1S-L18
Start-up Pavilion
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2026/12/17 10:15 ~ 12:50Venue：WELLTECＨ Stage（South hall 1・2）
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Pre-Registration requiredSelect all sessions10:15 ~ 10:55Strengthening Companies Through the Office
Reshaped by Human Capital Management, Opened Up by Technology for the Next DecadePre-Registration requiredSelect this
session【Abstract】Why are companies investing in their offices now? Drawing on nearly 40 years in the office business, this talk traces the lineage through which the office shifted from a "fixed cost" to an "investment" under human capital management—by way of West Coast tech offices, Activity Based Working, Japan's work-style reform, well-being, and the pandemic. It then introduces today's approach of continuously operating the office with data and AI, and, as the "world line" for the next decade envisioned by CENTRAL Laboratory, looks at a future in which offices and office furniture change in ever smaller, more frequent increments alongside technology.
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Mr. Shun-ya Shimizu
ITOKICENTRAL LaboratoryExecutive Officer, Head of LaboratoryOsaka Metropolitan UniversityCollaborative Creation Research CenterVisiting Professor【Profile】Shun-ya Shimizu joined ITOKI in 1987. From 2011 he led product development, overseeing product planning, design, and engineering, and in 2016 became Executive Officer and General Manager of the Product Development Division. Products under his leadership have received 62 Good Design Awards, among other honors. Since 2023, as Head of CENTRAL Laboratory, he has led research plotting the "world lines" of offices and office furniture ten years ahead. He is also a Visiting Professor at Osaka Metropolitan University
11:05 ~ 11:25Pre-Registration requiredSelect this
sessionMr. Ryusuke Goto
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.iwasemi
11:35 ~ 11:55Data to monitor, understand and to support: Building nursing and educational environment for diverse children to develop with high well-being
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Prof. Atsushi Senju
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Research Center for Child Mental Development【Profile】Professor Senju was awarded a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo, and worked at Birkbeck, University of London, before taking his current role. He currently serves as Director of the Research Center for Child Mental Development at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine; Principal Investigator for the "Society Optimized for Diversity" mission area in JST MIRAI program (Senju Project), and Principal Investigator for the KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) titled " Copresence study: Building a framework to understand and practice ways of ‘being together’."
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sessionMr. Syota Isomura
ModeratorConsortium for Applied Neuroscience / NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTINGNeuro Cognitive Innovation UnitManager
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Mr. Shun-ya Shimizu
PanelistITOKICENTRAL LaboratoryExecutive Officer, Head of LaboratoryOsaka Metropolitan UniversityCollaborative Creation Research CenterVisiting Professor【Profile】April 1987: Joined Itoki Co., Ltd.
January 2016: Executive Officer, Director of Product Development Division
January 2023: Executive Officer, Director of Central Laboratory (Current)
Appointed as Director upon the establishment of the Central Research Institute. Aims to spark innovation in the office furniture business by incorporating cutting-edge technologies from a holistic and long-term perspective.
April 2026: Visiting Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University (Current)
Mr. Ryusuke Goto
PanelistPixie Dust Technologies, Inc.iwasemi
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Prof. Atsushi Senju
PanelistHamamatsu University School of Medicine, Research Center for Child Mental Development【Profile】Professor Senju was awarded a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo, and worked at Birkbeck, University of London, before taking his current role. He currently serves as Director of the Research Center for Child Mental Development at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine; Principal Investigator for the "Society Optimized for Diversity" mission area in JST MIRAI program (Senju Project), and Principal Investigator for the KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) titled " Copresence study: Building a framework to understand and practice ways of ‘being together’."
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