Dear members of the SSJ mailing list,

The VSJF Technology Section kindly invites you to the next online meeting on "Technology and Society in Japan" (Nov 18, 2022, 17:00h-20:15h Tokyo // 09:00h-12:15h Berlin/Zurich).

This online meeting takes place vis-a-vis the "VSJF Jahrestagung in Zürich" (18.-20. Nov. 2022).

Please find all necessary information below. We look forward to welcoming you.

Warm regards
Cosima Wagner & Susanne Brucksch

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Online Workshop "Technology & Society in Japan" (VSJF Technology Section Meeting 2022)

Date: November 18, 2022 (Fri), 17:00 - 20:15 Tokyo // 9:00 - 12:15 Zurich/Berlin

Venue: Online Meeting (a zoom link will be provided shortly before the meeting)

Registration: Please register via technology@vsjf.net

ORGANISERS: Dr Susanne Brucksch (assoc. prof.), Teikyo University, Tokyo

Dr Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin

Please find further information below and on the VSJF website (https://vsjf.net/die-vsjf/fachgruppen/fachgruppe-technik/fachgruppensitzung-technik-2022/)

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PROGRAM

17:00 Tokyo // 09:00 Berlin/Zurich: GREETINGS and OPENING REMARKS
Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University

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17:10 Tokyo // 09:10 Berlin/Zurich: SESSION A: "VISIONs, NEEDs and TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT"

INCENTIVE TALK: Needs-driven engineering research and development: Experiences in my laboratory at Chiba University
Wenwei Yu, Chiba University

"Dejitaru-ka no kabe?" Media analysis on ICT, robot technology and older adults during the pandemic
Isabelle Prochaska-Meyer, Vienna University

Can robots care for us? Visions of technocare from the UK and Japan
Giulia De Togni, University of Edinburgh

MODERATOR: Naonori Kodate, University College Dublin
Q&A

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18:45 Tokyo // 10:45 Berlin/Zurich: SESSION B: "ACCEPTANCE, USER IMAGES and TECHNOLOGY in CONTEXT"

Scenarios to support nursing home residents: Needs analysis & evaluation with the humanoid service robot GARMI, Project KoBo34
Eva Jahn, Technical University Munich

User representations generated by robot providers
Yuko Tamaki-Welply, EHESS

MODERATOR: Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University
Q&A

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19:40 Tokyo // 11:40 Berlin/Zurich SESSION C: OPEN EXCHANGE on ONGOING PROJECTS

Towards open-research data-sharing in Japan-related social-robot technology research?
Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin
Open Exchange: Further announcements on ongoing research projects, etc.

MODERATOR: Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin

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This workshop is kindly supported by:
UCD Centre for Japanese Studies, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland
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