President's Daily Report
Attended the Lecture Meeting of the Engineering Academy of Japan
On September 18, I attended the 16th Lecture Meeting of the Kansai Branch of the Engineering Academy of Japan, held at the Ryoshinkan Building at Doshisha University. I delivered the opening remarks and provided concluding comments during the panel discussion.
The meeting was co-hosted by the Doshisha University Carbon Recycling Education and Research Platform and held under the theme “What Is Space Coexistence?—The Challenge of Expanding Humanity’s Sphere of Activity.
”The following speakers presented during the program:
- Mr. Naohiro Uyama, Space Development Department, Frontier Development Office, Shimizu Corporation
“Looking Ahead to the Era of Living on the Moon: Shimizu Corporation’s Challenge Toward Realizing Lunar Base Construction” - Professor Yoshihiro Mori, Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University
“Innovation Management in the Era of Space Coexistence—Designing Technology, Organizations, and Business Models Based on the Lunar Base Concept” - Professor Kimitaka Watanabe, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University
“Pioneering Space Robotics with SORA-Q—From Lunar Exploration to a Space-Coexistence Society” - Assistant Professor Yuta Suzuki, Harris Institute of Science and Technology, Doshisha University
“Measuring the Thermal Properties of Molten Regolith on the ISS—Acquiring High-Temperature Data on Molten Regolith to Support the Utilization of Lunar Resources” - Assistant Professor Seiya Tanaka, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University
“Development of a Molten Regolith Electrolysis Method to Produce Metals and Oxygen from Lunar Regolith—Initiatives at the JAXA Exploration Hub”
Following the presentations, a panel discussion was held with the participation of Professor Hidekazu Kobatake of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Doshisha University and Director of the Doshisha University Center for the Study of Space Coexistence.
Through discussions from diverse perspectives, we reflected with all participants on what “space coexistence” means and how universities, businesses, and society should approach it.