Release
WorksWay 2024 Undeterred"
Creator of the Ito Report and DX Report to Speak at
Online on July 18 and 19
2024/05/07
(Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Osamu Hata; hereafter "WAP") will hold the two-day online business forum "WorksWay 2024: Non-Retirement" on Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19, 2024, focusing on the art of internal and external capital strategy to maximize corporate value. This year's keynote speaker will be Hitotsubashi University. This year's keynote speakers will be Kunio Ito of Hitotsubashi University and Noriaki Izumi of METI.
What is WorksWay?
The name "WorksWay" reflects our philosophy. It is to change the concept of "work," to make work more creative, to increase corporate productivity, and to expand corporate value. And our customers' growth is our growth, and we aim to contribute to that growth. This is the path we must walk together with our customers, the WorksWay.
Our main theme for this year is "Non-retirement". This is the wisdom of Buddhism and represents the importance of having faith and not retreating from any difficulties, but rather taking the initiative to go on the offensive. The key to success or failure in this process is the utilization of internal capital such as human resources and data, as well as external capital such as advanced IT services and solutions. This event will deliver the art of strategy to maximize the corporate value of Japanese companies by "staying the course".
2. Highlights of the Event
(1) Keynote Speeches
The keynote speakers will be Kunio Ito of Hitotsubashi University and Noriaki Izumi of METI.
<Day1>"Human Capital Management that Makes the Difference in Corporate Strength"
Overview
The importance of "human capital management" is becoming increasingly recognized, but there are differences in approaches among companies. Whether or not the entire company is seriously committed to the project will determine the strength of the company. Perhaps a choice must be made: choose corporate transformation or continue with the existing way of doing things.
Speaker Name
Kunio Ito
Director, Center for CFO Education and Research, Hitotsubashi University (PDS Endowed Chair, Competitive Strategy)
Profile
Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Commerce, and served as Professor, Dean of Graduate School of Commerce, and Vice President. He is Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. He is currently the Director of the Center for CFO Education and Research at the same university. He is a Doctor of Commerce and compiled the "Ito Report" of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as chairperson in 2014.
<Day2> "Capturing the Essence of DX and Achieving Digital Transformation through Agile Management
Overview
What does it take to achieve true transformation without making DX an end in itself? This lecture will explain the sustainable digital transformation that can be achieved by understanding the essence of DX and introducing agile management.
Speaker Name
Noriaki Izumi
Director, Architecture Strategy Planning Office, Information Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Profile
After working as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University, a researcher at the Cyber Assist Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and a senior chief researcher at the Information Technology Research Division, AIST, he has been a planning officer at the Information Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI since August 2009, and in his current position since July 2020.
(2) Special sessions by sponsoring partners and outside experts
"WorksWay 2024 Non-Retirement" will be sponsored by Microsoft Japan and Nihon Rimini Street as DIAMOND sponsors.
Focusing on the combination of generative AI and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, Microsoft Japan will demonstrate how generative AI can improve operational efficiency and provide business insights through demonstrations using Copilot for Microsoft 365 and HUE, which incorporate the latest generative AI technology. The demonstration will reveal how generative AI can improve operational efficiency and provide business insight in concrete terms.
JCRE will present methods to achieve a robust and secure IT roadmap while facing the challenges of IT budgets and staffing shortages, while allocating investments and talent based on priorities, reviewing system lifecycles, and allocating budgets appropriately.
External speakers will help maximize corporate value for various departments, including sessions on FP&A for accounting departments by Mr. Honda, Executive Officer, Japan CFO Association and Kokuyo Corporation, and a session on improving corporate value from an ESG perspective for corporate planning departments by Mr. Murakami, Japan Research Institute. The sessions will be useful for maximizing corporate value for various departments.
3. Event Overview
Name: "WorksWay 2024 Non-Resign - The Art of Internal and External Capital Strategies to Maximize Corporate Value"
Dates: Thursday, July 18, 2024 - Friday, July 19, 2024
Venue: Held online
Participation fee: Free
How to participate: You can register from the WorksWay 2024 special site.
(Pre-registration required)
Sponsors (in alphabetical order):
DIAMOND
Microsoft Japan, Rimini Street Japan
PLATINUM
Amazon Japan G.K., Japan CFO Association
GOLD
AIM Consulting K.K., Calculation Systems Corporation, Works Applications Frontier Corporation, Kokubu Business Support Co.
MEDIA
ITmedia Enterprise, IT Leaders, ZDNET, TECH+, Business Forum, Business+IT
For inquiries regarding event registration, please contact
WorksWay 2024 Secretariat
Email: [email protected].
To the press
If you would like to arrange an individual interview with any of the speakers, please contact us at the following address
Works Applications Public Relations
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About Works Applications
Works Applications was founded in 1996 as an ERP package vendor in Japan. With innovative solutions such as no-customization and free version upgrades, we have supported the growth of our customers, mainly major Japanese companies. Believing in the potential of each individual, we aim to be a "growth engine" that maximizes the value of companies and individuals, and we will continue our pursuit of turning "work" into "creation" and making "work" fun.
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