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International Standardization Forum will be held at EXPO2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN.
Summary
- Date: July 16(Wed.) 13:00-17:00
- Venue: EXPO salon (Ringside Marketplace, West 2F, Yumeshima Island, Osaka, Japan)
- Sponsorships: Japanese Standards Association (JSA),
The Global Initiative for Safety, Health and Well-being at the EXPO2025 and Beyond (GISHW) - Theme: Designing Future Society for Our Lives
- Highlight:
- Focusing on new value of international standardization of “safety, health, and wellbeing”.
- Discussing AI and robotics for collaborative safety and wellbeing.
- Experts from Japan and abroad will gather to discuss the theme in the form.
Program
Last updated 5/30
13:00~13:05
Opening remarks

Dr. Nobuhiro ENDO, JISC President
13:05~13:25
Keynote speech-1
ISO Contribution for achievement of SDGs
-Safety, health and wellbeing in an aging society-

Dr. Sung Hwan CHO, ISO President
13:25~13:45
Keynote speech-2
IEC Contribution for achievement of SDGs
-Collaborative safety, Safety 2.0 and technology-based wellbeing-

Mr. Jo COPS, IEC President
13:45~14:45
Panel discussion 1
AI and robotics for collaborative safety - a) Technology
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Moderator:
Mr. Steven MARGIS, IEC Vice president, Chairman of IEC/CAB -
Panelists:
1) Ph. D. Tamio TANIKAWA, AIST -
2) Dr. Thomas BÕMER, IFA, DGUV -
3) Mr. Masao DOHI, Japanese Delegate of IEC/ACOS -
4) Ms. Andrea WEIMAR, Secretary General, ISSA Section Machine and System Safety -
5) Mr. Riccardo MARIANI, VP Industry Safety, NVIDIA
14:45~14:55
Break
14:55~15:55
Panel discussion 1 AI and robotics for collaborative safety - b) Implementation and management
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Moderator:
Mr. Toshiyuki KAJIYA, Director, Member of Board of IGSAP -
Panelists:
1) Mr. Takashi KAWATA, Kawata Consulting Office -
2) Mr. Tomohito MORI, Daiwa House Industry Co.Ltd. -
3) Mr. Timmothy T. DUFFY, Rockwell Automation -
4) Dr. Winson YEUNG, Principal Consultant, OSHC, Hong Kong SAR -
5) Mr. Masaki NOBUHIRO, Safety and Health Promotion, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
15:55~16:55
Panel discussion 2 Well-being and standardization
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Moderator:
Dr. Hajime YAMADA, Secretary of IEC/SyC/AAL, Professor Emeritus of Toyo University -
Panelists:
1) Ms. Ulrike HALTRICH, Chair of IEC/TC 100, Former chair of IEC/SyC AAL, Sony Europe Limited -
2) Ph.D. Hiroshi SATO, Convenor of ISO 314/WG4, AIST -
3) MD-PhD. Toru YOSHIKAWA, National committee member of ISO/TC283, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH) -
4) Professor, Dr. Fumie SUGA, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University -
5) Ph.D. Ram MAIKALA, Chair of ISO/TC159/SC4, Program technical consultant of National Safety Council, Ex-technical standards division chair of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of USA
16:55~17:00
Closing remarks
Mr. Hiroshi ASAHI, JSA President
*The program is subject to change without notice.
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- This event is the “International Standardization Forum”, one of the seven GISHW-Days events, which will take
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