Japan – EU

Policy Forum on Silver ICT Date and Time

9:00-13:30 December 3, 2013

 Venue

EC Building Avenue de Beaulieu 25, 1160 Bxl, room 0/S1
the same conference room with Cyber security Forum which will be held in the afternoon

 Participants

Japan /22

EU/15-20 (Invitation only) Objective
The issues on aging society are already the top priority of national agendas for Japan and EU .The need of mutual cooperation willbe essential for the solution of the global aging issues. Both Japan and EU can learn the lessons from the best practices in eachexperience The concrete actions on short and medium term will be prepared as recommendations linked for Japan-EU ICT policy
exchange to materialize the mutual benefits of cooperation.

Agenda and Program

9:00-9:10

Greetings representatives from Japan and EU
Japan:

Mr.Mitsuo Tanabe(Sub-leader), Director, ICT Policy for Promotion, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications (MIC)EU:

9:10-10:10

Mr. Paul Timmers, Director General of Information Society and Media, European Commission

1st Session: A follow-up of OECD –APEC Tokyo Workshop in Sept 2012Speakers
Japan:

Dr. Toshio Obi, Professor, Waseda University, Co-chair of the Tokyo workshop
Dr. Makoto Yokozawa, Deputy Chair of Working Group for Internet Economy, Japan Business Federation;
Senior Researcher, Nomura Research InstituteEU:

Mr. Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Deputy Head of the “Digital Social Platforms” Unit, DG, Communications,Content and Technology, European Commission

The session will provide participants with relevant statement and discussion at Tokyo workshop .The content could be an overview
of current policies and initiatives in EU and Japan which could form the basis for cooperation. This could include also links withOECD silver economy initiative

10:10-11:10

2nd Session: Present policy issues on Silver ICT both in Japan and EUSpeakers
Japan:

Dr. Naoko IWASAKI, Associate Professor, Waseda University(worked on a government-assisted project)
Dr. Norihiro Hagita, Executive Director, Social Media Research Lab. Group, Advanced
Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

EU:

Business representative, TBC

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This session could focus on EU-Japan stakeholder views on key issues to be addressed of common interest. This should preferably
already bring examples of the likely areas of cooperation, eg service robotics, large scale trials and evidence. We can bring inpublic authorities and industry 4 presentations (2 from EU and 2 from Japan)
11:10-11:25

Coffee Break

11:25-12:25

3rdSession: Future collaboration between Japan and EUSpeakers
Japan:

Dr. Massimiliano Zecca, Associate Professor, Robot Research Center, Waseda University
Dr. Atsushi Hiyama, Associate professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, TheUniversity of Tokyo

EU:

Prof. Paolo Dario Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.(TBC)
Representative from REAAL pilot project (TBC)

In this session we could then discuss in which ways cooperation could take its form and what would be beneficial for stakeholders.
This part should be more interactive and only have a few shoot presentations to set the scene for discussion

12:25-12:35

Conclusion

12:40-13:30

Working Lunch
This working lunch will be set to prepare the recommendations for the Formal exchange in Dec.42