’s emissions per unit time as carbon emissions are proportional to the waiting time of trucks. Certification can be obtained by the Certified Emission Reductions (CER) using the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) framework established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
6	BP-J A	Kazuyuki Motohashi	Clarify the effects of decarbonization through life cycle assessment.	Since CO2 dependence depends on energy utilization, renewable energy efficiency improvement and switching of carbon-based electricity use would be the key to decarbonization.
7	BP-J G	Takashi Hattori	Specify the effects of decarbonization through the SCM collaboration.	Semiconductor is the core for digitalization and eventually for decarbonization. Although currently semiconductor manufacturing is energy intensive, the products and services may be used for industrial and societal transformation towards carbon neutral.
8	BP-J SU	Yuko Harayama	See Summing-up.
9	BP-I I	Sudeep Dalvi
10	BP-I A	Amlan Chakrabarti	How does data science contribute to decarbonization through the advancement of M/L?	Collaboration between analytical platform such as stochastic model and advancement of data window. Data availability, data insights can help take proactive measures. Digital Governance would be important. Clean data, Data Security, domain expert are three critical areas which would be important for effective outcomes.
11	BP-I G	Umaparas-ana Ojha
12	BP-I SU	Prateek Sharma	See Summing-up.
13	Closing	Charla G. Brown	See Summing-up

BP-J: Best practices Japan; BP-I: Best practices India; I, A, G: Industry, Academia, Government; UND: UNIDO; SU: Summing-up

Summing-up

BP-J	Yuko Harayama	Key dimensions of productivity growth, harmonical use of global energy, and policy coordination should be tackled for decarbonization challenge. Optimal use of technology should be encouraged. Perspective of life cycle assessment should be underlined by not only focusing on some parts of products and technologies but also broad pictures.
BP-I	Prateek Sharma	Synergy between India and Japan to promote the technology upgradation. Capability and manpower exchange. Funding support towards the developmental activities.
General	Charla G. Brown	The proposed soft collaboration scheme including the India-Japan Forum on Environmental Technology, IJFET should be further reinforced in which contributors to this pilot symposium could be the active members. Continued actions such as webinars, on-demand consultations, workshops and publications should be continued. The outcomes of the pilot project are expected to be transferred in ongoing engagement between countries in the global south for scaling these best practices across nations. The key theme of the last G20 Summit in New Delhi, “One Earth, One Family, One Future” should be referred. Let’s collaborate with the spirit of One Family and make a difference in the realm of Decarbonization.

Contact

Chihiro Watanabe (watanabe.c.pqr@gmail.com) Japan
　Vinnie Jauhari (vijahar@microsoft.com) India

　　

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