[JPI Seminar] Progress and Challenges of "Hokkaido Sewage Business Management Strategy" ~Initiatives and Future Developments for Water PPP~ June 8 (Mon) <Tokyo>

## Held in Tokyo

JPI Municipal Sewage Business Series Seminar

Progress and Challenges of "Hokkaido Sewage Business Management Strategy"
~Initiatives and Future Developments for Water PPP~

## Date and Time
June 8, 2026 (Mon) 13:30 - 15:30
*Archive distribution applications are accepted even after the seminar ends.

## Speaker
Mr. Tatsuya Miyamoto, Former Assistant Director (Sewage Planning), Urban Environment Division, City Planning Bureau, Hokkaido Construction Department.
A practitioner responsible for public infrastructure policy for approximately 25 years, engaged in a wide range of infrastructure projects including sewage, roads, and airports, and including experience on loan to the DBJ.

## Practical Insights Gained from the Seminar
- Concrete points and judgment criteria for revising sewage management strategies in Hokkaido.
- Practical challenges and counter-measures for promoting public-private partnerships towards Water PPP adoption.
- Key points for next-generation strategy design, incorporating aging infrastructure, regional integration, and ICT utilization.

## Target Industries and Departments
- Municipal sewage and infrastructure management departments.
- Public-private partnership and PPP promotion staff in the water and sewage sector.
- Public works departments of construction and engineering companies.
- Regional infrastructure investment managers at infrastructure funds and financial institutions.

## Lecture Overview
In Hokkaido, an interim review of the "Hokkaido Sewage Business Management Strategy" (FY2021-2030) was conducted at the end of FY2025. As new initiatives for formulating the next strategy, considerations for "strengthening public-private partnerships," "contribution to decarbonization," and "utilization of ICT/new technologies" have been added. This lecture will explain recent initiatives in the prefecture that contribute to strengthening the management base to respond to aging infrastructure and earthquake resistance planning, as well as the progress and initiatives towards future public-private partnerships.

## Lecture Items
1. Overview of Sewage in Hokkaido
2. Challenges of Sewage in Hokkaido
3. Outline of Revisions to the Hokkaido Sewage Business Management Strategy
4. Aging Infrastructure Measures and Responses/Challenges from National Special Priority Surveys
5. New Initiatives for Formulating the Next Strategy
6. Q&A
7. Networking and Business Card Exchange

## Participation Format
- In-person (archive not included)
- Live stream (archive not included)
- Archive viewing
*In-person and live stream participants can add archive access for a special fee of 18,500 yen (tax included).

## Fees
- 1 person: 37,820 yen (tax included)
- Benefit: One person from the same corporation can accompany for free (registration required).
- Municipal government employees: Up to 2 people for 11,000 yen each (tax included / in-person and live stream only).