[Web Seminar] Production Planning DX for the Food Industry: Achieving an "Unstoppable Workplace" - Optimal Management of "Things" and "People"

We will be exhibiting at the "Food Industry Creation Exhibition '25" scheduled to be held from May 14 (Wednesday) to May 16 (Friday) at Marine Messe Fukuoka. We will showcase measuring instruments ideal for food quality and hygiene management, such as fryer oil deterioration testers and food thermometers. Our instruments can connect to the mobile app testo Smart, allowing you to save measurement values in the app and document them in PDF format, supporting the efficiency of daily fryer oil and temperature management tasks!

The Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Manufacturing Exhibition is the largest international exhibition in Japan for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing sector, featuring 900 companies from both domestic and international markets and attracting 34,000 attendees. A wide range of products and services supporting the pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing processes will be showcased, including manufacturing and packaging, plant engineering, CMO/CDMO, measurement and inspection, sterilization and cleaning, logistics and distribution. We will be waiting for you with a wide selection of environmental monitoring systems, including testo Saveris 1 and data loggers.

The organoid technology is gaining prominence in drug discovery research. We will hold a Japanese webinar where you can learn about the automation of culture through AI image analysis and the reduction of drug discovery risks through the utilization of multimodal data, all in one session. We will introduce technologies that quantify organoid culture using AI image analysis, enabling autonomous passaging decisions, as well as the latest examples of data utilization that integrate multi-omics data from patient-derived organoids (PDOs) to predict drug responses with high accuracy, thereby reducing drug discovery risks. These advancements are expected to enhance research reproducibility and promote precision medicine. A Q&A session is also planned after the presentations. Presentation 1: Automation of organoid culture through quantification of culture conditions and autonomous passaging decisions using AI image analysis Koji Utagawa, Application Scientist, Molecular Devices Japan, Ph.D. in Science Presentation 2: Risk reduction in cancer drug projects using molecular and multi-omics data from organoids Toshiya Kondo, Scientific Business Consultant, Genedata AG, M.D.

[Instructor] Shunsuke Suzuki, President and CEO, Management Techniques Co., Ltd. [Key Lecture Content] In a rapidly changing business environment, we are compelled to collaborate with people from various backgrounds every day and to push our proposals and ideas through amidst the intersection of diverse opinions and values. However, for some reason, good ideas are often not understood or accepted. Why is that? To implement new initiatives within an organization, it is necessary to overcome multiple barriers and unify stakeholders with differing opinions and values. In this seminar, we will explain a "management theory" that has not been commonly addressed, based on various perspectives such as organizational theory, psychology, communication theory, and political economy. We will cover communication techniques that promote changes in people's behaviors and attitudes, storytelling that generates empathy, and the building of trust relationships, all aimed at achieving transformation within organizations. This will be beneficial not only for proposals within organizations but also for improving interpersonal skills in a wide range of situations, including BtoB sales negotiations and the building of everyday human relationships.

[Speaker] Kazunori Kitagawa, Director of Eco-Management Center, Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development [Key Lecture Content] European circular economy policies are poised to have a significant impact on the automotive industry. In particular, the regulations on end-of-life vehicles scheduled to be issued this year may necessitate fundamental reforms in raw material procurement, information collaboration, and product recycling related to the manufacturing and resource circulation of automobiles in the future. This lecture will explain the policy trends related to these regulations, an overview of the system, countermeasures, trends among European manufacturers, management of recycled material procurement, and the upcoming timeline. [Lecture Topics] 1. Policy trends of the circular economy in the EU 2. Transition from recycling to resourcing in the EU End-of-Life Vehicle Directive and regulation amendments 3. Supply chain management related to the supply of recycled plastics 4. Overview of the End-of-Life Vehicle Regulation bill 5. Current status of circular economy business models among European automobile manufacturers 6. Future challenges and countermeasures 7. Q&A / Business card exchange *The content of the lecture may change based on the latest trends.