On Tuesday, February 14, we will hold a roundtable discussion to commemorate DiTT’s incorporation.

http://ditt.jp/news/?id=2247新局面を迎える教育情報化をどう進めるべきか.
How should we view DiTT’s strategy to expand its focus to areas such as school digitization, copyright management for educational content, programming education, information literacy education, and IoT/AI education?
This is an event where we’ll all come together for an open discussion.
Masahito Moriyama, Deputy Minister of Justice and LDP member of the House of Representatives, and Michihiro Ishibashi, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, will also be speaking. Mr. Moriyama serves as chair of the working group drafting the Basic Bill on the Promotion of Educational Information Divisions—currently being formulated by the Parliamentary League on ICT in Education—while Mr. Ishibashi serves as the league’s secretary-general.This is a gathering where people from various sectors—
industry, academia, government, and politics—will discuss future prospects and expectations.
We hope you’ll join us!
We’re also planning a roundtable discussion in March on “Information Literacy Education × Educational IT” ♪ The
current list of scheduled speakers is as follows (listed in Japanese alphabetical order; honorifics omitted).

The following is from the DiTT website:

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After seven years since its founding, DiTT has decided to become a registered association. ◯
“The Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council (DiTT) has decided to take its operations to the next level.”
We have achieved results while collaborating with
http://agora-web.jp/archives/2022694.htmlこれまでDiTTは政府, local governments, and educators in the field.
Now, the policies we have long advocated—such as the institutionalization of digital textbooks, the use of radio spectrum fees, and making programming education mandatory—are finally set to be implemented.
　◯ “Achievements of the Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council (DiTT)”

http://agora-web.jp/archives/2022707.html新しい課題に挑戦していきます.We aim to promote the educational use of “cloud computing, social media, and big data.” Furthermore, we aim to build the next educational vision, including the use of “IoT, AI, and robotics.” We plan to bring
together all relevant stakeholders for a roundtable discussion on future prospects and expectations. We look forward to
your participation.

■Date and Time: Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 1:30 PM – 3:00
PM ■Location: Akasaka Shubia, 1F
Daiwa Akasaka Building, 2-14-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku,
Tokyo http://www.subir.co.jp/access
■Scheduled Speakers: *Listed in alphabetical order;Titles omitted
: Tomo Ishizawa    General Manager, Product Planning Department, GSM Division, JustSystems Co., Ltd.; Michihiro Ishibashi   Member of the House of Councillors,
Democratic Party for the People; Tomoharu Inoue   Secretary-General,

Japan Association of New Economy; Tetsuro Uehara   
Eriko Uematsu   President and CEO, AZ Holdings Co., Ltd.  Maki Umejima   Associate Professor, School of International Communication, Musashino Gakuin University  Hideo Kageyama   Founder
,
Japan Center for the Promotion of Logical Communication Technology  Rie Kato   Professor, Ritsumeikan UniversityDevelopment Promotion Organization   Jiro Kokuryo
, Head of the Education Business Promotion Office at SoftBank Corp. and Executive Vice President
of Classi, Inc.   Keiichiro Kobayashi, Permanent Executive Director
, Keio University   Hiroshi Komiyama, General Manager of the ComplianceCompliance Headquarters, Director of Copyright Division, Hiroshi Komiyama   Chairperson,
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.; 28th President
, The University of Tokyo, Rieko Komiyama Director, Recruit Next-Generation Education Research Institute
, Hideaki Shimada   Vice President, Japan Society for Digital Textbooks;Associate Professor
, Department of Education, Institute of Academic Research, Shinshu University, Masahito Moriyama   Vice Minister of Justice andHajime Yamada, Member of the House of Representatives (LDP)    Rena Ryuji, Professor, Faculty

of Economics, Toyo University   Ichiya Nakamura, Manager, External Affairs and Social Contribution Section, Policy, External Affairs, and Legal Affairs Division, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.  Executive Director
, DiTT,
Nanako Ishido, Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University  Secretary General of DiTT, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, NPO CANVAS

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