[JPI Seminar] Kitakyushu City: Understanding the Future of Water and Sewer Services – Challenges, AI Maintenance, and Overseas Water Business, July 24 (Fri) <Tokyo Event>

JPI (Japan Planning Institute) is hosting a seminar featuring Mr. Hideoki Ishii, Director of Water Services, Kitakyushu City Water and Sewer Bureau, who will provide detailed insights into the future direction of water and sewer services, including challenges, AI-based maintenance, and the overall landscape of overseas water business.

[Details and Registration] https://www.jpi.co.jp/seminar/17789

[Title]

<Tokyo Event> JPI Municipal Water and Sewerage Series Seminar

[Kitakyushu City] Understanding the Future of Water and Sewer Services: Challenges, AI Maintenance, and the Big Picture of Overseas Water Business

[Date and Time]

July 24, 2026 (Fri) 13:30 – 15:30

※ Applications for archived distribution are accepted even after the seminar.

[Speaker]

Kitakyushu City

Water and Sewer Bureau

Director of Water Services

Mr. Hideoki Ishii

▶ A leader who has contributed to overseas water talent development through JICA projects and has led practical initiatives in public-private partnerships, regionalization, and international operations.

[Practical Insights Gained from the Seminar]

・ Concrete strategies for optimizing maintenance costs through asset management and AI utilization

・ Practical models for management improvement and inter-municipal collaboration through regionalization

・ Public-private partnership approaches that balance overseas water business expansion with local economic revitalization

[Target Industries and Departments]

・ Management and technical departments of municipalities responsible for water and sewer services

・ Business planning departments of companies involved in infrastructure maintenance and smart preservation

・ Construction, consulting, and financial institutions considering public-private partnerships (PPP/PFI)

・ Trading companies and engineering firms promoting overseas infrastructure development

[Lecture Overview]

The operational environment surrounding water and sewer services is becoming increasingly challenging due to the large-scale renewal of facilities built during the period of high economic growth, frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes and heavy rains, the need for technical succession, rising prices, and declining water demand due to population decrease and widespread use of water-saving devices. Kitakyushu City is actively advancing management improvement initiatives.

This lecture will provide a detailed explanation of the city's unique initiatives, including cost reduction through appropriate maintenance using asset management and AI, regionalization of water and sewer services to support neighboring municipalities' management improvement and problem-solving, and overseas water business projects through public-private partnerships that contribute to local economic revitalization and global water environment improvement.

[Lecture Topics]

1. Overview of Kitakyushu City

2. Water and Sewer Services in Kitakyushu City

3. Challenges in Water and Sewer Services

4. Appropriate Maintenance Using Assets and AI

5. Regionalization of Water and Sewer Services

6. Overseas Business through Public-Private Partnerships

7. Q&A Session

8. Business Card Exchange and Networking

This is a valuable opportunity unique to JPI seminars, enabling direct dialogue and Q&A with a speaker who is normally difficult to access, as well as networking among participants across industries and sectors, leading to practical information and new collaboration opportunities.

[Attendance Formats]

● On-site attendance (archived distribution not included)

● Live streaming attendance (archived distribution not included)

● Archived distribution attendance

※ On-site and live streaming attendees can add archived distribution at a special price of 18,500 JPY (tax included).

[Registration Fee]

1 person: 37,960 JPY (tax included)

Benefit: One free companion from the same organization per paid attendee (registration required)

※ For personnel from local public entities: up to 2 attendees at 11,000 JPY (tax included / on-site and live streaming only / same attendance format)

[Details and Registration] https://www.jpi.co.jp/seminar/17789

◆ After the seminar, we can relay questions to the speaker or assist with follow-ups.

◆ Participants highly value the opportunity to build personal networks with the speaker and other attendees, often leading to new business collaborations.

◆ Applications for archived distribution are accepted even after the seminar has concluded.

[Inquiries]

Japan Planning Institute Co., Ltd.

Kowa Hiroo Building, 5-2-32 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047

TEL. 03-5793-9761　FAX. 03-5793-9767

URL: https://www.jpi.co.jp

[About JPI (Japan Planning Institute)]

For half a century, JPI has served as a “bridge of knowledge” among government, public administration, and private sectors, providing high-quality, real-time seminars exclusively to executives and senior managers to support national policies and national projects and to contribute to the creation of national knowledge.