Business Event "Danish Open Business 2024" was held in Vejle

2024/2/8
On February 8-9 "Danish Open Business 2024" focusing on welfare technology was held in Vejle with close collaboration between Vejle Municipality and the Embassy of Japan.
The first day, Business Conference, started with opening speeches by Mayor of Vejle Mr. Jens Ejner Christensen and Ambassador UYAMA Hideki, followed by insightful presentations by eight experts from Japan. The Conference offered a good opportunity for networking between the Japanese delegation and people from public sector and business community of Vejle and other municipalities of Denmark.
On the second day, H.E. Ms. Mette Kierkgaard, Minister for Senior Citizens, joined Ambassador Uyama and the Japanese experts for visits to Kong Gauers Gård, a unique combination of a kindergarten and an elderly care home, Danish Crown’s meat-processing  factory, and Vejle Hospital.
Through fulfilling two-day program Japanese and Danish participants mutually learned a lot from respective expertise and inspired each other. We are deeply grateful to Mr. Mayor,  Danish Crown, and all the people concerned in Vejle for their warmest hospitality.
We wish cooperation between Japan and Denmark in welfare technology will advance further.
 

Ambassador Uyama delivered his opening address.




(from left) Dr. Daisuke Azuma, Professor, Kurume Institute of Technology; Mr. Tetsuo Hattori, Senior Technical Manager, ASPINA GmbH; Ms. Sakiko Tanaka, Science Communicator, Fujitsu Limited; Dr. Mika Yasuoka, Associate Professor, Roskilde University; Ambassador Uyama; Dr. Manami Hori, Director, Tokai University European Center; Ms. Yasuko Akutsu, Associate Professor, Chiba University Hospital; Ms. Saori Haga, Planning Director, Future Care Lab in Japan, Sompo Holdings; Dr. Yoshio Matsumoto, Professor, Tokyo University of Science
*Dr. Takanori Shibata, Chief Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, made his presentation online.




At the Conference Dinner
(Mayor of Vejle Mr. Christensen is in the center of the second row)



At Kong Gauers Gård
(From center to left: Mayor Mr. Christensen, H.E. Ms. Mette Kierkgaard, Minister for Senior Citizens, Ambassador Uyama)




At Danish Crown




At Vejle Hospital