「Innovative City Forum 2014」FlashBack Movie
「Innovative City Forum 2014」FlashBack Movie
As the world population continues to grow, cities are expected to become even more crowded in the years ahead. The future of our burgeoning metropolises and the lifestyle of the people who will live in them are concerns that we who live today must take up as a global agenda.
Innovative City Forum is an open international conference to discuss designing the future of cities and urban lifestyles in the context of the question, "How will we be living in 20 years?" It brings together a diverse array of speakers from across the world—including researchers and entrepreneurs at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and urban development, as well as inspired designers and artists who push the boundaries of creativity—and provides them with a forum to share and discuss their personal visions for the future of our cities.
The inaugural session of ICF, held in October 2013 to mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of Roppongi Hills, showcased and scrutinized many different possibilities for the future and new concepts already being put into action. The immense success of that gathering demonstrated to the world that Tokyo is destined to become a hub for new ideas and networks in culture and the creative industries.
This year, the second hosting of ICF signals its transition to an annual event that will continue to serve as a novel and unparalleled platform to discuss designing the future of cities and urban lifestyles.
October 8, 2014
Welcome Address / Guest Address - Innovative City Forum 2014 Special Session
【Welcome Address】
Hiroyasu Ando (President, The Japan Foundation)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
【Guest Address】
Apinan Poshyananda (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Thailand)
A New Relation between Art and the City - Innovative City Forum 2014 Special Session
Marco Kusmawijaya (Director, Rujak Center for Urban Studies)
Karndee Leopairote (Assistant Professor, Thammasat Business School / Executive Director, the Future Innovative Thailand Institute)
Jason Hsu (Curator, Shareable Cities & TEDxTaipei / Co-founder, MakerBar)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
How do art, design, architecture, and other modes of creation interplay with urban environments on the grand stage formed by cities and society? What roles do they play, and how do they shape urban lifestyles? When we visualize cities of the near future from the perspectives of the environment, energy, telecommunications, transport, and other modalities, we see that these urban infrastructures and structures will rapidly change, not only in their physical aspects, but also in their intangible features, becoming flexible and networked. In this context, what are the possibilities that can be opened up by creative thinking, and how will such thinking contribute to the development of that potential? We will examine this question in light of several case studies from Asia.
Media Art Goes Public - Innovative City Forum 2014 Special Session
Gunalan Nadarajan (Dean, The Penny W. Stamps of Art and Design at University of Michigan)
Toshiyuki Inoko (Founder of teamLab)
Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Founder, Resonair / Project Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Today, art is evolving with the use of new media and technologies, paving the way to new possibilities in urban art that diverges from the traditional forms seen in outdoor sculpture and public art. We will explore the current shape of this realm of art, its new possibilities and significance, and the ways it might mold our future lifestyles.
Art into the Society / Summary - Innovative City Forum 2014 Special Session
Kittiratana Pitipanich (Director, Design and Creative Business Development Department, Thailand Creative & Design Center)
Venzha Christ (Media Artist, Director of HONF Foundation)
Richard Streitmatter-Tran (Artist / Director of Dia/Project, Ho Chi Minh City / Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Vietnam)
Jason Hsu (Curator, Shareable Cities & TEDxTaipei / Co-founder, MakerBar)
The practice of art and design serves as a foundation for society, giving shape to education, culture, lifestyles, and communities. We will use case studies to examine these creative pursuits’ basic impact and significance for society, and the possibilities they offer, as we also discuss what can be done for the future.
October 9, 2014
Welcome Address / Guest Address / Keynote Session / Keynote Address - Innovative City Forum 2014
【Welcome Address】
Heizo Takenaka (Professor, Keio University / Chairman, Institute for Urban Strategies, The Mori Memorial Foundation / Director, Academyhills)
How should culture be incorporated into urban design in the years ahead? How should urban design grow in step with culture? The panelists will present projects that they have led using their own approaches to answering these questions, and will talk about their strategies and visions for the future.
Ms. Mari Elka Pangestu has cancelled her participation.
Synthesis of Matter, Information and Life - Innovative City Forum 2014
Kevin Slavin (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab)
Andrew "bunnie" Huang (Open Hardware Designer)
Connor Dickie (Co-Founder & CEO, Synbiota Inc.)
Joichi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab))
We are seeing a gradual synthesis of previously independent research domains such as biology, information, materials and cities. Especially emergence of Synthetic Biology will have huge impact on our lives. Development of new materials embedded with DNA to control photosynthesis, urban networks where living and non-living things act in concert to form an ecosystem… What form will the new paradigm resulting from these advanced technologies take?
The session will bring together scientists and experts active on the front line to discuss how to design a city and increase innovation and creative energy.
New Definitions of Prosperity and Livability - Innovative City Forum 2014
Peter Bishop (Professor of Urban Design, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London)
Vishaan Chakrabarti（Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Columbia University / Partner, SHoP Architects）
Dominique Perrault（Architect and Urban Planner / Founder of Dominique Perrault Architecture / Professor at the EPFL / Member of the Grand Paris Scientific Council）
Hiroo Ichikawa (Dean and Professor, Professional Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University / Executive Director, The Mori Memorial Foundation)
In the midst of the worldwide intercity competition, the global cities are dynamically transforming themselves: innovations in zoning, architecture, and mobility are being constantly introduced to redesign the existing urban landscapes, reflecting new definitions of prosperity and livability. Exactly how will global cities look 10 years from now? In this session, the speakers will illustrate the specific urban projects and policies in their respective cities and discuss the visions of global cities in 2025.
October 10, 2014
Designing the Creative City - Innovative City Forum 2014
Christophe Girard (Mayor of the 4th district of Paris / former Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture from 2001 to 2012 / Initiator of "Nuit Blanche" event)
Karndee Leopairote (Assistant Professor, Thammasat Business School / Executive Director, the Future Innovative Thailand Institute)
Justine Simons (Head of Culture for the Mayor of London / Chair of the World Cities Cultural Forum)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
What contributions and significance do art and culture deliver to the formation and energizing of cities? In this session, people from the front lines of innovative city development will talk about what’s happening now in their various projects and discuss the possibilities that lie in store for the future.
Future of Art in the City - Innovative City Forum 2014
Carsten Nicolai (Artist)
Seiichi Saito (Rhizomatiks / Creative & Technical Director)
Gunalan Nadarajan (Dean, The Penny W. Stamps of Art and Design at University of Michigan)
Marco Kusmawijaya (Director, Rujak Center for Urban Studies)
Unprecedented forms of art and design are starting to emerge in the public spaces of cities. This session will examine these modalities and how they incorporate new technologies and media, while also taking a sneak-peek at the ways they could enhance and vitalize cities in the years ahead.
Cross Talk & Closing Session - Innovative City Forum 2014
Heizo Takenaka (Professor, Keio University / Chairman, Institute for Urban Strategies, The Mori Memorial Foundation / Director, Academyhills)
Hiroo Ichikawa (Dean, Professional Graduate School of Governance / Studies, Meiji University / Executive Director, The Mori Memorial Foundation)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Joichi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab)
Group discussion including Program Committee members Heizo Takenaka, Hiroo Ichikawa, Fumio Nanjo, and Joichi Ito, as well as all the speakers.