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Plymouth: 14-15 July 1999
OVERALL SCHEDULE Monday, 12 July Japanese Delegation arrive in the UK
Tuesday 13 July Working breakfast with Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry. 8 - 9.30 am: Adam Room, Britannia InterContinental Hotel
The main Japanese delegation will be coached down to Plymouth, visiting the British Aerospace Sowerby Research Centre in Bristol on the way down 12.30 - 15.30 pm
Dinner Cruise up the River Tamar, hosted by the City of Plymouth 19.00 hours
Related one-day conference in Stevenage on Leading Edge Developments in Medical Imaging . The relevant delegates will be coached down to Plymouth at the end of this conference.
Wednesday 14 July: Day 1 Conference at the Plymouth Hoe Moat House Hotel AM: Plenary session on the Communications Revolution
PM Four Parallel Sessions UK-Japanese High Technology Collaboration: some recent cases
Marine Technologies
Corporate Strategy for Intellectual Capital
The Role of Technology in "post-Genomics" Drugs Discovery
Thursday 15 July: Day 2 Conference AM: Plenary session: the Future of the Knowledge-Driven Economy
PM: Four Parallel Sessions Corporate Strategies and Structures for the 21st Century
Future society and energy
Remote Sensing (and diagnosis in extreme conditions)
Software, Games, Websites (and the future of music?)
Friday 16 July Japanese delegation travel back to London
Visit to AstraZeneca's Brixham Environmental Laboratory
DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Wednesday 14 July 08.30 - 09.00 Welcomes Sir Timothy Garden, Board Member, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Mr Toru Toyoshima, Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
09.00 - 10.00 Plenary Session 1: "Policy Developments in the UK and Japan"
Co-Chairs Sir Timothy Garden, Board Member, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Professor Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Sociotechnics of Nuclear Energy, Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo
Speakers Mr Ken Poulter, Director, Management of Best Practice, Department of Trade and Industry
Mr Shigeru Matsushima, Deputy Director-General for Technology Affairs (Policy Planning, System and International Affairs), Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
[followed by Q&A]
10.00 - 12.30 Plenary Session 2 "The communications revolution"
Co-Chairs Sir Timothy Garden, Board Member, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Professor Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Sociotechnics of Nuclear Energy, Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo
Speakers Dr Graham Popple, Networks Research Programme Manager, BT Title: tba
Dr Wolfgang Michalski, Director, OECD International Futures Programme "21st Century Technologies and their economic and social implications"
Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Advisor to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd "Innovation and Standard towards Information Society"
Dr Noriharu Miyaho, Director, R&D Globalization Strategy Planning, NTT Service Integration Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) "Next Generation Network Technology and Information Sharing"
Mr Yoshifumi Kikumoto, Director, Telecom MODUS Ltd "Third Generation Mobile Communications System - NEC's approach in the UK"
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Sessions 1 - 4 (incl Coffee Break) 14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 1:
"UK-Japanese High Technology Collaboration: some recent cases " (simultaneous interpretation)
Co-Chairs Dr Tony Cox, Former Science Counsellor, British Embassy, Tokyo
Dr Toshiyuki Yamada, Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute of Higher Education
Speakers Dr Clive Bradley, Managing Director, Sharp Research Europe "The Sharp Research Experience in the UK - Reflections on the past decade"
Dr Shyh-Yuh Liou , Head, Pharmacology Department, Nippon Glaxo, Tsukuba "UK-Japanese research collaboration in Japan: the Chinese dimensions"
Mr Frazer Barnes, Manager of Composites, DML Devonport "Collaboration on new materials in traditional engineering: DML and Mitsubishi Chemical"
Mr Takao Shimizu, Director, Machinery Division, JETRO London "Japanese companies involved in Research, Development and/or Design in the UK"
Professor Joe McGeehan, Managing Director, Telecommunications Research Laboratory, Toshiba Research Europe: Professory of Communications Engineering, University of Bristol "Telecommunication Research Laboratory: next generation R&D collaboration"
Dr Toru Kawata, Corporate Executive Director and GroupGeneral Manager of Corporate Research and Development Group, Sharp Corporation "UK-Japanese R&D collaboration for high-level hardware synthesis based on system description language"
Mr David Heard, Santec
14:00 - 17:00: Parallel Session 2:
"Marine Technologies " (english only)
Co-Chairs Mr Bill White, Director, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Professor Hirokazu Negishi, Senior General Manager, R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc
Speakers Mr Michael Leece, Chief Executive, National Marine Aquarium "The Environmental aspects of Marine Technologies"
Mr Michael Carr, Marketing Director, Pendennis Shipyard "The Technology of Luxury Yachts"
Mr Yoshiaki Takahasi, Chief Engineer, Shipbuilding and Offshore, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries "Future of marine technologies by advances innovations of individual techniques"
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 3:
"Corporate Strategy for Intellectual Capital " (Simultaneous interpretation)
Co-Chairs Professor Terry Knibb, Director, Sowerby Research Centre, British Aerospace
Dr Tatsuya Kimura, Vice-President, R&D Group, NEC Corporation
Speakers Dr David Parker, Group R&T External Relations, ICI "Researchers as Business People"
Dr David Ray, Senior Consultant, Oxford Innovation "Innovation Engineering for the Knowledge-driven Economies"
Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Associate Director, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd "Academia-Industry Cooperation through Human Network"
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 4:
