Webinar: the impact of AI cameras in Imabari, a TRY ANGLE EHIME project
Idein will hold a webinar on Wednesday 29 January 2025 on the results of deploying AI cameras in Imabari, a project selected under TRY ANGLE EHIME.
We will share how making foot traffic visible through digital transformation actually changed behaviour in the Imabari shopping street.
Who this is for
- Local government staff working on digital transformation or town revitalisation
- Members of shopping street associations
- Staff at destination management organisations (DMOs)
- Members of chambers of commerce
- Anyone else interested in town revitalisation or regional digital transformation
Details
- Date: Wednesday 29 January 2025, 14:00–15:00
- Venue: Zoom (the joining link is sent after registration)
- Cost: free
Programme
Session 1: From the front line of shopping street revival
- A customer story: bringing life back to a shopping street — results and impact of AI cameras
- The Imabari shopping street “Project i” and where it goes next
Session 2: Solving local problems with digital technology
- How the AI cameras work and how they are deployed
- An overview of Ehime Prefecture’s digital implementation programme
Session 3: Co-creating the future of a region
- Putting the shopping street AI measurement plan to work
- Taking the approach to other regions, and the business opportunity
Speakers
Rikiya Ofuru — Manager, Customer Success Team 1, Idein Inc.
Business development and marketing. Joined a major travel company in 2012 and spent around five years consulting on client travel expenses. In 2017 he joined a startup providing pricing AI for accommodation providers, where he built out the sales organisation, then did the same at another startup. Joined Idein in December 2020.
Hiroki Kusuoka — CEO, PLAYCREW Inc.
Project manager and digital lead for the Imabari Ginza shopping street revitalisation committee. Founded the production company PLAYCREW on the back of broad experience at advertising agencies, supporting projects that bring energy to local areas through marketing, production, events and PR.