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15th UK-JAPAN HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY FORUM
Location: Sendai
Dates: Week starting 15 May 2000
KEY-NOTE SPEAKER
- Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Monday 15 May 2000 Delegates were encouraged to attend either of two related Conferences on
The Tokyo Embassy will put on a reception for Lord Sainsbury from 18.00 - 19.30 to which British delegates who are in Tokyo will be welcome.
Tuesday 16 May
07.40 Departure Tokyo Station
09.21 Arrive Sendai Station
09:30 Main British Delegation leaves Sendai Station and visits laboratories etc around Sendai.
10.00 Visit 1 Tohoku University (NICHe)
11.00 Departure Tohoku University (NICHe)
12.00 Visit 2: Sony Technology Centre
14.00 Departure Sony Technology Centre
15.00 Visit 3: Fuji Film (Micro Device)
16.00 Departure Fuji Film
16.30 Arrival Royal Park Hotel
14.50 Departure Royal Park Hotel for Sendai Plaza Hotel for the Reception
17.50 Arrive Sendai Plaza Hotel
18.00 Reception
Wednesday 17 May:
Day 1:
08.30 - 09.00 "Welcomes"
- Japan Side: Mr Toru Toyoshima: Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
- UK Side Sir Timothy Garden, Former Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
09.00 - 10.00 Plenary Session 1:
"Policy Developments in the UK and Japan"
Co-Chairmen
- Mr Toru Toyoshima: Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
- Sir Timothy Garden, Former Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Key Speakers:
- Lord Sainsbury of Turville Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry
- Mr Hiroyuki Hosoda, Senior State Secretary for International Trade and Industry /alternate speaker if Mr Hosoda cannot come: Dr Koji Kajimura, Director-General, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
10.00 - 13.00 Plenary Session 2:
"Creating the Entrepreneurial Society"
Co-Chairmen
- Professor Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
- Mr Jonathan Spencer, Director General, Business Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry
Speakers
- Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Associate Director, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd: Vice-President, the New Industry Research Coordination
- Dr Reiji Sano, Technology Adviser, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
- Professor Masayuki Kondo, Professor of Graduate School of Entrepreneurial Enginnering, Kochi University of Technology
- Professor Danny McCaughan, President and CEO, Cambridge Display Technology Ltd & former Chief Scientist for Nortel Satellites
- Professor Sandro Macchietto, Director, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College and Founder, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 17.15 Afternoon: Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session 1:
"Technology Transfer: the University-Industry Relationship"
(Open conference) Sendai International Centre
Co-Chairmen
- Professor Yasutaka Iguchi, Professor, NICHe, Tohoku University
- Mr Jonathan Spencer, Director General, Business Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry
Panellists
- Professor Katsuhito Nakatsuko, Director, New Industry Creation Hatchery Centre (NICHe), Faculty of Engineering, Material and Resources Engineering, Tohoku University
- Mr Kenji Inaba, Director General, Tohoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry
- Mr Tomihiro Matsumura, Chairman and CEO, Tokin Corporation
- Professor Hirokazu Negishi, Technical Orientation and Education Centre, Technology Management HQ, Canon Inc
- Dr Colin Picton, Picton Discovery Consulting (former Head, Research Coordination, Glaxo Wellcome)
- Dr Richard Blackmore, Head, University Relations, BTG International
- Professor Michael Gregory, Director, Manufacturing and Management Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Mr Clive Rowland, Commercial Director, UMIST Ventures
Parellel Session 2:
"Intelligent Transportation Systems"
Co-Chairmen
- Dr Tatsuya Kimura, Advisor NEC Corporation
- Dr Anders Hansson, Senior Science Counsellor, European Institute of Quantum Computinh
Speakers
- Mr Yutaka Kanazaki, Chief Engineer, System and Electronics Division, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
- Dr Noriharu Miyaho, Director, R&D Globalization Strategy Planning, NTT Service Integration Laboratories, Nipon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
- Mr Eiichi Abe, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Nissan Research Centre, Nissan Motor Co
- Dr Anders Hansson, Senior Science Counsellor, European Institute of Quantum Computing
- Mr Paul Johnson, Highways Agency
Parallel Session 3:
"The Ageing Society"
Co-Chairmen
- Dr Brian Newbould, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
- Dr Reiji Sano, Technology Adviser, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Speakers
- Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Associate Director, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd: Vice-President, the New Industry Research Coordination
- Dr Reiji Sano, Technology Adviser, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
- Dr Michael Minchin, Manager, Scientific Affairs, Yamanouchi Research Institute, Oxford
Parallel Session 4:
"Entertainment and the Digital Revolution"
Co-Chairmen
- Dr Toru Kawata, Corporate Executive Director and Group General Manager of Corporate R&D, Sharp Corporation
- Dr David Pearson, Chief Executive, NXT plc
Speakers
- Dr Toshiyuki Yamada, Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation; Deputy Chairman, Sony Institute of Higher Education
- Mr Gordon Kerr, Central Internet & Multimedia Strategy Group, British Telecommunications, Adastral Park (previously known as Martlesham Heath)
- Mr Greg Bensberg, Head of Engineering Policy, Independent Television Commission (ITC)
18.30 - 20.30 Dinner Hosted by the British Side
- After-dinner speech by Lord Sainsbury of Turville Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry
Thursday 18 May: Day 2
08.30 - 09.30 Plenary Session 3
Report Back Session (1)
Co-Chairmen
- Professor Tomihiro Taniguchi, Visiting Professor, Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
- Mr W. St.John White, St.John White Associates
09.30 - 12.30 Plenary Session 4
"The future of E-Commerce"
Co-Chairmen
- Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
- Sir Timothy Garden, Former Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
speakers
- Dr Tsuneo Nakahara, Executive Adviser to CEO, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
- Dr Toru Kawata, Corporate Executive Director and Group General Manager of Corporate R&D, Sharp Corporation
- Dr Shuzo Morita, Member of the Board, Vice General Manager, Personal Systems & Serive Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd
- Professor Shoichi Noguchi, President, Aizu University
- Mr Jonathan Spencer, Director General, Business Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry
- Mr Martin Bloom, Chief Executive, Emblem Technology Partners
12.30 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 16.45 Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session 4:
"Mobile Communications"
Co-Chairmen
- Mr Eiichi Abe, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Nissan Research Centre, Nissan Motor Co Ltd
- Professor Danny McCaughan, President and CEO, Cambridge Display Technology Ltd
speakers
- Dr Toru Kawata, Corporate Executive Director and Group General Manager of Corporate R&D, Sharp Corporation
- Professor Joe McGeehan, Director, Toshiba Research Europe, Bristol
- Dr Phillip White, International Technology Promoter, Department of Trade and Industry
Parallel Session 5:
"Current High-Technology Management Issues"
Co-Chairmen
- Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Associate Director, Technology Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd: Vice-President, the New Industry Research Coordination
- Professor Michael Gregory, Director, Manufacturing and Management Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Speakers
- Dr Mitsuhiro Arinobu, General Manager, Technology Planning Division, Toshiba Corporation
- Mr Koji Yamaguchi, Corporate Chief Engineer, NEC Corporation
- Dr Yukou Mochida, Member of the Board, General Manager, Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd
- Dr Colin Picton, Chief Executive, Picton Discovery Consulting
- Dr Anders Hansson, Senior Science Consultant, European Institute of Quantum Computing
Parallel Session 6:
"High-Tech Foreign Investment in Japan: the current environment"
Co-chairmen
- Professor Hirokazu Negishi, Technical Orientation and Education Centre, Technology Management HQ, Canon Inc
- Mr Patrick Carroll, Representative Director, BAe Systems; Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Speakers
- Professor Hirokazu Negishi, Technical Orientation and Education Centre, Technology Management HQ, Canon Inc
- Dr Yoshiji Fujita, (Research Director, Tsukuba Laboratories, Glaxo Wellcome
- Mr Larry Stone, V P Regulatory and Public Affairs, BT Japan
- Mr Chris Boulton, 3i Kogin Buyouts
16.45 - 17.30 Plenary Session 5
Report Back Session (2)
Co-chairmen
- Dr Yukou Mochida, Member of the Board, General Manager, Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd
- Dr Brian Newbould, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
17.30 - 17.50 Final Remarks
Co-chairmen and Speakers
- Mr Toru Toyoshima, Chairman, Japan Economic Foundation
- Dr Brian Newbould, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
18.20 Departure for Shozan-kan
19.15 Arrival at Shozan-kan
19.15 - 21.45 Dinner hosted by Mr Toru Toyoshima at Shozan-kan
22.30 Arrival at the Sendai Royal Park Hotel.