"The Role of Technology in "post-Genomics" Science" (english only)
Co-Chairs Dr Brian Newbould, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Dr Yasuhiro Nishida, Chief Corporate Representative, R&D Group (Europe), Sumitomo Electric Europe
Speakers Dr Michael Minchin, Manager, Scientific Affairs, Yamanouchi Research Institute (UK) "Post-genomic drug discovery - an overview"
Dr Pat Heslop-Harrison, Karyobiology Group, John Innes Centre Topic tba
Dr Lenore Cruzeior-Hansson, Heriot-Watt University "Post-Genomics science - the role of physics"
Dr Michinori Ichikawa, Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Brain-Operative Device, Brainway Group, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) "Introducion to the Brain Science Institute(BSI) of RIKEN"
18.30 pm: Reception hosted by Plymouth City Council
19.45 pm Dinner Hosted by University of Plymouth in the National Marine Aquarium
THURSDAY 15 JULY
8.30 - 9.30 Plenary Session: Report-Backs from Parallel Sessions
Co-Chairs Mr Martin Bloom, Chief Executive, Emblem Technology Partners Ltd
Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
9.30 - 12.30 Plenary Session 3
"The future of the Knowledge-Driven Economy" Co-chairs Mr David Durie, Director General, Regional and SMEs, Department of Trade and Industry
Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
Speakers Professor Sir Harry Kroto, Royal Society Research Professor, University of Sussex "Science programmes and 21st Century networks"
Professor Terry Knibb, Director, Sowerby Research Centre, British Aerospace "Research and Technology Acquisition in a Knowledge-driven economy"
Ms Jill Barrow, Chief Executive, South West of England Regional Development Agency "Knowledge-driven regional development"
Dr Toshiyuki Yamada, Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute of Higher Education "Educational Systems in a Knowledge-Driven Society"
Dr Yukou Mochida, Member of the Board, General Manager, Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd "Information ecology - keys for Information Explosion"
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Sessions 5-8 (incl Coffee Break)
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 5:
"Software, Games, Websites and Music " (Simultaneous interpretation)
Co-Chairs Mr Martin Bloom, Chief Executive, Emblem Technology Partners Ltd
Dr Toru Kawata, Corporate Executive Director and Group General Manager of Corporate Research amd Development Group, Sharp Corporation
Speakers Mr Martin Goodier, Technical Director, Beeb.com, BBC "Beeb.com - the collaboration of technology and content: the BBC-ICL relationship"
Professor Marc Eisenstadt, Director, Knowledge Media Institute, Open University "Beyond Virtual:Knowledge: Media and the Future of Education" ("Using Knowledge Media to Empower learners in all ages")
Dr Philip Sweetenham, Model Manager Team Development, Cherwell Scientific
Dr Mutsuhiro Arinobu, Chief Specialist, Technology Planning Division, Toshiba Corporation "Key Software for Rich Network Computing Society"
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 6:
"Corporate Strategies and Structures for the 21st Century" (Simultaneous interpretation)
Co-Chairs Dr David Parker, Group R&T External Relations, ICI
Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Associate Director, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd: Vice-President, the New Industry Research Organization (NIRO)
Speakers Dr Martin Fakley, Product Innovation Manager, ICI "New Millennium - New Company"
Mr Louis Turner, Chief Executive, Asia-Pacific Technology Network "British corporate restructuring through the Thatcher Revolution: what lessons for Japanese companies?"
Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries "Innovation management using Intellectual Capital"
Professor Hirokazu Negishi, Senior General Manager, R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc "A Hypothesis for inner model in Brain and Business Model"
Dr Yukou Mochida, Member of the Board, General Manager, Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd "The role of corporate laboratories"
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 7:
Remote Sensing and diagnosis in extreme conditions (english only)
Chairs Dr Anders Hansson, Consultant, European Institute of Quantum Computing
Dr Noriharu Miyaho, Director, R&D Globalization Strategy Planning, NTT Service Integration Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Speakers Professor William Stewart, Chief Scientist, Marconi Electronic Systems "The latest developments in sensors"
Professor Des Mapps, Head of Research in Information Storage, University of Plymouth Title to be confirmed
Dr Anders Hansson, Consultant, European Institute of Quantum Computing Short Work-in-Progress Report
Dr Tatsuya Kimura, Vice-President, R&D Group NEC Corporation "Health Care Network for Diabetes Utilizing Glucose Micro-Biosensor"
14:00 - 17:00 Parallel Session 8
Future Society and Energy (english only)
Co-Chairs Mr Yoshiaki Takahashi, Chief Engineer, Shipbuilding and Offshore, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Speakers Dr George Scott, Global Technology Manager, BP Solar "Ultra-Large Area thin film semiconductors - a key to a multi-billion dollar solar industry"
Professor Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Sociotechnics of Nuclear Energy, Department of Quntum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo "Global Environmental Issues and Energy in the 21st Century"
Nobuhisa Ito, Human Environmental Systems Development Centre, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd "Fuel cells for cogeneration systems"
17:00 - 17:40 Reports Back from Parallel sessions and final Messages Co-Chairs Dr Brian Newbould, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Dr Toshiyuki Yamada, Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sony Institute of Higher Education
17.40 - 18.00 Closing Remarks Co-Chairs and Speakers Sir Timothy Garden, Board Member, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Mr Toru Toyoshima, Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
Dinner Hosted by the Japanese Delegation, Kitley House Hotel
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