TPUG LAB ROUNDTABLE

Perspectives and challenges onurban innovation
Monday 26 June 2023
16.30 - 18.00 (France) | 23.30 - 1.00 (Japan)
Online and on site at EHESS (2, cours des humanités, 93300 Aubervilliers, room A427)
In English
Registration: https://forms.gle/7hUdM1wdiNi4ejB17
Contact: events_ffj@ehess.fr
The rapid advancement of technology has transformed the transportation landscape, posing uniquechallenges for urban governance and transportation policies in metropolitan regions worldwide. This
roundtable aims to delve into the intricacies of this transformative era, focusing on a comparative
study between European and Asian metropolitan regions. Key topics of discussion will include theintegration of intelligent transportation systems, the rise of shared mobility services, the adoption ofautonomous vehicles, and the development of sustainable transportation infrastructure.
The event brings together the members of the TPUG Lab (launch in 2022 in collaboration withValeo, The University of Tokyo and Mines ParisTech) to explore the multifaceted impact of advanced
technologies on transportation systems and urban governance. By analyzing the experiences ofEuropean and Asian cities, attendees will gain valuable insights into the diverse approaches andbest practices implemented to address the evolving challenges in transportation management.

Programme(Paris time)- ROUNDTABLE 16:30 - 18:00
9.30 | Opening remarks
Sébastien LECHEVALIER (FFJ-EHESS)

Presentations session
16:35 - 17:15
16:35| Exploring Geographical Perspectives in Urban Innovation
Kulacha SIRIKHAN (FFJ-EHESS)

16:45 | Low floor tram as a public influenced case of the disruptive innovation
Hidetada HIGASHI (Yamanashi Gakuin University)

16:55 | Role of Local Public Finance for Tramway Innovation in FranceSoichiro MINAMI (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)

17:05 | Business model innovation and its constraints: how managers of astart-up company deal with the uncertainty in exploring a new market
Haruki SAWAMURA (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)

Q&A session
17:15 - 18:00
Moderator: Suzanne PEYRARD (EHESS)Introduction and chair
Sébastien LECHEVALIER (FFJ-EHESS)
Sébastien Lechevalier is an economist and a professor at EHESS (School of Advanced
Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris), specialised in Japanese economy and Asian
Capitalisms. He is also founder and president of the Fondation France-Japon del’EHESS (FFJ). Trained as a labor economist, he has extensively published on various
dimensions of the Japanese economy, in comparative perspective, including: Lessons
from the Japanese experience. Towards an alternative economic policy? (ENSEditions 2016), and The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism (Routledge,2014). Other research interests include innovation (Innovation beyond technology,Springer, 2019), industrial policies, and inequalities. He has been a visiting researcher
and a professor in several institutions, including: The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Hitotsubashi
University, Waseda University, Doshisha University, Canon Institute for Global Studies.

Suzanne PEYRARD (EHESS)
Suzanne Peyrard is a doctoral student at EHESS (École des hautes études ensciences sociales) under the supervision of Valérie Gelézeau. Her thesis focuseson the processes of urban construction and modelling in the digital paradigm. Moreprecisely, her research is in the field of urban geography and area studies, as she
is interested in the making of living in the "smart city" of Songdo in South Korea. Inaddition to her PhD, she is a research assistant at the CNRS (Centre national de larecherche scientifique) where she works on several projects including City-Nkor, anANR programme on cities, architecture and urbanism in North Korea. Finally, sinceApril 2023, she has joined the lab "Transportation policies and urban governancechallenged by advanced technologies: a comparative study of European andAsian metropolitan regions" (TPUG), in partnership with Valeo, at the France-Japan Foundation to work ontransportation policies and urban governance challenged by advanced technologies.

Speakers(alphabetical order)
Hidetada HIGASHI (Yamanashi Gakuin University)
Hidetada HIGASHI is professor of innovation management at the faculty of business,
Yamanashi Gakuin University. He has 20 years of research experience in automotive
industry, especially the domain of product development and production system. His
current research topic is the role of public-private interplay on mobility innovation.
He and his research colleagues conducted field research on introduction of mobility
innovation, such as autonomous shuttle, ridesharing, and Mobility as a Service in Japanand Europe. He is extending his research domain from management to urban design,barrier-free, public management through the multi-disciplinal research collaboration.
He is a long term member of researchers’ network on automotive industry, such as
U.S.-based PVMI (Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation) and France-based
GERPISA (Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche Permanent sur l'Industrie et les Salariés de l'Automobile.).

Soichiro MINAMI (MinistryTransport and Tourism)ofLand,Infrastructure,

Minami Soichiro is a Senior research officer at the Policy Research Institute for Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in MLIT. He has been an Assistant professor atChuo University and at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (untilMarch 2018). His specialty is Public Finance, Environmental Economics andTransportation policy. He has published extensively research articles in interdisciplinary
journals on issues related to sustainable transportation.

Haruki SAWAMURA (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism)
Haruki Sawamura is a researcher at Policy Research Institute attached to the Ministryof land, infrastructure, transport and tourism. He obtained his PhD from theInterdisciplinary Institute of Innovation (i3), Centre de la Recherche en Gestion (CRG)of the Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris. His research topic is
about the business model innovation and the organisational strategy. During his
doctoral study, he collaboratively worked with a French automotive original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) and a mobility service start-up using EVs in Indian cities toanalyse the constraints and its managerial counter-measures to innovate a businessmodel. He previously received a Master's degree from the Department of Technology
Management for Innovation (TMI), School of Engineering, University of Tokyo and a Bachelor's degree fromthe Department of Applied Physics, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University.

Kulacha SIRIKHAN (FFJ-EHESS)
Kulacha Sirikhan is an Associate Researcher at the Fondation France-Japon del’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (FFJ-EHESS). She is responsible for
the FFJ-EHESS Lab on “Transportation Policies and Urban Governance Challenged
by Advanced Technologies: A Comparative Study of European and Asian MetropolitanRegions”. She received her PhD degree in Urban and Regional Planning from theUniversity of Tokyo, Japan. Her research interests lie in institutional development
and spatial dependence, using methods and applications in spatial econometrics
and geospatial data analysis. Her most recent research projects focus on the Multilevel Perspective and Emerging Urban Collective Mobility in diverse urban regions.
Additionally, she is a Co-founder and Urban Analyst at Umoto, a planning studio
based in Hamburg, Germany. Umoto is dedicated to create urban spaces for activities of multi-generational
communities, guided by the principles of urban movement culture.