JSPS Sweden Alumni Club 20-Year Anniversary Symposium
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March 2 at 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM CET
The SAC 20th Anniversary was held at KVA (the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) on March 2nd. The anniversary and event commenced with opening remarks from Hideaki Mizukoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Sweden; Akie Hoshino, Director of International Program Department, JSPS Head Office; and Kazuyuki Kuroda, Director of JSPS Stockholm Office.
Following this, the keynote speakers presented fascinating lectures on robotics and AI. Professor Tetsuya Ogata, from Waseda University, talked about robotics and machine learning using physical sensory input. Prof. Didem Gürdür Broo from Uppsala University, talked about Nature-Inspired Multi-Agent Learning, about symbiosis and co–emergence within robotics. Prof. Ilaria Torre, from Chalmers University of Technology, talked about communication and non-verbal interaction between robots and humans. Lastly, Prof. Elin Palm from Linköping University, had a lecture on the moral implications of decision-making by AI systems affecting human lives.
Just before lunch, Prof. Imre Pàzsit from Chalmers University of Technology and chair of SAC board, conducted a discussion on the future of SAC. The discussion circulated the future possibilities of having inter-disciplinary encounters and discussions, leading to more collaboration and knowledge exchange. Finally, the event concluded with lunch.
Thank you all very much for participating!
We also want to express our sincere gratitude to The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for hosting this event. The Ambassador of Japan to Sweden, the keynote speakers, and the board members of SAC. 
The symposium is held at KVA, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm on Monday 2 March. We are excited that so many are coming. We are very much looking forward to what the promises to be a most interesting and productive day. Please find the necessary practical information below.
The JSPS Sweden Alumni Club (SAC) was established in 2005. To celebrate the Club’s 20-year anniversary, members of the Alumni Club will together with JSPS Stockholm Office, will organize a symposium, focusing on the outlook toward the 30-year milestone of the Alumni Club. The symposium is free to attend.
The theme of the day will be to consider the fields in which Swedish–Japanese academic collaboration can grow further as the Alumni Club moves toward its next 10 years.
Registration:
Please note that registration is possible until the 1st of March.
NOTE that Registration with allergy or dietary preference can only be made until the 18th of February.
Additionally:
After the event, The 14th Sweden-Japan Academic Network (SJAN) Seminar is scheduled at the same venue.
We hope you will also be able to attend the afternoon seminar.
Please register from here: https://www.kva.se/evenemang/the-14th-sweden-japan-academic-network/
Program: -20th Anniversary of SAC-
9:30-10:00 Registration
Chair Dr. Kazuyuki Kuroda, Director of JSPS Stockholm Office
10:00-10:05 Greetings by Hideaki Mizukoshi, Embassy of Japan in Sweden
10:05-10:10 Opening remarks by Akie Hoshino, Director of International Program Department of JSPS
10:10-10:20
- Johan Eriksson, Chair of the JSPS Sweden Alumni Club, The history and future of the JSPS Sweden Alumni Club
<Keynote speeches >
Chair Prof. Johan Eriksson
10:20-10:50
- Prof. Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University, Open Robot Foundation Models: Advancing Towards Physical AI
10:50-11:00 Short break
11:00-11:20
- Assistant Prof. Didem Gürdür Broo, Uppsala University, From Physical AI to Symbiotic Robot Ecosystems: Nature-Inspired Multi-Agent Learning
11:20-11:40
- Assistant Prof. Ilaria Torre, Chalmers University of Technology, Intent signaling and social understanding in Human-Robot Interaction
11:40-12:00
- Senior Associate Prof. Elin Palm, Linköping University, Moral Agency in the Age of Autonomous Machines
Chair Prof. Imre Pazsit and the other bord member
12:00-12:45 Discussion on the future of the JSPS Sweden Alumni Club
12:45-13:45 Lunch