CREATIVE KIDS TOP Neurodiversity [Announcement] Beyond Fictions Talk Event

Neurodiversity

2024.09.28
[Announcement] Beyond Fictions Talk Event

At Chomorrow, the Beyond Fictions Project, the Neurodiversity Project, Project Cybernetic Being, and Keio University’s Center for Science Fiction Research, Development, and Implementation will collaborate to host a “Beyond Fictions” talk event!

This talk session features science fiction authors, science fiction scholars, and researchers promoting “moonshot” R&D aimed at realizing the society of 2050.

What kind of future awaits us?

Chomorrow Academia: “Beyond Fictions!—Envisioning the Future from the Perspective of Neurodiversity”

Speakers

Hirotaka Osawa, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University / Director, Keio University Center for Science Fiction Research, Development, and Implementation

Ginga Kondo, Science Fiction Writer

Satsuki Tsukui, Science Fiction Writer

Kota Minamizawa, Professor, Graduate School of Media Design (KMD), Keio University; Project Manager for Goal 1 of the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s (JST) Moonshot Research and Development Program

Nanako Ishido, Director of B Lab / Professor, Graduate School of Media Design (KMD), Keio University / Chair of the Chomorrow Executive Committee

Organized by: B Lab’s Hyperfuturism Project and Neurodiversity Project

Co-organized by: Project Cybernetic Being (JST Moonshot Research and Development Program, Goal 1: “Development of Cybernetic Avatar Technologies and Social Infrastructure to Foster Physical Co-creation”)

In collaboration with: Keio University Center for Science Fiction Research, Development, and Implementation; Keio University Graduate School of Media Design

Press Release

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000014.000126992.html


　

Profile


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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”