The Car Design Tokyo Forum was held once again at the Andaz Toranomon Hills in Tokyo on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 the day before the Tokyo motor show.

Presented in association with the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) and first held in 2015, this exclusive bi-annual event gathered the design leaders of major car manufacturers to present and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing mobility design in 2019.

Much has changed in the two years since the last Forum was held – electric vehicles are now mainstream in China and an autonomous and shared-mobility future draws ever closer.

Can designers predict how the seismic changes shaking the car industry will play out? New platforms, new energy sources, shared mobility and advances in the connected car have created a perfect storm of upheaval. The Tokyo Forum 2019 revealed design strategies and designers discussed overcoming the numerous challenges facing the automotive industry with creative solutions.

Topics for discussion this year included new mobility solutions, putting the emotion in electric vehicles and the interior space.

Confirmed speakers for this year’s Car Design Forum Tokyo included Honda’s Makoto Iwaki, Nissan’s Satoru Tai, Renault’s Anthony Lo, SAIC’s Shao Jinfeng, Toyota’s Simon Humphries and Changan’s Chen Zheng.

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Anthony Lo

VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERIOR DESIGN
Renault
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Benoit Tallec

Head of Product Design
Daimler Trucks Asia
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Makoto Iwaki

Executive Creative Director
Honda
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Satoru Tai

EXECUTIVE DESIGN DIRECTOR
Nissan
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Shao Jinfeng

VICE PRESIDENT, SAIC MOTOR TECHNICAL CENTRE AND GLOBAL DESIGN DIRECTOR,
SAIC
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Gustavo Guerra

Design Director Volvo CE
Volvo Group
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Fabio Filippini

Founder, Executive Director
ACCAEFFE Ltd
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Simon Humphries

Head of Design
Toyota Motor Corporation
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Samuel Chuffart

Global Design Director
ICONA
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Andreas Wlasak

Faurecia
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Richard Chung

Executive Program/Product Manager Innovation / Design / Business Strategy
Toyota Boshoku Corporation
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Norihiko Harada

Vice President of Design
Zagato
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Chen Zheng

Global Design Chief
Changan
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Abel Sampson

Publisher
CarDesignNews
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Shiro Nakamura

CEO
CEO of SHIRO NAKAMURA DESIGN ASSOCIATES
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Muneaki Masuda

CEO
Culture Convenience Club (CCC)
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Kazunori Yamauchi

President
Polyphony Digital
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Akira Yamaguchi

Design Department Chief Design Director
HINO Motors
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Peter Lyon

Motor Journalist and Co-Chairman
World Car Awards
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David Hilton

Advanced Design Director Shanghai
Design Strategy Director GAC
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Ichiro Hatayama

Design Strategist, Founder & CEO
MILAI Corporation
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Satoshi Wada

Car/Product Designer & CEO
SW design
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