b. Friday Forum

International Forum on Singularity: Exponential X (Friday Forum)

Date: June 9 (Friday), 2017

Time: 09:00 - 16:30 (Opening 08:00)

Higashihorikawa-Dori Shiokoji-Sagaru Taimatsu-Cho 1, Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto, 600-8237 Japan

Scope

This is the first international forum to invite key thinkers to exchange ideas for the exponential evolutions of technologies toward singularities of life and societies. All lectures are invitation-based.

We are approaching the end of the Moore's law. However, exponential evolution might not necessarily be linked to silicon, but it is a bigger humanity trend based on the explosive combination of information. This forum exchanges insight on the meaning and future implications of the exponential law, in relation with the state-of-the-art moves in a variety of domains. Questions such as follows will be discussed.

"Where will the next important exponential evolution arise?"

"What is its impact on the society and life?"

"What is required for making this happen?"

Program (Talk titles are tentative.)

09:00-09:15 - 0. Welcome to Exponential X (Corporate Officer / Corporate Chief Scientist, Hitachi, K. Yano)

Session 1. Exponential Technology

09:15-09:45 - 1.1 Exponential Neuromorphic Systems for Singularity (Fellow / Director, Intel, V. De)

09:45-10:15 - 1.2 Exponential Computing for Singularity (Founder / President / CEO, PEZY Computing, M. Saito)

10:15-10:45 - 1.3 Exponential Connectivity for Singularity (Executive Director, UCB BWRC, A. Amerasekera)

10:45-11:15 - 1.4 Exponential Commerce for Singularity (Executive Officer, Rakuten, T. Kitagawa)

11:15-12:00 - Panel "Where will the Next Exponential Technology Arise?"

12:00-13:30 Lunch Time

Session 2. Exponential Humans

13:30-14:00 - 2.1 Exponential Intelligence for Singularity (Chief Strategy Officer, Yahoo Japan, K. Ataka)

14:00-14:30 - 2.2 Exponential Well-being for Singularity (Co-Founder, Campus for H, Y. Ishikawa)

14:30-15:00 - 2.3 Exponential Mind for Singularity (Professor, KAIST, J. Tani)

15:00-15:30 - 2.4 Exponential Robotics for Singularity (President, Man-Machine Synergy Effectors, K. Kanaoka)

15:30-15:45 Break

15:45-16:30 - Panel "How will Human Beings Change in the Future?"

Registration (Closed)

Paid Registrant of The VLSI Symposium (The Symposium on VLSI Technology or The Symposium on VLSI Circuits): Free

Student / Staff / Faculty with Academia or National Institute: Free

Employee with Member Company of 165 Research Committee: Free

Other: 20,000 JPY (On-site payment by cash only)

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Organizing Committee Members

General Chair: Toshiro Hiramoto (University of Tokyo)

Program Committee Chair: Kazuo Yano (Hitachi)

Program Committee Members: Masato Motomura (Hokkaido University), Makoto Ikeda (University of Tokyo), Satoshi Inaba (Toshiba Memory), Makoto Takamiya (University of Tokyo)

Secretaries: Tetsuya Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Masaharu Kobayashi (University of Tokyo), Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Kobe University)