Provisional Version

IoT Acceleration Lab Action Plan

www.iotlab.jp

December, 2015

Information and Communication Electronics Division

Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
Establishment of the IoT Acceleration
Consortium and the IoT Acceleration Lab
 IoT Acceleration Consortium
In response to the era of IoTBig DataAI, a private sector lead organization The IoT Acceleration Consortium will
be established in order to promote IoT utilization in industry, government and academia beyond the framework of
individual companies and industries.
Implement technology development, utilization and recommendations for the resolution of policy issues

General Chairperson
Conference Vice Chairperson

Steering Committee15members

Technology Development Advanced Model

Businesses Promotion Specific s
Smart IoT Acceleration Forum IoT Acceleration Lab
Development, demonstration and Support Creation of advanced model Establish WSs based on topics
standardization of IoT-related businesses, Improvement of business At the moment, security and
technologies such as networks environment through regulatory privacy-related
reform, etc.

Cooperation Cooperation

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Related Ministries and Agencies
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology NICT, JIPDEC etc.

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 Overview of IoT Acceleration Lab
NextGen IoT Acceleration Lab will
Scout, select and provide ongoing support for individual IoT Project based on the 3 Principles
(Draft) from financial and regulatory standpoints
improve business environment through regulatory reform and system formation for large-scale
public implementation

IoT Acceleration Consortium Available Support

Promote corporate cooperation and intensive
Steering Committee (15 members) financial and regulatory support

Support for Corporate Cooperation

Corporate cooperation beyond the boundaries
of industries, size, and nationalities
NextGen IoT Provide a place (matching, etc.) to promote
Tech. Dev. WG project generation
Smart IoT AccelerationAcceleration Lab Specific WGs
Forum Advanced Project Financial Support
Acceleration WG Public-private joint financial support by depending on the
Development, Creation of nature of the project
advanced projects, Establish WSs Advanced short-term projects towards commercialization
demonstration and
improvement of biz based on topics Medium-term demonstration projects aimed at public
standardization of implementation etc.
environment At the moment,
IoT-related tech,
including networks through regulatory security and Support through Regulatory Reform
reform privacy-related Deregulation and creation of new rules
TopicsDraft
necessary for public implementation of projects
Support
Committee Manufacturi
ng
Mobility
Medical
Health
Public Infra.
Construction
Energy

Administrati Industrial Educational

Agriculture Logistics
Select projects preferentially in accordance with on Safety Services

the following elements Financial Smart

Tourism
House
Work closely with Robot Revolution initiative
Work closely with Study Group on FinTech 3
List of Members of the IoT Supporting Committee
<Chairman>
Kazuhiko Toyama Representative Director and CEO, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.

<Member>
Fujiyo Ishiguro President and CEO, Netyear Group Corp., Netyear Group Corporation
Hiroaki Nakanishi Chairman & CEO, Hitachi, Ltd.
Dr. Jun Murai Dean/Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Junichi Tsujii Director, Artificial Intelligence Research Center
Dr. Kerstin Geiger Senior Vice President, Industry Value Engineering, SAP Asia Pacific Japan
Makoto Takahashi Senior Managing Executive Officer, Representative Director, KDDI CORPORATION
Marco Annunziata Marco Annunziata, General Electric
Masaaki Tanaka Senior Advisor, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Paul Daugherty Chief Technology Officer, Accenture
Peter Fitzgerald Japan Managing Director, Google Inc.
Shinichi Koide Executive Vice President, salesforce.com, Inc.
Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com Co., Ltd.
Soichi Kariyazono Chairman, Japan Venture Capital Association
Tadao Nagasaki Representative Director and President, Amazon Data Services Japan K.K.
Taizo Son President & CEO, Mistletoe, Inc.
Takayuki Hashimoto Vice Chairman, IBM Japan, Ltd.
Takeshi Natsuno Guest Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Taro Shimada Senior Executive Operating Officer & Division lead,
Digital Factory / Process Ind. & Drives Division, Siemens K.K.
Tatsuya Harada Professor, School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Tony Blevins Vice President, Apple Inc.
Tsuyoshi Abe Director & Senior Executive Officer, Vice president, General Manager of Technology &
Manufacturing Group Japan, Intel K.K.
Dr. Udo Wolz President and Representative Director, Bosch Corporation
Wayoh (Kazuhiro) Suzuki Managing Director, Cisco Consulting Services, Strategic Business Development and IoE
Innovation Center Tokyo, Cisco Systems G.K.
Yasufumi Kanemaru Chief Executive Officer, Future Architect, Inc.
Yasuyuki Higuchi Chairperson, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
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Schedule
October 23, General Conference for the Establishment
2015 of the IoT Acceleration Consortium
Adoption of bylaws
The General Conference
Establishment of WG (project general manager) 600 companies and 760 people
Creating an official list of members participated.

