Efforts to Support Demonstration Projects in Osaka

With a focus on EXPO 2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN, which will be held under the concept of the “People's Living Lab,” the Osaka Prefectural Government, the Osaka City Government, and the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) are working to create an environment suitable for conducting innovative Demonstration Projects and create a virtuous cycle for generating new businesses in Osaka, thereby realizing Concept Demonstration City – Osaka. To this end, the Concept Demonstration Promotion Team Osaka has been established.

Support Menu

Arrangement of demonstration fields
Investigate and arrange demonstration fields that meet the needs of Demonstration Projects that business operators want to conduct.

–Demonstration fields (example)
<Affiliated facilities of the Osaka Prefectural Government, the Osaka City Government, and OCCI>
•Investigate and arrange demonstration fields that meet the needs of each demonstration experiment, targeting affiliated facilities of the Osaka Prefectural Government, the Osaka City Government, and OCCI.

[Examples of demonstration fields]
Northern water mirai center, Kyuhoji Ryokuchi Park, Hamadera Park, Mitsushima/Nakakonoike Regulating Reservoirs (underground rivers), Sayama Pond dam, bridges, ATC (Asia and Pacific Trade Center), and Maishima sports facilities

<Facilities offered by private companies and organizations>
•Support Demonstration Projects through cooperation between companies by recruiting companies and organizations that agree to offer their facilities, spaces, data, and other resources as demonstration fields.

Support services for Demonstration Projects
Introduce private services that support Demonstration Projects.

PR support
Provide PR support when a demonstration experiment is conducted.

Financial support
Provide financial support by offering subsidies and through funds.

Relaxation of regulations
If national regulations become obstacles for Demonstration Projects, we will lobby the national government through public-private cooperation as needed.

Target Fields
  1. Advanced urban development
  2. IoT, RT (Robot Technology)
  3. Automatic driving
  4. Drones
  5. AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  6. Healthcare
  7. Open data, big data
Basic Scheme
Scheme
Responsible Division
Industry Division, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Secretariat of the Concept Demonstration Promotion Team Osaka

E-mail: sangyo@osaka.cci.or.jp