Prof. Jerry Hultin

Senior Presidential Fellow and President Emeritus, New York University

Jerry Hultin studies and advises about creativity, innovation, education and economic growth to corporations, governments and organizations throughout the world. He served as President Clinton's Under Secretary of the Navy and is a principal in the Global Futures Group.

Mr. Seihan Mori

Head priest, Kiyomizudera temple

Mr. Seihan Mori was born in Kiyomizu, Kyoto, on 8 July 1940. He entered the Buddhist priesthood under the chief priest of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Ryokei Onishi, in April 1955. After graduating from Hanazono University in March 1963, he became head of the Shinpuku-ji Temple. In April 1988, he assumed the position of chief priest of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple and chief abbot of the Kita Hosso Sect. He then became head of the Hosho-in Temple in 2012. Currently, he serves as representative of the All Kiyomizudera Seisuiji Network, chairperson of the Rakuyo 33 Sacred Sites Pilgrimage Association, and president of the Bunjin (Writers) Federation.

Mr. Federico Casalegno

Director, Mobile Experience Laboratory, MIT

Federico Casalegno, Associate Professor of the Practice, is the Founder and Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Design Lab, SHASS, program in Comparative Media Studies.

He has been awarded honorary professorships by the Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow and the Jiangnan University School of Design in Wuxi, China.

A social scientist with an interest in the impact of networked digital technologies on human behavior and society, Prof. Casalegno both teaches and leads advanced research at MIT, and designs interactive media to foster connections between people, information and physical places using cutting-edge information technology.

Between 2004 and 2011, he had a position as Lecturer at the MIT Media Lab Smart Cities group and from 2006 until 2011 co-directed the MIT Design Lab with Prof. William J. Mitchell. He founded and directs the MIT Mobile Experience Lab since 2004.

From 2004 to 2007, he worked at Motorola, Inc. as a Technology and Product Innovation Analyst, designing pioneering products, experiences and services for mobile devices. Previously, from 1994 to 2000, he worked at Philips Design on connected communities and new media environments to inform design and product experience planning.

Dr. Casalegno holds a Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Communication from the Sorbonne University, Paris V, with a focus on mediated communication and social interaction in networked communities and wired cities.

He has published several scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, books and articles. For the Living Memory connected community project he was awarded the Best Concept prize by the American Leading Industrial Designers I.D. Magazine, and the Silver Prize Design Concept by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).

Mr. Haruki Tsuchiya

The principal / Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto Eco Energy School

President of Research Institute for Systems Technology. His research fields are energy efficiency and renewable energy. He has been an advisor for the study group on Global Warming 2050 at the National Institute for Environment studies. He has been a member of committees on energy and future society in the Ministry of Environment. He has contributed to technical studies of IPCC. He published many technical papers and books on energy and future society.

Mr. Yoshiaki Suda

Mayor of Onagawa town, Miyagi prefecture

Mr. Yoshiaki Suda is a graduate of the School of Business Administration of Meiji University, and he worked for DENTSU EAST JAPAN. After serving as a member of the Miyagi prefectural assembly for three terms, he was first elected as the mayor of Onagawa Town in November 2011 (first term). He currently lives in provisional housing with his family. He served as the secretary general of the Miyagi Chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (from Sep. 2009 to Oct. 2011), while being a member of the Regional Future Working Group of the Choice for the Future Committee organized by the Cabinet Office.

Ms. Maria del Coriseo Gonzalez-Izquierdo

Economic and Commercial Office Embassy of Spain
Economic and Commercial Counsellor

Since July 2014, Ms. González-Izquierdo is the Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Head of the Economic and Commercial Office, of the Embassy of Spain in Tokyo.

Prior to her current position she was Chief Executive Officer of Spain Trade and Investment (ICEX), ranking at Undersecretary level at the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Ms. González-Izquierdo is a top ranking public official in the Spanish Administration (Cuerpo Superior de Técnicos Comerciales y Economistas del Estado), specialized in economics and international trade. She has served as Economic and Commercial Counsellor in the Spanish Embassies in Iraq, Jordan, the People’s Republic of China and Ghana, Director of the Division of Industrial Products and Technology in ICEX and privatization advisor to the Undersecretary at the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy.

She has also worked at the World Bank, on infrastructure and private sector development in North of Africa and the Middle East.

