Keiichi Uruga

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department, Principal Deputy Director, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indsutry

Biography

From 2003, through his 15-year career at METI, Keiichi Uruga has been completely immersed in realizing IT innovations such as efficiency improvement of government agencies using IT, local area revival through IT, IoT usage in manufacturing industries etc. As an aide to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, he spearheaded the IT technology-based solution to solve what became a major social problem in Japan, the errors in the pension plan data records in 2007. Currently, at the Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Department, he plays the role of chief coordinator of various policy planning regarding renewable energy, energy conservation and new electricity system using IT applications. He is also the executive producer of the New Japan Islands Project for SXSW 2019.

Sessions

Fireside Chat: Yoichi Ochiai, Media Artist × Keiichi Uruga, METI

Description

少子高齢化、地球環境問題、物質的豊かさの追求の限界など、世界共通の課題が明らかになっている。ハードウェアからソフトウェアへと構造が変化する中で、「デジタル発酵」という新たな美意識と日本の文化が融合し、技術の糠床で囲われた環境から生まれる「新しい風景」とは何か、その日本発の世界の未来像とは何かを探る。