Press release
May 23, 2022
Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
Cabinet Office

SIP-adus Workshop 2022 To Be Held

— Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program,
Automated Driving for Universal Services (SIP-adus)—
SIP-adus has announced that SIP-adus Workshop 2022 will be held from October
11 to 13 to promote international cooperation toward an internationally harmonizedautomated driving society. Experts in automated driving systems both inside andoutside Japan will present the latest policy trends in respective countries, theresearch and development results, the examples of social implementation and soon. It will be held on site in an international city Kyoto. This is the final workshop of
the second phase of SIP-adus, which is positioned as an important event forwrapping up the past activities and strengthening further networks.
1. BackgroundThe second phase of SIP-adus, Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion
Program — Automated Driving for Universal Services (hereinafter referred to as“SIP-adus”), will hold SIP-adus Workshop 2022 to promote international cooperation,such as sharing the latest information on automated driving systems, establishing
global standards, and conducting joint research. The SIP-adus Workshop has been
held every year since 2014, making this the 9th; it is one of the widely recognizedinternational conferences on automated driving and attracts many participants fromoutside Japan. While the workshop was held online in the past two years, with thesecond phase of SIP coming to an end, the final workshop will be held on site for the
first time in three years.
Key persons and experts in automated driving systems from all over the world will
present the latest research and development trends and social implementationefforts in their countries, including the outcome of the SIP-adus project, with a focus
on priority themes for international cooperation in SIP-adus.
You are invited to participate in the workshop to gather the latest information andstrengthen your international networks.

2. Event outline(1) Date: October 11–13, 2022
* The session on October 13 will be invitation only.
(2) Venue: Doshisha University (Hardy Hall, Kambaikan)(3) Session topics:
October 11–12: Plenary session (open to the public)
1) Regional Activities (Introduction of regional activities regarding automateddriving)2) Service and Business Implementation / FOTs (Service and business
implementation for automated mobility services)
3) Dynamic Map (Standardization and harmonization of dynamic data usingDynamic Map)
4) Connected Vehicles (Trends in Cooperative Driving Automation)5) Safety Assurance (Validation and Verification Methodology for AD safetyassurance)
6) Cybersecurity (Prevention measure against new types of threats to secure
automated driving systems in a sustainable way)7) Human Factors (Human factors for safe automated driving: past and future)8) Impact Assessment (Social Impact of Automated Driving technologies)
October 13: Breakout workshop
Theme-based meetings by experts (Invitation only)
3. How to participate(1) Pre-registration required:
Registration of participants will start on August 24 (planned).
Information about the registration website, etc. will be updated on https://www.sipadus.go.jp/evt/workshop2022/(2) Registration fee: FreeContact information
 About SIP-adus
Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet
Office, Government of Japan
Tel: +81-3-6257-1334 (direct)
 About NEDO
Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department, New
Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization(NEDO)

Tel: +81-44-520-5241 (direct)
Website of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/index.html
Website for SIP-adus
https://en.sip-adus.go.jp/