FUJIFILM has developed innovative functional materials based on the combination of fine chemicals and process engineering technologies such as dispersion, coating etc. These examples will be shown.
In order to solve social problems, our challenge to change the world with functional materials will be also introduced.

Dai Nippon Printing has been developing the functional film business with various technologies such as converting, coating, transfer, patterning and functional materials developed from printing technology. First, we will introduce functional film products in each business area. Then, we will introduce the future of the functional film business that will further evolve and integrate technologies and create various values.

Joined Dai Nippon Printing in 1987. Widely involved in research and development, business planning, technology, and manufacturing of display products, functional films and industrial materials.
In 2018, in charge of Corporate Officer (current position) and General Manager of High-performance Materials Operations.

Toray has centralized all of its R&D functions into a single organization called the Technology Center. In Green Innovation and Life Innovation, Toray's areas of special focus in recent years, Toray has been creating advanced materials under technology integration through cross-organization activities, close collaboration and technical interaction.

In 1984, graduated Kyushu University and joined Toray Industries, Inc. After investigation of aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane and organic LED materials, Corporate Planning Dept., in 1999, GM, R&D Planning Dept. in 2006, GM, Electronic & Imaging Materials Res. Labs. in 2011, Senior Director, Technology Center Planning Dept. and New Projects Development Div. in 2015 and the present position from 2017.

Events such as the movement towards a circular economy is requiring chemical companies to adopt and dramatically modify its product portfolio. I will discuss how Mitsubishi Chemical, under such circumstances, is trying to create innovation from both top-down and bottom-up approaches while deepening our understanding of fundamental science. The presentation will also include our methods to cultivate an innovative culture among our researchers.

Akihisa Kakimoto is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation since 2018. After joining Mitsubishi Chemical in 1984, he has been engaged in film businesses with positions in the US and Mitsubishi Plastics before being appointed as COO High Performance Films Business Domain of Mitsubishi Chemical in 2017. Akihisa Kakimoto graduated with Bachelor of Economics from Keio University, Japan and Master of Business Administration from IMD in Switzerland.

At BASF, sustainability is firmly embedded in our company and is actively pursued throughout the entire value chain. In the area of plastics, we have adopted the concept of Circular Economy and are promoting sustainable initiatives such as chemical recycling and biomass balance approach.

Hiroki Ishida is representative director and president of BASF Japan. He joined BASF Japan in 1994 and held various posts in Germany, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Even if functional materials, it can say only after that materials showing how properties and interesting characteristic matches customer needs. Mitsui Chemicals will present R&D activity by communication and design strategy.

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Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), particularly thermoplastic matrix CFRP (CFRTP) are widely applied to various industrial fields including aerospace, automotive, general machinery and sporting goods, etc. Overview and prospects of this application trends will be explained detailedly.

Pitch based carbon fibers are characterised by a wide range of modulus, ultra low modulus(55GPa) to ultra high modulus(900GPa). Apart from high stiffness, high thermal conductivity, low friction and low thermal expansion are unique charactor of pitch based carbon fiber. These properties and application will be explained.

There are many forest resources in Japan, but they cannot be used because they cannot be added value. It is necessary to understand the characteristics of cellulose nanofibers produced from these resources and to conduct development studies for industrial applications. In this performance, application development examples will be introduced focusing on compounding with resin.

In March 1993, after graduating from Okayama University of Science, joined Mori Machinery Corporation. Engaged in quality control of the Marine Division. In January 2011, established the Cellulose Development Department to develop full-fledged cellulose nanofibers and assumed the position of Section Chief. To the present.

For the first time in the home appliance industry, mass-production introduction of a light and strong cellulose composite resin with low environmental impact taking advantage of the characteristics of plant origin and high strength. Although cost reduction was a major issue when applied to general-purpose resins, cost reduction is realized by establishing a low-cost process that does not use water
by fibrillation, modification, and dispersion consistent processing technology in resin melt.

Graduated from Kyushu Institute of Technology in March 2000.
Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Co., Ltd.).
Belonging to the Production Technology Division (now Manufacturing Innovation Division) .

Recently, many cellulose nanofiber and cellulose nanofiber materials have been developed since they received much attention from various fields. In this presentation, the manufacturing procedures and the characteristic difference in each cellulose nanofiber will be introduced. And, its application for flexible devices will be talked.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution driven by IoT or AI is contributing to realize a sustainable society. For this purpose, the continuous and exponential advancement of electronic devices supported by highly functional metals is required. Roles of highly functional metals and challenges of JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group will be introduced.

