The Japan Science and Technology Agency will hold "Science Agora 2020" online for eight days from November 2020th to 11nd, 15, to think about "Life" that will change with the new coronavirus.
"Science Agora," Japan's largest open forum that connects science and society, is a dialogue, collaboration, and collaboration between citizens, researchers, experts, the media, industry, policy makers, and others. We are promoting the construction of a "co-creation" platform that connects the above to policy formation and knowledge creation.This time, it will be held online for the first time, and live distribution will be performed by pre-registration system (you can also listen to live distribution on YouTube or watch the archive without registering).Registration and viewing are free.
The theme this time is "Life".Faced with the crisis of "Life" due to the new coronavirus infection, and the rapid transformation of society and lifestyle is progressing, the point of contact between life, life, and human beings and science and technology. Provide a place to deepen your thoughts on.
During the period, about 100 projects such as virtual tours of experimental facilities, online scientific experiments and other things that can be enjoyed by families, talk shows on space, big data and medical care, earthquake disasters and marine problems, quantum computers, students' literary choices and decision making, etc. Implemented. You can select your favorite project using the recommended function by AI.
The Science Agora 2020 Promotion Committee is a webinar at the University of Tokyo that discusses the improvement of the environment for students with disabilities, including a mystery-solving game-style workshop by Hokkaido University, and a project at Osaka University that talks with researchers about the new corona virus, Okayama. We have picked up 2 projects such as "Let's fly flying sesame high!" Announced by a second year student at Kurashiki Amaki High School.Taking advantage of online, we will send from each base with participants from remote areas and overseas.
The two days before the opening of November 11th and 13th will be called "Pre-Agora", and the Tokyo tournament of the international competition "Cybathlon" where people with disabilities will compete for necessary movements in daily life with the help of advanced technology. The "Interverse Virtual Reality Challenge" final tournament sponsored by the Virtual Reality Society of Japan will be held.
