THE 19th UK-JAPAN HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY FORUM

This Page is for the Historic Record Only

12-13 July 2004,
Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel

Sponsors
South West Regional Development Agency
Crown Bio Systems
British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce
QinetiQ

Previous Forums: 2003 (Newcastle), 2002 (Kazusa)

The UK-Japan High Technology Industry Forum is the leading annual, executive-driven event which brings together delegates from our two nations, who are concerned with scientific and technological developments. These Forums alternate between the UK and Japan. This year the forum was held in Bristol. Next year, our 20th Forum will be held in Japan, with a theme concentrating on Sustainable Development (to tie in with the Aichi World Expo).

This year, we welcomed a Japanese delegation of around 50 representatives, the majority of whom were executives and governmental representatives.

The following organisations are a sample of those who were represented at this years conference.

JAPANESE COMPANIES:

• Canon, Fujitsu Laboratories, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Precision Systems, Riken, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, NTT DoCoMo, Paltek Corportion, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Panasonic, Honda, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, JETRO, Japanese Economic Foundation

UK (or British-based) COMPANIES:

• ARM Holding, Arthur D Little, BAE Systems, Creative Arts Net, Crown Bio Systems, Digital Group, Health Protection Agency, Lucent Technologies, Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence, Motorola, NEuW Ltd, Orange, picoChip Designs Ltd, QinetiQ, Rolls Royce, Scientific Generics, Scottish Enterprise, University of Bristol, University of Plymouth, University of Cranfield, Elixent Ltd, Airbus Japan KK, Hewlett Packard

THEMES FOR THIS YEAR'S FORUM:

The main theme of the Conference is "The Globalization of Research and Development". Within this theme there were two broad plenary sessions and eleven smaller parallel sessions each focusing on a different aspect of High Technology Development. Each of the sessions will last for half a day, generally with three British and three Japanese speakers.

• RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
  • Science and Technology Policy Issues (Plenary Session I (official speeches))
  • The Globalization of R&D (Plenary Session II)
  • Innovation, Clusters and Public Policy (Parallel Session)
  • R&D in a Foreign Culture (Parallel Session)
• ELECTRONIC
  • Creative Industries: Broadband and Enabling Technologies (Parallel Session)
  • Exploiting Semiconductor Design and Intellectual Property (Parallel Session)
  • New and Emerging Wireless Technologies (Parallel Session)
• AEROSPACE & MATERIALS
  • The Future of Aerospace (Parallel Session))
  • Materials: Lighter, Brighter, Smarter (Parallel Session)
• ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
  • Marine Sciences, The Environment and Global Warming (Parallel Session)
  • Energy and The Environment (Parallel Session)
• LIFE SCIENCES
  • Biosecurity (Parallel Session)
  • Bioinformatics (Parallel Session)

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Conference Chairs:

• Mr Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Executive Managing Director, Japan Economic Foundation
• Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAE Systems & Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network

Welcoming Speech

• Ms Juliet Williams, Chair, South West Regional Development Agency

Official Speeches

• Dr Ian Harrison, Deputy Director, Key Business Technologies Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry
• Mr Keikou Terui, Deputy Director-General for Industrial Science and Technology Policy, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Mr Hiroshi Tsukamoto, President of JETRO

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. The Globalization of Research and Development
(Plenary Session: Monday Morning)

Chairs:

• Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAE Systems & Chairman, Asia-Pacific Technology Network
• Dr. Seiichi Watanabe, Adviser, Sony Corporation

Speakers:

• Dr. Mutsuhiro Arinobu, Corporate Vice President, Director, Corporate Research & Development, Toshiba Corporation
  • "From Globalization to Global Operation"
• Professor Joe McGeehan, Managing Director, Toshiba European Telecommunications Research Laboratories, and University of Bristol Academic
  • "The Globalization of Research and Development: the new issues"
• Mr Chris Deering, President, Sony Europe
  • "Broadband and the Evolution of the Games Industry"
• Frank Rozelaar, Technical Director, QinetiQ
  • "Specialising in R&D"
• Dr Mike Minchin, Director of R&D Strategy, Yamanouchi UK Ltd
  • 'Globalisation of pharmaceutical discovery research'
• Dr Paul Polokos, Director of Wireless Technology Laboratory, Lucent Technologies
  • "Globalisation of R&D"
    
    

2. Research and Development in a Foreign Culture
(Parallel Session - Tuesday Morning)

British Chair:

• Professor Joe McGeehan, Managing Director, Toshiba European Telecommunications Research Laboratories

Speakers:

• Dr. Yasuo Kozato, Subchief, Global Search Project, Leading-Edge Planning & Administration Center, Leading-Edge Technology Development Headquarters, Canon Inc.
  • "A Global Framework for Leading-Edge Technologies R&D"
• Dr. Toshitaka Tsuda, Member of the Board, General Manager of Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., President, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited.
  • "Globalization of Research"
• Dr. Toru Kawata, Senior Executive Technical Research Fellow and Director of Kawata Laboratory, Sharp Corporation
  • "Wireless Broadband Technologies for Home Applications"
• Prof Jon Howes, Managing Director of NEuW Limited
  • "The integration of semiconductor R&D between UK and Japan"
• Keith Baughan, Chairman, Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence
  • "Future Wireless Technologies - The Role of Mobile VCE, Current Research Priorities & Trends"
• Dr Mutsuhiro Arinobu, Corporate Vice President, Director, Corporate Research & Development, Toshiba Corporation
  • "Cultivation for Innovation: in a Foreign Culture"

3. Innovation, Clusters and Public Policy
(Parallel Session - Monday Afternoon)
(This session to focus on Regional Technology Transfer Policies, Industrial Clusters, Public-Private Partnership issues, Cluster developments.)

