We cordially invite you to join our live stream for the following event:

 

"Workshop: Digital Capitalism & Varieties of Science" (LINK)

March 12, 2026 / 10:00-17:30 (JST)

 

In recent years, digital technologies have not only given rise to new sociocultural realities, thus reshaping economies, but have begun to profoundly alter the ways in which knowledge is produced, validated, and disseminated. Against this backdrop, this workshop explores the intersection of varieties of science and varieties of digital capitalism through a comparative and interdisciplinary lens. Starting from specific digital technologies - particularly the metaverse, extended reality, and human augmentation - we examine distinct institutional, cultural, and epistemic configurations. By bringing together perspectives from STS, economics, and Japanese studies, along with insights from practice, the workshop seeks to open up a productive dialogue on how emerging technologies, digital capitalism, and scientific cultures co-constitute one another - across regions, disciplines, and epistemic traditions. 

 

Sessions open to the Online Public:

 

10:00-10:30 AM: Welcome & Introduction

 

10:30 AM-12:30 PM: Exploration Space 1: Digital Technology in Context

Paul ROQUET (MIT Media Lab)
Contrasts of Computation: Japan in 3DCG

Kiyoshi KIYOKAWA (NAIST Cybernetics & Reality Engineering Lab)
XR Technologies for Social Inclusion

Jan-Hendrik PASSOTH (Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder)
Multiple Interoperabilities: Making Data Work in German, Ukrainian, and South African Administration

 

2:30-4 PM: Digital Technology in Context: Practitioners I 

Taiyou FUJII (Science Fiction Author)
Development of Japanese SF and Its Contribution to Society

Yuka SOGAWA (MLIT/Project Plateau)
Project PLATEAU: Japan's Urban Digital Twin Initiative

Yoshitomo IWAMOTO (Lenovo Japan)
Industrial XR: From Device-Centric Tools to Platform-Oriented Infrastructures

 

4:30-5:30 PM: Digital Technology in Context: Practitioners II 

(speaker to be announced: practitioner from Xreal)

 

Registration for public live stream

The Sessions will be livestreamed for a public online audience. Please register here:
https://maxweberstiftung.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dKDVTS-VS5agd0_ea9wzaA#/registration.

 

This is a public event. Please be aware that audio-visual recordings may be made, stored, and published during and after the event.

 

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