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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”.
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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*.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Interview with Prof. Dr. Klaus Juffernbruch
Trilateral commitment to ensuring the highest quality in AI systems for patients and healthcare professionals

Prof. Dr. Klaus Juffernbruch holds a Professorship for Health & Social Management at FOM University, Germany and acts as President of the Expert Group “Intelligent Networks in Healthcare” at the German National Digital Summit.
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Connecting Europe and Japan – Intelligent Healthcare Applications

AI MEETS HEALTHCARE – EVENT SERIES IN TOKYO IN DECEMBER 2019: Three days full of R&D, business opportunities and start-ups