You are cordially invited to the fourth session of the MWS Web Forum Series 'The Digital Transformation' (dij.tokyo/webforumdt <https://www.dijtokyo.org/event-series/digital-transformation/>). It is part of our research focus "Digital Transformation - Discourses, Strategies and Processes".

*The Future of Society - National Ambitions and Strategies* (https://dij.tokyo/future)
October 21, 2021 / Japan 21:00-23:00 / Germany 14:00-16:00 / US East 08:00-10:00 / US West 05:00-07:00

Speakers: Yuko HARAYAMA (Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of Japan)
Dietmar HARHOFF (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition)
Ulrike SCHAEDE (University of California San Diego)
moderated by Franz WALDENBERGER (DIJ)

Yuko HARAYAMA (Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of Japan)
*How to use "Society 5.0"?*

Dietmar HARHOFF (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition)
*Reconsidering German National Strategies towards Digitalization*

Ulrike SCHAEDE (University of California San Diego)
*National Differences in Preparing for the Digital Disruption: Markets v. Industrial Policy*

This Web-Forum will be held in English, online (Zoom). Abstracts, detailed information and registration on our website <https://www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-future-of-society-national-ambitions-and-strategies/> (https://dij.tokyo/future)

Log-in data will be provided upon registration (until 20.00 h JST on October 21, 2021)

German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ <https://www.dijtokyo.org/>)