Seminar titled 'Promoting DX for Sustainable Water Utilities' by Mr. Masahiro Kuwahara of the Japan Research Institute to be held on Thursday, May 28, 2026!!

──────────── [SSK Seminar] ─────────── Promoting DX for Sustainable Water Utilities ~Continuous DX Promotion and Efforts towards Future Wide-area Consolidation and Standardization~ ─────────────────────────────

[Seminar Details] https://www.ssk21.co.jp/S0000103.php?spage=pt_26215

[Speaker] Mr. Masahiro Kuwahara Senior Consultant, Digital Society Creation Group, Research & Consulting Division Japan Research Institute, Ltd.

[Date & Time] Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

[How to Attend] ■ On-site Attendance SSK Seminar Room Zymax Nishi-Shimbashi Bldg. 4F, 2-6-2 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo ■ Live Streaming (Zoom Webinar) ■ Archive Streaming (Available for viewing at any convenient time for 2 weeks)

[Key Lecture Content] As the decline in fee revenues due to population decrease, the aging of water and sewage facilities, and workforce shortages become more severe, it is becoming extremely difficult to ensure the sustainability of water utilities under the conventional system.

In this lecture, after sorting out the challenges faced by water utilities, we will present specific points on how to proceed, taking into account the necessity of DX promotion and anticipated challenges, while introducing the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's water and sewage DX policies and examples of utilities taking advanced DX initiatives.

Furthermore, in addition to the essentials of continuous digital utilization, we will present a future vision that anticipates wide-area consolidation and joint system usage, and introduce the direction of reforms for sustainable water management.

1. Current status of water utilities bearing critical infrastructure (1) What is a water utility? (2) Challenges faced by water utilities (3) Vulnerabilities shown by accident and disaster cases

2. DX that should be tackled in the water utility business (1) Trends in administrative DX (2) DX required for water utilities (3) MLIT's water and sewage DX promotion measures

3. DX promotion methods based on anticipated challenges in water DX examination (1) Anticipated challenges when considering DX (2) Points on how to proceed with the examination (3) Importance of examination anticipating business continuity and data utilization

4. Initiatives and points for continuous water DX (1) Importance of continuous DX (2) DX promotion structure across the entire organization

5. Risk recognition and response direction looking to the future (1) Limits of initiatives in small utilities (2) Examination of wide-area consolidation and joint use (3) Response to data standards

6. Q&A / Business card exchange

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