Venue: Online (Zoom)
Expected audience:
University (researchers, students), industry (engineers, technologists, managers, strategists), government (policy makers and programme managers), etc.
Agenda (UK time/Japan time)
9:00/18:00 Welcome (Prof Yasushi Umeda, The University of Tokyo)
9:05/18:05 Brief introduction of collaboration between two institutes (Dr Yusuke Kishita, The University of Tokyo)
9:10/18:10 Celebrating the election of Dr Robert Phaal as a Fellow of School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
9:15/18:15 “Vision-scenarios-roadmap integration and digital technologies” (Dr Robert Phaal, University of Cambridge & Dr Yusuke Kishita, The University of Tokyo)
9:45/18:45 “Digital enhanced roadmapping” (Prof Maicon Oliveira, University of São Paulo)
10:15/19:15 Wrap up (Dr Robert Phaal, University of Cambridge)
10:25/19:25 Announcement (Prof Yusuke Kajihara, The University of Tokyo)
10:30/19:30 Close
Organised by:
University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and The University of Tokyo School of Engineering & Institute of Industrial Science (IIS)
Speakers
Yasushi Umeda
Professor
Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE)
School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Prof Yasushi Umeda is a Full Professor in RACE (Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering), School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan. He holds BE, ME, and Dr. Eng. in Precision Machinery Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He authored/edited 29 books, over 150 peer-reviewed articles, and has 19 patents granted/pending. Five of his papers won best paper awards in scientific journals and international conferences. His research interests include circular economy, smart manufacturing systems, life cycle engineering, eco-design, sustainability science, and design theory; especially, his current research interests include development and implementation of the concept of Digital Triplet.
Maicon Oliveira
Professor of Technology and Innovation Management
Department of Production Engineering
São Carlos School of Engineering
University of São Paulo
Prof. Maicon Oliveira is a professor of technology and innovation management in the Department of Production Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a PhD in production engineering from the University of São Paulo, and a post-doctorate from the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. His current research interests are in the digitalization of roadmapping and foresight tools.
Robert Phaal
Director of Research
Institute for Manufacturing
University of Cambridge
Dr Robert Phaal is a Director of Research in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he conducts research in strategic technology and innovation management. Interests focus on industrial emergence and the development of practical management tools and visual methods for supporting technology intensive innovation. A particular focus over the past 20 years has been the roadmapping approach, exploring the generalisation and efficient application of this and related techniques in many sectors and contexts. Rob has a mechanical engineering background, with a PhD in computational mechanics, and industrial experience in technical consulting, contract research and software development. In March 2025, Rob was elected as a Fellow of School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
Yusuke Kishita
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Dr Yusuke Kishita is Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. Prior to the current position, he worked as Research Scientist at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Assistant Professor at Osaka University. He was a guest researcher at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (August-November 2019) and Visiting Academic Fellow at University of Cambridge (December 2019-February 2020). With the background of life cycle engineering and design engineering, his research interests include scenario design for sustainable futures, circular economy, roadmap design, and backcasting. He holds MSc and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Osaka University. He was awarded the Young Scientists’ Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2019, etc.
Yusuke Kajihara
Professor
Institute of Industrial Science
The University of Tokyo
Dr Yusuke Kajihara is a Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo. He is also a member of DLX Design Lab. His research interests include dissimilar joining, passive nanoscale imaging, and terahertz measurements. He received his PhD in additive manufacturing from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
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