Professor David Farber and Professor Dan Gillmor, Professor of Practice, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, are hosting a weekly online gathering with scholars, scientists, engineers, business people, and all other stakeholders in the society, to discuss and share new ideas on various topics around cyber civilization.
We initiated this online platform in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which we are now more connected online, beyond physical border and timezone.
Here are the topics:
2023
Dec 25 － Santa Clause and looking back
Dec 18 － The Year in Quantum
Dec 11 － Open Mic
Dec 4 － Cybernetic Avatars: Potential Legal Issues
Nov 27 － Open Mic
Nov 20 － What distinguishes expert software designers and high-performing teams
Nov 13 － Updates from our participants
Nov 6 － Who’s Shaping Our Digital Future—New Developments in Internet Governance
Oct 30 － Disaster management in the digital age
Oct 23 － Open Mic
Oct 16 － Internet Governance Forum 2023
Oct 9 － Updates from our participants
Oct 2 － India’s new Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023
Sept 25 － The history of Bell Labs
Sept 18 － Open Mic
Sept 11 － Automotive cybersecurity, Defcon and the Car Hacking Village
Sept 4 － LLMs, humans and why meaning matters
Aug 28 － Automotive cybersecurity & the Defcon
Aug 21 － Joe Trippi: Trump indictments and the Presidential race
Aug 14 － Updates on the latest UN OEWG on ICTs
Aug 7 － Open Mic
Jul 31 － EU’s AI regulation
Jul 24 － Why is the Yen weak: Is it a sign of weakness in the Japanese economy or just collateral
Jul 17 － Open Mic
Jul 10 － A Report from China’s Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization
Jul 3 － Philosophers and ICT in Japan
Jun 26 － Revitalise local community in rural Aomori
Jun 19 － UK’s Online Safety Bill and encryption
Jun 12 － The Governance of AI
Jun 5 － Open Mic
May 29 － A discussion on Open Source
May 22 － Open-mic
May 15 － Is The Internet At Risk From Too Much Security?
May 8 － The state of cyber security today
May 1 － The History of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ)
April 24 － Energy Resource Aggregation Business in Japan
April 17 － Let’s celebrate Dave’s birthday
April 10 － Dave’s 5th year in Japan
April 3 － CCRC 5th Anniversary Symposium recap
Mar 27 － Open Mic
Mar 20 － From Biological to Artificial Consciousness
Mar 13 － The legal frameworks for Abortion
Mar 6 － NATO & its Asian strategy
Feb 27 － An open-mic on ChatGPT
Feb 20 － Impacts of GenerativeAI (incl. ChatGPT) on Internet Business and the Society
Feb 13 － Open-mic
Feb 6 － Forty Years as a Beginning Astrophotographer (Rod Van Meter)
Jan 30 － Open-mic
Jan 23 － Virtual Storytelling
Jan 16 － Self-Sovereign Identity
Jan 9 － Open Your Wallets (Daniel Goldscheider )
2022
Dec 26 － Open-mic
Dec 19 － Special guest: Cory Doctorow
Dec 12 － Open-mic
Dec 5 － Dan Gilmor will describe some potential alternatives to Twitter
Nov 28 － The Airport of the Future (Edward Hasbrouck)
Nov 21 － Mobility Revolution: Disruption in Progress (Warren Gifford & David Turock)
Nov 14 － The US election: Latest updates (Joe Trippi)
Nov 7 － Open-mic session on Twitter
Oct 31 － Open-mic session
Oct 24 － [SPECIAL] The Real Story from Ukraine: Katharina Holosova
Oct 17 － Data Free Flow with Trust as viewed from the perspective of data colonialism
Oct 10 – Prologue to the Keio’s International Cybersecurity Symposium “Creating Trusted Cybersecurity Actions for the Social, Economic, and National Security Domains”
Oct 3 – Open-mic session
Sept 26 – Medical and Health DX developement by Jun Murai
Sept 19 – The latest updates on the U.S. national politics by Joe Trippi
Sept 12 – A Little History of Anglo-Japan Relations and the Role of Telegraph (Jiro Kokuryo)
Sept 5 – Open-mic session
Aug 29 – Future with the Quantum Internet
Aug 22 – Open-mic session
Aug 15 – NATO’s recent Locked Shields exercise (John Salomon)
Aug 8 – US dollar’s status as the dominant
Aug 1 – Open-mic session
Jul 25 – UK government’s new data bill to “update”
Jul 18 – Open-mic session
Jul 11 – Brewster Kahle, founder and CEO of the Internet Archive, for a conversation on the future of libraries
Jul 4 – Open-mic session
Jun 27 – Protection for Bona Fide Cybersecurity
Jun 20 – U.S. President Biden’s visit Japan – a view on implications before and after
Jun 13 – Open-mic session
Jun 6 – The United States of Anonymous
May 30 – Biden’s first presidential trip to Asia
May 23 – extra special open mic
May 16 – Open-mic session on cyber cuurencies
May 9 – Joi Ito on the latest development of Web3 (and NFT)
May 2 – Open-mic session
April 25 – Japan’s gender issues and its Same Surname Law
April 18 – What are nukes good for? Some observations from the Ukraine–Russian war
April 11 – Special Guest – John Markoff
April 4 – Open-mic session
Mar 28 – “Nuclear Restart” policy in Japan
Mar 21 – Ten years of cryptocurrency trading: From “Monopoly money” to billion-dollar derivatives markets
Mar 14 – Digital technologies in an imperfect world
Mar 7 – Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve I
Feb 28 – Open-mic session on Ukraine-Russia tensions
Feb 21 – Sustainable Transportation
Feb 14 – Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy
Feb 7 – Post CCRC International Conference Open-mic session
Jan 31 – Microsoft’s Philanthropic Initiatives in Japan
Jan 24 – Joe Trippi’s Revisit – The Bizarre Political Situation in US
Jan 17 – Fraud, Delusions, Obfuscations, and Technology Progress
Jan 10 – A look at the Metaverse — where it may be heading
Jan 3 – Open-mic session: What will our future look like?