Furukawa Electric Group Vision 2030 aims for to build a sustainable world and make human's life safe, peaceful and rewarding by creating solutions for the new generation of global infrastructure combining information, energy and mobility. This talk will introduce our Research & Development activities based on our "Sozai-ryoku", which means Material Technology in order to realize our aims.

March 1984: Completed Special Course in Reaction Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
April 1984: Entered Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
December 2005: President, Furukawa Fitel (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
April 2012: General Manager, Telecommunications Company FITEL Products Div.
April 2016: Corporate Vice President; General Manager, Research & Development Div.

Mitsubishi Materials produces variety of advanced materials of copper or aluminum as a total materials supplier and also positively works on recycling. In this presentation, our development on advanced materials with contribution to a recycling-oriented society using our distinguished recycling technology will be shown.

1980: Graduated from Osaka University and joined Mitsubishi Metal Corporation
2004: General Manager, Metallurgy Dept.,
and Overseas Technical Sales Dept. of Base Metals Div., Metals Company
2017-Present: Director; Executive Vice President, General Manager, Technology Div.

The evolution of JDI's core technology "TFT backplane technology" and its exploration for new generation small-mid size display are addressed. In addition, the possibility of new application beyond display is discussed.

1990-2011: Sony Corp., engaged in development of system-on-glass technology using TFT circuit. Achieved commercialization of driver circuit fully integrated display in 2002, in-cell touch panel in 2011. 2012-now: Japan Display, currently CTO and head of R&D div.

Against the backdrop of the US-China trade war and rising trade tensions between Japan and South Korea, the world has begun to once again acknowledge Japan's supremacy in materials. Japanese companies have by far the largest share of the world market for advanced materials such as resists and hydrogen fluoride. It is becoming a clear fact that, without these, manufacturing of any kind is impossible. This speech will discuss the cutting edge of next-generation vehicles, semiconductors and electronic components and offer a comprehensive analysis of trends in the materials industry and future IoT investment based on the latest news coverage.

Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Law of Chuo University. Joined Sangyo Times, Inc. in 1977 and became a reporter in charge of semiconductors. Japan's longest serving semiconductor reporter who has been at the forefront of the industry for more than 30 years and currently President & CEO of Sangyo Times, Inc.

Denka has created a wealth of products by applying carbide manufacturing technologies since 1915, and has continued to develop new products from inorganic and organic chemicals, to electronic materials and pharmaceuticals. In this lecture, our functional inorganic materials, fused silica, spherical alumina, several nitrides, phosphors, heat-dissipation materials and new materials under development for 5G are described.

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. expanded its business in a variety of fields using advanced ceramic products established upon expertise gained from spark plug business. In this talk, activities and future challenges in advanced ceramics at NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. will be introduced.

Located in France, the European Cluster of Ceramics gathers around 140 members which activities belong to 4 representative strategical markets : Luxury and creation, Health and Environment, Energy and Transport, and Electronics. The main goal of the European cluster of Ceramics is to promote and develop the activities of its members by enhancing public-private partnerships as well as major projects at a national or European level. In this presentation, a special focus will be made on projects supported by the Cluster in the field of energy and aeronautics.

Dr. Florine Boulle is general manager of the European Cluster of Ceramics, graduated from the French national school of industrial ceramics she then obtained a PhD in material science in 2008 from the University of Limoges, and co-author 18 peer-reviewed publications during that period. Until 2016, she has occupied the position of CTO at EMIX, a company involved in solar grade silicon manufacturing.

3M adhesives have been engineered to fit our customers' needs and are used in such diverse products as airplanes, automobiles, cell phones and medical dressings. Our adhesives are so strong they can hold a structural panel for the life of a building or so gentle they can be applied to the skin of a child to secure tubing. This talk focuses on the introduction of adhesive solution for latest trends in manufacturing.

Liu has B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Beijing University of Technology and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tohoku University. Starting his industry career in Hitachi and Toyota, Liu joined 3M company as a Technical Director, Software Electronics Mechanical Systems Laboratory in 2010. Since 2017, Liu has been Executive Director and Chief Technical Officer, 3M Japan.

Our adhesive technologies which are our core technology can be playing important roles in times of catastrophe due to forth industrial revolution because of its diversity. Introducing new functional adhesives based on our newly developed technologies for next generation structural adhesives in the report.