In the private sector, she has been Associate Director to the Presidency of the Spanish Electricity Market Operator and in academics she has taught Mercantile Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Ms. González-Izquierdo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration and is a Juris Doctor from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3), Madrid. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Mr. Alfonso Palacios

Head of Studies and Projects Department, Malaga City Council

Alfonso Palacios is industrial engineer and he is finishing at this moment his doctorate degree.

In the beginning his career was focused on the development of quality systems and continuous improvement as a consultant.

Later, after a stay in the main Spanish electricity company coordinating its metering inspection Department, he moved to the Public Administration as environmental technician of the Malaga City Council where he was focused in the control of the environmental policy of the City .

In 2005, he moved to the Municipal Energy Agency, in which since early 2008 is the Head of Department of Studies and Projects, taking part in projects related to smartcities, renewable energies, energy efficiency, sustainable mobility and technology, such as Zem2all, Smartcity Malaga, Green eMotion, the Sustainable Energy Plan of the City and its Energy Management System, among others.

Mr. Tomohiko Miyahara

Group Manager/Business Solution Division Panasonic Corporation and President/Fujisawa SST Management Company

Mr. Kouhei Nishimura

President, Hachise Co. Ltd.

Dec 24, 1950 Born
May. 1973 Graduated from College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University
Apr. 1973 Joined Sekisui House, Ltd.
Aug. 1975 Joined Hachise Co. Ltd.
Jul. 2002 President, Hachise Co. Ltd.

Ms. Larissa Romualdo-Suzuki

PhD Researcher, UCL/Imperial College London

Larissa Suzuki is an award winning PhD researcher and entrepreneur in Computer Science, Smart Cities and the IoT at UCL/ICL-DCE. Her research focuses on physical-digital integration in smart cities, business models, value chain analysis, and design of ultra‐large and highly interconnected systems.

Mr.Shunichi Kajisa

CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Microsoft Japan

Shunichi Kajisa was named to the new position of CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Microsoft Japan in October 2006. He assumes responsibility for technology policy engagement, standardization, innovation efforts, and outreach activities around fundamental technologies, such as security and accessibility.
He held the position of director of Microsoft platform R&D team in Japan, and had been overseeing the R&D teams.
Since joining Microsoft Japan in 1989, he led Japanese platform product development projects, including OS/2, Windows NT 3.1 – 4.0, BackOffice, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista. He accomplished the single binary for East Asia countries (Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan) in Windows NT 4.0. The single binary for East Asia was the important foundation to achieve single worldwide binary in and beyond Windows 2000.
Prior to joining Microsoft, he spent 7 years at RICOH. He worked on the development of the integrated software (spreadsheet, database, reporting, .etc.) to run on Japanese office computers. Also, he designed and implemented Unix based operating system for multiprocessor hardware.
As he has been working with software and hardware partners in Japan, he has strong connections to key people in industry. Also, he leads the efforts to work with standards bodies and boards on behalf of Microsoft.
He is a graduate of Osaka University, Japan, where he studied information science.

Mr. Yoshiro Owadano

Director-General, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)

Mr. Projjal Dutta (TBC)

Director of Sustainability Initiatives, Metropolitan Authority of Transportation, New York

Projjal Dutta is New York MTA’s first ever Director of Sustainability. He has two responsibilities: To reduce the environmental footprint of the MTA & to verifiably measure the carbon benefits that accrue from transit. He is a published author who has lectured at Harvard, Yale & Columbia etc.

Mr. Mateu Hernández (TBC)

CEO, Barcelona Global

Mateu Hernández is the CEO of Barcelona Global. Mateu is member of the International Advisory Board of the 4th New York Strategic Plan, Secretary of the International Advisory Board of the Smart Cities Expo and Congress, development and strategic.

Mr.Kanemasa Oda

Fellow, NISSIN ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.
General Manager, Renewable Energy Div. New Energy & Environment Business Unit

Mr. Matthew Smith

Global Head of Market Development – Internet of Things, Cisco Systems

Matthew leads a global team, driving the creation of disruptive market opportunities to develop the global market for Internet of Things. Matthew’s charter is to work with large Multi-National and Government customers to develop robust large scale opportunities that enable digitised business outcomes and positive investment returns for all parties.