2021
Dec 27 – Is Media’s Business Model Wrecking Democracy? Review of Prof Lawrence Lessig’s sharing on Dec 20
Dec 13 – Open-mic session
Dec 6 – How The Pandemic Has Affected Higher Education
Nov 29 – Attacking the Defenders: The Human Aspect of Supply Chain Attacks
Nov 22 – How Innovation has helped combat with Covid-19 in Nepal
Nov 15 – Open-Mic session
Nov 8 – Algorithmic Perspectives on Online Harms
Nov 1 – Japan’s Digital Agency
Oct 18 – Importance of Pandora Papers by Gerard Ryle, Director of ICIJ
Oct 11 – Was Tokyo Olympics a success or a failure?
Oct 4 – Asian Perspective on the Governance of Data Economy
Sept 27 – Apple Device Search in Context by L. Jean Camp
Sept 20 – Open-Mic session
Sept 13 – MN-Core, World’s most efficient computer for Deep Learning
Sept 6 – The latest development of 6G technology
Aug 30 – Vaccination challenges for a populous country: The case of India
Aug 23 – Data/Digital Missteps of and after the Pandemic
Aug 16 – Open-mic on Apple’s “child protection” announcement
Aug 9 – Spyware and other emerging security threats in the digital domain
Aug 2 – Misinformation and Media Literacy
July 26 – Open-Mic session
July 19 – Freedom of Expression in Hong Kong
Jul 12 – Net Neutrality and Big data Regulations in Korea
Jul 5 – The Challenge of Internet Regulation: Canada’s Struggle
Jun 28 – The Key Drivers for Digital Currency
Jun 21 – Next Phase in University Evolution after COVID-19
Jun 14 – RightsCom and Human Rights Online
Jun 7 – United Nations OEWG and Cyber Norms
May 31 – Updates on Vaccination rollout in Japan
May 24 – Open-mic Session
May 17 – The latest situation in Myanmar/Burma
May 10 – Children’s Rights to Privacy
May 3 – From Here to Useful: Quantum Computing
Apr 26 – Open-mic Session
Apr 19 – The Dearth of Technical Talent in the Public Sectors
Apr 12 – Japan’s coronavirus strategy and vaccine rollout
Apr 5 – Digital Development and Data Governance of Smart City
Mar 29 – Open-mic Session
Mar 22 – Is AI taking over the world? No, but it’s making it less private
Mar 15 – How Cities and Nations Recover from Major Disasters
Mar 8 – Recovering from 311 Japan Earthquake
Mar 1 – New American Chamber of Commerce Japan report “Japan Digital Agenda 2030”
Feb 22 – Information-Driven Public Health: from pandemic response to well-being in an aging society
Feb 15 – How Social Media is reshaping the promotion of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Feb 8 – Overview of how COVID-19 and Japanese Digital Transformation is impacting Japanese society
Feb 1 – Open discussion
Jan 25 – Biden’s Nuclear Policy: Implications for East Asia
Jan 18 – Recent US political issues and U.S.-Japan relations
Jan 11 – A new global standard format for medical and health data
Jan 4 – Open discussion
2020
Dec 28 – Open discussion
Dec 21 – Algorithmic Risk Scores
Dec 14 – Digital Social Innovation in Taiwan
Dec 7 – The Right to be Forgotten
Nov 30 – The New US Administration and Congress
Nov 23 – Brainstorming session: The next phase of Cyber Civilization
Nov 16 – Distance Learning in Japan
Nov 9 – 2020 U.S. Election
Nov 2 – Communications in South Korea
Oct 26 – Competition Policy in the Digital Age
Oct 19 – Cyber Silent Spring
Oct 12 – Most of the world’s problems result from short-term thinking
Oct 5 – Open discussion
Sept 28 – Safety and Security challenges in event management
Sept 21 – Japan’s new Prime Minister and diplomatic strategy
Sept 14 – The crises over Brexit and potentially the world trade system
Sept 7 – US Election and its impact in international affairs
Aug 31- IP-Asia: Trust in Global ICT Trade
Aug 24 – The effects of COVID-19 on real estate in Asia, especially China
Aug 17 – China’s response to COVID-19
Aug 10 – A look at Australia in the COVID era
Aug 3 – Grim economic news from the USA and its possible impact on Asia
July 27 – A look at New Zealand in the COVID era
July 20 – A look at Singapore in the COVID era
July 13 – A look at India in the COVID era
July 6 – Freedom of expression in the cyber age
Jun 29 – The Budding Quantum Information Industry
Jun 22 – Covid19 and education: Can Covid19 promote disruptive educational innovation?
Jun 15 – The current and the future of supply chain
Jun 8 – The future of travel in the Covid Age
Jun 1 – Science and Public Understanding
May 25 – Journalism in the Internet and COVID Age
May 18 – Higher Education: What Happens Now
May 11 – Surveillance, tracking and privacy
May 4 – Future of Work
Apr 27 – COVID-19 and the use of technology in Asia
Apr 20 – Principles for technology-assisted contact tracing
Apr 13 – Introduction
The meetings are by invitation only and held under the Chatham House Rule – “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed”.
If you are interested to join us, please send your name, affiliation, institution/organization to event@www.ccrc.keio.ac.jp.