Cutting-edge Technology for Media and Entertainment
What is INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO ?
INTER BEE IGNITION will combine with the Digital Contents EXPO to widely showcase advanced video technologies and cutting-edge contents production technologies. We will evolve to the frontline of innovation and business in the contents and entertainment industries.
ScheduleInter BEE 2022 Conference Schedule
Program
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11/1(Tue)
15:00〜17:00
IG-101DCEXPO Program:Innovative Technologies 2022 Panel Talk
「Panel Talk “New technologies appearing in Innovative Technologies 2022 and expectations for the future”」The winners of the Innovative Technologies 2022 Special Prize will introduce their technologies.
Judging committee members and the winners will discuss the future expectations and prospects for these technologies from a wide range of perspectives. -
11/2(Wed)
15:00〜16:30
IG-102DCEXPO Program:TechBiz Pitch Battle
""TechBiz:Technology Business Acceleration Program"" is a project to support companies that aim to develop their own advanced content technology overseas.
The 8 companies selected for this year's Techbiz will pitch in English, and experts, investors, and accelerators from Japan and abroad will offer their sharp comments and advice.
This is a must-see pitch battle for the latest technology!
Pre Session
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11/01
15:00〜17:00
ONLINE
IG-101 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION DCEXPO Program:Innovative Technologies 2022 Panel Talk
「Panel Talk “New technologies appearing in Innovative Technologies 2022 and expectations for the future”」The winners of the Innovative Technologies 2022 Special Prize will introduce their technologies. Judging committee members and the winners will discuss the future expectations and prospects for these technologies from a wide range of perspectives.
Panelist
Novmichi Tosa
Maywa Denki
President
Kouta Minamizawa
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
Professor
Kanako Watanabe
Director, Media and Content Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Junji Watanabe, Ph.D.
NTT Communication Science Laboratories
Senior Distinguished Researcher
Moderator
Satoshi Endo
KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.
Senior Research Fellow
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11/02
15:00〜16:30
ONLINE
IG-102 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION DCEXPO Program:TechBiz Pitch Battle
""TechBiz:Technology Business Acceleration Program"" is a project to support companies that aim to develop their own advanced content technology overseas. The 8 companies selected for this year's Techbiz will pitch in English, and experts, investors, and accelerators from Japan and abroad will offer their sharp comments and advice. This is a must-see pitch battle for the latest technology!
【1】Aromajoin Corporation
【2】X, inc.
【3】REIWASEDA INC.
【4】DENDOH Inc.
【5】1/AK Inc.
【6】Jolly Good Inc.
【7】TRIBAWL
【8】xCura, Inc.Speaker
CHAN Wei Siang
Executive Director
Toyonaka Investment and Consultancy Pte Ltd.
Phil Keys
Manager, Marketing Communications, Intertrust Technologies
Shan Lu
Novarizer
CEO
Masafumi Kawai
Partner/Chief Sustainability Officer, Genesia Ventures, Inc.
Stephane Beauliue
Simplygon(Country Manager/HJ Productions (VP Asia)
Tomasz Bednarz
Director of Strategic Researcher Engagement at NVIDIA and SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group SACAG Chair
Mentor
Hiroyuki Ohnishi
Technology Seed Incubation Co., Ltd.
Chairman
Nobuyuki Tsuji
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC Seed Incubation Co., Ltd.
TechnologyPartner
Mariko Nishimura
HEART CATCH Inc.
Founder and CEO
Tadaaki Hashizume
Certified Incubation Manager New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Innovation Promotion Department, Startup Group
Moderator
Koji Tanabe
Specially Appointed Professor, Professor Emeritus
at Tokyo Institute of Technology
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11/08
13:00〜14:00
ONLINE
IG-103 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION XR/Metaverse/NFT. Frontiers of Digital Technology to increase the Value of Real Stores and Regions.
Panelist
Naotaka Hayashi
J. FRONT RETAILING Co., Ltd.
Masahiro Yamaguchi
Psychic VR Lab Co.ltd
Moderator
Mariko Nishimura
HEART CATCH Inc.
CEO
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11/10
13:00〜14:30
ONLINE
IG-104 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Conceptualizing Interspace - The Results of the Partnership Between Game Engine, BIM, and Blockchain/NFT
Panelist
Keisuke Toyoda
Institute of Industrial Science,
the University of Tokyo.
Project Professor
Yoichiro Miyake
The University of Tokyo
Taihei SHII
Startbahn, Inc.
CEO
Tsukasa Ishizawa
TAKENAKA CORPORATION
Moderator
Mariko Nishimura
HEART CATCH Inc.
CEO
Keynote
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11/18
13:00〜14:00
International Conference Room
KN-182 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO KEYNOTE Future Society and Advanced Technologies Envisioned by EXPO2025 Osaka Kansai, Japan
The theme of the Osaka-Kansai Expo to be held in 2025 is ""Designing Future Society for Our Lives."" What kind of technology will lead the future society envisioned at the Expo? What plans are now underway to ""contribute to the achievement of the SDGs"" and ""realize Japan's national strategy, Society 5.0,"" which is the goal of the Expo? With advanced technology as the keyword, Yoichi Ochiai and Masaru Ishikawa, the producers of the Expo, will talk about our exciting future society.
