Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019
Feb 13, 2019
Date: Friday, 1st March 2019
Time:14.00–16.00 (followed by networking reception)
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain (21 Albemarle Street London, W1S 4BS)
Organisers: Embassy of Japan, techUK, JETRO London, JCCI, NEC Corporation, Uhuru Corporation, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
Supporters: Masason Foundation, ARM Holdings plc, Waseda University
Participation fee: Free
Register here (free of charge).
* Due to restrictions on room capacity, the number of spaces available is limited.
Draft Programme
13.30 Doors Open
14.00 Opening remarks (Embassy of Japan)
14.05 Keynote lectures
- Julian David, CEO, techUK
- Makoto Enomoto, Executive Officer, CMO, NEC Corporation
14.30 Highlights of emerging tech
- Hironobu Tamba, Vice President, Smart IoT Division, SoftBank Corp.
- Takashi Sonoda, Founder, CEO, Uhuru Corporation
- TBD from UK companies
14.50 Human-Centred Digital Society
- Dr Toshie Takahashi, Professor, School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University
/ Visiting Scholar, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
- Edward Teather, Head of International, Office for Artificial Intelligence (Joint unit: BEIS/DCMS)
- Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo, Research Fellow, Deputy Director, Digital Ethics Lab,
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford/ Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute
15.30 Education for the Future
- Khaled Benkrid, Senior Director, Education and Research, Arm Holdings plc
- TBD, Masason Foundation and Foundation’s students
16.00 Closing remarks (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan)
Networking Reception
*Please note that the programme may change without prior notice
Contact (about the attendance of this seminar):
Satomi Tsuchiya
Email: seminar@claritas-marketing.com
Tel: 020-7794-1123
Contact (about the contents of this seminar):
Hiroyo HIRAMATSU
Email: hiroyo.hiramatsu@mofa.go.jp
Tel: 020-7465-6768