Matthew joined Cisco in 2000. He has taken varied roles throughout his Cisco career, including leading Cisco’s Brand Protection initiatives throughout Asia and Europe; leading Cisco’s Business Operations for the Middle East and Africa region and, based in Riyadh, heading sales and subsequently as General Manager for Cisco’s Saudi Arabian business. Prior to his current role, Matthew was based in Bangalore as the Strategy and Operations lead for Cisco’s Globalisation office.

Prior to joining Cisco, Matthew had a variety of roles developing his managerial experience, from that of an Officer in the Royal Navy, an Inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police to a manager in a Big Four Accounting firm.

Matthew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Business Systems and an MBA from Edinburgh University Business School, Heriot Watt.

Mr. Kenji Yamaji

Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

1972: B. Engineering (Nuclear Engineering), the University of Tokyo. 1977: Dr. of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. 1977-1994: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI). 1994-2010: Professor, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. Research Field: Energy systems engineering. 2010-: Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE). Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo. Honorary Member, Japan Society of Energy and Resources. Vice President, Japan Institute of Energy.

Mr. Sei-ichi Nishimoto

Chairman of the Board, Advanced Scientific Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO

Currently, Dr. Sei-ichi Nishimoto is the Representative Research Supervisor in the JST Super-cluster Program “Creation of Highly Efficient Energy Utilization System or Realizing a Green Sustainable Society”. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University n 1978 and was appointed to the Professor of Excited-State Hydrocarbon Chemistry at he Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1993. From 2002 through 2005, e played a significant part as a President Aide in the ground design and foundation f Katsura Campus at the Techno-Science Hill, where the Graduate School of Engineering, yoto University performs education and researches at the cutting edge of science and technology.

Mr. Tsuyoshi Kinoshita

Senior Director, CTO
Strategic Business Development IoE Innovation Center Tokyo
Cisco Systems

Tsuyoshi Kinoshita is Senior Director, CTO, responsible for the Strategic Business Development and IoE Innovation Center in Tokyo.

Previously at Cisco, Kinoshita served multiple leadership positions in Sales, Technology, and Service and the most recently was Managing Director for Enterprise Networking Architecture, Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China.

In addition to his responsibilities at Cisco, Kinoshita currently serves on the board or in senior roles in organizations including the IPv6 Promotion Council in Japan, and Internet Association Japan (IA japan) as well as several government and industry forums promoting ICT technology policies and solutions.

Mr. Francesc Giralt

Researcher at BioCenit; CPS Director of Society Affairs

My research interests have shifted over the years, but always keeping an accent on complex and non-linear systems. I am currently involved in modelling complexity from the nanoscopic and microscopic scales of biological systems to the macroscopic urban ecosystems where complex adaptive human behaviors emerge.
The first nanoinformatics subject is carried out at the University Rovira i Virgili. It aims at establishing techniques for modeling the interaction of nanoparticles with biological systems with a systems biology approach.
The second main area of activity about complex adaptive human behavior in Cities is carried out at the City Protocol Society, an International California Non-Profit Corporation that promotes, guides, and accelerates the responsible transformation of cities with cities, industry, academia, and non-profits working and learning together. A Science of Cities in needed to understand the complex network of human relationships (social, economic and political) that evolve under the accelerated impact of information and communication technologies.
The above research activities have always had an innovation component, fueled by an innate curiosity about the technology market and the potential commercial value of ideas. As a result the following projects and results have been respectively managed and obtained:
Projects and contracts: 152 R&D+i projects funded by industry, 43 research projects funded by Research Agencies, and 67 consulting jobs
Master and Doctoral Thesis: Supervision of 23 Master theses and 34 Doctoral/Ph.D. theses
Conference Presentations: 248 papers presented at scientific meetings, 18 as invited keynote lectures
Scientific Publications: 147 archival publications
Innovation and entrepreneurship: 2 spin-off companies, 1 invention and 1 patent

Specialties:
- Dynamics of Complex and Non-Linear Systems
- Environmental engineering & chemistry
- Bio and Nanoinformatics
- Education and Sociotechnical Systems

Mr. Josep-Ramon Ferrer

Director of Smart Cities and Deputy CIO, Barcelona City Council

Senior Telecommunications Engineer. He worked in the private sector since 1996 which is incorporated in the Generalitat de Catalunya where he was Director of the Telecommunications. Since February 2012, has served as Director of ICT Strategy and Smart Cities of Barcelona City Council.