7th RCAST CROSS-DISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP

CONVERGENCE

June 27th, 2019 - 13:30-17:30

RCAST - Research Center for Advanced Sciences and Technologies

Komaba II Campus - The University of Tokyo

ENEOS Hall (Building 3s, 1F)

PROGRAM

13:30 Welcome

Ryohei Kanzaki

RCAST - The University of Tokyo

Enrico Traversa

Italian Embassy in Tokyo

13:45 Opening

Setsu Ito

Studio Ito Design, RCAST The University of Tokyo

Stefania Bandini

University of Milano-Bicocca, RCAST The University of Tokyo & JSPS

14:15 SESSION 1 - CONVERGENT KNOWLEDGE: SENSES, EMOTIONS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND BEYOND

Chair: Setsu Ito

Studio Ito Design, RCAST The University of Tokyo

Convergence: what role design should play?

Francesco Zurlo

Politecnico of Milan - ITALY

Consilience Design

Kazuo Kawasaki (by video)

Ouzak Design, Osaka University - video

The Integration of Diversity

Kengo Kuma (by video)

Kengo Kuma and Associates, The University of Tokyo - video

Convergent Future Technology: Learning from Senses and Intelligence of Insects

Ryohei Kanzaki

RCAST - The University of Tokyo

15:15 SESSION 2 - LIVING CONVERGENCE: VOICES FROM PRACTICES

Chair: Francesco Zurlo

Politecnico of Milan - ITALY

Design's extensibility and convergence

Setsu & Shinobu* Ito

Studio Ito Design, RCAST The University of Tokyo, *Tama Art University

Fostering Innovation

Vincenzo Iavicoli (by video)

The College for Creative Studies in Detroit - USA

Circle, with future inside

Domenico Guzzini (by video)

Guzzini - ITALY

Designing Time

Mario Trimarchi (by video)

Fragile, NABA_Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milano - ITALY

16:00 Little Break

16: 15 SESSION 3 - CONVERGENCE AT WORK

Chair: Stefania Bandini

University of Milano-Bicocca, RCAST The University of Tokyo & JSPS

"La meccanica delle Emozioni" - Heart inside Engine, Beauty inside Metal

Tiziana Alamprese

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Japan

Beyond Time: Transforming Data into Emotion​

Tetsuro Kanegae

Creative Division, Shiseido Co., Ltd. - JAPAN

Your second life from the view point of the convergence

Tomoo Matsuda

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo - JAPAN

Human-robot emotional interaction

Sarah Cosentino

Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo - JAPAN

Towards convergent crowd management design for Olympics 2020

Katsuhiro Nishinari

RCAST The University of Tokyo

17:30 Closure and refreshment