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ARC's Twelfth Annual Forum in Asia

Driving Innovation, Sustainability, and Performance for Industry

July 23, 2010 - Tokyo, Japan

Reduce costs, reduce risk, reduce project cycle time, reduce energy use, reduce carbon footprint! These are key challenges for all manufacturing and asset-intensive organizations today. New business models, products, processes, and production techniques are needed as key drivers to sustain manufacturing enterprises to challenge the new paradigm of the post-global economic crisis.

At this Forum, you will learn:

How emerging markets such as China, India, and Brazil are faring, along with the global market.
What others do to create performance-driven, flexible, and higher-margin operations.
How companies manage their manufacturing processes in order to leverage global engineering services
Best practices to manage plant operations in an efficient and environmentally-friendly manner.
The latest strategies for asset lifecycle management, asset performance management, and asset information management.
The vision and technology roadmaps of the leading companies in wireless, digital manufacturing, cloud computing in manufacturing, etc.

Over 200 top industry executives will get together to explore the strategies, technologies, best practices for success in manufacturing. Join us in Tokyo as we address the crucial challenges facing manufacturers today.

Agenda

Following is the preliminary agenda for the forum. Sessions and times are subject to change.

Session 1: Global and Emerging Market Trends and Visions
9:30 AM	Global Market Trends Shuji Abe, VP & GM, ARC Japan Asia and India Market Trends Rajabahadur (Raja) Arcot, General Manager, ARC India Andy Chatha (via video), President, ARC Advisory Group Mauricio Kurcgant (via video), Country Manager, ARC Brazil Jason Dong (via video), Country Manager, ARC China
10:30 AM	Break
Session 2: Driving Technology Innovation to New Paradigm
11:00 AM	Trend on Smart Grid and NEDO’s Demonstration Projects Dr. Satoshi Morozumi, Director, Smart Community Promotion Division, NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)
11:35 AM	New Business Model in Manufacturing with Cloud Computing Technology Kian Ng, Enterprise Technology Strategist, APAC Region, Microsoft
12:10 PM	Lunch
Session 3: Business Innovation through Maximizing Asset Performance
1:10 PM	Importance of Plant Lifecycle Engineering Kazuhito Nakamura, Senior IT Engineer, Engineering Division Engineering Technology Center, JGC Corporation
1:45 PM	In Challenging Times, Strategy and Execution of Effective Asset Lifecycle Management Alauddin Ahmed, Senior Manager, Accenture Japan
2:20 PM	Importance of Integrated Service Management for Enterprise-wide Asset and Service Management Satoshi Seino, IBM Certified Deployment Professional – Maximo EAM, Software Group, Tivoli Software, IBM Japan Takao Miura, Manager, PC Solution & System Division, Asahi Electronics
3:10 PM	Break
3:40 PM	Introduction to VigilantPlant Services to Support Customer's Future Success and Its Success Story Kenji Hasegawa, General Manager, Industrial Automation Headquarters Marketing Center Planning Dept., Yokogawa Electric Corporation Takayuki Aoyama, Maintenance and Engineering Department, Instrumentation Group, Mitsubishi Chemical
4:30 PM	Energy Management Solution Strategy for Manufacturers by e&eco-F@ctory Yasuhiro Yoshimoto, Manager, e-F@ctory Technology Group, Development Dept., Nagoya Works, Mitsubishi Electric
5:05 PM	Introduction to IEC62591 (WirelessHART) Network Technology and User Case Study in a Real Plant Ryo Hashimoto, Manager Marketing Dept., Emerson Japan
6:00 PM	Buffet Party

Executive Speakers

The following executives are among those who will present at the forum.

Dr. Alauddin Ahmed, Senior Manager Resources Group, Accenture Japan

Dr. Ahmed focuses on manufacturing solutions for the chemical, natural resources, energy, and utility industries. He has 15 years of experience in industry and academia. Currently his work in Japan involves delivering innovative process and technological solutions for design, manufacturing, and supply chain processes. Prior to his current position, he worked with Unilever where he was responsible for plant production. Additionally he has done consulting work covering from product and process development to supply chain management.

Takayuki Aoyama, Maintenance and Engineering Department, Instrumentation Group, Mitsubishi Chemical

Takayuki Aoyama joined Mitsubishi Chemical with the responsibility of managing instrumentation maintenance for the ethylene plant, which included a wide variety of field instruments from APC to MES. He later provided engineering design for the equipment upgrade and renewal. He is currently in charge of plant engineering and maintenance operation of the ethylene plant.

