The 2nd OPPS Seminar, “Fundamentals of Overseas Infrastructure Investment Practices,” was held on April 9th. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was held as a webinar using Zoom. 34 people participated remotely, mainly from full member companies.

The lecturer was Mr. Hitoshi Sasaki, Executive Officer and Managing Director of Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC. He talked about “from project formation to implementation” in an easy-to-understand manner based on his practical experience. The third meeting is scheduled for April 22nd.

PPPの基本を学ぶことを目的として企画したOPPSセミナーの第2回「海外インフラ投資実務の基礎」を4月9日に開催しました。新型コロナウイルスの影響を受け、Zoomを利用したウェビナーとして実施しました。正会員企業を中心に34名がリモートで参加しました。

　講師はデロイトトーマツフィナンシャルアドバイザリー合同会社執行役員マネージングディレクターの佐々木仁氏。「プロジェクトの形成から実施まで」について、実務経験に即してわかりやすくお話頂きました。第3回は4月22日の開催を予定しています。

OPPS exhibited at the 10th World Urban Forum (sponsored by UN-Habitat) held in Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) from February 8 to 13. In addition to OPPS, we exhibited panels introducing smart city initiatives by three member companies (Index Consulting Co., Ltd., Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd., and Fujita Corporation).

World Cities Forum Venue (Abu Dhabi)

In addition, Ms. Ikedo of Index Consulting Co., Ltd., a member company, represented OPPS at the panel discussion on February 9th and gave a presentation titled “Localizing the SDGs through PPP in Smart Cities – Lessons learned from Asia to the world-”. We did. Mr. Kurita, Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Ms. Ikedo were the only two speakers from Japanese government agencies/companies.

Ms. Ikedo giving a presentation

The World Urban Forum is held every two years and is a large-scale international conference attended by more than 20,000 people from 160 countries around the world. OPPS will continue to share and disseminate information on smart cities.

Activity introduction panel (Daiwa Lease + Fujita)

2月8日～13日にUAE（アラブ首長国連邦）アブダビで開催された「第10回世界都市フォーラム（主催：UN-Habitat＝国連人間居住計画）」にOPPSとしてブースに出展しました。OPPSの他、会員企業3社（株式会社インデックスコンサルティング、大和リース株式会社ならびに株式会社フジタ）のスマートシティに関する取組み紹介のパネルを展示しました。

世界都市フォーラム会場（アブダビ）

また、会員企業の㈱インデックスコンサルティング池戸氏がOPPSを代表して2/9のパネルディスカッションに登壇し、“Localizing the SDGs through PPP in Smart Cities – Lessons learned from Asia to the world-“と題してプレゼンテーションを行いました。日本政府機関/企業からの登壇は栗田国土交通審議官と池戸氏の2名のみでした。

プレゼンテーションする池戸氏

世界都市フォーラムは2年ごとに開催され、世界160ヶ国・2万人以上が参加する大規模な国際会議です。OPPSでは今後もスマートシティに関する情報共有・発信を進めて参ります。

活動紹介パネル（OPPS＋インデックス）

活動紹介パネル（大和リース＋フジタ）

At the 3rd US-Japan Infrastructure Forum (sponsored by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Texas Economic Development Corporation) held on February 6 in Austin, Texas, OPPS exhibited at a booth and introduced its activities.

Forum venue

At the forum, a keynote speech and various reports were given after the greetings of Senior Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Mr. Minorikawa. The forum participants included Mr. Hanada of Maeda Corporation (introducing examples of road concession projects and sharing information), Mr. Takamasu of the Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development (overseas infrastructure projects in JOIN), Mr. Kawakami of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (Japan Bank for International Cooperation in the United States and Cooperation with the State of Texas) is making a presentation. Regarding the exhibition held at another venue, two member companies, Index Consulting Co., Ltd. and Fujita Corporation, participated in the forum as exhibitors.

OPPS exhibition booth