To whom it may concern
We are pleased to report the details of the event APEV held at 
CEATEC2022..
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who 
participated.

1. CEATEC　Exhibited in 2022

◎APEV booth name: APEV Design Contest 2022
 Hall 6 Booth No. P017 in the newly opened "Partner's Spark" at CEATEC 
2022 in Makuhari Messe.
◎Exhibition: Joint exhibition by APEV and companies* from October 18 (
Tue) to October 21 (Fri), 2022. Posters, pamphlets, videos, etc. were 
used to introduce initiatives centered on the Social EV"Design Contest 
for International Students 2022.
*Exhibitors: Dell Technologies Japan Inc.　Hino Motors, Ltd.　IBM Japan, 
　　　　　　　Ltd.　MONET Technologies Inc. 　 Denno Kotsu,Inc

2.Final Screening & Award Ceremony of"Social EV"Design Contest for 
International Students 2022

◎Date: October 18, 2022 (Tuesday) 14:30 start-17:00 end
◎Location:Talk stage at CEATEC 2022 in Makuhari Messe Session number:
B141
◎Contents/timetable
14:30 Greetings:APEV Chairprespon Masanori Suzuki
      Contest Description: Executive Committee Chairprson Toshio 
Yamashita
14:40 Work presentation: 12 teams
15:40 Keynote speech: "Next-generation regional transportation realized 
                       from DX in the taxi industry" 
      Lecturer: Mr.Yosuke Kondo, CEO and Founder of Denno Kotsu,Inc.
     (Screening in a separate room during this time)
16:20 Awards ceremony
16:52 General Comment: Screening Committee Chairperson Hiroshi Fujiwara
16:57 Commemorative photo
17:00 End

◎Screening outcome
The judges＊ realistically evaluated the presentations of the final 
works of the 12 teams, and as a result of discussions, the following 
eight teams won the crown. 

・Award name: 	　　              　School name/ team name
・Grand Prize Grand Prix: Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan 
                          University/Sakai Mobility Systems
・Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award: Chiba University & 
                        Kyushu Sangyo University / TARAKO & PEANUTS
・Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award: Tokyo 
               Metropolitan University Graduate School/TMU - torapo -B
・Minister of the Environment Award: HAL Tokyo/HALO!
・Special Award from Screening Committee: Chiba Institute of Technology 
                                          Graduate School/FLAT
・Special Award from Screening Committee: (India) National Institute of 
                        Design, Transportation and　Automobile / Shunya
・MONET Technologies Award: Chiba Institute of Technology Graduate 
School/Costa
・IBM Japan Award: Tokyo Metropolitan University/MINK
* Chairperson of the Screening Committee: Dr. Hiroshi FUJIWARA: Director 
                    of APEV,Chairman and CEO of BroadBand Tower Co.,Ltd.
* Members: 
・Ms. Keiko IHARA: CEO, Future, Inc. .-Car racer - Director, Nissan 
                   Motor Co., Ltd
・Ms. Hiroko MATSUMOTO: Director, Vice President, Professor, Joshibi 
                        University of Art and design　
・Ms. Kei TAKEOKA: Automobile Journalist-Automobile Journalists 
                   Association of Japan Deputy Chair
・Dr. Akira WAKITA: Artist-Professor, Faculty of Environment and 
                    Information Studies, Keio University
・Mr. Nobuhiro TAJIMA：APEV President- Chairman / CEO of Tajima Motor 
                       Corporation
*Screening team：
・Mr. Yohei KAWADA Director for Water and Air Environment Bureau, 
   Automobile Environmental Measures Division Automotive Environmental 
   Strategy Planning Officer Ministry of the Environment
・Mr. Kuniharu TANABE Director for Manufacturing Industries Bureau 
   Automobile Division Automobile Strategy Planning Office 　Minister of 
   Economy, Trade and Industry
・Mr. Hiroyuki INOMATA Director of Vehicle Regulation and International 
  Affairs Division Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism
・Mr.Kenichi MURASAWA Vice President Client Engineering, Technology  IBM 
                      Japan, Ltd.
・Mr.Akihiro KAWANABE Director Product Planning Department  MONET 
                      Technologies Inc.
・Dell Technologies Co., Ltd., ・Hino Motors, Ltd.

◎Outline of Keynote Speech "Next-generation regional transportation 
realized from DX in the taxi industry"  Lecturer: Mr. Yosuke Kondo, CEO 
and Founder of Denno Kotsu,Inc.

