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Conference Structure
Monday 5 October 1998
British Delegation gathers Yokohama Grand Inter.Continental Hotel
KSP Hotel
Some of the delegation took part in the
On the Friday after the programme, there was a further related conference
Tuesday 6 October
UK delegation visits laboratories and factories in Kanagawa Area 09.00 - 11.00: Kanagawa Science Park
Kanagawa High Technology Foundation (KTF)
Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
11.15 - 12.45: Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd
12.45 - 13.45 Lunch at Fujitsu
14.00 - 15.30 Canon Inc
18.00 - 18.30: Introduction to the companies in City of Yokohama Exhibition in Pan Pacific Hotel, Yokohama
18.30 - 20.00 Reception Sponsored by Kanagawa Prefectural Government and the City of Yokohama
Greetings from
Mr Hidenobu Takahide, Mayor of Yokohama
Sir David Wright, British Ambassador
Oan Pacific Hotel, Yokohama
Delegation stays in Yokohama, Grand Inter.Continental Hotel
Day 1: Wednesday 7 October 08:30-09:00 Welcomes
Japanese Side Mr Toru Toyoshima, Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
British Side Sir Timothy Garden, Former Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
09:00-10:30 [2] Plenary Session 1 "Policy Developments in UK and Japan"
Co-Chairs:
Mr Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Tokyo University
Sir Timothy Garden, Former Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Speech from the Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport (to be confirmed)
Dr Takeo Sato, Director-General, Agency of International Science and Technology, MITI
Mr David Durie, Director-General, Regional and SME Issues, Dept of Trade and Industry
Q & A
10:30-13:30 Plenary Session 2 "Technology and the Environment"
Co-Chairs: Dr Shoei Kataoka, Consultant, Sharp Corporation
British chair. tba.
Mr Toshiyuki Yamada, Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute for Higher Education:
"Consumer Electronics and the Environment"
Dr Tatsuya Kimura, Vice-President, R&D Group, NEC Corporation
"R&D on Environmental Technologies in the Electronics Industry"
Mr Mike Pilbeam, Director, AEA Technology
"High Technology and the Environment: opportunities and threats from a European perspective"
Dr Pat Upson Urenco,
"Prospects for Nuclear Power in Europe: an Environmental Benefit?"
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00-18:00 Parallel Sessions 1 - 4 (incl. Coffee Break):
15.00-18:00 Parallel Session 1. Building the Brain Co-Chair: Dr Koichi Hiraoka Associate Director, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
British co-chair t.b.a.
Dr Nobuyuki Otsu, Director of Machine Understanding Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, AIST, MITI
"Toward Real World Intelligence: R&D in the RWC project"
Dr Alan Steventon, Manager of BT Systems Research Unit
Dr Anders Hansson, European Institute of Quantum Computing
15:00-18.00 [10] Parallel Session 2: Regional development and high technology: Unlocking creativity: can the UK and Japan create their own Asilicon valleys?" Co-Chair Mr Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Tokyo University
Dr David Ray, Oxford Innovation
Mr Kensuke Yamamoto , Director-General, Industrial Policy Department, Kanto Bureau of International Trade and Industry
Mr Takeo Kubo, President, KSP Inc
Professor Hirokazu Negishi Senior General Manager, R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc
"SEE and Kanagawa: an example for the "LL" activity in High-Tech Industry"
Dr Brian Lever, Advisor to the Department of Trade and Industry Innovation Unit
Mr Martin Bloom, Director, Emblem Technology Partners
15.00-18:00 Parallel Session 3: Multimedia and Communications Co-Chair Mr Toshiyuki Yamada , Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute for Higher Education
UK side: t.b.a
Dr Shoei Kataoka, Consultant, Sharp Corporation:
"Liquid Crystal Displays in the Multimedia Age"
Mr Haruo Nakatsuka, Vice-President, Chief Research Director of Toshiba Research and Development Centre, Toshiba Corporation:
"Multimedia in Mobile Environment"
Mr Patrick Carroll, GEC-Marconi (Japan) Ltd
"MPT standardization Committees"
15.00-18:00 Parallel Session 4: The Research Dynamics of Contrasting Industries Co-Chair Dr Shigeko Suzuki, Board Member, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Dr Yukou Mochida, Member of the Board and General Manager Network Systems Laboratories Ltd,
"Technology Transfer in Competitive Environment"
"The comparative research dynamics of Aerospace and Biotechnology" Professor Terry Knibb, British Aerospace
Dr Colin Picton, Glaxo-Wellcome
1900:19.45 Twilight Promenade Concert
20:00-22:00 Dinner Hosted by the Japanese Side
Day 2: Thursday 8 October 09:00-09:40 Plenary Session 3 [Report back from the Parallel Sessions]
Co-Chair: Mr Toshiyuki Yamada , Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute for Higher Education
British: t.b.a.
