The Moment When Science Fiction Becomes Reality

Examine how the future technologies and social structures depicted in science fiction are being realized in reality. Discuss the advancements in robotics, AI, and space exploration, highlighting the power of imagination in shaping the future, and contemplate the possibilities for humanity in the near future.

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CHUNICHI building 6F CHUNICHI CONFERENCE B Stage

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Executive
Business/Startup
Rising Star
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Language：Japanese

Speakers

Hiroto kobayashi
INFOBAHN Inc
Hiroto kobayashi
INFOBAHN Inc Chairman, Chief Visionary Officer FOUNDER
In 1994, he founded Wired Japan magazine, of which he served as editor-in-chief. In 1998, he launched INFOBAHN, a company specializing in corporate digital communications. He also founded Gizmodo Japan and numerous other media, both print- and web-based, and published Japan’s first blog in book form, the bestselling Kawori Manabe: Just between You and Me, along with doing pioneering work in content marketing and owned media. In 2005, he served on the Content Policy Committee of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Cabinet Office.Since 2017, INFOBAHN has been the official Japanese partner of the Tech Open Air (TOA) technology conference in Berlin. He organizes and implements innovator creation programs, including annual trips to Berlin, while networking with in-house entrepreneurs and others.He also served as a judge for the Hiroshima Prefecture Sandbox, ran a program to lead the social implementation of blockchain in the same Cross-Tech Challenge, and was involved in conceptualizing and running Hamamatsu City's first international hackathon "Hamamatune," an annual conference held in Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture, centered on the circular economy, and the He has been involved in the conceptualization and operation of such events as "GREEN WORK HAKUBA," an annual conference held in Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the circular economy.In 2022, he planned and managed a conference, co-hosted by the Ministry of Justice and others, that aims to solve social issues through collaboration between public-private operated prisons (PFI prisons), businesses, and local communities. He is also active as a social incubator for solving social issues and creating new businesses through public-private collaboration between government and business.His main published works are After GAFA: A Map of Tomorrow’s Decentralized World (Kadokawa), Rise of Corporate-Generated Media (Gijutsu Hyoron), and The Web as an Image of Society’s Future (PHP). He has also supervised and provided explanatory material for the Japanese editions of Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Share: What’s Mine is Yours, Public Parts (NHK Publishing) and numerous other books.・Full-time professor in the IT Department, Business Breakthrough University・Publisher of Business Insider Japan・Israeli Blockchain Association Advisory Board member・Nagano Information Technology Council ambassador・Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center (PFI Prison), The Ministry of Justice in Japan, Selection Committee for the next projectPresident and Representative DirectorJunya TanakaExecutive Vice President / General Manager:Organizational Culture Design DivisionYuichi InoboriIndependent DirectorMiwa KoyasuExecutive officer / General Manager:Communication Design Division 1
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Masatomo Tamaru
Short Short Story Writer
Masatomo Tamaru
Short Short Story Writer
Born in Ehime, Japan in 1987. Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, and completed the Graduate School of Engineering at the same university. In addition to his writing activities as a standard-bearer of the modern short short story, he has served as the head judge for the Botchan Literary Award and other prizes. He is also active in a wide range of activities, such as holding lectures on how to write short short stories.He has also held numerous workshops on the “Short Short Idea Method,” which he has developed for corporate clients.He is the author of many books, including “Umiiro no Bin. Business and Imagination” as a business book. Media appearances include “Jounetsu Tairiku”.Official website: https://masatomotamaru.com/
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  2025/02/05 12:25-13:10
  The Moment When Science Fiction Becomes Reality
Hiromi OKUDA
TechGALA General Producer. Wiz. Group, Inc.
Hiromi OKUDA
TechGALA General Producer. CEO&Founder, Wiz. Group, Inc.
Hiromi Okuda received her Master degree in Social Welfare from the graduate school of University of Bombay (currently renamed as University of Mumbai). She started a conference business in 1991 that specializes in IT, and supports bringing a number of IT private events into Japan. Ms. Okuda established Wiz. Group, Inc. in 2001, and provides assistance for a large number of IT companies to hold conferences in Japan. Since 2008, she began support for start-ups development, and engages in ecosystem building of start-ups in order to form start-up communities in local areas both inside and outside of Tokyo. In 2013, Ms. Okuda began Takaranoyama Inc. in an underpopulated area, to research what IT can do to solve social problems in the region. Social issues are hardest to see from the actual site of development, and she is trying to connect these issues with the development of IT products.
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Ami Miura
ima Inc.
Ami Miura
ima Inc. CEO
Born in Nagoya, Japan. After founding a business as a student and later transferring its operations, she traveled around the world, experiencing the cultures and arts of various countries. Upon returning to Japan, she engaged in supporting the Japanese market entry of overseas IT companies at a venture capital firm. In 2013, she founded Ima Inc. with the goal of integrating traditional Japanese culture, artisanal skills, and researchers' aspirations into practical applications in society. In addition to implementing Japanese craftsmanship and decision-making processes in primary industries within AI, she is also involved in market implementation projects for research and development at Toyota Motor Corporation. She lectures on "Social Implementation of AI" at Digital Hollywood University and the University of Tsukuba, where she serves as an associate professor. She also serves as an advisor for the AICHI MOBILITY INNOVATION Project.
Conferences
- Day 2
  2025/02/05 12:25-13:10
  The Moment When Science Fiction Becomes Reality