Automobile society has been in the biggest revolution due to the CASE, which stands for the initials of Connected, Autonomous, Shared&Service and Electric. My presentation will describe the change of the vehicle itself and its function because of CASE. And furthermore, the current issues and our possible countermeasures with the high performance materials to realize them will be discussed.

Chika Kako joined the Organic Materials Department at Toyota Motor Corporation as a materials engineer upon graduation from Nara Women's University in 1989.
She has been responsible for developing the interior and exterior materials, then assigned to an overseas post by the R&D, Toyota Motor Europe in Belgium in 2001.
After arriving back to Japan in 2004, she was transferred to the Lexus, has been involved product planning of RX, IS, then assigned as the Chief Engineer of Lexus CT and UX.
Since the beginning of 2019, returned to material field.

Our company has expanded our global business for over 30 years. Our historical R&D activities are to deepen technologies already developed in the past. Mission of our R&D activities needs to be evolved in this changing era to be able to expand area we can develop our technologies using existing paint technologies developed in the past.

Nippon Paint Holdings Group is trying to become the world's greatest paint manufacturer. While newspaper coverage focuses on our growth through M&A, from the technical aspect, innovation in paints and coatings based on core technology is our group's greatest advantage. In this presentation, I will Introduce trends in the paint industry and development of high-performance paints utilizing the latest technology.

We at AkzoNobel believe the way to long-term success in the coatings industry is to focus on sustainability and innovation. The approach taken on these topics will be given, highlighting recent examples.

Phd in organic chemistry from Leiden University
joined the AkzoNobel in 2000 and has worked in Europe, Asia and US in several senior positions in R&D and commercial in Automotive, Industrial and Specialty Coatings businesses.
Most recently Kaj has been leading the Yacht Coatings team as the global Commercial Director.
And started as Managing Director Industrial Coatings Asia on May 2019

I will describe some key drivers of machine learning technologies to the next frontier of materials science, such as materials descriptors, virtual screening, transfer learning for overcoming small data problems, inverse materials design technologies, experimental design, which will be illustrated along their successful applications in practice.

Polymer materials informatics is extremely difficult and has not yet been fully utilized because of strong multiscale nature of polymeric materials. In this talk, I will show the current status of polymer materials design with computational science including molecular simulation, and discuss the future perspective.

Dr. Shigemoto started his career in the field of computational materials design at Toray Industries, Inc. after completing his M.S. in chemistry from Osaka University in 1997. He received his Ph.D. in quantum chemistry from Osaka University (2013).

All-solid state Li-ion batteries (ASS-LIBs) are expected to be the next generation battery, however, their large interfacial resistance hinders their widespread application. We used first-principles calculation method and analyzed the atomic structure and Li-vacancy formation energies between cathode and solid electrolyte interface and found the characteristic feature of electrode/electrolyte interface.

New laser processing system by NTT and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is introduced. Single-mode laser of 10 kW class was transmitted for several tens m by the photonics fiber, and ultrafast scanning by the KTN crystal, beam forming of 10 kW class became possible by reflection type diffraction element. Various new processing technologies were realized by these technologies.

He received his master's degree from Osaka University Graduate School in 1982 and his doctorate in engineering from Osaka University in 1994. He joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., in January 1982. In 2010 assumed the position of Director of the Advanced Technology Research Center in the Technical Headquarters. He served as General Manager of the Nagoya Research Institute, Corporate Technology Management Headquarters, and assumed the post of Corporate Officer Fellow in 2015. He served as a board member for four years, and after retiring from the position, he is now a Fellow Advisor at the Research Institute.

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A plastic film manufacturer will talk about what "Movement away from the Use of Plastic" is.
Now, the directionality of the plastics industry is unsettled whether it will be biomass, biodegradation or recycling. In this time, I will explain the cause of the "Movement away from the Use of Plastic" that has accelerated rapidly by unraveling fragmentary information.

Takashi Hanaichi Joined FUTAMURA CHEMICAL in 1996. Then in charge of developing non-chlorine barrier films and freshness-preserving films. Recently emphasis on work is placed on the investigation and research of environmental issues.

In the global movement of plastic removal, attention has been given to bioplastics, which are regarded as promising alternative materials. I will organize what bioplastics can and cannot do, and introduce NEC's efforts for cellulose-based high functional biomaterials.