Scrum Fest Mikawa 2026
Overview
An Agile and manufacturing conference held in Toyohashi, in the Mikawa region known for its concentration of manufacturers. It is distinctive for crossing hands-on hardware development knowledge with software Scrum practice, drawing corporate engineers and students from the Tokai area. The 2026 edition at emCAMPUS STUDIO features a keynote by Masaki Nakamura of Aisin, who leads the communication-support app YYSystem.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2021
- Founder
- Scrum Fest Mikawa Committee
Started in 2021 as part of the nationwide Scrum Fest movement. It positions itself as a place where new challenges emerge for people practicing monozukuri (manufacturing), giving it a distinctly Mikawa character at the intersection of manufacturing and Agile.
Transition
- 2021 First edition held as one of the nationwide Scrum Fests
- 2025 Held at emCAMPUS STUDIO in Toyohashi, with a keynote by Hiroaki Takada of Nagoya University on 30 years of real-time OS research and development
- 2026 Confirmed for September 11-12, with a keynote by Masaki Nakamura of Aisin
Voices
A product designer's report from Loglass, highlighting sessions such as one tracing the development history of the single-use film camera "Torikkiri Konica" (from the 2025 report, in Japanese)
An IIJ Engineers Blog post on student Agile practice tied to Toyohashi University of Technology's PBL classes, calling students' 9-hour sprints a challenge to working professionals (from the 2025 article, in Japanese)
A report by Agile Studio (Eiwa System Management) titled "so many learnings and insights," conveying the depth of sessions and on-site exchange (from the 2025 report, in Japanese)
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