German-Japanese Forum

The Future of Work in Industry 4.0 & Society 5.0

AGENDA (Draft, 17.01.2020)

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 OAG House, German Cultural Center 7 Chome-5-56 Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo

09.30 – 10.00 Registration of participants

10.00 – 10.30 Welcome and opening remarks ▪ Dorothea Mahnke, Director, German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo)

▪ N.N., MEXT (TBD)

▪ Dr. Lothar Mennicken, Head of the Science and Technology Section, German Embassy Tokyo

▪ Marianne Vaske, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Project Management Agency

10.30 – 11.30 Panel: Key insights on AI, Robotics and Employment The Japanese and German perspective ▪ Prof. Dr. Junichi Tsujii, Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Director, Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC)

▪ Prof. Dr. Arisa Ema, Project Assistant Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo

▪ TBD

11.30 – 12.00 Q&A / discussion 12.00 – 12.15 Coffee break 12.15 - 13.00 German research networks: Short presentations (5 min per network)

▪ Dr. Philipp Imgrund, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive Manufacturing Technologies IAPT: Additive manufacturing technology transfer (AMTT)

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▪ Asst. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mahdi Bohlouli, University of , The AI and Big Data Research: Towards future's Autonomous Digital World (BRIDGE- US)

▪ Mie Hanamoto, Technical University of Middle : Digital manufacturing research initiative (DIGIMARI)

▪ Simon Schumacher, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA: Research and innovation for tomorrow's industrial work (Future Work 360)

▪ Dr. René Reiners, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT: German research ambassadors network for industrial technology endeavors (GRANITE)

▪ Dr. Igor Kogut, Hohenstein Institut für Textilinnovation gGmbH, Future of work in laundry 4.0 (IntWash)

▪ Esther Legant, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Enterprising for a better (working) world (KIT-LINK)

▪ Michael Hechtel, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen- Nuremberg: Japanese German mechatronic joint initiative (MEJOIN)

▪ Martin Rathmann, University of Siegen: Participatory design in robotics for elderly care in & Japan (PADERO)

13.00– 13.15 Q&A / discussion 13.15 – 14.30 Lunch break and networking 14.30 – 16.00 Parallel workshops on Japanese – German cooperation in science, technology and innovation (in English): Objective: Share best practices, understand challenges and discuss next steps to enhance the international research cooperation.

▪ Workshop I: Digital manufacturing ▪ Workshop II: Workspace innovation ▪ Workshop III: Production automation & industry 4.0. ▪ Workshop IV: Robotics & healthcare 16.00 – 16.30 Presentation of the workshop results 16.30 – 17.00 Wrap up and outlook 17.00 – 19.00 Networking reception Moderated by: Marianne Vaske and Kathrin Megerle, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Project Management Agency

Note: Simultaneous English-Japanese translation during morning sessions.

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