FoodTech Tackling Challenges ─ Sustainable Food Systems & Logistics

As environmental changes and resource constraints grow, FoodTech is transforming food production, distribution, and sustainability. This session examines how innovations in aquaculture, livestock, wood-based resources, and supply chain technologies address these challenges and redefine the future of food.

SoftBank leverages digital solutions for efficiency and transparency in aquaculture and livestock, DENSO enhances production, distribution, and management through automation, and Nippon Paper develops sustainable feed and food additives from wood resources. Each company takes a unique approach, yet all contribute to a more sustainable food system.

This session explores how data-driven solutions, automation, and biotechnology impact the supply chain, offering strategic insights for industry leaders. Join us for key perspectives on the evolving FoodTech landscape and emerging business opportunities in the global food industry.

Speaker

Facilitator

Yasunori Ono

CEO
SPECHOLDER.INC

Tadahiro Ohara

Director
Food Value Chain Business Development Division
DENSO Corporation

Kazuto Suda

Advanced Technology Promotion Office Information Technology & Architect Division
Director
SoftBank Corp.

He began his career as a system engineer at an IT services company.

In 2005 he joined a SoftBank Group company, and in 2008 he became the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) and head of the information systems department at Alibaba.com Japan Co., Ltd.

Since 2012, he has been involved in high-tech R&D as the leader of a research team studying fields such as parallel processing algorithms and computer graphics at SoftBank Corp.

Recently, he has been active in R&D into the digitalization of primary industries.

Ayako Hariya

Deputy General Manager
Biomass Material Communication Center
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

Joined Nippon Paper Industries as a new graduate. I have experienced various departments such as procurement, corporate sales, public relations, overseas assignment, and overseas sales. I am involved in marketing and branding of products that utilize every part of the tree as part of Nippon Paper Industries’ emphasis on the bio-refinery concept. With the vitality, I was selected as the first female overseas assignee in Nippon Paper Industries and is working tirelessly to incorporate initiatives that have not been seen in the paper industry before, striving for the expansion of awareness of “cellenpia” and “Genki Mori Mori”.