Tokyo Forum 2021
Science has shown a remarkable development in recent years and has made our lives increasingly convenient and efficient, for example through the expansion of the internet or remote medical treatment using AI.
However, it is ironic that in some ways we feel more anxious as a result of scientific development. The digital divide has widened. More people and information cross national boundaries causing anxiety in local communities. People’s confidence in science was seriously undermined by the nuclear accident in Fukushima and many people now even deny the words of experts on climate change or COVID-19. Can human beings control AI, or are we going to be controlled by it?
Anxiety fuels exclusive nationalism in people’s minds. Competition between major powers intensifies, forcing countries in between to make difficult choices. Science has once again become a tool for international contention rather than a common good shared by the human race.
How can we develop science and at the same time explain and cope with the new apprehension it causes in our minds? How can we promote science rather as a means for encouraging and uniting people on a global scale? Let us investigate this multifaceted question from interdisciplinary perspectives.
SCHEDULE
20:00 - 20:10(JST) / 11:00 - 11:10(GMT) / 06:00 - 06:10(EST)
President, The University of Tokyo
20:10 - 20:20(JST) / 11:10 - 11:20(GMT) / 06:10 - 06:20(EST)
Chairman, SK Group
20:20 - 20:40(JST) / 11:20 - 11:40(GMT) / 06:20 - 06:40(EST)
Dean, Yale College
Richard M. Colgate Professor
Psychology; Neuroscience; Cognitive Science
Yale University
20:40 - 21:00(JST) / 11:40 - 12:00(GMT) / 06:40 - 07:00(EST)
Architect
University Professor and Professor Emeritus
The University of Tokyo
21:05 - 21:55(JST) / 12:05 - 12:55(GMT) / 07:05 - 07:55(EST)
Executive Vice President and Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Member, Japan Academy
President, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo and Osaka
Head of the Department of Science Technology Studies
Head of the Research Platform Research and Innovation in Academic Practice
University of Vienna
22:00 - 22:55(JST) / 13:00 - 13:55(GMT) / 08:00 - 08:55(EST)
Executive Vice President
Director, Center for Global Commons
The University of Tokyo
President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor, Earth System Science, University of Potsdam
Founder and Senior Partner, SystemIQ
President & CEO, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the ECA, Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA
Business leader, Campaigner and Co-author of “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving more than They Take”
20:00 - 20:05(JST) / 11:00 - 11:05(GMT) / 06:00 - 06:05(EST)
20:05 - 20:50(JST) / 11:05 - 11:50(GMT) / 06:05 - 06:50(EST)
Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Professor of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Director, Office of Environmental Management and Mineral Resources
International Seabed Authority
20:55 - 21:45(JST) / 11:55 - 12:45(GMT) / 06:55 - 07:45(EST)
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
CEO, Partnership on AI
Professor
School of Computing
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Former Director, IIT Hyderabad
Chancellor, Anurag University, Hyderabad
Chancellor, ICFAI University Dehradun
Honorary Distinguished Professor, Plaksha University
Professor
Director, Institute of Science and Ethics
University of Bonn
20:55 - 21:45(JST) / 11:55 - 12:45(GMT) / 06:55 - 07:45(EST)
Special Advisor to the Director, IRCN
Professor Emeritus
The University of Tokyo
Vice-President, The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences
Vice-President, The Japanese Medical Science Federation
Director, IRCN (UTIAS)
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Professor, Neurology (Boston Children’s Hospital)
Harvard University
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator, IRCN
Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Founder and Director, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Geneva
21:50 - 22:40(JST) / 12:50 - 13:40(GMT) / 07:50 - 08:40(EST)
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Executive Director, Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre
Writer and Futurologist
President, The Positive Planet Foundation
21:50 - 22:40(JST) / 12:50 - 13:40(GMT) / 07:50 - 08:40(EST)
Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology (CSST), Observer Research Foundation
Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications, Secure World Foundation
Senior Researcher, Project Ploughshares
22:45 - 23:30(JST) / 13:45 - 14:30(GMT) / 08:45 - 09:30(EST)
Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Chief of Science, Data and Systems Change, Bezos Earth Fund
Researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Student, Mathematics Department, Pomona College
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Yale University
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
23:30 - 23:40(JST) / 14:30 - 14:40(GMT) / 09:30 - 09:40(EST)
President, The University of Tokyo
President, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Former President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies
2021 Tokyo Forum
STEERING COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
| FUJII Teruo | President, The University of Tokyo |
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| PARK In-Kook | President, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies |
Members
| AIHARA Hiroaki | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
|---|---|
| SEKIMURA Naoto | Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| TAKAHARA Akio | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| KIMIYA Tadashi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| CHOI Incheol | Professor, Seoul National University |
| JEONG Jong Ho | Professor, Seoul National University |
| HYEON Taeghwan | Professor, Seoul National University |
| SOHN Jie-Ae | Professor, Ewah Womans University and Advisor, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies |
ACADEMIC COMITTEE
Chair
| TAKAHARA Akio | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
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Members
| AIHARA Hiroaki | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
|---|---|
| SEKIMURA Naoto | Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| KIMIYA Tadashi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| FUJIWARA Kiichi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| NANGAKU Masaomi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| OKI Taikan | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| OGUMA Kumiko | Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| SHIRAHASE Sawako | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| OGIHARA Naomichi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| FUJIWARA Toru | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| HOSHI Takeo | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| FUJIGAKI Yuko | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| OHSUGI Miho | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| HONDA Yuki | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| TOMITA Taisuke | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| KAWAZUMI Nariya | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| ASAI Kiyoshi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| SUDA Reiji | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| HAYASHI Kaori | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| KOSHIZUKA Noboru | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| OHASHI Hiroshi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| NAKAJIMA Takahiro | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| KISHI Toshiharu | Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| WATANABE Masahiro | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| MINO Takashi | Project Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| YOKOYAMA Hiromi | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| ISHII Naoko | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| SHIROYAMA Hideaki | Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| EMA Arisa | Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| YEOM Jaeho | Former President, Korea University |
| LEE Eun-Ju | Professor, Seoul National University |
| YEE Jaeyeol | Professor, Seoul National University |
| HONG Yongtaek | Professor, Seoul National University |
| CHEONG Hyeonsik | Professor, Sogang University |
| YUN Sai Ree | Honorary Managing Partner, Yulchon LLC |
| LEE Sukjae | Professor, Seoul National University |
| LEE Jae-Seung | Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University |
| JAUNG Hoon | Professor, Chung Ang University |
| KIM Sea Hwa | Professor, Ewha Womans University |
