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) managed by supported by ▪ Asst. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mahdi Bohlouli, University of Siegen, The AI and Big Data Research: Towards future's Autonomous Digital World (BRIDGE- US) ▪ Mie Hanamoto, Technical University of Middle Hesse: 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 Germany & 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. managed by supported by .