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Event report

Human-centric Artificial Intelligence: 2nd French-German-Japanese Symposium

From November 16 to 20, 2020, the French Embassy to Japan and the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) together with the AI Japan R&D Network conducted the 2nd French-German-Japanese Symposium on “Human-centric Artificial Intelligence”. The event was held completely online in a virtual immersive environment, which allowed participants and speakers to network in conference halls, breakout rooms and even on a virtual beach through avatars.

Cities and Universities in Collaboration

Mayors of Bochum and Tsukuba discuss post-Corona-society

During the opening event of the “Tsukuba Global Science Week” on September 28 2020, the mayors of the cities of Tsukuba (Dr. Tatsuo Igarashi) and Bochum (Thomas Eiskirch) discussed with high-ranking scientists how a society after Corona should and ought to look like. In doing so, they especially went into detail on the close collaboration between cities and universities.

News: Honda Prize 2020

Dr. Henning Kagermann receives Honda Prize 2020

Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chair of the Board of Trustees at acatech – National Academy of Science (Germany), receives the Honda Prize, along with a honorarium of 10 million yen, for his “Recommendation for Implementing the Strategic Initiative Industrie 4.0”.

Report: Exhibition

“energie.wenden” (energy.transitions)

The German exhibition “energie.wenden” (energy.transitions) was hosted at the Miraikan – The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo between 17 January and 27 February 2020*.

Report: Web Live Talk

The Future of Work in Industry 4.0 & Society 5.0

On 31 March, the DWIH Tokyo welcomed four panellists to its very first event held completely online. The interactive web talk enabled those watching to participate in the panel discussion by posting questions and comments. More than 150 viewers from Germany and Japan followed the web talk via the live stream on YouTube.

International Mini-Symposium (Report)

Energy Transition in Japan and Germany – Policies, Perceptions, and Practices

On February 17, Heidelberg University Office Kyoto (HUOK) and DWIH Tokyo welcomed about 50 participants to an international mini symposium on energy transitions organised in connection to the ongoing exhibition “energie.wenden” (energy transitions) on Odaiba in Tokyo.

Interview with Dr. Kazuhiro Sakurada

AI and Healthcare: Big data aided observation and AI aided interpretation will overcome human recognition limits

Dr. Kazuhiro Sakurada, Deputy Program Director at RIKEN Medical Sciences Innovation Hub, chaired sessions on AI and Healthcare during a Japanese-German-French AI symposium in November 2018 (symposium report) and a follow-up trilateral forum on AI and Healthcare in December 2019 (forum website). In this interview he shares his findings from discussions with experts from Japan, Germany and France.