Call for Participants [Hokkaido Forum of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields] Keynote Speech by Kazuo Yano of Hitachi, Ltd. and Happiness Planet, Inc.

Liverness Corporation will hold the Hokkaido Forum 2021 of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
The keynote speaker will be Kazuo Yano, Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd. and CEO, Happiness Planet, Inc.

Mr. Yano will speak on "Living in an Unpredictable Age: 'Optimism' Changes People and Society.

Other sessions are being planned for this forum. We will inform you as soon as they are determined.

We look forward to your participation.

<Overview
Date: Saturday, December 4, 2021, 10:00-19:00
Location: EZO HUB SAPPORO (4-1-20, Kita 8-jo Higashi, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido)
Participants: Academia, Venture companies, Large companies, Town factories, Municipalities, Junior high and high school students, etc.
Keywords: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, manufacturing industry, sustainable, smart, renewable energy, decarbonization, space, health, biotechnology, medicine, etc.
Audience participation fee: Free of charge

For more information and to register to attend, click here.

＜Keynote Speech＞ 13:05-13:45 Main Hall
Living in unpredictable times
Optimism" changes people and society.

Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.
CEO and Representative Director, Happiness Planet Inc.
Mr. Kazuo Yano

<Brief Biography
He received his master's degree from Waseda University in 1984 and joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1993. In 1993, he succeeded in the world's first room temperature operation of a single electronic memory, paving the way for the room temperature operation of nanodevices.
Since 2004, he has been conducting advanced research in big data analysis and wearable technology. He has been cited in over 4,500 papers and over 350 patent applications.
The multi-purpose AI "H" developed was applied in the fields of logistics, finance, distribution, and railroads, leading the use of AI in the industrial field.
He developed a technology to quantify happiness from physical exercise and established Happiness Planet, Inc. in 2020.
D. in Engineering, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, the Japan Society of Applied Physics, the Physical Society of Japan, and the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. He is a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, the Japan Society of Applied Physics, the Physical Society of Japan and the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.
He has received numerous international awards, including the 2020 IEEE Frederik Phillips Award. Following his book "The Invisible Hand of Data", he published "The Age of Unpredictability" in 2021.

<Summary of Lecture
These are unpredictable times. Facing unpredictable change is not easy. Therefore, positive mental energy is necessary.
However, facing change positively is accompanied by commensurate satisfaction, growth, productivity, and creativity.
This is made possible by everyone's "optimism.
Mr. Yano studied happy and productive people and organizations using over 10 million days of data collected by cutting-edge technology, and wrote about them in his new book, "The Age of Unpredictability. In this lecture, he will discuss the state of people, organizations, and management in this new era.

<Convention theme
Gathering, Connecting, Discussing - Co-Creating Hokkaido for the Future
Hokkaido, with its rich natural environment and numerous universities and research institutes located within a single municipality, is a unique "knowledge hub" in Japan. Taking advantage of this blessed potential, initiatives to create startups, foster entrepreneurship, and promote regional development are rapidly emerging in each region.
The Forum aims to accelerate these efforts and build an innovation ecosystem of super interdisciplinary collaboration unique to Hokkaido that spans generations, regions, and attributes toward the creation of a new Hokkaido.

We look forward to your participation.

For more information and to register to attend, click here.

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Attn: SENO, KAWANA
TEL: 03-5227-4198
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