The G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting

Stakeholders’ Conference on
Digital Technologies for Trust
Released on 13 March, 2023

Date and Time:

29 March 2023, 14:00-17:20 (JST)

Location:

HybridVenue:

Providence Hall, Prince Hotel Tokyo

Online:Webex

Language:

English – JPN-ENG Translation available for audience

Registration URL:

https://jcs.eventsair.com/g7-dtwg-2023-3rd/side-event-registration

Overview⚫

Introduction of current existing methods to secure trust that can be tackled⚫

Technological approaches (e.g., decentralized ID) that can widely secure trust in thefuture and government initiatives

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14:00-14:10(10min)14:10-14:40

Opening remarks-Session 1 Presentation on International Mutual Recognition for Achieving(30min)DFFT-

14:40-14:55(15min)
14:55-15:10(15min)

15:10-15:30

AKAISHI Koichi (Vice-Minister for Digital Policy, Digital Agency,Government of Japan)

TEZUKA Satoru (Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information
Studies, Graduate school of Media and Governance, Keio University)

Session 2 Presentation on European context-Lorena Boix Alonso (Director Cybersecurity and Trust, Europeancommission)

Session 3 Presentation on Indian context-Arvind Kumar (Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) Ministry ofElectronics & Information Tech, New Delhi)-

Aashish Banati (Deputy Controller Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology, New Delhi)-

Vijayakumar Manjunatha (Secretary General, Asia PKI
Consortium,Bengaluru, India)

Coffee Break(20min)
15:30-15:45(15min)
15:45-16:05(20min)

16:05-16:50

Session 4 Presentation on “Trusted Web” initiative-

KUROSAKA Tatsuya (President and CEO, Kuwadate Inc.)

Session 5 Presentation on use case projects in “Trusted Web” initiative-

KIKUKAWA Yuya (CEO / Founder, ORPHE Inc. (healthcare sector))
OKAMOTO Rintaro (Chief Assistant to Manager, Dai Nippon Printing
Co., Ltd. (social business sector))

Session 6 Panel discussion on policy initiatives on digital identity and digital(45min)credentials
Key questions:-

What are the goals and approaches of your policy initiative?
What sectors and use cases has your initiative covered? What benefits
and lessons did you identify/do you expect to identify?

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What roles can the government play to facilitate the use of digital identityand digital credentials?

-How can the governments internationally collaborate in this area? Whatrole can the G7 play?

Moderator:-ZAMMA Toshiyuki (Head of International Strategy, Digital Agency,Government of Japan) Johannes Fritz

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Panellists:-NARITA Tatsuji (Head of the Secretariat for the Headquarters for
Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan)-

Paul Jackson (Director on Technology and Innovation, Office of theChief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat,
Government of Canada)-Caroline Copley (Head of Digital Identity international strategy andlegislation, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology,
Government of the UK)

16:50-17:10(20 min)17:10-17:20(10min)Session 7 Presentation on enhancing transparency for DFFT-

Johannes Fritz (PhD, St. Gallen Endowment)

Closing remarks-ZAMMA Toshiyuki (Head of International Strategy, Digital Agency,Government of Japan)

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