The National Council for the Promotion of New Smart Logistics held the "New Smart Logistics Symposium" as part of the "4th Drone Summit" in Nagoya City on September 25th.
The symposium's title is "The Unending Logistics Problem of 2024: Building a New Regional Community Infrastructure Incorporating Drone Logistics."
Public and private sector representatives, including major logistics companies and domestic drone manufacturers, gathered to give lectures and participate in panel discussions on the prospects for commercializing drone logistics, which is essential for building new community infrastructure incorporating drones.
<Ryuichi Seto, Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office, who spoke at the opening address>
At the symposium, Vice Minister Ryuichi Seto of the Cabinet Office delivered the opening speech on "Building a Disaster-Resilient Nation and Implementing Technology: The Disaster Prevention Agency Concept and the Construction of Phase-Free Disaster Prevention Infrastructure."
Next, Masako Okano, Director-General for Policy Coordination and Logistics Coordination, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, spoke on "The Potential of Drone Logistics for Improving the Efficiency of Last-Mile Delivery," followed by Yosuke Shimizu, Assistant Section Chief, Unmanned Aircraft Safety Division, Safety Department, Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who spoke on "Simultaneous Operation of Multiple Aircraft to Promote the Commercialization of Drones."
<Scenes from the panel discussion>
Following this, a panel discussion titled "Logistical Challenges Facing Japanese Society and the Current State and Future of Drones in Updating Regional Logistics Infrastructure" brought together three major logistics companies, including Japan Post and Sagawa Express, and four drone companies to discuss development and regulatory challenges, as well as each company's future initiatives and commitments. The moderator was Hideharu Kawai, a director of the council and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Seino Holdings.
Through the symposium, participants reaffirmed and declared their commitment to collaborating and co-creating across government and private sector boundaries in order to commercialize drone logistics.