October 30, The 1st Supporting Committee for

2015 the IoT Acceleration Lab
Adoption of bylaws, etc.
Action plans (the 3 Principles, etc.) The Support Committee
Matching and support schemes Approximately 600 people participated (observing)

You can sign up for the IoT Acceleration Consortium and

IoT Acceleration Lab through the following website.
http://www.iotac.jp/member/ (in Japanese)
Division in charge: Information and Communication Electronics Division,
Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry
Contact phone number: 03-3501-6944 5
Plans for Future Activities
The 1st Theme-Based Event for Project
Organization and Company Collaboration
IoT Lab Connection
 IoT Acceleration Lab: Overview of Future Activities
In order to organize advanced IoT projects and discover and develop IoT platform creators, the following activities will be
conducted from late January to early February 2016 as the first round of support.
(1) The 1st IoT Lab Connection (the 1st event for project organization and company collaboration by theme)
(2) The 1st IoT Lab Selection (an advanced project selection meeting: support for public-private funding and regulatory
reform)
The 2nd meeting of the Support Committee will be held in the middle of February 2016, and future operational policies
will be discussed based on the above support. It will also be connected to the second round of support.

Corporate Cooperation Support Financial Support Regulatory Reform Support

IoT Lab Connection IoT Lab Selection

(the 1st event for project organization and company (an advanced project selection meeting: support for a public-private
collaboration by theme) financing pool and regulatory reform)
[The 1st Financial support (short term) [The 1st
session] session]
Solution Matching December 15, Supplying risk capital for commercialization through private
Middle of
Matching companies with seeds and those 2015 and public support from entities such as the New Energy and December
with needs by theme Start Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and 2015
accepting the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) Start
applications accepting
applications
January 28,
Big Data Analysts Contest 2016 Mentor support February
Events Virtual contest to compete for accuracy of Hold the Continuous, one-on-one advice about establishing businesses 2016
data predictability event from private mentors, those from the IPA, etc. Hold the
*Afterward event
Plan to *Afterward
conduct such Regulatory reform support Plan to
Scheme Talk events every Deregulation support for each project (System of Special conduct such
three or four events every
Discuss matching and supporting schemes, months Arrangements for Corporate Field Tests, System to Remove
three or four
roles of the Lab, etc. Gray Zone Areas, etc.) months
Regulatory reform support by field 7
(1) The 1st Solution Matching
(corporate cooperation between and project organization by member companies of the Lab)
In the future, matching between member companies of the Lab will be conducted, aiming to create projects
connecting to the demonstration projects or feasibility studies conducted by the government and to
promote the public implementation of such projects .
Matching of member entities such as companies, associations, and municipalities which have seeds or
needs such as business models and technologies and/or services related to the demonstration projects will be
conducted, with (1) tourism and (2) manufacturing (smart factories) as the themes of the 1st Solution Matching.

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016

Venue:
Themes:
Co-hosts:
Support entity (tentatively):
Eligibility for participation:
Application procedure:
Application deadline:
Participation fee:
TBD (somewhere in the Tokyo area)
(1) Tourism, (2) Manufacturing (smart factories)
IoT Acceleration Lab and METI
Japan Tourism Agency
IoT Acceleration Lab member entities such as companies,
associations, and municipalities with projects (ideas) or
seeds or needs such as proprietary services, products, or
technologies related to demonstration projects
Fill in the required items on the application form
(https://contact.jipdec.or.jp/m?f=335) and send it to the
secretariat of the Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital
Economy and Community (JIPDEC)
Noon on Thursday, January 7, 2016
Free
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Theme (1) Tourism Solution Matching
As the annual number of foreigners visiting Japan is expected to reach 20 million by 2020, it is important to promote tourism
spending and take it as an opportunity to increase the Japanese economy and vitalize regions by increasing the number of
inbound tourists. METI plans to implement demonstration projects to develop the environment to promote consumption by
improving the satisfaction of foreign tourists for their entire stay from entry through departure using IoT in FY 2016 (requesting
funds from the FY 2016 budget for the project).

The specific plan is to establish a platform that links information on foreigners visiting Japan, including their movements,
transportation used, meals, accommodations, and payments, to their ID information.