Kenji Hasegawa, General Manager, Industrial Automation Headquarters Marketing Center Planning Dept., Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Kenji Hasegawa joined Yokogawa in 1985 and has 20 years experience as a project manager and sales manager for process industries. He engaged in marketing for the IT business from 2004 to 2008. In 2009, he was appointed to General Manager of Marketing for the Industrial Automation Business.

Ryo Hashimoto, Manager PlantWeb Marketing, Emerson Process Management, Emerson Japan

Ryo Hashimoto has many years of experience in the IT industry. He joined Emerson as a Business Development Manager to support business development activities with Japanese customers in Asia. Two years ago he transferred to one of the biggest divisions in Emerson, Emerson Process Management, to promote Emerson’s digital plant architecture concept “PlantWeb” to the Japan market. He is currently working on marketing wireless technology, one of the key components.

Takao Miura, Manager, PC Solution & System Division, Asahi Electronics

Takao Miura joined Fujitsu Ltd. in 1981 and developed various I/O controls for banking terminal systems and business graphics, along with ATM development tasks. In 1993, he moved to Asahi Electronics where he developed virtual reality systems based on graphic technology knowledge. In 2001 he joined Intel as a Field Application Engineer and provided customer support for Windriver products. He currently works in facility management system development.

Dr. Satoshi Morozumi, Director, Smart Community Promotion Division, NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)

Dr. Morozumi joined NEDO in 2005 as the Director for Grid-Connected Power Systems. He was promoted to his current position in March 2010. Prior to NEDO, he was employed with the Mitsubishi Research Institute.

Kazuhito Nakamura, Senior IT Engineer, Engineering Division Engineering Technology Center, JGC Corporation

Kazuhito Nakamura joined JGC in 1986 where he was in charge of development and mainten-ance of in-house software for process design. From 1994 he was in charge of implementing the plant information management system. From 2000, he was also involved in many EPC projects as Information Manager. He managed both plant information system implementa-tion and information handover for the crude oil refinery construction project in the Middle East region in 2006. From early 2010, he has been taking part in the initiative led by ARC for es-tablishing ‘Plant Information Handover Guideline’.

Kian Ng, Enterprise Technology Strategist, APAC Region, Microsoft

Kian is the Enterprise Technology Strategist for the Application Platform workload (database, business intelligence, SOA, and ALM, and most recently,Cloud Computing) at Microsoft Asia. He is responsible for leading the application platform strategy and technology advocacy for key enterprise customers in the region. Kian has over 14 years of crossed-training and implementation experience in the areas of SAP/ERP, SOA, and business intelligence gained from several large-scale SAP implementations in Asia-Pacific during his time at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Consulting. He previously led the SOA practice for Asia Pacific in Xchange21, an e-business consulting business, as well as solution sales for S.E. Asia in BEA Systems, a J2EE middleware platform company.

Satoshi Seino, IBM Certified Deployment Professional – Maximo EAM, Software Group, Tivoli Software, IBM Japan

Satoshi Seino began work for Hitachi Systems Development Laboratory in 1983 designing mainframe computer systems. In 1988 he supported IT modernization in semiconductor manufacturing fabrication at Motorola. In 2001, he provided support for technical sales of Maximo at MRO Software. He currently supports technical sales and business development for enterprise asset management solutions

Yasuhiro Yoshimoto, Manager, e-F@ctory Technology Group, Development Dept., Nagoya Works, Mitsubishi Electric

Yasuhiro Yoshimoto started his career at Mitsubishi Electric as a color printer engineer and then became involved in vision system R&D. He later joined the marketing department responsible for HMI products. He is currently in charge of e-F@ctory solutions for MES interface product development and promotes this solution to the market globally.

Travel Information

The Forum is held at KFC Hall.

KFC Hall
6-1, Yokoami-1,
Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0015
Japan
Phone: +81-3-5610-5801
www.tokyo-kfc.co.jp/hall.html

Format of the Forum Sessions
Presentations and discussions will be in both Japanese and English with simultaneous translation.

Attire

Normal business attire is suggested.

Get the Most Out of Your Trip to Japan

Japan is rich in culture. While you are here why not visit a few of the many regions. Visit www.jnto.go.jp for more information on Japan and assistance with your travel plans.

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