The co-organised symposium ‘Cybernetic Avatars and Digital Twin E3LSI Issue Deployment: First Symposium of the Moonshot R&D Project’ will be held on 20th November.

Monday, 20th November 2023, JST the Moonshot R&D Project ‘Realization of a Society that can Use Cybernetic Avatars Safely and Securely.’ and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, (NTT) will co-organise the symposium: ’Cybernetic Avatar and Digital TwinE³LSI Issues Development Part 1’, (13: 30-17:15 JST) which will be held via both hybrid, face-to-face and on-line formats.

This symposium is open to the general public and is free of charge.


Symposium jointly organised by the Moonshot R&D Project ‘ Realization of a Society that can Use Cybernetic Avatars Safely and Securely’ and NTT Social Informatics Laboratories.

‘Cybernetic Avatars and Digital Twin ELSI Issue Deployment: First Symposium of the Moonshot R&D Project’

1.Date and Time

Co-Organised Symposium, 20th November 2023, (Monday),

13:00 for a 13:30 Start to 17:15

2.Venue

Hall Faculty Club, North Building, Mita Campus, Keio University

3.Format 

ZOOM Hybrid with Simultaneous Interpretation in English and Japanese

4.Co-Organiser 

Keio University Moonshot Research and Development Project

‘Realization of a Society that can Use Cybernetic Avatars Safely and Securely.’

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation,(NTT)

5.Programme

Symposium: North Hall

13:00

venue open

13:30-13:45

opening remarks and project introduction,

Fumio Shimpo, Professor, Keio University

13:45-14:45

keynote speech: ‘Trustworthy Cybernetic Avatars: An Agenda for Law and Design’,

Woodrow Hartzog, Professor, Boston University, Visiting Professor, Keio Universit

14:45-14:55

Q&A

14:55-15:15

Break

15:15-15:45

Presentation 1: ‘The Right to Voice: Balancing the Protection and Use of People’s Voices’,

Soma Araoka Researcher, NTT Social Informatics Laboratories, Project Assistant Associate, Keio University

15:45-16:15

Presentation 2: ‘A Bird’s Eye View of the Avatar Law in Japan’,

Takayuki Matsuo, Partner, Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba Law Office, Project Associate Professor, Keio University

16:15-17:15

Panel Discussion:’Cybernetic Avatars and the E3LSI Issue Development of ‘Digital Twins’ ‘,

Moderator, Hideyuki Matsumi, Researcher, Free University of Belgium
Panellists: Woodrow Hartzog, Soma Araoka and Takayuki Matsuo, Billy Hawkes, Privacy Commissioner, OECD

17:15

End of Session

Moderator: Kimie Hatakeyama, Project Assistant Associate, Keio University