Panelist
Yoichi Ochiai
Media Artist
(Themetic Producer for EXPO2025 Osaka Kansai, Japan)
Masaru Ishikawa
Planner, Producer
CEO of Think Communications, Co., Ltd.
Visiting Professor of Osaka Metropolitan University (Site Operation Producer for EXPO2025 Osaka Kansai, Japan
Moderator
Satoshi Endo
Senior Research Fellow,
KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.
(Advisor for MIT Technology Review Japan Edition, ASCII STARTUP Executive Advisor)
Special Session
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11/16
10:30〜11:30
ONLINE
IG-161 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION DCEXPO Program: Art Transmits the FutureーTalk Session Commemorating the 2022 Tsumugi & Takumi Awardsー
Yoichiro Kawaguchi, a world-renowned computer graphics artist and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, presided over the ASIAGRAPH Tsumugi Award and Takumi Award, which marks its 16th anniversary this year.
""The Tsumugi Award"" is given to those who have demonstrated outstanding creativity, while the ""Takumi Award"" is given to those who have demonstrated outstanding technology in the form of various content.
This year's Tsumugi Award went to Hideki Wada, a psychiatrist, author, and critic whose many books have become bestsellers, and the Takumi Award went to Tetsuya Komuro, The Takumi Award went to Tetsuya Komuro, a rare great hit maker who leads the times as a musician and music producer.
Yoichiro Kawaguchi will talk with Mr. Wada and Mr. Komuro individually to bring out their unique worlds!
Panelist
Tetsuya Komuro
Musician/Producer
Hideki Wada
Psychiatrist/Writer
Moderator
Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Artist/Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo
11/16
13:00〜14:00
ONLINE
IG-162 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION The Latest Trends in Polymetric Capture
Panelist
Akio Oba
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
Hakubun Ito
WiseFool Pictures, Inc.
Moderator
Mayumi Morinaga
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Incorporated
11/16
10:30〜12:00
Exhibition Hall 6
IG-160 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Advanced Imaging Society Japan Committee: Awards Ceremony for Lumière Japan Award 2022
11/17
10:30〜11:30
ONLINE
IG-171 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION DCEXPO Program "ACM SIGGRAPH Invited Talk Session: Content Technologies Change the Future ーFireside Chat with Dr. Mashhuda Glencross on the Role of Visual Technologiesー"
Dr. Mashhuda Glencross, next year's chair of the Emerging Technologies program at SIGGRAPH, the world's largest conference on CG and interactive technologies, will be invited to give a talk session. This session will focus on the application of Visual Techology and how content technology will change the future.
Panelist
Dr. Mashhuda Glencross
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering - University of Queensland/
SIGGRAPH 2023 Emerging Technologies Chair
Moderator
Koji Suginuma, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Nihon University/Senior Editor, The Eizo Shimbun
11/17
13:00〜14:00
ONLINE
IG-172 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION The Potential of web3 in the Cosmic Metaverse
Panelist
Masayoshi Boku
Bascule Inc.
Motoki Tani
Animoca Brands KK
CEO
Moderator
Mariko Nishimura
HEART CATCH Inc.
CEO
11/18
10:30〜11:30
ONLINE
IG-181 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION DCEXPO Program:Japanese Geek Women Empower the Future Vol.3
High-profile women in the Tech world will talk frankly about technology and the future of society. Stay tuned for the third in a series of these popular sessions!
Panelist
Ayaka Ikezawa
Software engineer
Etsuko Ichihara
Media artist, Fantasy inventor
Madoka Chiyoda (chomado)
Microsoft
Cloud Developer Advocate
Moderator
Mariko Nishimura
HEART CATCH Inc.
CEO
11/18
13:00〜14:00
ONLINE
IG-182 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Can TV Stations Get Into the Minds of Users? - A Discussion from the Perspective of New Businesses and Technology
Panelist
Ranna Kinjo
RKB MAINICHI BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Media Innovation Center
Takafumi Kuno
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Mina Kase
TV TOKYO Corporation
Moderator
Akira Masuzawa
TV Asahi Corporation
11/18
15:00〜16:00
ONLINE
IG-183 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION DCEXPO Program:Technology to help humans become more free ―Meta talks about cutting-edge HMD “HDR-VR” ―
On October 26, 2022, Meta released ”Meta Quest Pro”, a stand-alone Mixed Reality (MR) device. It is said that ""Meta Quest 3"" will be on the market in 2023. Dr. Nathan Matsuda, a leading researcher at Realty Labs, which is responsible for the development of Meta's VR technologies, and Professor Kiyoshi Kiyokawa of Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan's leading HMD researcher, will discuss cutting-edge HMDs, the future of HMDs, and technologies that will allow humans to be more free.
Nathan Matsuda
Reality Labs Research, Meta
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
Cybernetics & Reality Engineering (CARE) Laboratory, Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science & Technology,