09:40-13:00 Plenary Session 4 Research Strategies, Computational Power and the Internet
Co-Chair: Mr Toshiyuki Yamada , Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute for Higher Education
Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
"Strategic Practice of R&D in Information Era"
Dr Yukou Mochida, Member of the Board and General Manager Network Systems Laboratories Ltd,
"Internet Communicator-a Trial for Network Research Environment"
Dr David Pioli, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Professor Danny McCaughan (invited)
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
14:30-17:30 Parallel Sessions 1 - 4 (incl. Coffee Break):
14:30-17:30 Parallel Session 1: Environmental Developments in the Automotive sector (Joint with the British Motor Show) Co-Chair t.b.a.
Mr Osamu Kobayashi, Manager, Powertrain Research Laboratory, Nissan Research Centre, Nissan Motor Co Ltd
"Current and Future outlook of High efficient and clean vehicle"
British Speakers t.b.a.
14:30 - 17:30 Parallel Session 2 Chemicals for the Electronics Industry Co-Chair Dr Susumu Yoshimura Senior Managing Director
Matsushita Research Institute, Tokyo Inc
Dr David Parker, ICI
Dr Etsuo Hasegawa Senior Manager, Functional Materials Research Laboratories, Organic Materials Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation
"Chemical Materials R&D in Electronics Industry"
Dr Susumu Yoshimura Senior Managing Director
Matsushita Research Institute, Tokyo Inc
"Discovery, Properties and Promise of Super Graphite"
Dr Akira Nakao, National Starch Company)
14:30 - 17:30 Parallel Session 3: Medical Services, health care in ageing societies. Co-chair: Mr Toshiyuki Yamada , Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute for Higher Education
British. t.b.a.
Dr Takashi Hata, Head of the Cerebrovascular Examination Centre, Opening Preparations Division, Public Health Bureau, City of Yokohama
Mr Yuji Inoue, Executive Manager, NTT Multimedia Network's Laboratories
"Towards Intelligent Healthcare"
Professor Laurie Hall, FRS, Herchel Smith Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
"The measurement of Disease and Repair of Age-Related damage to Human Joints"
We hope to have a second British speaker from one of the following bodies Zeneca
Nippon Glaxo
someone from the Foresight exercise
Boots
14:30 - 17:30 Parallel Session 4: Avionics Co-Chair Dr Koichi Hiraoka Associate Director, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Jun-ichi Aoyama, Senior Manager, Radio Operations Unit Space Systems Division, Advanced Satellite Business Centre, NEC
Mr Patrick Carroll, GEC-Marconi (Japan) Ltd
"Helmet Mounted Displays"
17:30 - 18:10 Plenary Session 5 Report-Back session and final remarks
Co-Chair Dr Tsuneo Nakahara Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
Dr Brian Newbould Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
18.10 - 18.30 Final Remarks Chair: Dr Tsuneo Nakahara Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
Mr Toru Toyoshima Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
Dr Brian Newbould Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Dinner to be hosted by the British Side at the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club (YCAC)
Friday 9 October
Some of UK Delegation visits laboratories and factories in the Kanagawa area Yokohama Business Park (YBP) and British Industry Center
NTT Yokosuka R&D Centre
Japan Marine and Technology Centre