January 20, 2021 Fifth Automatic Translation Symposium—Global Communications Technology toward 2025

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), in cooperation with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and the Global Communication Development Promotion Council, is researching and developing multilingual translation technology and its implementation in society. This effort aims to eliminate all language barriers worldwide and realize global and free exchange.
The 5th Automatic Translation Symposium—Global Communications Technology toward 2025 will be held to disseminate information on the current status of multilingual translation technology and the direction of future advances.

1. Time and date

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Friday, March 11, 2022

2. Holding method

Held online (Zoom and YouTube simultaneously)

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  There will also be an online exhibition of products and services related to automatic translation.

3. Program (tentative, speaker names listed without honorifics)

Theme: A World without Language Barriers is in Sight—Learning about Successful AI Cases and Seeing the Evolution of Translation Technology

1. Opening remarks

SUDO Osamu, Chair of the Global Communications Development Promotion Council (Professor at the Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University and Project Professor at Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo)

2. Greetings from the organizer

KANEKO Yasushi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

3. Keynote speech

Software 2.0 and Digital Transformation

MARUYAMA Hiroshi, PFN Fellow at Preferred Networks, Inc.

Project Professor at the Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Executive Fellow at Kao Corporation

4. Lecture

A Translation Bank to Store Materials for Automated Translation
SUMITA Eiichiro, Fellow at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

5. Panel discussion

Future Prospects for Multilingual Translation toward 2025

1. Moderator

• UCHIYAMA Masao, Executive Researcher of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

2. Panelists

• MARUYAMA Hiroshi, PFN Fellow at Preferred Networks, Inc.
  Project Professor at the Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
• YAMAHATA Seishiro, Director of Inter Group Corp.
• KAWATAKE Hajime, Executive Officer and CTO of Sourcenext Corporation
• SUGAYA Fumiaki, CEO of MINDWORD, Inc.

6. Closing remarks

TOKUDA Hideaki, President of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

4. Organizers

MIC, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Global Communication Development Promotion Council

5. Application for participation

1. Participation fee

Free

2. Capacity

A thousand people (pre-registration required on a first-come, first-served basis)

3. Application deadline

Wednesday, March 9, 2022