Cloud Cien Inc. (headquartered in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture; CEO: Shogo Kanbara), operator of Local Hub, a platform that supports public-private co-creation between local governments and companies, announced that it has launched the official landing page and opened registration for “GOV Meeting meetup 2026 in Osaka KAWACHINAGANO,” a public-private co-creation event to be held on Friday, July 10, 2026. The event is the second in-person meetup expanding on the regularly held and well-received online “GOV Meeting.” Local government officials and corporate representatives will gather to share frontline challenges and initiatives, creating a venue to discover the seeds of new co-creation projects. The event will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on July 10, 2026, at Lovely Hall, the Kawachinagano Municipal Cultural Hall in Osaka Prefecture. It will be held in person with archive viewing available afterward. The offline capacity is 100 participants, consisting of 30 local government participants and 70 corporate participants, with a maximum of two people per organization. Participation is free, with advance registration required. At the previous “GOV Meeting meetup in YOKOSUKA,” held in February 2026, 20 local government organizations with 32 participants and 50 companies with 75 participants joined offline, while 32 organizations reserved archive viewing. Post-event surveys showed high satisfaction, with an overall rating of 4.30 out of 5.00 and a local government participant rating of 4.48 out of 5.00. Participants commented that they were able to hear real stories from local governments, improve the resolution of their proposals, learn from how other municipalities proceed, and engage in concrete dialogue rather than simply exchange business cards. At the same time, participants requested more time for networking, deeper opportunities to ask local governments questions, and clearer paths for post-event follow-up. In response, this year’s event will intr