World Forum for Motor Museums

We are pleased to share some of the highlights on the 2024 WFFMM in Japan,
from Oct.29, Tuesday 2024 ― Nov.2, Saturday 2024 (5days) as follows.

Date/venue
Oct 29th (Tue) – Welcome cocktail & Reception at Toyota Club
Oct 30th (Wed)– Oct 31st (Thu) – Opening remarks, Key 8 sessions, etc. at Toyota Automobile Museum
Nov 1st (Fri) – Museum Tour & Farewell Dinner at Fuji Motorsports Museum
Nov 2nd (Sat) – Move to Mishima towards Tokyo station and delegates disperse

*Special Japan tour before and after the forum will be arranged upon requests (e.g. popular sightseeing spots, Japanese Auto Manufacturers Heritage centres, etc.) https://wffmm-2024-japan.org/optional-tours/

2. Programs (TBD)
・Overall theme is “hindsight insight evolution”
8 main programs are
1) How did one of the world’s leading automobile industries emerge in small country like Japan?,
2) why are Japanese cars from the 80s and 90s so popular in Europe and/the U.S. today?
3) what we succeed ed and failed by utilizing digital tech- proper utilization of real and virtual worlds
4) best practices of museum management-budget, organization structure, PR, etc
5) Japanese auto-manufacturer’s initiatives related to the heritage cars
6) how automobiles became “culture” and its future prospects
7) how automobile culture has been formed in Asian countries & the role of auto museums for the future
8)the automobile great transformation of 100 years ago and a message for the future.

*Facilitators and speakers are to be determined.
Car operating session, library tour is also planned.

3. Registration fee（projected）
a. Early bird*1 (Application by April 30th, 2024): 61,600 JPY (± 385€ / $ 420 3)
b. Normal: 77,000 JPY (± 480€ / $520 3)（Application deadline is July 31st*2）
*1 Application is planned to start in late February
*2 Application will close when the maximum number of participants is reached
3 Convert JPY to your local currently for info here – Keep in mind currency’s are changing daily.
Euro and USD numbers are for your convenience but without any warranty.

4. Accommodations (recommended)
Oct 29th till 1st Nov in Aichi Prefecture: Marriott Associa hotel (34.500 JPY/night/head – ± 214€ – $233 3) or
Daiwa Roynet Hotel NAGOYA TAIKO DORI SIDE (16,000 JPY/night/head – ± 99€ – $108 3) – walking distance from Mariott
Nov 1st in Shizuoka Prefecture: Fuji Speedway hotel (70,400 JPY/night/room – ± 437€ – $476 3) or
Hotel CLAD (27,700 JPY/night/head – ± 172€ – $1873)
3 Convert JPY to your local currently for info here – Keep in mind currency’s are changing daily.
Euro and USD numbers are for your convenience but without any warranty.

If you would like secretariat to reserve your accommodation for you, please chose ‘yes’ for accommodation questionnaire of registration form. Secretariat will contact you by e-mail when your ticket payment is completed.
For detail of the conference hotels, please see “CONFERENCE HOTELS” .

5. Application for the forum

Apply through the application “sched”
https://wffmm-2024-japan.org

6. Flight examples without additional Japan Tour.

Download the flight proposal book Flight Plan Updates

*Special Japan tour before and after the forum will be arranged upon requests
(e.g. popular sightseeing spots, Japanese Auto Manufacturers Heritage centres, etc.)

7. Inquiry contact
WFFMM 2024 Japan secretariat: 2024wffmm@toyotatourist.co.jp

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