Masato Fujino, CEO/CTO of Fairy Devices, to Speak at Developers Summit 2026 Summer on July 17

Fairy Devices Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, CEO/CTO: Masato Fujino; hereinafter "the company") is pleased to announce that its CEO and CTO, Masato Fujino, will speak at the closing session of Developers Summit 2026 Summer, a conference for IT engineers hosted by Shoeisha Co., Ltd., to be held on Friday, July 17, 2026.

The company has been advancing digital transformation (DX) in Japanese industrial sites through its neck-worn wearable device "THINKLET" and voice AI technology.

In this session titled "CTOs Shining Across Industries: Diverse Roles and Contributions to Business," Fujino will participate in a panel discussion alongside Mr. Ken Yamazaki, CTO of AEON Co., Ltd., a leader in the retail industry, and Mr. Naoya Makino, CTO of Sagri Co., Ltd., which is leveraging AI and satellite data to revolutionize agriculture. As top technologists from different industries and scales, they will discuss the roles of CTOs, how technology intersects with various business domains, the impact of AI's rise, and the future they envision.

We invite technology leaders and those interested in AI-driven business expansion to attend this session.

Session Overview

Date and Time: July 17, 2026 (Fri) 17:30 – 18:10

Venue: JP Tower Hall & Conference

Address: KITTE 4F, 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-7004

Session Number: 17-A-9

Theme: CTOs Shining Across Industries: Diverse Roles and Contributions to Business (Closing Session)

Speakers:

Ken Yamazaki (CTO, AEON Co., Ltd. / CTO, AEON Smart Technology Co., Ltd.)

Naoya Makino (CTO, Sagri Co., Ltd.)

Masato Fujino (Representative Director, CEO/CTO, Fairy Devices Inc.)

Moderator: Yusuke Nakano (CodeZine Editorial Department, Shoeisha Co., Ltd.)

Session Details URL: https://event.shoeisha.jp/devsumi/20260716/session/6893

◼️ Event Overview

Event Name: Developers Summit 2026 Summer

Dates: July 16 (Thu) – 17 (Fri), 2026

Organizer: Shoeisha Co., Ltd.

Registration: Pre-registration required (Deadline: July 13, 2026 (Mon) 13:00)

Official Website: https://event.shoeisha.jp/devsumi/20260716

◼️ Speaker Profile

Masato Fujino (Representative Director, CEO/CTO, Fairy Devices Inc.)

Graduated in 2005 from the Laboratory of Biological Information Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo. While a student, he co-founded a university-originated pharmaceutical venture and concurrently enrolled in the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences. He served as the company’s Representative Director during this period. Through hands-on training and research in graduate school, he became aware of "the warmth of things that resonate with the human heart," which led him to commit to creating a world where humans and machines are connected. He left graduate school and founded Fairy Devices Inc., serving as Representative Director, with the mission of developing technology that warms the hearts of its users.

About Fairy Devices Inc.

Operating under the vision "Empower AI to Empower Human," the company specializes in providing a platform that enables AI to convert multimodal real-world data—such as voice, video, and sensor inputs—into structured data that can be recognized and analyzed. The company conducts R&D on industrial AI by leveraging data collected from operational sites.