We are excited to announce that Tokyo Forum 2024 will take place on Friday and Saturday, November 22 & 23, at Yasuda Auditorium on the Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo. Mark your calendars and join us for an inspiring event!
This year's theme, "Shape the Future, Design for Tomorrow," builds on the success of past forums and offers an even wider variety of thought-provoking dialogues. Some of the key topics to be discussed include Gendered Innovations, Inclusive Urban Planning, Design Unbound, and more.
We are honored to welcome Alice Rawsthorn and Matsuo Yutaka as keynote speakers for the Forum's opening.
Please note that there will be no live stream for this year’s forum, so make sure to complete your registration and we look forward to seeing you at the Yasuda Auditorium in person.
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| 13:00-13:30 |
Opening Remarks
FUJII Teruo（President, the University of Tokyo）
Chey Tae-won（Chairman, SK Group）
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Keynote Addresses
Alice RAWSTHORN（Co-Founder, Design Emergency）
MATSUO Yutaka（Professor, Department of Technology Management for Innovation (TMI), Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo）
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| 14:30-15:30 |
Plenary Talk Session
Moderator: AOKI Naomi（Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo）
Alice RAWSTHORN（Co-Founder, Design Emergency）
MATSUO Yutaka（Professor, Department of Technology Management for Innovation (TMI), Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo）
CHOI Junho（Professor, Graduate School of Information, Yonsei University）
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| 15:50-16:50 |
Panel Discussion 1
"Gendered Innovations Shaping the Future"
Moderator: OKI Sayaka（Professor, UTokyo IncluDE (Center for Coproduction of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity) and Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo）
Londa SCHIEBINGER（John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, History Department, Stanford University）
LEE Heisook（President, Korea Center for Gendered Innovations for Science and Technology Research(GISTeR)）
Magdalena SKIPPER（Editor-in-Chief, Nature）*online
AIHARA Hiroaki（Executive Vice President, the University of Tokyo）
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| 17:10-18:10 |
Business Leaders’ Session
FUJII Teruo / Chey Tae-won and more.
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Panel Discussion 2
"Inclusive Urban Planning"
Session Organizer: NIWA Taichi（Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo）
Moderator: MATSUI Akihiko（Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo）
KASAI Nao（Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan）
YAGUCHI Tetsuya（Professor, Department of Architecture, Waseda University）
Rita Olufunmi ADEOYE（Accessibility and Inclusive Design Principal, London Legacy Development Corporation）
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| 14:20-15:20 |
Youth Session
20 students from the University of Tokyo and universities in Korea
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| 15:40-16:40 |
Panel Discussion 3
"Design Unbound"
Moderator: Miles PENNINGTON（Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (III)
& Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo）
Vali LALIOTI（Professor, Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts, London）
FUKUHARA Shiho（Artist, HUMAN AWESOME ERROR, CEO, Poiesis Labs）
Lukas FRANCISZKIEWICZ（Head of MA Industrial Design, Department Design, Zurich University of the Arts）
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Wrap up Session
Moderator: AOKI Naomi（Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo）
FUJII Teruo（President, the University of Tokyo）
Student Panelists
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| 18:00-18:30 |
Closing Remarks
FUJII Teruo（President, the University of Tokyo）
KIM Yoosuk（President, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies）
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*Programs are subject to change.
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Admission: Free
*Registration required.
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