THE NEW CONTEXT CONFERENCE 2019 TOKYO

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Cutting Edge Internet Technology
and its Emerging Businesses

THE NEW CONTEXT CONFERENCE, an annual conference hosted by Digital Garage co-founder and Director of MIT Media Lab, Joi Ito, will be held this year on June 24 in Tokyo, Japan. Held since 2005 the conference is aimed at those interested Internet Technology and the businesses which emerges from it. Since 2011, the conference has been held annually in both Tokyo and San Francisco, Digital Garage’s US branch. Marking its nineteenth edition, DG Lab (open innovation R&D organization) will cover the trending theme: How to Build a Data Ecosystem. Globally acclaimed leading researchers, entrepreneurs, and experts of the field will come together to discuss and debate on the data ecosystem.

Date: June 24 (Monday), 2019,
9:30 a.m. (Doors Open at 9:00 a.m.)
Co-host: Digital Garage, Inc.; Kakaku.com, Inc.;
Credit Saison Co., Ltd.; KDDI CORPORATION
Venue: Roppongi Academyhills,
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 49F
Theme: How to Build a Data Ecosystem
“In Search of a Scheme to Use and Protect Our Data”

It is said that in year 2025, total data volume in the world exceeds 160 trillion GB. The volume of personal data will explode as web services, mobile apps and IoT devices become widely used. Discussions cover issues including: ownership of consumer generated data; corporate data utilization with personal privacy protection, also how technology and rules should be applied to provide good services; GDPR enforced in EU, uniquely evolving Chinese ecosystem, Japanese market actualizing the information bank framework; and how the data ecosystem should be formed.

