Mission
Innovative City Forum:
Committed to designing the future
for global cities and lifestyles
How will we be living in 20 years?Designing the future for global cities and lifestyles
Keynote Address
Program Committee
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Session
10.14
wed.
Evolving Asian Cities and Platforms
Innovators who are continuously developing creative platforms - Exploring the future of Asia with innovators
10.15
thu.
Future in Asia: Redesigning for Community
Exploring the possibilities of community design toward social issues such as natural disasters and economic disparities
Schedule
- All
- Day1
- Day2
- Day3
[Day1] October 14 (Wed)
10:00-12:00
Keynote Session
City Brainstorming
Keynote Address 1
Keynote Address 2
13：00-15：00
Leading-edge Technologies Session 1
The New Metabolism
15：30-17：30
Leading-edge Technologies Session 2
Second Brain for the Smart City
19：00-21：00
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Session
Evolving Asian Cities and Platforms
[Day2] October 15 (Thu)
10：00-12：00
Special Session
Global Initiatives in Art/Technologies/Cities
13：00-15：00
Urban Development Session 1
Tokyo: Urban Identity in Globalization
15：30-17：30
Urban Development Session 2
Urban Development × Area Management
19：00-21：00
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Session
Future in Asia: Redesigning for Community
[Day1] October 14 (Wed)
10:00-12:00
Keynote Session
City Brainstorming
Heizo Takenaka (Professor, Keio University / Chairman, Institute for Urban Strategies, The Mori Memorial Foundation / Director, Academyhills)
Keynote Address 1
Nicholas Negroponte (Professor & Co-Founder, MIT Media Lab / Founder, One Laptop per Child)
Keynote Address 2
Oron Catts (Director of SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia)
13：00-15：00
Leading-edge Technologies Session 1
The New Metabolism
David E. Benjamin (Principal, The Living / Assistant Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)
Ryuji Fujimura (Lecturer at Toyo University / Representative Director of ryuji fujimura architects)
Sputniko! (Assistant Professor, Design Fiction Group, MIT Media Lab)
Joichi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab)
15：30-17：30
Leading-edge Technologies Session 2
Second Brain for the Smart City
Kevin Slavin (Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab)
Christopher Mason (Associate Professor of Computational Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College)
Jessica Green (Director, Biology and Built Environment Center, University of Oregon Co-founder and CTO, Phylagen Inc.)
Joichi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab)
19：00-21：00
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Session
Evolving Asian Cities and Platforms
Hiroaki Shono (Co-founder, ACN / President, vision track inc.)
Eisuke Tachikawa (CEO/Founder, Design Studio Nosigner)
Jackson Tan (Artist & Co-Founder, PHUNK / Creative Director & Curator, BLACK)
Jiradt Pornpanitphan (Editor in Chief, Cheese Magazine, BOOKMAKER CO., LTD.)
[Day2] October 15 (Thu)
10：00-12：00
Special Session
Global Initiatives in Art/Technologies/Cities
Clare Reddington (Creative Director, Watershed)
Anna Grajper (Laboratory for Architectural Experiments (LAX) Architect)
Kei Wakabayashi (Editor in Chief, WIRED Japanese Edition)
Seiichi Saito (Creative & Technical Director, Rhizomatiks)
13：00-15：00
Urban Development Session 1
Tokyo: Urban Identity in Globalization
Sharon Zukin (Professor, Brooklyn College, City University of New York)
David Malott (Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) / Chairman, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat)
Shunya Yoshimi (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)
Hiroo Ichikawa (Dean and Professor, Professional Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University / Executive Director, The Mori Memorial Foundation)
15：30-17：30
Urban Development Session 2
Urban Development × Area Management
Ricky Burdett (Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics)
Tim Tompkins (President, Times Square Alliance)
Michael Kimmelman (Architecture Critic, The New York Times)
Hiroo Ichikawa (Dean and Professor, Professional Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University / Executive Director, The Mori Memorial Foundation)
19：00-21：00
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Session
Future in Asia: Redesigning for Community
Ryo Yamazaki (CEO, studio-L / Professor and Director of the Department of Community Design at Tohoku University of Art And Design / Guest Professor, Keio University)
Hirokazu Nagata (Chair, Plus Arts (NPO))
Ruttikorn Vuttikorn (Design Director, Club Creative Co., Ltd.)
[Day3] October 16 (Fri)
10：00-12：00
Redefinition of Design “Is this a matter of design?”
Shohei Shigematsu (Partner, Director of OMA New York)
Gustaff Harriman Iskandar (Artist/Director, Common Room Networks Foundation)
Katherine Higgins (Producer, MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) )
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
13：00-15：00
Redefinition of Design “What is it that you design?”
Hyungmin Pai (Professor, University of Seoul)
Benjamin Loyauté (Curator & Designer)
Usman Haque (Founding Partner, Umbrellium / Founder, Thingful.net)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
15：30-17：00
Redefinition of Design “Design returns to nature”
Joichi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab)
Oron Catts (Director of SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia)
Jessica Green (Director, Biology and Built Environment Center, University of Oregon Co-founder and CTO, Phylagen Inc.)
Fumio Nanjo (Director, Mori Art Museum)
17：00-17：30
Closing Session
Heizo Takenaka (Professor, Keio University / Chairman, Institute for Urban Strategies, The Mori Memorial Foundation / Director, Academyhills)
Hiroo Ichikawa (Dean and Professor, 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)
