Takeda Symposium
Takeda Symposium
| TAKEDA SYMPOSIUM 2018 | |
| "From Causal Relationship to Correlation – From Individual Technology to System -” | |
| Date: February 3, 2018 Venue: The Takeda Hall, the Takeda Building, the University of Tokyo | |
| PROGRAM | |
| MC : Kyoko Miyajima, Program Coordinator, the Takeda Foundation | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | The Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award Workshop |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 - 13:05 | Opening Remarks Osamu Karatsu, Chairman, the Takeda Foundation |
| 13:05 - 13:30 | The Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award Ceremony |
| 13:30 - 13:35 | Break |
| 13:35 - 14:30 | [Presentation 1] The Development of Commercial Rockets for New Space Transportation Business Takahiro Inagawa, President, Interstellar Technologies Inc. Traditionally, space development has been led by governmental organizations, but recently unique projects have been started by the private sector. Presentation 1 will reveal a commercially funded rocket development by a private company aiming at the establishment of a new space transportation business. |
| 14:30 - 15:25 | [Presentation 2] How AI will change human society? – More than sixty examples - Kazuo Yano, Director, Hitachi, Ltd. There are many myths about AI including the one that AI will replace human work, and that human will never beat AI on the Go game, but they are far from reality. Presentation 2 will reveal the real status of AI applications based on more than 60 real examples including the measurement of human happiness by the accelerometer, and will explore implications of AI applications for future society and business |
| 15:25 - 15:35 | Cofee Break |
| 15:35 - 16:30 | [Presentation 3] Spotlight on the aging of cells and organisms from the viewpoint of the immune system Nagahiro Minato, Executive Vice President, Kyoto University Aging is one of the most difficult medical and biological problems related to the finity of life. Presentation 3 will review various aging processes of cells and organisms as well as the development of cancer based on recent results in immune system research. |
| 16:30 - 17:20 | Panel Discussion Moderator: Osamu Karatsu, the Takeda Foundation Speakers: Masashi Yanagisawa, Tsukuba University Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University Hisashi Taniguchi, ZMP Inc. |
| 17:20 - 17:25 | Closing Remarks Norio Ohto, Senior Managing Director, the Takeda Foundation |
| 17:25 - 18:40 | Reception & Poster session by the Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Awardees at Foyer |
| The Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award Workshop will be held in the morning, with the Takeda Symposium held in the afternoon. Please join the Workshop and learn about the award winning projects. To join the Workshop, please click here . A box lunch will be provided for the workshop attendees. |
| ※The presentation titles may be changed by the presenters. |