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Time Table

9:30-9:35 Main Hall	9:30-9:35 Library Cafe
Greetings Kaoru Hayashi Representative Director, President Executive Officer and Group CEO, Digital Garage, Inc.	9:30-9:35 Library Cafe	Live Streaming Live streaming of Main Hall contents is available
9:35-9:45 Main Hall	9:35-9:45 Library Cafe
Opening Remarks Joi Ito Director and Co-Founder, Digital Garage, Inc. Director, MIT Media Lab	9:35-9:45 Library Cafe	Live Streaming Live streaming of Main Hall contents is available
9:45-10:10 Main Hall	9:45-10:10 Library Cafe
Keynote Reflections on the surveillance society Can we resist it? Do we want to resist it? Lawrence Lessig The Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School	9:45-10:10 Library Cafe	Live Streaming Live streaming of Main Hall contents is available
10:10-10:40 Main Hall	10:10-10:40 Library Cafe
Fireside Chats Joi Ito Lawrence Lessig Jun Murai	10:10-10:40 Library Cafe	Live Streaming Live streaming of Main Hall contents is available
10:40-10:50
Break
Session 1Main Hall Current Status and Issues of Data Management Currently, data management standard is different based on regulations in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and China: Japan, which promotes information banking; the United States, where large IT companies hold data; the European Union, where GDPR came into effect; China, where proprietary credit systems are prevalent. In this session we will call on experts to understand the current situation and issues in each administrative area.	Session 1Library Cafe Utilizing Data for Businesses Companies are accumulating data day to day around user behavior and purchasing history. Despite their growing demand, it is not easy to utilize such data for service development and improvement. In this session case studies from companies will be introduced.
10:50-11:05 Main Hall	10:50-11:10 Library Cafe
Talk Privacy + Design The evolution of physical privacy and what it means for the digital world Stephanie Nguyen Designer and Researcher, MIT Media Lab	10:50-11:10 Library Cafe	Talk Challenging the real behavioral data Shigeru Kakimaru Marketing Division Digital Marketing Manager, USJ LLC.
11:05-11:20 Main Hall	11:10-11:30 Library Cafe
Talk How to utilize user-centered personal data? The topic over the Information bank, PDS and data transaction market and the role of government Kohei Yoshida Director, National Strategy Office of Information and Communications Technology(ICT), Cabinet Secretariat	11:10-11:30 Library Cafe	Talk AI goes from “make” to “use” Change in marketing by data and AI Ryuji Noguchi VP of AI driven business, Innovation Initiative Director, ZOZO Technologies, Inc. Board Director, aratana inc.
11:20-11:35 Main Hall	11:30-11:50 Library Cafe
Talk Data and Currency European Self-Sovereign Economy after GDPR Mitsuhiro Takemura Founder of Takemura-Juku	11:30-11:50 Library Cafe	Talk Data and Analog Digital data makes paper catalogue interesting Moriu Ishikawa C.E.C.O. Dinos Cecile Co., Ltd.
11:35-11:50 Main Hall	11:50-12:25 Library Cafe
Talk DX (Digital Transformation) of Governance and Surveillance Society Decode the Chinese Social Credit System Kota Takaguchi Journalist	11:50-12:25 Library Cafe	Panel Discussion Shigeru Kakimaru Ryuji Noguchi Moriu Ishikawa Naomasa Shibuya（Moderator）
11:50-12:30 Main Hall
Panel Discussion Stephanie Nguyen Kohei Yoshida Mitsuhiro Takemura Kota Takaguchi Sputniko!（Moderator）
12:30-13:30
Lunch
Session 2Main Hall Model for Data Ecosystem Construction How the data ecosystem model should be? Is the user-centric model of managing data adequate rather than de facto standard of platformers managing it? In this session we learn the ideal data ecosystem models from experts working to educate and disseminate them to society.	Session 2Library Cafe Data Utilization as a Platformer Platformers diversify their business and collect data from multiple aspects. By correlatively analyze such data, companies can generate new values. In this session approaches to develop data business strategy and value generation are discussed.
13:30-13:50 Main Hall	13:30-13:50 Library Cafe
Talk MyData: A Model for Human-Centric Personal Data Viivi Lähteenoja Deputy General Manager, MyData Global	13:30-13:50 Library Cafe	Talk Conception (Delusion) of the Google Citizen Yuichi Arizono Visiting Executive Consultant, Dentsu Digital, Inc. CEO, zonari LLC.
13:50-14:10 Main Hall	13:50-14:10 Library Cafe
Talk The search for anonymous data Balancing privacy and utility in the modern age Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye Assistant Professor at Imperial College London	13:50-14:10 Library Cafe	Talk Data utilization of C2C platform and its trap Tairo Moriyama Head of Data, Mercari, Inc.
14:10-14:30 Main Hall	14:10-14:30 Library Cafe
Talk Paradigm shift of utilizing personal data Yuichi Ota Founder CEO, DataSign Inc.	14:10-14:30 Library Cafe	Talk User communication and utilization of data Hirokazu Muta Manager, Data Science Team, LINE Corporation
14:30-15:00 Main Hall	14:30-14:55 Library Cafe
Panel Discussion Viivi Lähteenoja Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye Yuichi Ota Christopher Yeo Catharina Maracke（Moderator）	14:30-14:55 Library Cafe	Panel Discussion Yuichi Arizono Tairo Moriyama Hirokazu Muta Atsushi Kobayashi（Moderator）
15:00-15:15
Break
Session 3Main Hall Technologies and Solutions for Personal Data Utilization What is the technological foundation of the data ecosystem? What are the feasible solutions? In this session we seek the ideal data ecosystem through understanding instances of personal data utilization.	Session 3Library Cafe Automotive Industry and Its Data Use Automotive industry is the industry with high expectation of data utilization. Use cases includes: development of marketing strategy for potential customers; integration of sensor data for self-driving technology; development of MaaS solutions. While technological and business innovation in automotive industry is highly anticipated, we ask straight to insiders their thoughts on data utilization.
15:15-15:35 Main Hall	15:15-15:35 Library Cafe
Talk Can Blockchain Finally Give us The Digital Privacy We Deserve Heather C. Dahl Executive Director & CEO, The Sovrin Foundation	15:15-15:35 Library Cafe	Talk To satisfy safety, sense of relief, quality, environmental standards and security Kyoka Nakagawa Digital Solution Center Chief Engineer, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
15:35-15:55 Main Hall	15:35-15:55 Library Cafe
Talk How could industries benefit from Secure Computing without giving away privacy Tarvo Kärgenberg Head of Partnerships of Privacy Technologies Department, Cybernetica	15:35-15:55 Library Cafe	Talk After the “Connected” Hideki Ogawa Data Scientist, SUBARU CORPORATION
15:55-16:25 Main Hall	15:55-16:20 Library Cafe
Panel Discussion Heather C. Dahl Tarvo Kärgenberg Joi Ito（Moderator）	15:55-16:20 Library Cafe	Panel Discussion Kyoka Nakagawa Hideki Ogawa Rei Inamoto（Moderator）
16:25-16:40
Break
Session 4Main Hall Future Life with the Data Ecosystem What is the future of the user-centric data management? In this session we ask thought leaders in the advertising and healthcare industries how convenient the life would be in the society where individuals manage and utilize their own data.	No contents available Please join sessions in Main Hall
16:40-17:00 Main Hall
Talk Design in the Age of Data Rei Inamoto Founding Partner, IxCO	No contents available Please join sessions in Main Hall
17:00-17:20 Main Hall
Talk Present and Future of Real World Data Utilization in Medical Field Takeru Hiki CEO, Welby	No contents available Please join sessions in Main Hall
17:20-17:55 Main Hall
Panel Discussion Stephanie Nguyen Joi Ito Takeru Hiki Naomasa Shibuya（Moderator）	No contents available Please join sessions in Main Hall
17:55-18:15 Main Hall
Wrap up Joi Ito Rei Inamoto	No contents available Please join sessions in Main Hall
18:30-
Reception Party