The first theme-based event for Project Organization and Company Collaboration aims to promote the creation and public
implementation of new businesses which utilize the platform.
Solve problems for foreign tourists and improve overall satisfaction
Provision of information, such as the best
Attribute information
Payment information
places to eat, based on information on the
Passports religion and allergies of each tourist

Hotel
Payment
Registration
Information
ID linkage
Entry linkage

Airport Platform for promoting Sightseeing

activities of consumers spots
Departure
Public
institution Shopping Provision of information on tourists favorite
sightseeing spots, inferred from information on
their interests and tastes
Provision of necessary information in tourists Multilingual tour guides
mother tongues
Report information on the safety of tourists to
Issuance of common coupons
embassies in the case of a disaster
Delivery of purchased goods using the hotel
addresses of tourists, realizing sightseeing
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Theme (2) Manufacturing (smart factories) Solution Matching
As significant changes in the added value obtained from the manufacturing industries emerge through policy platforms such as Industry
4.0 in Germany and the Industrial Internet in the U.S., it is also important for Japans manufacturing industries not only to improve their
productivity and reduce costs at manufacturing sites in Japan but also to establish new systems to increase the added value of products
and services. METI plans to develop the necessary environment and tools for this and conduct demonstration projects to examine their
effectiveness in FY 2016 (requesting funds from the FY 2016 budget for the projects).

The specific plan is to establish information systems linking machines, processes, factories, and companies.

This event aims to encourage business operators to participate in this efforts to create and publicly implement these systems.

An example of a demonstration project

Non-manufacturers
(ex. consumers, and manufacturing ventures)
CAD MES-A MES-B
External input B
Platform


CAM (Reference model) External inputs

Selection and set-up of production lines and orders through a browser

Manufacturers of tooling machines and robots System integrators Production management departments of companies

Transmission of functional
information on facilities and
monitoring and maintenance of
Simulation and operation of production lines Monitoring facilities and rearrangement and
facilities through a browser through a browser operation of processes (lines) through a browser
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Schedule Solution Matching

From December 15 to noon on January 7:

Step 1 Accept application forms (multiple applications allowed)

From December 18 to 6:00 p.m. on January 8:

Step 2 Create the list of outlines of entities such as companies and
company groups applying for matching
From January 4 to 6 p.m. on January 8:
Step 3 Register entities which other participants hope to be matched
with (multiple registrations allowed)

From January 12 to January 15:

Step 4 Using information provided by the secretariat, select

companies to make appointments for the day of the event

January 22:

Step 5 The secretariat is to send event invitations to successful

matching candidates

January 28:

Step 6 Conduct individual matching on the day of the matching event

(2) The 1st Big Data Analysis Contest
A competition for algorithm development will be held online focusing on Big Data provided by various entities such as
companies and data analysis using such data. Superior algorithm developers will be evaluated based on predictability
and modeling ideas and will be given awards at this event.
The Contest aims to uncover and develop superior data scientists by having them conduct analysis on actual issues
and data from the industrial sector, on which people rarely have the opportunity to perform analysis ordinarily.

1. Outline 2. An image of data analysis with the

Application period for the contest: theme of tourism
From Tuesday, December 15, 2015 to Friday, 14 cities
January 15, 2016 Data on number of people who

External data (Open data)

stay at accommodations
Date of announcement of award recipients: (Tourism Forecast Platform)
Forecast
Evening of Thursday, January 28, 2016
Venue: Same as for Solution Matching event Inbound tourism data (Nightley Inc.)
Theme: Tourism
Co-hosts: IoT Acceleration Lab and METI
Word-of-mouth data (Hottolink. Inc.)
Planning and operation: OPT Holding, Inc.
Supporting entities (tentatively): Weather data (NTT DOCOMO, INC. &
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science Japan Meteorological Agency)
and Technology in Japan (MEXT), Japan
Tourism Agency (JTA), Artificial Intelligence Currency exchange data
Research Center of the National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
(AIST), Research Organization of Information
Learning data Test data

and Systems
Participation fee: Free
Scheme Big Data Analysis Contest
<Procedure> Criteria for evaluation and awards>
Evaluation based on the following ((1) and (2))
(1) The secretariat selects and presents Big Data
provided by various entities such as companies and
data analysis using such data. (1) General category: Evaluate predictability (only
quantitative evaluation)
(2) Individuals and entities who want to participate in the
contest shall sign up using the designated format, Predictability
develop algorithms, and submit them through the Total number of tourists in more than ten cities
Internet.
*Participants may submit or update their (2) Combined category: Evaluate predictability and
algorithms through the Internet up to five times modeling ideas
a day during the application period.
*The accuracy of the submitted numbers Region
(rankings) will be publicized on the platform in Number of tourists at specified sightseeing spots
real time.
(3) Superior algorithm developers from the perspective Transportation
of predictability and modeling ideas will receive Number of tourists in cities where the Hokuriku Shinkansen
awards at this event. service has started
*The winning algorithms will become property of the
data providers (with the agreement of the developers). Inbound tourists
Number of overseas tourists in more than ten cities defined in
the predictability category

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Plans for Future Activities

1st Advanced IoT Project Selection

Meeting, IoT Selection (support for
public-private funding and
regulatory reform, etc.)
 IoT Acceleration Lab: Overview of Future Activities
In order to organize advanced IoT projects and discover and develop IoT platform creators, the following activities will be
conducted from late January to early February 2016 as the first round of support.
(1) The 1st IoT Lab Connection (the 1st event for project organization and company collaboration by theme)
(2) The 1st IoT Lab Selection (an advanced project selection meeting: support for public-private funding and regulatory
reform)
The 2nd meeting of the Support Committee will be held in the middle of February 2016, and future operational policies
will be discussed based on the above support. It will also be connected to the second round of support.