British Chair:

• Martin Bloom, Cambridge Accelerator Partners

Speakers:

• Alistair Brown, VP International Business, Scientific Generics
  • "Commercialising technology from public service research organisations: some UK-Japanese comparisons"
• Dr Mutsuhiro Arinobu, Corporate Vice President, Director, Corporate Research and Development, Toshiba Corporation
  • "Towards Innovation Driven Company"
• David Brown, Senior Principal, Arthur D Little
  • "Working together: strategic partnership between science and industry in the regions"
• Chris Foley, Development Manager, West of England Area Team, South West of England Regional Development Agency
  • "Bristol Science Park"

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ELECTRONICS

1. Creative Industries: Broadband and Enabling Technologies
(Parallel Session - Monday afternoon)

British Chair:

• Phil White, Department of Trade and Industry

Speakers:

• Dr. Toru Kawata, Senior Executive Technical Research Fellow and Director of Kawata Laboratory, Sharp Corporation
  • "New Applications with Broadband Communication and a few trials"
• Dr. Michinori Ichikawa, Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Brain Operatives Device, Brain Sciences Institute, (Wako lab.), RIKEN
  • "Broadband transfer and application technology of high-speed imaging"
• Mr Chris Deering, President, Sony Europe
  • "Broadband and the Evolution of the Games Industry"
• Dr John Manley, Director of Utility Computing, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
  • "Utility Computing, On-demand Services and Digital Media"
• Mike Upstone IQA (Institute of Quality Assurance) Digital Group
  • "Standards for image preparation and hand off - how quality can benefit members of the image production value chain"
• Michael Spencer, Creative Arts Net (former Head of Adult and Community Learning, Royal Opera House)
  • "Education, Technology and the Arts"
• Dr Peter Horne, Chief Executive, 3C Research
  • "Collaborative Research in Digital Media Processing & Communications"

2. Exploiting semiconductor design and Intellectual Property
(Parallel Session - Tuesday AM)

British Chair:

• Professor David May, Computer Sciences Department, University of Bristol

Speakers:

• Dr. Michinori Ichikawa, Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Brain-Operative Devices, Brain Science Institute (Wako Lab.) RIKEN
  • “Licence – free design resource of FPGA”
• Chris Clifton, Divisional Director Sony, Sony Semi-Conductors and electronic solutions
  • "Semiconductor design in U.K and the Opportunities"
• Tudor Brown, Executive President, ARM Holdings
  • "Global standards and outsourcing"
• Matthew Hatch, Group Vice President of Advanced System Technology, STMicroelectronics
  • "Globalising R&D"
• Dr Kimihiko Ohta, Collaboration Department, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • "Semiconductor Researches in Japan and IT"
• Dr Vishal Nayar, Portfolio Manager Electronics, Qinetiq
  • "Real Time Imaging Systems Through Advanced Algorithms and Electronics Design"
• Dave Gorschkov, Executive Vice-President, Axeon Ltd
  • 'Use of parallel processing array IP Cores'
• Kenn Lamb, Chief Executive Officer, Elixent Ltd
  • "Reconfigurable Algorithm Processing - Enabling Next-Generation applications in Consumer Electronics"

3. New and Emerging Wireless Technologies
(Parallel Session - Tuesday PM)
(Organised in conjunction with the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence)

British Chair:

• Keith Baughan, Chairman, Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence

Speakers:

• Dr. Toshitaka Tsuda, Member of the Board, General Manager of Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., President, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited
  • "Trends in the Japanese Mobile Communications Market"
• Tatsuro Masamura, Associate Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Wireless Laboratories, NTT DoCoMo Inc
  • "A New Direction of B3G Infrastructure Research - Expansion To The Mobile Ubiquitous"
• Stephen Hope, International Technology and Research Relations Manager, Orange
  • "New Wireless Technologies: Enabling New Services - an Operator's Perspective"
• Rupert Baines, Vice President, Marketing, picoChip Designs Limited
  • "Flexibility in a world of multiple wireless standards"
• Ian Bartlett, Director of Engineering, Motorola
  • "Staying connected with Mobile Broadband"
• Professor Mark Beach, Centre for Communications Research, University of Bristol
  • "Technology for Delivering Broadband Wireless"

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AEROSPACE AND MATERIALS
1. Materials: Lighter, Brighter, Smarter
(Parallel Session - Tuesday PM)

