3rd International Symposium on Symbiotic, Safe and Secure System Design "How to Realize System Design Seeing both the Trees and the Forest"

Hiroshi Fujiwara, Special Research Professor at SDM

On February 25, an international symposium was held at the Fujiwara Hiroshi Hall by the Center for Education and Research of Symbiotic, Safe and Secure System Design," a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Global COE Program commissioned to the Graduate School of System Design and Management and the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University. The symposium began with a presentation by Hiroshi Fujiwara, Special Research Professor at the Graduate School of System Design and Management and President of Internet Research Institute, Inc. He spoke from the position of an entrepreneur about the creation of new industries as systems, using examples such as smart grids and tourism. He was followed by Hidenori Kimura, Director of the RIKEN BSI TOYOTA Collaboration Center, Chair of the Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology and Senior Fellow at the JST Center for Research and Development Strategy, who discussed the blueprints for the system science and technology required by the society of the future. Afterwards, Professor Theo A.J. Toonen of Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and Professor Ockie Bosch of University of Queensland (Australia) gave presentations on teaching people how to solve social issues as systems. Finally, Professor Takashi Maeno, the program leader for the Global COE Program, discussed the unique initiatives undertaken by the program. Graduate students also made poster presentations. All of the speeches and presentations focused on the idea of tackling the issues that face society as large, complex systems in which a wide range of stakeholders cooperate to arrive at solutions. It was a valuable symposium in that it highlighted what the program and SDM can do to encourage information sharing and international collaboration.

Professor Theo A.J. Toonen

Professor Ockie Bosch