[The 8th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 1:00pm-2:30pm (Japan Standard Time), December 15 (Friday), 2023
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Third floor, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_12_j.html) + Zoom meeting room
3) Presenter: Jun KONDO (Senior Business Development Manager, Business Development Dept., Secure Technology & Solutions, Sony Corporation)
4) Presentation
-Title: Sony’s case studies in mobility payments implementation in Asia and changing mobility payments.
-Abstract: Asia is the largest and fastest-growing market for mobility services with significant plans and funding for transport infrastructure. Jun KONDO will share Sony’s case studies of mobility payments implementation in Asia and its technologies including NFC card and mobile payments. He will also talk about trend of mobility payments including technologies, schemes and applications: Sony and its business in mobility payments; About NFC FeliCa; Case studies in Asia; and Trend of mobility payments.
5) Short bio of presenter
Jun Kondo joined Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, in 1992 and started his career in customer service section. He was in charge of service parts distribution planning and control, including assignment in Belgium as Assistant Manager at Sony Service Centre (Europe) – European hub of after-sale service operations. He was transferred to smart card business unit called FeliCa Business Division (currently called Secure Technology & Solutions) in 2001 and was involved in international business development mainly in Asia and promotion of NFC (Near Field Communication) FeliCa. Since then, he has been engaged in building the NFC FeliCa ecosystems in collaboration with international partners.
6) Charge: free
7) Language: English only