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26th April Tue12：10 - 13：00
'Redefining what a corporate office in the city should be = THE CAMPUS design approach'
At a time when the functions required of offices are changing dramatically, Kokuyo has built THE CAMPUS, a proposal for the future of the urban centre office. This section introduces the design approach taken in building THE CAMPUS, which is based on the concept of an "open work and life zone for everyone" and aims to grow through experimentation and practice, while involving society by opening up to the city.
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Yumi Washio
Designer, KOKUYO Co.,Ltd. New business development dept.
Since joining Kokuyo, she has been involved in consulting on working styles, designing working spaces and developing new businesses. Awards received include the Good design award Gold Prize, Frame Award and Nikkei New Office Award Creative Office Award. Master of Business Administration (professional), Shizenkan Graduate University. First-class architect.
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Nobusuke Harimura
Designer, KOKUYO Co.,Ltd. Creative Design Sec. Space Design & Solution Dept.
After joining Kokuyo, he has been worked for office space design. Awards received include the Japan Space Design Award and SHAW Design Award People's Choice Winner.
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Mao Kaneko
Designer, KOKUYO Co.,Ltd. Space Solution Sec. Space Design & Solution Dept.
After joining Kokuyo, she was involved in office space design work. Awards received include the Japan Space Design Award and the SHAW Design Award People's Choice Winner. First-class architect.
15：00 - 16：00
iwasemi™: Acoustic Metamaterial Towards Digitally Rebalanced Space
Dr.Yoichi Ochiai will talk about an acoustic metamaterial technology called iwasemi™, which is being researched and developed by Pixie Dust Technologies Inc. Through it, we will mainly discuss metamaterials, digital fabrication, holograms and their real-world applications.
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Yoichi Ochiai
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. CEO
Born 1987, Tokyo, Japan. D. (first early graduate of Interdisciplinary Information Studies), PhD (Interdisciplinary Information Studies), University of Tokyo. President of Pixie Dust Technologies, Director of the Digital Nature Development Research Centre, University of Tsukuba, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the JST CREST xDiversity Project. His expertise is in exploring application areas using HCI and intelligent technologies.
DAY 2
27th April Wed12：00 - 13：00
Suitable environments for biophilic design
What light and wind control is necessary to maintain plant health?
Biophilic design has increased in recent years as part of the promotion of work style change and health management. Based on examples of office installations and the results of experiments, we will discuss the best indoor environment for plants, with a focus on the light perspective.
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Michiko Hirata
President, TISTOU
Graduated from Keisen Jogakuen, Faculty of Horticulture.
After graduation, moved to Europe. Worked as an assistant to florists in Germany and Belgium. After returning to Japan, established TISTOU Co. While working as the exclusive Japanese agent for seven European design brands, she also handles styling for interior design magazines, overseas co-ordination and green co-ordination for hotels and offices.
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Kayoko Nagahama
President, Kayoko Nagahama Garden Design & Construction
B.A. Philosophy, Doshisha University.
After working for IBM Japan, she studied garden design on her own and established Kayoko Nagahama Garden Design Ltd in 2011. With a broad knowledge of plants and a modern sense of style, she works on a wide range of projects, from the creation of gardens for private homes to landscape design for commercial facilities.
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Haruka Maruyama
Studied at Nara Women's University/Graduate School of Architectural and Environmental Engineering in the field of light environment and researched comfortable and energy-saving light environments. Afterwards, she joined Endo Lighting Co., Ltd. and was engaged in lighting planning work, before joining the current Future Environment Research Section, where she conducts research on the effects of light environments on human psychology/physiology.
13：30 - 14：30
"Connect" to "Being There"
Hybrid work with telepresence avatar robots
Telepresence avatar robot is a warm communication tool that makes people in remote areas feel "Being there"
There is no need to set the date and time for a web meeting.
As a follow-up tool for communicating with inside and outside the country.
Show the existence of "Being here"
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Chris Christophers
iPresence LLC., President
iPresence is a company specializing in remote presence with the theme of Teleportation as a Service in order to spread the new common sense of "Being there" in remote areas. As a cross-industry platformer, we are conducting R & D and product sales of software and hardware for telepresence avatar robots (moving telephones®), and have many case studies.
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Haruhito Fujinaga
iPresence LLC., Sales Manager
iPresence is a company specializing in remote presence with the theme of Teleportation as a Service in order to spread the new common sense of "Being there" in remote areas. As a cross-industry platformer, we are conducting R & D and product sales of software and hardware for telepresence avatar robots (moving telephones®), and have many case studies.
15：00 - 16：00
Sustainable facilities management
-Circular economy thinking about the workplace -
owadays, facility management is required to contribute to a 'sustainable' economy and society. The key points are twofold. One is not to contribute to environmental pollution problems, and the other is not to be driven by resource depletion issues. In other words, facility management based on the circular economy concept. Specific examples of CO2 reduction and de-plasticisation through whole rental, outsourcing, reuse, product design and recycling processes will also be presented.
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Taro Amano
Chairman and CEO of Office Busters Co., Ltd.
President and CEO of Rental Busters Co., Ltd./Busters Logitec Co., Ltd., etc.Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Nagoya University in 1993. After working for Marubeni Corporation, he established Office Busters Co., Ltd. in June 2003 with Tempos Busters Co., Ltd. and became the representative director. In 2018, he became the chairman of the company and drew the global strategy of a circular general trading company.
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Prof. Ken SENOH
Mr. SENOH has served as a professor at Keio University SFC, a specially appointed professor at University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology(RCAST), and a visiting professor at Hitotsubashi University MBA. He is also famous as urban redevelopment producer in Akihabara, Tokyo.
DAY 3
28th April Thu13：30 - 14：30
Office Evolution: The future workplace that boost creativity by learning from “Evolution Thinking”
We are now exploring the meaning of offices around the world. Diverse workplaces such as homes and third places, the office will be a place that raises creativity and makes innovation. In this session, discussing about the future workplace with "Evolution Thinking" that systematizes creativity from the natural phenomenon of biological evolution.
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Eisuke Tachikawa
Design Strategist / NOSIGNER Representative / Japan Industrial Design Association President / Evolution Thinking Inventor / Basic Concept Creator for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo’s Japan Pavilion
He has continued design implementing social context—to create a beautiful future with social design and increase innovators by proposing “Evolution Thinking” which tells the essence of creativity from the natural phenomenon of biological evolution.
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Yusuke Yamada
Editor in Chief of WORK MILL、Okamura corporation
He is the general leader and editor in chief of "WORK MILL" project from Okamura that innovate the way of working. Creating insights of the future "work" through global research on work style and workplace. A first-class architect.