 In 2016, President Kondo, who is a lecturer, launched Denno Kotsu, 
which converts taxi dispatch operations into DX, while rebuilding a taxi 
company in Tokushima Prefecture. Currently, taxi operators in 43 
prefectures have introduced this dispatch system. 1) Cloud-based vehicle 
dispatch system 2) Outsourcing of vehicle dispatch call center 
operations 3) Regional transportation solutions are the core of our 
business. Regarding the conversion of taxis to EVs, we will work with 
Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo to develop and demonstrate a system for optimizing 
the operation and power supply of EV taxis as a project adopted by NEDO.
He encouraged the students who participated in the contest, saying, "I 
want you to cherish your time and encounters and nurture your proposals"

◎Chairperson of the Screening Committee Dr. Fujiwara
 The reason why we named the contest title "Society" this time is that 
EVs are not just a means of transportation or a means of solving energy 
problems, but we also wanted young people with promising futures to come 
up with ideas for tackling social issues.
As intended, we received wonderful proposals from the 12 finalists.
We were asked to identify social issues in Japan and the world, and to 
come up with unprecedented ideas to solve those issues. Technologies 
such as Metaverse, Life Science, and Chemistry were proposed as 
supporting technologies for realizing ideas.
Sakai Mobility Systems team has a wonderful idea of farming using EVs to 
increase Japan's food self-sufficiency rate. Let's support young people 
together!

◎Videos of this event are available on YouTube.
1)Greetings, contest explanation, 12 team's presentation 
                              https://youtu.be/_5rgJYGsF80
2)Keynote speech by Mr.Kondo  https://youtu.be/oKTWzhFiRiA _ _
3)Award ceremony and general comment   https://youtu.be/eN9jrD7RtXA


3.Open Workshop of"Social EV" Design Contest for International Students 
2022 
◎Date: October 20, 2022 (Thursday) 13:00 start-16:00 end
◎Venue: Co-creation space at CEATEC2022 in Makuhari Messe
◎Contents: "Further deepening the business model and realization of the 
grand prix": Can the work be done as it is? Sponsors and CEATEC 
participants discussed services, technologies, future insights, etc., 
and deepened discussions.
◎Participants: Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School/Sakai 
Mobility Systems Team, 
HAL Tokyo/HALO! Team, Chiba Institute of Technology Graduate School/FLAT 
Team, Okayama Prefectural University/Okayama Mobility Club Team, 
Sponsors

★Full report with photos is here

https://www.apev.jp/en/news/Detail report_APEV Design contest2022.pdf
Contest overview +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
◎Title:"Social EV" Design Contest for International Students 2022
◎Purpose:To foster interdisciplinary talent that will lead the next 
generation through research on social design 
and EV possibilities. We call this interdisciplinary talent "an 
architect", and the development of this sort of human resource is the 
highlight of this contest. An architect is a person who has a vision and 
insight beyond the scope of design and engineering and the profession in 
the area of cars.
In this year's contest, the theme was set as "Proposal for 'Social 
Design and EV ' 2040" with a clear deadline. We concluded that the role 
of EVs should not be viewed simply as a mobile vehicle, but rather as a 
form of mobility that is essential to people's lives, and that it should 
be a contest that considers what it means to enrich people's lives.

◎Organization
・Organizer: Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
・Supported by : Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information 
Studies, University of Tokyo
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. Ministry of Economy, 
Trade and Industry of Japan
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan　
Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc.　Tokyo Metropolitan 
Government

◎Sponsor (in alphabetical order)
Benesse Holdings, Inc.　Car Design Academy　CCC MK Holdings Co.,Ltd. 　
Dell Technologies Japan Inc.Hino Motors, Ltd.	IBM Japan, Ltd.
MONET Technologies Inc.	Wacom Co.,Ltd.

◎Prize money/prize
Grand Prize: 200,000 yen + certificate, Environment Minister's Award, 
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Award, Land, Infrastructure, 
Transport and Tourism Minister's Award: 100,000 yen each + certificate,
　 Special Award from Screening Committee: 100,000 yen + certificate, 
Sponsoring Organization Award: Goods provided by the sponsoring 
organization + certificate
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[Executive Committee Contact]
Within the Association for the Advancement of Electric Vehicles (APEV ) 
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 University of Tokyo  
Interfaculty Initiativein Information Studies, Fukutake Hall
TEL: 050-3375-4937　　　E-MAIL : contest@apev.jp