The New Industrial Frontier in the AGI Era— From AI Infrastructure to Physical AI: Building the Next-Generation Industrial Ecosystem —
- Date
- 2026.10.06
- Time
- 13:05 - 13:50
- Location
- Congrès Square Grand Green Osaka
As we look toward the advent of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), AI is becoming increasingly embedded across every sphere of society and industry. Competitiveness in this new era will be determined not by semiconductors and AI models alone, but by our ability to build a next-generation industrial ecosystem—one that encompasses AI data centers capable of meeting rapidly expanding computational demand, reliable and sustainable power supplies, advanced GPU and computing infrastructure, and the startups and industries that harness these capabilities to create new value.
At the same time, AI is moving beyond the digital realm and entering a new phase of real-world deployment. By converging with robotics, mobility, manufacturing, logistics, energy, and other physical industries, AI is evolving into “Physical AI,” with the potential to fundamentally transform how our economies and societies operate. The critical question is how investment in AI infrastructure can be translated into the creation of new industries and startups, and ultimately into broader societal and industrial transformation through the deployment of Physical AI. Achieving this will require new forms of collaboration and strategic alignment across computing resources, energy, technology, and industry.
This session will bring together leaders from the key domains underpinning the next generation of the AI economy—including AI data centers, accelerated computing, power and energy, and Physical AI. Together, they will explore the infrastructure required for the AGI era, the creation of new industries and startup opportunities enabled by that infrastructure, and the path toward the real-world deployment of Physical AI.
Kunihiro Tanaka
SAKURA internet Inc.
Founder & CEO, President
Tak Izaki
NVIDIA Corporation
Vice President, Enterprise Business
Kunihiro Tanaka
SAKURA internet Inc.
Founder & CEO, President
- Biography
Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1978. In 1996, while still a student at the National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College, he founded Sakura Internet. In 2005, when he was 27, his company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market, and it is currently listed on the Prime market. Leveraging his own entrepreneurial experience, he has worked as a mentor and angel investor for numerous startups, and he has also been involved in guiding young entrepreneurs and student engineers as a project manager for the IPA Mitou Program. In addition to his duties as president, he serves as an outside director for several companies. He also dedicates himself to the development of the industry in a wide range of fields in order to promote Japan’s digitalization and accelerate the growth of startups as the chairman of the Software Association of Japan (SAJ), the chairman of the Japan Data Center Council (JDCC), the vice chairman of the Japan Internet Providers Association (JAIPA), a standing director of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (chairman of the Global Venture Ecosystem Committee), a member of the Cabinet Office’s AI Strategy Council and its Expert Panel, and a member of various committees of the Cabinet Secretariat’s Japan Growth Strategy Council. He is based in Okinawa.
Tak Izaki
NVIDIA Corporation
Vice President, Enterprise Business
- Biography
1999, they completed a master’s degree at the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. They then joined Texas Instruments Japan, where they worked on the development of DVD application processors, video codecs for mobile phones, and DSP applications, before leading the Digital Product Marketing Department. Their business development experience spans a wide range of products, from consumer to industrial markets.
They joined NVIDIA in 2015 and have since served as Head of Deep Learning Business Development and General Manager of the Enterprise Business Division before assuming their current role. In collaboration with Japan’s industrial, academic, and public-sector institutions, they are dedicated to building and advancing the AI ecosystem in Japan.
They also serve as a Director of the Japan Deep Learning Association, a Technical Committee Member of NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), and an IoT Strategy Advisor to Oita Prefecture.