




TOKYO FORUM 2022

Free(Registration Required)
“Dialogue between Philosophy and Science: In a World Facing War, Pandemic, and Climate Change”
In the face of war, a pandemic, and climate change, we cannot repeat the history of the last century, in which our ancestors headed down the road to division, global conflict, and environmental destruction.
How can we live more fully and how do we find a new common understanding about what our society should be? Tokyo Forum 2022 will tackle these questions through a series of in-depth dialogues between philosophy and science. The dialogues will weave together the latest findings and deep contemplation, and explore paths that could lead us to viable answers and solutions. Philosophy of the 21st century must contribute to the construction of a new universality based on locality and diversity. It should be a universality that is open to co-existing with other non-human elements, such as ecosystems and nature, while severely criticizing the understanding of history that unreflectively identifies anthropocentrism with universality.
Science in the 21st century also needs to dispense with its overarching aura of supremacy and lack of self-criticism. There is a need for scientists to make efforts to demarcate their own limits. This also means reexamining what ethics means for science.
Tokyo Forum 2022 will offer multifaceted dialogues between philosophers, scientists, and scholars from various fields of study on the state and humanity in the 21st century, with a view to imagining and proposing a vision of the society we need.
NEWS
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2023.3.14Tokyo Forum 2022 is now available for streaming.
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2023.2.3Report on Youth Session
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2022.12.2Tokyo Forum 2022 has successfully concluded.
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2022.11.25【For UTokyo Undergraduate Students】Students in the Go Global Gateway program can submit an activity report on this event!
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2022.11.25News Letter #6 is released.
KEYNOTE
High-level Talk Session

Director, East Asian Academy for New Liberal Arts
The University of Tokyo

(C)Jeremy Benkemoun

Fred Kavli Professor and Director, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology
SCHEDULE

- Opening for First Day
- Opening Remarks ①: FUJII Teruo
- 18:00 - 18:10
- Opening Remarks ②: CHEY Tae-Won
- 18:10 - 18:20
- Keynote Address ①: BAN Ki-Moon
- 18:20 - 18:40
- Keynote Address ②: HASEGAWA Mariko
- 18:40 - 19:00
- Keynote Address ③: Paul ALIVISATOS
- 19:00 - 19:10
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High-level Talk Session
"Dialogue between Philosophy and Science: Towards a New Enlightenment"
- 19:25 - 20:35
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Panel 1
Global Commons Stewardship as a World Common Value
- 20:40 - 21:30
- Closing
- 21:30 - 21:35

- Opening for Second Day
- 17:00 - 17:05
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Panel 2
How Does World Philosophy Confront the Various Crises in the World?
- 17:05 - 17:55
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Panel 3
Toward Transformative Change for a Sustainable Future: Understanding the Diverse Values of Nature and Its Contributions to People
- 18:00 - 18:50
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Panel 4
What Future for the Society with Robots and AI? Economy, Ecology and Politics beyond Human Beings
- 19:20 - 20:10
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Panel 5
Complex Challenges of Security and Climate Change: Understanding Interconnections and Charting Future Responses
- 20:15 - 21:05
- Wrap-up Session
- 21:05 - 21:35
- Closing Remarks
- 21:35 - 21:45
Thank you for your registration and participation.