TRON Enableware Symposium for Saturday, July 2, 2011

"Considering the Regression of Barrier-free Support after March 11, 2011"

Date and time

1:30 – 4:30 pm, Saturday, July 2, 2011

Venue

Room 92B, 9th floor, Building 2, Faculty of Engineering, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo

Organized by

TRON Enableware Research Group

Cosponsored by

T-Engine Forum
Institute of Infrastructure Application of Ubiquitous Computing, (Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies), Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

Notification:

Since Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake, measures such as energy saving have been planned to cope with the power crunch anticipated mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area this summer. In many public facilities including transportation facilities, the use of lighting has been reduced and elevators have been stopped to maintain power grid infrastructures. Under these circumstances, many cases of the interference to the mobility of the physically-challenged and those with weak sight have been reported.
Various administrators such the national government, local governments, private sector, shopping centers, etc. can reduce the use of lighting and stop elevators by themselves. However, they have various criteria for the range of such power-saving and resumption of the power usage. Moreover, the barrier-free guideline issued from the national government requests the sufficient brightness of illumination in public facilities with consideration for the aged and those with weak sight, but it is not prepared for the worst possible scenario such as the current situation obviously.

In this symposium, how the public organizations can realize barrier-free support while reducing energy consumption for the expected future situation where tight energy supply continues will be discussed.

Program (Plan)

1:00 pm: Reception

1:30 – 2:10 pm:
Keynote Speech
Ken Sakamura
(Chair of TRON Enableware Research Group/Professor of Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Director of YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory)

2:10 – 2:30 pm: Break

2:30-4:30 pm:
Panel Session

Panelist:
Akiyoshi Takamura （Teacher of Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba）
Yoshitake Misaki （Vice-principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Otsuka School for the Hearing Impaired）
Eiko Tatematsu (Professor, School of Social Welfare, Tokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare）
Koji Arita （Director for Deputy Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism）
Kouichi Murao （Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Director General Bureau of Construction）

Coordinator: Ken Sakamura

4:30 pm: Close

TRON Enableware Research Group

TRON Project (Project Leader: Ken Sakamura, The University of Tokyo) aims to realize computing environment which anyone can use. This environment can be used by anyone regardless of nationality, age, and the presence and absence of physical disability as well as the skill to use a computer.
We have organized " TRON Enableware Research Group" (Chair: Ken Sakamura) and worked to promote the research and development of computer systems which can be used by anyone, and disseminate its functions as standard features in computer systems since 1987. This group holds a symposium every December to hold discussion and exchange opinions with many people and to get to know each other.

Details

Participation fee

Free (Registration required)

How to sign up for this symposium

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Access to the venue

Room 92B, 9th floor, Building 2, Faculty of Engineering,
Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Campus map: http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html
Access map: http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/map01_02_j.html
・Hongo-sanchome Station (Subway Marunouchi Line/Oedo Line）: 12 min. walk
・Nezu Station (Subway Chiyoda Line）: 10 min. walk
・Todaimae Station (Subway Namboku Line） 8 min. walk

Contact for inquiries

TRON Enableware Research Group Secretariat

1-29-1 Koizumi Building, Nishi-gotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0031
TEL: 81-3-5759-8521 Fax: 81-3-5759-8306
E-mail： erg-office@t-engine.org