Management | Development of Smart Mobility Platform

Post	Role	Name of person
PD （Program Director）	While promoting research and development by utilizing the functions of the Research Promotion Agency, the PD is responsible for promoting initiatives for social implementation, such as developing strategies and R&D plans for social implementation, setting targets and allocating budgets for R&D themes, coordinating with other SIP programs,related ministries and industry initiatives, and utilizing other measures such as BRIDGE (policy planning and formulation).	Haruo Ishida Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba
Sub Program Director	Supports the PD in many aspects of program management.	Noboru Koshizuka Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo Fumihiko Nakamura Project Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Satoshi Hiyama WG Chairman, Road Transportation WG, Connected Subcommittee, Next Generation Mobility Committee, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc Shigetaka Murase Representative Director, Willer Inc. Isamu Takahara Project Professor, Market Design Center, Keio University Specially Appointed Professor, Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba Board Director, CYBERDYNE INC.
PM (Project Manager)	Efficient and effective management of R&D themes by utilizing the project management and R&D functions of the Research Promotion Agency.	Hirokazu Ichikawa Chief Technical General Manager PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.
Supporter of PM	Supports the PM in the management of R&D themes from various perspectives.	Ryo Ariyoshi Global Research Institute for Mobility in Society Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University Yoshio Ishiguro Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo Koichi Miyashita Chief Researcher, Mobility and Communications Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. Koichiro Masuda Specially Appointed Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Research Analysis and Business Support Organization	Responsible for supporting Project Management Agency in the execution of tasks necessary for the promotion of the Program.	Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. Oriental Consultants Co., LTD
Principal Researcher / Implementer	Responsible for implementation and implementation of individual R&D themes.	Each proposer and subcontractor(Refer to "Implementation Structure and Adopted Themes"

Name of Meeting/Organization	Role
Governing Board	Responsible for institutional design, selection of programs and PD, budget allocation for each program, and evaluation of the Program as a whole (government policy)
Program Management Team	Responsible for evaluation of programs from a cross-sectional perspective in cooperation with peer review, and for review of overall program policies such as institutional design, progress management, and promotion of collaboration among programs.
Promoting Committee	Comprised of the PD, sub-PDs, other relevant ministries and agencies, Project Management Agency, and the Cabinet Office (Secretariat), and is responsible for promoting various initiatives for planning and formulating policies to be undertaken by the PDs.
Project Management Agency	Responsible for the management of R&D themes, including project support and peer review, not limited to solicitation, contracting, and budget management (project implementation).
Advisory Board	Comprised of overseas experts to provide advice on international collaboration policy based on the intentions and trends of each government and regional administration, advice on the possibility of utilization and deployment overseas, and coordination on the standardization of results.
Program WGs	Regularly report on progress and discuss social implementation of research outcomes across the program within the program.
Principal Researcher/Implementer	Responsible for implementation and implementation of individual R&D themes.