On March 3, 2026, ON BOARD Co., Ltd. and XG Mobile Promotion Forum (XGMF) co-hosted a seminar entitled "Innovation in the Primary Industry: The Potential for DX Opened by Next-Generation Communications" at CIC Tokyo in Toranomon, Tokyo.

What kind of changes are next-generation communications (6G) and advanced technologies going to bring about in the primary industry, which is facing serious challenges such as climate change and labor shortages? This seminar delved deeply into the real trials and errors in the field and the prospects for the future under the theme of "What kind of digital technology can make the primary industry more prosperous?

Program on the day
The first session was a relay of five specialists from startups to global companies.

• Ms. Emi Uemoto (CSO/XGMF Project Leader, Fager Inc:)
  New Agricultural DX Possibilities Opening Up in the Agriculture x Environment Sector
• Ms. Kika Okugawa (Representative of Somano Base Co., Ltd.): Forestry and disaster prevention
• Ms. Kayo Kano (President of aglink.lab Inc. / XGMF Project Leader):
  Agri-Girls Connecting Primary Industries x DX
• Mr. Yoshiaki Sato (Chairman of NTT Innovative Devices / Director of ON BOARD Inc:)
  Primary Industries and NTT's Advanced Future Technologies
• Mr. Yasuo Shinozawa (General Manager, Policy and External Affairs, Qualcomm Japan G.K.):
  Next-generation communications and cutting-edge semiconductors open up new productivity for primary industries

At the end of the session, all the speakers took the stage for a panel discussion on the theme, "What kind of future technology will make the primary industry more prosperous?" The theme of the panel discussion was "What kind of future technology will make the primary industry more prosperous?
Discussions were held on the form of DX that supports primary industry from "other angles" and issues noticed by looking at it from outside perspectives.
The section was also fruitful, with several questions from the audience.

After the seminar, a networking session was held for the speakers, participants, and attendees to interact with each other. With cold beer and snacks in hand, it was a lively social event that did not end easily.