Speakers:

• Dr Kazuo Igarashi, Research Coordinator, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • "Research Strategy of AIST for Materials technology"
• Dr Gerson Machado, Managing Director, Machado Business Development
  • "Development of international business opportunities using emerging Japanese semiconductor minifabs"
• Ramon Terrones, VP Strategic Growth & Industrial Operations, Airbus Japan KK
  • "A380 technology - Composites vs Metals"
• Professor Nick Lieven, Department of Aerospace Dynamics, University of Bristol
  • "Composites - a smarter future ?"
• Kevin Stribley, Technology Manager, EmFab
  • "Materials for Micromachine Manufacture"
• Professor John Nicholls, Cranfield University
  • "Smart Coating for High Temperature Turbine Blade"
• Professor Jeremy Ramsden, Cranfield University
  • "Nanotechnology and Bionanotechnology"

2. The Future of Aerospace
(aviation security, air traffic projections, environmental constraints and autonomous flight)
(Parallel Session - Tuesday AM)

British Chair:

• Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAE Systems and Chairman, Asia- Pacific Technology Network

Speakers:

• Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Technical Associate Officer, Corporate Technology Division, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd
  • "International Aerospace Collaboration: KHI's experience"
• Professor Raghunathan, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen's University of Belfast
  • "Innovation and Integration to reduce life cycle cost"
• Paul Harris, Programme Manager, Research and Technology Military Aerospace, Rolls-Royce
  • "Aero gas turbines: an ever changing engineering challenge"
• Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAE systems and Chairman
  TBC
  
  

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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
(We intend these sessions to build towards an involvement with the 2005 Aichi Expo)

1.Marine Sciences, the Environment and Global Warming
(Parallel Session - Monday PM)

British Chair:

• David Parker, Director, Parker Consultancy

Speakers:

• Dr. Toshitaka Tsuda, Member of the Board, General Manager of Network Systems Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., President, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited
  • "Environment Protection Approaches and Related Technology R&D"
• Professor Jim Atkins, Plymouth Marine Labs
  • "Deriving the air-sea fluxes of CO2 from earth observation"
• Professor David Stuckey, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
  • "The use of novel reactors in treating wastewaters"
• Ryan Walker, Marine Science Coordinator, Coral Cay Conservation
  • "Coral Cay Conservation, a small NGOs response to local and regional coral reef degradation"
• David Parker, Director, Parker Consultancy
  • "The Water Framework Directive"
    
    

2. Energy and the Environment
(Parallel Session - Tuesday PM)

British Chair:

• David Scott, International Technology Promoter, Japan

Speakers:

• Dr Seiichi Watanabe, Adviser, Sony Corperation
  • "Recycling - Challenge to realize the complete material cycle - Experience in Japan and Projection for WEEE in Europe"
• David Scott, International Technology Promoter, Japan
  • 1. "UK-Japan Cooperation in WEEE Recycling"
  • 2. "Report back on DTI mission to Japan on Fuel Cells"
• Lorie Randall, Managing Director, DARP Environmental Ltd
  • "Recycling issues" (title to be confirmed)
• Alan Bullion, Deputy Director, World Ethanol and Bio Fuels report
  • "Biofuels in Japan" (Title to be confirmed)"
• Dr Koichi Hiraoka, Technical Associate Officer, Corporate Technology Division, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd
  • "Woody Biomass Cogeneration: Some R&D's"
• Pete Murphy, Managing Director, ACTIVE Recycling Ltd
  • "WEEE and the SME"

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LIFE SCIENCES

1. Biosecurity
(Parallel Session - Tuesday AM)

Speakers:

• Dr. Masaaki Takahashi, Director & General Manager, Research & Development, Precision System Science Co., Ltd
  • "Application of Magtration(R) Technology for Biosecurity"
• Professor Charles Penn, Director for Research & Development, Health Protection Agency
  • "Biotechnology today: can we managing risks and threats without stifling progress and innovation ?"
• Ed Bell, Chief Executive, Crown Bio Systems
  • "Biosecurity: Reality check"
• Janita Good, Partner, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert
  • "Biosecurity: the emerging legal issues"
• Julie Deacon,
  • "UK MNT Network"
    
    

2. Bioinformatics
(Parallel Session - Tuesday PM)

British Chair:

• Geoff Sheppard, Managing Director, Roundcraft Ltd

Speakers:

• Dr Michinori Ichikawa, Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Brain-Operative Device, Brain Science Institute (Wako Lab.), RIKEN
  • "Demand Growing Learning Computer"
• Des Mapps , University of Plymouth
  • "Remote magnetic Sensing of People"
• Professor Ian Parmee, Advanced Computation in Design and Decision-making, University of West England
  • '"User-centric Intelligent Systems in Drug Design and Discovery"
• Dr Keiichi Torimitsu, Director, Materials Science Laboratory, NTT Basic Research Laboratories
  • "Nano-bio science research in NTT"
• Dr Muhammed Farmer, Director, British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce
  • "Enabling e-Technology for Bioinformatics"