KOTI - Korea Transport institute

JOINT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Thursday, November 27, 2025

(This seminar will be conducted with simultaneous interpretation in Korean and Japanese.)

Opening Session (14:00 ~ 14:20)

Host: Seunghwan CHUNG, Associate Research Fellow, KOTI

14:00 Opening Remarks

Youngchan KIM, President, KOTI

SHUKURI Masafumi, Chairman, JTTRI

Presentation Session (14:20 ~ 16:50)

Session 1: Mobility Innovation through the Use of Big Data and AI

14:20 ~ 15:30

Moderator: Youngho KIM, Senior Research Fellow, KOTI

14:20 Presentation 1: Mobility Big Data, AI and their Applications in South Korea

Minsu WON, Research Fellow, KOTI

14:35 Presentation 2: Use of AI and Big Data in Mobility in Japan

SHIMAKURA Yasuo, Senior Research Fellow, JTTRI

14:50 Discussion

FUJISAKI Koichi, Distinguished Research Fellow / Director for Research

Youngkook KIM, Research Fellow, KOTI

15:10 Free Discussion

15:30 Break

Session 2: High-Speed Rail Corridors and Local Railways

15:50 ~ 17:00

Moderator: Hee Cheol SHIN, Vice President, KOTI

15:50 Presentation 3: Current Status and Future Directions of the Great Train Express (GTX) Project for Transportation Innovation

Jung In KIM, Associate Research Fellow, KOTI

16:05 Presentation 4: A Case Study on Parallel Conventional Rail Lines in Japan’s Shinkansen (High-Speed Rail) Line Projects and Their Relation to Local Public Transport Plans

DATE Masaki, Research Fellow, JTTRI

16:20 Discussion

YAI Tetsuo, President for Research, JTTRI

Suhyeon KIM, Research Fellow, KOTI

16:40 Free Discussion

Closing Session (17:00 ~ 17:30)

Host: Seunghwan CHUNG, Associate Research Fellow, KOTI

17:00 Closing Remarks

YAI Tetsuo, President for Research, JTTRI

Youngchan KIM, President, KOTI

17:20 Photo & Closing