Concur to Serve as Main Sponsor of SAP Concur Fusion Exchange 2026 JAPAN – Public Deep Dive –

Concur Japan, a leader in cloud-based travel and expense management, announced that it will serve as the main sponsor of “SAP Concur Fusion Exchange 2026 JAPAN – Public Deep Dive –,” a business conference for universities and local governments hosted by the Graduate School of Project Design. The conference will be held online and in major cities across Japan. Digital transformation among local governments and higher education institutions is entering a major turning point. Against the backdrop of regulatory changes, demographic shifts, and advances in digital technology, the importance of operational reform and more sophisticated management continues to grow. The event will share practical knowledge for advancing DX starting from travel and expense management, drawing on national policy trends and leading case studies, while proposing concrete measures that participants can apply in the field through dialogue with one another. Public Day, aimed at local governments, will be held online on May 12, 2026, with in-person sessions in Osaka on May 21 and Tokyo on May 26. The target audience includes local government leaders and staff from planning, information systems, human resources, finance, and accounting departments. Key speakers include Yuho Ishikawa of the Regional DX Promotion Office under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Hideo Ichise, CDO and head of Osaka Prefecture’s Smart City Strategy Department, and Kento Watanabe, secretary general of the Local Government DX Promotion Council. Academic Day, aimed at higher education institutions, will be held online on May 14, 2026, with in-person sessions in Tokyo on June 2, Osaka on June 4, and Fukuoka on June 9. The target audience includes executives, faculty, and staff from universities, graduate schools, colleges of technology, junior colleges, and vocational schools. Topics include digital-enabled talent development and university management in higher education, the evolution of universities through data and AI, and the streamlining of travel expense operations at Yamaguchi University. Sponsors for Public Day include Concur Japan, NTT DATA WITH, NTT Nexia, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, and Visa Worldwide Japan. Sponsors for Academic Day include Concur Japan, NTT Nexia, Needs Well, and Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Concur Japan is the Japanese subsidiary of SAP Concur, the world’s largest cloud-based travel and expense management platform. Established in October 2010, it provides cloud services centered on Concur Expense, Concur Travel, and Concur Invoice to help companies improve indirect spend management and reform employee work styles. SAP Concur offers integrated solutions for travel, expense, and invoice management, using mobile apps, AI, and real-time data analysis to simplify and automate spending management processes.