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Daisuke Kawakami

Deputy Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office | Government of Japan Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Dr. Daisuke Kawakami earned his M.Sc. in Chemistry from Kyoto University (1993) and Ph.D. in Engineering from Tokyo Tech (2008). He joined Toray in 1993, later serving as VP of Toray America (2016–). After directing Life Innovation strategy (2016–23), he became Deputy Director General for STI Policy, Cabinet Office, in 2023.

Sessions

14:40h

Thematic Roundtable | SMART CITY EXPO

Digital Twins & AI: matching Innovation and Challenges

Cristina Garrido Anteverti CEO of Anteverti & Curatorial Advisor of the Smart City Expo World Congress Chair

Daisuke Kawakami Government of Japan Deputy Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office Speaker

Fernando Cucchietti Barcelona Supercomputing Center Head of Data Analytics and Visualization Speaker

Helen Köpman European Commission Deputy Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good Speaker

Michael Donaldson Barcelona City Council Chief Innovation Officer-Director for the BIT Habitat Foundation-City Speaker

#SCEWC

2025-11-06 14:40 2025-11-06 15:25 Europe/Madrid Digital Twins & AI: matching Innovation and Challenges

Today, as cities face their challenges, Digital Twins & AI are everywhere. Digital Twins deliver better prescriptions and greater efficiency and sustainability. AI brings data-driven decisions and uncovers hidden patterns, but also raises challenges in ethics, bias, and transparency. How can we ethically and sustainably combine Digital Twins & AI to maximize their synergies?

Stage: Impact Tech

Thu 6 14:40h - 15:25h Stage: Impact Tech All Passes