Events

Speech at JSPS-Symposium “Transport+Mobility“

Date: September 13-15, 2010
Venue: National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, 3-1, Yoyogi Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0052
Registration: Online


On the occasion of the initiative “150 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Germany“, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the German JSPS Alumni Association will hold a symposium on “Transport and Mobility – Challenges for the Future”. Dr. Stefan Klug of Fraunhofer ISI (Systems and Innovation Research) will hold a speech on “Land Use Pattern and Transportation in a Post Carbon Society“.

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13:30 Registration

14:00 Opening remarks
Prof. Motoyuki Ono, President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus, Chairman, German JSPS-Club
Peter Rondorf, Minister German Embassy, Tokyo
Shinichiro Izumi, Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Director-General of Science and Technology Policy Bureau

Topic: Transportation
General Chair: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus, Meiji University

14:20 Session 1: Overview of Transportation in Germany and Japan

Chairs: Dr. Kay Nottmeyer, Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr. Masao Sakauchi, Deputy Director General, National Institute for Informatics (NII)

Land Use Pattern and Transportation in a Post Carbon Society
Dr. Stefan Klug, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI)
Energy Efficient Urban Rail Transport to Hot-spot Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Wunderlich, Tokai University

(Title to be announced)
Hajime Amano, President and CEO, ITS Japan

15:20 Discussion

15:40 Coffee Break

16:00 Session 2: Transportation Technology in Germany and Japan

Chairs: Dr. Andreas Schaper, University of Marburg
Dr. Masao Sakauchi, Deputy Director General, National Institute for Informatics (NII)

(Title to be announced)

Dr. Weert Canzler, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
(Title to be announced)
Prof. Dr. Katsushi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo , ITS Japan

16:40 Discussion

17:00 Introduction to JSPS
Takayuki Kato, Head, Research Cooperation Division II, JSPS

17:20 Introduction to German JSPS-Club
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus, Chairman, German JSPS-Club

17:40 Reception


Tuesday 14 September

10:00 Registration

Topic: Knowledge Sharing for Solving Worldwide Social Problems
General Chair: Prof. Dr. Noboru Sonehara, National Institute for Informatics (NII)

10:20 Session 3: Overview of Knowledge Sharing in Germany and Japan

Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlachetzki, Technical University Braunschweig and Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Isao Echizen, National Institute for Informatics (NII)

Changing Security Concepts for Increasing Mobility
Prof. Dr. Günter Müller, University of Freiburg
NEV & ICT: Information and Communication Vehicles and New Energy
Dr. Yuji Inoue, Secretary General, Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC)

11:00 Discussion

11:20 Session 4: Knowledge Sharing Technology in Germany and Japan

Chair: Dr. Sven Wohlgemuth, National Institute for Informatics (NII)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Isao Echizen, National Institute for Informatics (NII)

(Title to be announced)

Dr. Karsten Schulz, Research Director, SAP Research Center CEC Brisbane
Environment, Transport and Wireless Information and Communication Technology
N.N., NTT Access Network Research Lab

12:00 Discussion

12:20 Closing Remarks
Dr. Masao Sakauchi, Deputy Director General, National Institute for Informatics (NII)
Transfer to National Institute of Informatics

16:00 Introduction to NII, Prof. Dr. Noboru Sonehara

17:30 NII – Joint Research Meeting
Greetings: Dr. Masao Sakauchi, Deputy Director General, National Institute for Informatics (NII)

19:30 Reception