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      2nd UITP Marketing and IT & Innovation Study Tour
    Tokyo, Japan, 25 - 29 November 2008




    CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

     

    Tuesday 25 November 2008

       
       

    Am/PM 

    Individual arrival at hotel
     


       

    Night-00:00

    Welcome reception by UITP (with JR East and Tokyo Metro)
       
     

    Wednesday 26 November 2008

       
       

    10:00-10:20

    Meeting with Mr. Ishida, Vice Chairman of JR East and UITP Policy Board member
       
       

    10:20-12:20

    Presentation - Outline and Medium-Term Strategy of JR East
       
       

    12:20-13:30

    Welcome Lunch hosted by Mr. Ishida, JR East
       
       

    14:00-15:30

    Presentation - Marketing Strategy -Suica/Pasmo Interoperable Fare Management
     

    Smartcard as a key tool for marketing/revenue management, and Experience/strategy of IFM


       

    15:30 

    Technical Visit - Test and Use
     

    (Shinjuku - Tokyo Bay Area - Asakusa)


       

    Night 

    FREE
       
     

    Thursday 27 November 2008

       
       

    10:00-10:20

    Presentation - Frontier Service Development Laboratory of JR East
     

    Future Service (Next generation ticketing system, Information system, etc)


       

    12:00-12:15

    Transfer by train
       
       

    12:15-13:00

    Experience Lunch "Eki-ben" (Japanese lunch box) hosted by JR East
       
       

    13:00-14:00

    Technical Visit - Railway Museum -The history of Japanese railways
       
       

    14:00-14:15

    Transfer by bus
       
       

    14:00-15:30

    Technical Visit - General Test Center of Smartcard System
       
       

    15:00-15:15

    Transfer by bus
       
       

    15:15-15:40

    Technical Visit - "ecute", station space utilization
     

    A successful example of JR East's life-stlye business development


       

    15:40-16:00

    Technical Visit - New-type View-Plaza
     

    Ticket sales office which combine JR ticket office with travel service counters and reserved seat ticket vending machines


       

    16:00-17:00

    Technical Visit and transfer by train - Suica Green-car (1st class car) System
       
       

    17:00-18:00

    Presentation - Marketing Strategy -Mobile Suica
     

    IT Marketing development through Mobile Suica


       

    Night 

    FREE
       
     

    Friday 28 November 2008

       
       

    09:30-12:00

    Presentation - Outline, Marketing Strategy and Affiliated Business of Tokyo Metro
       
       

    12:00-13:30

    Lunch at Ueno hosted by Tokyo Metro
       
       

    13:30-14:00

    Transfer by train
       
       

    14:00-15:00

    Presentation - JR East Life-style business development
     

    Station space utilization, Advertising operation, etc.


       

    15:15-16:15

    Presentation - Customer service, JR East
     

    Customer relation, Feedback of customers' voices, Travel information


       

    16:30-18:15

    UITP Presentation followed by discussion with JR East and Tokyo Metro: Marketing and IFMS
       
       

    18:30 

    Dinner - Summary Discussion and Farewell Dinner kindly supported by JORSA(*)
     

    (JR East and Tokyo Metro will join)

    (*JORSA: Japan Overseas Rolling Stock Association)