Experts in multi-disciplinary fields will be invited from Japan and the United States, as well as from other countries, to examine current situations and discuss opportunities and challenges with regard to the collection, access, and utilization of information commons for science and innovation for a sustainable world.

The first and second days will be devoted to a closed workshop for academic presentations and intensive discussions among experts, and a symposium will be held on the third day, which is open to a wider audience.

Preliminary Agenda

Day One (Thursday, November 8, 2007)

Venue: Room 235, Environmental Building 2nd Floor, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa      

9:00-9:30      Registration 

Session 1: Introduction and Keynote Speeches (9:30-12:00 p.m.)

Chair and moderator: YARIME Masaru, University of Tokyo

 9:30-10:00     Welcoming remarks

                          • NAGASHIMA Akira, National Committee for CODATA, Science Council of

                             Japan

10:00-10:25    Towards the Establishment of Commons for Science and Technology

                           • IWATA Shuichi, University of Tokyo, Japan

10:25-10:50    The Need to Create Global Information Commons for Science

                           • Paul F. UHLIR, United States National Academies

10:50-11:15    A contractually Constructed Commons in the Networked Environment

                           • Jerome H. REICHMAN, Duke University School of Law

11:15-11:30    Introduction to the Workshop

                           • YARIME Masaru, University of Tokyo, Japan

11:30-12:00    Open discussion and comments

Lunch (12:00-1:30p.m.)

Session 2: Biology (1:30-3:30 p.m.)

Chair and moderator: Jerome H. REICHMAN, Duke University School of Law

1:30-2:00    A Gene Order Database of Plastid Genomes

                      • KUNISHIMA Takashi, Tokyo University of Science

2:00-2:30    Explore the Use of Web 2.0/3.0 Technologies in Building Global Information

                      Commons in the Neuroscience Domain

                      • Kei CHEUNG, Yale University

2:30-3:00    The Science Commons Neurocommons

                      • Asheesh LAROIA, Science Commons

3:00-3:30    Open Discussion       

3:30-4:00    Coffee Break

Session 3: Sustainability Science (4:00-6:00 p.m.)

Chair and moderator: SATO Jin, University of Tokyo

4:00-4:30    Global Information Commons for Sustainability: The Challenge of Providing

                      Useful Knowledge

                      • Nancy DICKSON, Harvard University, U.S.

4:30-5:00   Designing an Information Commons for Sustainability Science: Lessons

                     Learned from a World Data Center

                      • Marc LEVY, CIESIN and Columbia University, U.S.

5:00-5:30    Role of Information Commons for Sustainable Society

                      • SUMI Akimasa, University of Tokyo, Japan

5:30-6:00    Open Discussion

Day Two (Friday, November 9, 2007)

Venue: Room 235, Environmental Building 2nd Floor, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa  

Session 4: Materials Science (9:00-11:00 a.m.)

Chair and moderator: ASHINO Toshihiro, University of Tokyo

9:00-9:30        Materials Informatics: The Engine for a Global Information Commons for

                          Materials Science

                          • Krishna RAJAN, Iowa State University, U.S.

9:30-10:00      Use of Knowledge and Information in Materials Science

                          • Mikk LIPPMAA, University of Tokyo, Japan

10:00-10:30    Global Information Commons for Materias Science: A View from Industry

                           • David ROTHMAN, Dow Chemical Company, U.S.

10:30-11:00    Open Discussion

11:00-11:20    Coffee Break

Session 5: Management and Social Aspects (11:20 a.m.-1:20 p.m.)

Chair and moderator: Paul F. UHLIR, U.S. National Academies

11:20-11:50    Global Information Commons in a Multi-Level Perspective

                          • Jan GOOSSENAERTS, Eindhoven University of Technology, The 

                             Netherlands

11:50-12:20    Building Collaborative Infrastructures for the Frontier Sciences: Lessons

                           from the Social Studies of Science and Information

                           • Steven JACKSON, University of Michigan, U.S.  

12:20-12:50    The Unintended Relationship of an Environment-friendly Energy Technology

                           to Global Environmental Problems: A sociological Exploration

                           • MATSUMOTO Miwao, University of Tokyo, Japan

12:50-1:20      Open Discussion

Lunch (1:20-2:30 p.m.)

Session 6: Institution and Public Policy (2:30-5:50 p.m.)

Chair and moderator: YARIME Masaru, University of Tokyo

2:30-3:00      The IP-Entrepreneurship-High Tech Innovation Nexus

                         • Robert KNELLER, University of Tokyo, Japan

3:00-3:30      Politics of Informational Intake: More Information but Less Policy Focus in

                        Resource Management Contexts

                         • SATO Jin, University of Tokyo, Japan

3:30-4:00       The Global Information Commons from the Developing Countries

                         Perspective

                         • Raed SHARIF, U.S. National Academies and Syracuse University

4:00-4:30       Research Information Commons: Recent Public Policy Developments in 

                         Europe

                         • FUKASAKU Yukiko, Innovmond, France

4:30-4:50       Coffee Break

4:50-5:50       Roundtable Discussion

Reception (7:00-9:00 p.m.)

Venue: Crest Hotel Kashiwa

Day Three (Saturday, November 10, 2007)

Venue: Media Hall, Kashiwa Library, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa

Open Symposium (1:00-5:10 p.m.)

Chair and moderator:

1:00-1:10      Intruduction

                        • IWATA Shuichi, University of Tokyo, Japan

1:10-1:40      Role of Global Information Commons for Stimulating Innovation for

                        Sustainability

                        • NAKAMURA Michiharu, Fellow (former Executive Vice President and

                           Executive Officer), Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

1:40-2:00      Global Information Commons

                        • Paul UHLIR, U.S. National Academies

2:00-2:30      Intellectual Property Rights, Information Commons, and Innovation

                        • NAGAOKA Sadao, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

2:30-3:00      The Innovation to Automobile, the Environment, and Precious Metal

                        Resources: The Intelligent Catalyst and the Direct Hydrazine Fuel Cell

                        • TANAKA Hirohisa, Daihatsu Motor, Japan

3:00-3:30      Chance Discovery: A Meta-Cognitive Approach to Value Sensing Innovation

                        • OHSAWA Yukio, University of Tokyo, Japan

3:30-4:00      Coffee Break

4:00-5:00      Panel Discussion

                        • Participants from Japan and the United States

5:00-5:10      Summary Conclusion, and Future Steps

                        • YARIME Masaru, University of Tokyo, Japan