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The Japan-Australia Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Industrial Utilisation Workshop

on Tuesday 6 February in Sydney

In recognition of the importance of the use of satellite technology under the Memorandum of Co-operation between the Ministry of the Economy Trade and Industry (METI Japan) and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS), METI and Geoscience Australia in conjunction with JETRO and Austrade held the QZSS Workshop on 6th February, 2018.

The purpose of this workshop, which featured business applications by using Japanese GPS, the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) from both Japan and Australia was:

To share technical information about QZSS technology and its applications.
To identify the potential applications in a variety of industrial areas between Japan and Australia relating to QZSS such as autonomous driving, maritime utilisation and autonomous agriculture, etc.
To discuss a formal framework for ongoing cooperative partnerships on QZSS and associated technologies and applications between Japan and Australia in both the public and private sectors.

DATE: Tuesday, 6th February 2018

TIME: Registration open from 9:00, Main Event 9:30-17:30, Cocktail reception: 17:30-19:00.

VENUE: University of New South Wales (Kensington Campus), Room Chemical Sc M18

http://www.estate.unsw.edu.au/maps/maps.html Getting to UNSW

http://fmtoolbox.unsw.edu.au/comms/KensingtonCampus.pdf F10 Chemical Sciences Building

Closest access point, Gate 2, High Street

ORGANISERS: METI, Geoscience Australia, JETRO, Austrade

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION: Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney, the State Government of New South Wales, AJBCC, JABCC, JCCI Sydney

LANGUAGE: English

PROGRAMME:

Welcome remarks
	Speech/Presentation Title	Speaker
9:30-9:35	Welcome remarks	Prof Andrew Dempster, Director at the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER), UNSW Sydney
9:35-9:40	Opening remarks	Mr Keizo Takewaka, Consul-General of Japan in Sydney
Opening speech
9:40-9:45	Australia-Japan Innovation Cooperation – QZSS workshop – Introductory Remarks	Mr Aapo Skorulis, General Manager, AusIndustry – Business Services Division, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS)
9:45-9:50	The dawn of a new era - "centimetre-level" positioning by QZSS	Mr Masanori Tsuruda, Director of Space Industry Office, METI
9:50-10:00	Satellite Positioning: a key element of Australia’s digital future	Mr Gary Johnston, Branch Head Geodesy and Seismic Monitoring, Geoscience Australia
Keynote presentation
10:00-10:30	Japanese space-based PNT system, QZSS Service, System, Applications	Mr Satoshi Kogure, Executive Director, for QZSS Development, National Space Policy Secretariat (NSPS), Cabinet Office
10:30-11:00	Australia’s national positioning program	Dr John Dawson, Section Leader Positioning, Geoscience Australia
Industrial Session
11:00-11:30 [Service Foundation]	Prospect for Global Positioning Augmentation Service by QZSS	Mr Yoshikatsu Iotake, Director, Global Positioning Augmentation Service Corporation (GPAS)
11:30-13:00	(Lunch Break)
Industrial Session
13:00-13:30 [Agriculture]	Potential for application of QZSS to agriculture - Trial for agri-business development	Mr Hidero Katayama, Deputy Director, Space Communications Policy Division, Global Strategy Bureau, Ministy of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
13:30-14:00 [Agriculture]	Satellite Positioning Requirements for the Australian Agricultural Sector	Dr Phil Collier, CRC for Spatial Information and Mr Tim Neale, Data Farming
14:00-14:30 [Autonomous Driving]	Activities for Utilization of CLAS (Cm Level Augmentation Service) from QZSS	Mr Kiyotake Fukuyoshi, Deputy Senior General Manager, High-precision Positioning Systems Department, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO)
14:30-15:00 [Autonomous Driving]	Trustworthy Positioning for Next Generation Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)	Associate Professor Ahmed El-Mowafy, Curtin University
15:00-15:20	(Coffee break )
15:20-15:50 [Advanced Route Guidance]	The Advanced Route Guidance System by Precise Lane Identification	Mr Yasuhiro Fujii, Group Leader, Connected Group Toyota Tsusho
15:50-16:20 [Maritime Utilisation]	Ways forward for Utilisation of QZSS in Maritime Industry	Mr Kotaro Hisano Engineer, Hitachi Zosen Corporation (HITZ)
16:20-16:50 [Maritime Utilisation]	Satellite Positioning requirements for the Australian Maritime Industry	Dr Ahmad Ridhwanuddin Tengku, CRC for Spatial Information
16:50-17:20	General discussion and opportunity for further questions and answers	Facilitator: Dr John Dawson, Section Leader Positioning, Geoscience Australia
Closing remarks
17:20-17:25	Closing remarks	Ms Liu Bing, Asia Lead, Global Markets Austrade
17:25-17:30	Closing remarks	Mr. Hiroyuki Nakazato, Managing Director JETRO, Sydney
Cocktail reception
17:30-19:00	Cocktail reception