The German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) invites you cordially to

Care Robotics in the Aging Society: Integrating Users, Developers and Technology Thursday, 10 November 2011, 17.00 h

The aim of this workshop is to bring together German and Japanese experts on the aging society and care robotics to discuss pressing issues in the development and deployment of robotic devices. A special focus will be placed on the man-machine interaction and the perspective of the user. The lecture . This workshop will be given in English. It is open to the public and free of charge. Please register by email with:
forum@dijtokyo.org

Program (overview):
1) 17:00 – 17:05: Welcome remarks
Prof. Dr. Florian Coulmas, Director, DIJ

2) 17:05 – 17:15: Introduction to the topic: Aging
Societies and Business Implications
Dr. Florian Kohlbacher, DIJ

3) 17:15 – 17:30: Robotics in Japan – An Industry
Overview with a Focus on Care Robotics
Georg K. Löer, Representative Director & President, NRW Japan K.K.

4) 17:30 – 18:00: Care Robotics: Evolution of the
Field from an International Perspective
Prof. Dr. Takashi Komeda, Vice President, Shibaura Institute of Technology

5) 18:00 – 18:30: Robot-User Interaction within
User-orientated Developments: Insights from a Research Project in Germany Dr. Diego Compagna, Project Leader WiMi-Care, University of Duisburg-Essen

6) 18:30 – 18:45: Short break

7) 18:45 – 19:15: Issues in Testing Care Robotic
Devices in the Field: Using HAL in a Japanese Hospital Prof. Dr. Takashi Nakajima, Deputy Director, Niigata National Hospital

8) 19:15 – 19:45: Developing Care Robotic Devices:
Results from an Experiment for Motivating Elderly People with Robot Guided Interaction Dr. Yoshihiro Fujita, C&C Innovation Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation

9) 19:45 – 20:15: Discussion and Q&A with all
speakers
Moderated by Dr. Lorenz Granrath, Representative, Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan

Organizer: Dr. Florian Kohlbacher, DIJ
in collaboration with: NRW Japan K.K.
supported by: Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan
German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Japan