Corporate Cooperation Support Financial Support Regulatory Reform Support

IoT Lab Connection IoT Lab Selection

(the 1st event for project organization and company (an advanced project selection meeting: support for a public-private
collaboration by theme) financing pool and regulatory reform)
[The 1st Financial support (short term) [The 1st
session] session]
Solution Matching December 15, Supplying risk capital for commercialization through private
Middle of
Matching companies with seeds and those 2015 and public support from entities such as the New Energy and December
with needs by theme Start Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and 2015
accepting the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) Start
applications accepting
applications
January 28,
Big Data Analysts Contest 2016 Mentor support February
Events Virtual contest to compete for accuracy of Hold the Continuous, one-on-one advice about establishing businesses 2016
data predictability event from private mentors, those from the IPA, etc. Hold the
*Afterward event
Plan to *Afterward
conduct such Regulatory reform support Plan to
Scheme Talk events every Deregulation support for each project (System of Special conduct such
three or four events every
Discuss matching and supporting schemes, months Arrangements for Corporate Field Tests, System to Remove
three or four
roles of the Lab, etc. Gray Zone Areas, etc.) months
Regulatory reform support by field 15
 IoT Lab Selection (support for public-private funding, regulatory reform, etc.)
It is also necessary for Japan to create new IoT business models, uncover and develop IoT platform creators, and use them as
a driving force for new growth, in response to the fact that industries and society are changing significantly all over the world
through technologies such as the IoT, Big Data, and AI.
To achieve the goals mentioned above, the IoT Acceleration Lab conducts the following support through the IoT Lab Selection.

Target groups: All advanced projects using technologies such as the IoT Schedule for the Advanced IoT
Target (All kinds of businesses, including large enterprises, small and
Project Selection Meeting
medium enterprises (SMEs), and individuals)
Groups Items evaluated: We consider the following in evaluation
and Items (1) Growth potential and leadership
(2) Degree of influence (openness)
Start accepting applications
Evaluated (3) Capacity to respond to demands from society
(4) Feasibility of realization
1st examination [documents]
The following three types of support are available (multiple types allowed)
(1) Financial support
(2) Continuous, one-on-one support from mentors
2nd examination [presentations]
Support (3) Support related to regulatory reform and standardization
(Support in completing procedures for use of systems such as the System
details to Remove Gray Zone Areas and the System of Special Arrangements for Selection meeting
Corporate Field Tests, research and demonstrations for regulatory reform (final presentation examination)
and standardization, etc.) Approximately 20 projects

From the
end of
If an applicant so desires, it is possible to share the contents of ones application
Sharing with (1) participating support institutions and (2) Lab members.
February
[Support for
Application [Financial support] [Mentor support]
regulatory reform,
*Entities which are not selected for the final selection can transmit the details of Decide support for Decide support for
Content their projects to supporting institutions, Lab member companies, etc. projects one by one projects one by one
etc.]
Start discussions
4. Participating Support Agencies (Tentative)
Governmental organizations:
Cool Japan Fund Inc., Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Information-
Technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO), The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd., Japan Finance
Corporation, Development Bank of Japan Inc.

Financial institutions:
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Venture capital firms and other investment companies:

Archetype Ventures, Inclusion Japan, Inc., Industrial Growth Platform, Inc., GLOBIS
Capital Partners & Co., CSAJ Startup Fund Investment Limited Partnership, The University
of Tokyo Edge Capital Co., Ltd.,
Draper Nexus Venture Partners, LLC, B Dash Ventures Inc., Beyond Next Ventures Inc.,
Leave a Nest Co., ltd.

*This information will be updated when information is added or changed.

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5. Schedule
From Friday, December 18, 2015 to Friday, January 15, 2016

Start accepting applications

Until Friday, January 29, 2016 (planned)

1st phase of examination (document evaluation)

Sunday, February 7, 2016 (planned)

Morning: 2nd phase of examination (presentation)
Afternoon: Advanced project selection meeting (final presentation examination)
From the evening, a commendation ceremony and a networking event are to be held.
(Entrance fee is required.)

From the end of February, implement the following in order

Each support institution implements support activities after
necessary procedures
Start discussions about national government support in the form of
regulatory reform, etc.
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