Wednesday, Nov 25, 1998 / Makuhari Messe Convention Hall
Discover the future of the lifestyle with wearable computers with our symposium, fashion
show and booth exhibitions.
-Presentations of research results and concepts of Wearable computers with the official support of the MIT media lab.
-Prof. Alex Pentland, leader of MIT's wearables research and Mr. Thad Starner will be at the event as a speaker.
-Dean Dr. Anzai of Keio University and Dr. Itao of University of Tokyo will present the Japanese R&D progress.
-Presentations of recent wearable products and concepts by sponsors.
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Register Now!! To register, please e-mail your name, address, company (organization) name, division name, phone and fax number, your e-mail address and which part(PART-I or -II) you like to attend to ccn-org@tokyo.nikkei.co.jp |
| Organized by: Official Support: Main Sponsor: Sponsors: Support: Production: |
Multimedia Content Associantion of Japan Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Toshiba Corporation NTT / SHISEIDO / SEIKO EPSON and others SEIKO Instruments / Mitutoyo and others Vantan Design Institute / Vantan International |
| Schedule (as of 10/7) Speakers and lecture contents are subject to change. | ||
| Time | Speaker | Content |
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| PART-I | ||
| 10:30-10:50 | [Kick-off Speech] Prof. Yuichiro Anzai Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University |
"Society That Will Be Brought by Wearable Computers" |
| 10:50-11:35 | [Keynote Speech] Prof. Alex "Sandy" Pentland Academic Head/Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, M.I.T. Media Lab. |
"The 4th Computer Revolution" |
| 11:35-12:20 | [Special Speech] Prof. Kiyoshi Itao Faculty of Engineering University of Tokyo |
"Applications to Life Enviromental Field of Wearable Information Equipments" |
| 13:00-13:30 | [Special Session] Mr. Thad Starner Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology |
"Wearables Life" |
| 13:30-14:00 | [Fashion Show (1)] | Wearable Computers Fashion Show |
| 14:00-15:30 | [Panel Discussion] Panelists: Prof. Alex "Sandy" Pentland Academic Head/Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, M.I.T. Media Lab. Yoichi Takebayashi, Assistant to Chief Technology Executive, Information Equipment Group, TOSHIBA Masaaki Fukumoto, NTT Mobile Communications Network, Multimedia Labs. Jun Rekimoto, Senior Researcher, Sony Computer Science Laboratories Junko Ito, President, A-GIRL Coordinator: Toshiaki Sakurai Editor-in-chief, Nikkei net Navigator |
Post-fashion show debate |
| PART-II | ||
| 16:00-16:30 | [Fashion Show (2)] | Wearable Computers Fashion Show ※Same content as part-I |
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| Prof. Yuichiro Anzai | Prof. Kiyoshi Itao | Prof. Alex "Sandy" Pentland | Mr. Thad Starner |
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BOOTH EXHIBITION “WEARABLES TOKYO BOOTH”is in the“ContentCreation+NICOGRAPH98” ,the exhibition of Computer Graphics, to be held as shown below. Date:November 25 - 27, 1998, 10:30 -17:30 Place:Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 7,8 Fee:1,500 yen *There you can see the cloths introduced in the Fashion Show,the latest products,researches,and concepts related to wearables. |
TEL: (+81)3-5255-2847 / FAX: (+81)3-5255-2860
E-mail: taihei@tokyo.nikkei.co.jp
Wearable Night |
We are planning a casual party on the second night having special guests.
Please enjoy the sight & sound, and the food & drinks. Date: Thursday,
November 26, 18:00-20:00 Contact: |