AI Open Innovation Day Japan 2024: Full Schedule

Naoaki Okazaki, currently a professor at the School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology, earned his PhD in 2007 from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo. His early post-doctoral career included a research position at the same... Read More →

Wednesday May 15, 2024 10:40 - 11:20 JST
Akiba Square

Keynotes

11:20 JST

Keynote: LLM Dev Status in Japan - Akira Shibata, Weights & Biases

Speakers

Akira Shibata

Country Manager, Weights & Biases

Akira Shibata heads Weights & Biases for Japan and Korea, accelerating ML in development and in production for a wide range of industries including LLM and autonomous driving. Akira is a renowned entrepreneur and data scientist with a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of London... Read More →

Wednesday May 15, 2024 11:20 - 12:00 JST
Akiba Square

Keynotes

12:00 JST

Lunch

Wednesday May 15, 2024 12:00 - 13:30 JST
Akiba Square

Networking

13:30 JST

Keynote: LLM Research and Development at National Institute of Informatics - Sadao Kurohashi, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Speakers

Sadao Kurohashi

Director-General, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Sadao Kurohashi received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University in 1994. He is currently the Director-General of the National Institute of Informatics, Japan, and a specially appointed professor at the Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University.His research... Read More →

Wednesday May 15, 2024 13:30 - 14:00 JST
Akiba Square

Keynotes

14:00 JST

Keynote Panel: Open Innovation in AI - Present and Future - Christopher Dewan, Meta; Mariko Isogawa, Keio University; Miori Sagara, Baobab

Speakers

Christopher Dewan

Mariko Isogawa

Keio University, Associate Professor in the Department of Information and Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology

Mariko Isogawa received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Osaka University, Japan, in 2011, 2013, and 2019, respectively. From 2013 to 2022, she worked at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation as a Researcher. She was a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University from... Read More →

Miori Sagara

President & CEO, Baobab

Established Baobab in 2010. At the same time, she worked for National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) from 2011 to 2013. Currently, Baobab manages over 1,200 annotators globally, and provides a wide range of annotation services such as text, multimodal... Read More →

Wednesday May 15, 2024 14:00 - 14:50 JST
Akiba Square

Keynotes

14:50 JST

Networking Break

Wednesday May 15, 2024 14:50 - 15:20 JST
UDX Conference - Room C 秋葉原UDX南ウィング, 6F, 4-chōme-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan

Networking

15:20 JST

Focus Session 1: Industrial Use Cases - Phuoc Bui, Aitomatic; Bojun Huang, Sony R&D; Yuji Kawakami, Space Shift; Kristin Schmidt, IBM; Atsushi Suzuki, TEL

AI Materials - Bojun Huang, Sony R&D
AI Materials - Kristin Schmidt, IBM
Generative Industrial Use-Case - Phuoc Bui, Aitomatic
Semiconductor Foundation Model - Atsushi Suzuki, TEL
AI Use Case for Satellite Imaging - Yuji Kawakami, Space Shift

Speakers

Phuoc Bui

AI Solutions Engineer, Aitomatic

Atsushi Suzuki

General Manager, TEL

Yuji Kawakami

Space Shift

Bojun Huang

Sony R&D

Kristin Schmidt

IBM

Generative Industrial Use Case Phuoc Bui, Aitomatic pdf

AI Materials Bojun Huang, Sony R&D pdf

Semiconductor Foundation Model Atsushi Suzuki, TEL pdf

AI Use Case for Satellite Imaging Yuji Kawakami, Space Shift pdf

Wednesday May 15, 2024 15:20 - 16:20 JST
UDX Conference - Room A/B 秋葉原UDX南ウィング, 6F, 4-chōme-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan

Focus Sessions

15:20 JST

Focus Session 2: Foundations - Nghi Bui, FPT Software; Adam Gibson, Kompile; Takashi Kawamura, Panasonic; Kentaro Maegaito, Fenrir, Inc.; Clar Rosso, ISC2; Tomoaki Yoshinaga, Hitachi;

AI in Cyber - Clar Rosso, ISC2
Revolutionizing Software Development: The FPT Software Journey with Generative AI - Nghi Bui Doc Quoc, FPT Software
Open Source for AI - OpenSSA - Kentaro Maegaito, Fenrir
Open Source for AI - Deeplearning4j - Adam Gibson, Kompile
Panasonic's Initiatives and Expectations in the AI Alliance - Takashi Kawamura, Panasonic
AI Meets Industrial Metaverse for Frontline Workers - Tomoaki Yoshinaga, Hitachi

Speakers

Tomoaki Yoshinaga

Senior Manager, Intelligent Vision Research Department, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center, R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd.

Clar Rosso

CEO, ISC2

Clar Rosso, Certified in Cybersecurity, has more than two decades of experience helping global professional associations and certifying bodies grow and strengthen member value. As CEO of ISC2, she has established a forward-looking strategic framework and set bold goals for the future... Read More →

Takashi Kawamura

Panasonic

Kentaro Maegaito

General Manager, Fenrir Inc.

MAEGAITO Kentaro, Fenrir Inc. - Cloud Native Technology Department, General ManagerAfter gaining experience in systems development and design direction for government agencies, I joined Fenrir Inc. in2014. Since joining the company, I have managed organizational leadership and pre-sales... Read More →

Adam Gibson

CEO, Kompile

Nghi Bui

Head of AI Research, FPT Software

Nghi Bui, Ph.D., holds a dual role as the Head of AI Research at FPT Software AI Center and Research Manager at the Intelligent Software Lab, Singapore Management University (SMU). His academic credentials were established at SMU, where he received his doctorate in Computer Science... Read More →

AI in Cyber Clar Rosso, ISC2.pptx pdf

Collaborative Agents for Software Development through Open Code LLMs Nghi Bui, FPT.pptx pdf

Open Source for AI Deeplearning4j Adam Gibson, Kompile pdf

Open Source for AI OpenSSA Kentaro Maegaito, Fenrir pdf

Panasonic's Initiatives and Expectations in the AI Alliance Takashi Kawamura, Panasonic pdf

AI Meets Industrial Metaverse for Frontline Workers Tomoaki Yoshinaga, Hitachi pdf

Wednesday May 15, 2024 15:20 - 16:20 JST
UDX Conference - Room F 秋葉原UDX南ウィング, 6F, 4-chōme-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan

Focus Sessions