FORUM8 Design Festival 2021 was a great success!
We welcomed a total of 213 guests at venue and 1,774 guests online!

Following last year, The 15th Design Festival
was held as a "Live" x "Online" hybrid event,
allowing a great number of guests from around the world to participate.

Under the theme "We propose software leading to
productivity improvement and management innovation for the DX era",
experts gave excellent lectures for 3 days, following the EVE event.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone
who attended the Design Festival and to all the judges and lecturers.
Thank you everyone, and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

REPORT

[Introduction]
Leading the Era of DX in the Field of Infrastructure
Proposing Diverse Solutions Including Digital Twins for Improvement in Productivity and Innovation in Management

FORUM8 held FORUM8 design festival 2021-3Days+EVE from November 17 to 19, 2021 (with 16th as the EVE of the Festival) at Shinagawa Intercity Hall and the foyer.

In 2009, several events that were originally held separately were reorganized. Since then, the Design Festival has shifted to the current three-day period every fall. Since 2015, the eve of the festival has been added, and our attempts to have the participants experience the chemistry brought about by our latest technology and various art have been elaborately developed. In addition, in the global coronavirus crisis, which is difficult to predict convergence, we adopted a hybrid method that enables online participation as well as thorough measures to prevent infectious diseases at the venue.

Following the Design Festival EVE held online, the Design Festival was held consisting of lectures and presentations for the 6th Autonomous Driving Conference, the 22nd UC-win/Road Conference (VR Conference), the 7th State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association & Latest Technology Art Session, the 14th International VR Symposium, and the 15th Design Conference IM&VR / i-Construction Session, as well as the public judgement and award ceremonies of the 20th 3D-VR Simulation Contest on Cloud, the 9th Cloud Programming World Cup (CPWC), the 11th Student BIM & VR Design Contest on Cloud (VDWC), the 7th Junior Software Seminar, the 5th Hagura Award, and the 8th National Resilience Design Award (NaRDA). Published Literature Presentation was also made.

Under the Constraints of COVID 19, Key persons in and outside Japan Gather to Take Advantage of the Strengths of Holding Hybrid Festival

The Festival EVE was held completely online as last year under the theme of "A New Road". It consists of live performances by a wide range of artists centered on Noh, Pelvis work, and sound art directed by Mr. ONI. They colored the opening gorgeously.

Design Festival Day 1 opened with the 6th Autonomous Driving Conference from morning to the first half of afternoon. Five representatives from the four relevant ministries and agencies gave lectures on the latest measures related to autonomous driving, trends in technology and standardization, demonstration tests and projects with the address of the guest in between. At the same time, the latest information on the digital twin environment provided by FORUM8 for research and development in this field was introduced.

In the second half of the afternoon, the award announcement and award ceremony of the 20th 3D-VR Simulation Contest on Cloud were held. Prior to this, 13 of the entries had been nominated. Each award has been decided through a public vote using VR-Cloud® (November 5-14) and the final judging panel (November 16).

Finally, the authors and supervisors of FORUM8 Publishing's two new books, "BIM/CIM World Expanded by FORUM8 Revised Edition" and “Shade3D Official Guidebook 2022 (for Beginners)”, gave lectures to introduce the contents.

The first half of the morning of Day 2 started with a presentation for the 22nd UC-win/Road Conference. In the second half, the public final screening of the 9th CPWC (8 works nominated in advance from the entries) and the 11th VDWC (also 7 works) were performed.

The first half of the afternoon started with a special lecture of the "Special Session", followed by the 7th State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association & Latest Technology Art Session. After the speech of Chairman for the State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association, the Association presented the 5th Hagura Award (also 8 works) and held an awards ceremony. Moreover, in the 14th International VR Symposium, firstly, the missions and initiatives of World16 were introduced. Next, 10 members from all over the world (excluding facilitators) who participated on the spot or online presented their respective projects. Then they developed these results into the concept of connecting to our product development.

In the second half of the afternoon, Patrick Harlan joined as a presenter to present the awards and awards ceremony for the 9th CPWC, the 11th VDWC, and the 7th Junior Software Seminar.

On the last day of the Design Festival (Day 3), from the morning part to the first half of the afternoon, the 15th Design Conference IM&VR / i-Construction Session was held consisting of a special lecture in the form of a panel discussion with Audrey Tang, Digital Minister of Taiwan, who was connected online, and presentations.

In the second half of the afternoon, the prize announcement and awards ceremony were held for the 8th NaRDA (for which final judging was made by the judges on November 16 for the 8 works nominated in advance from the submitted works).

The total number of visitors to the Design Festival 2021 at the venue or online (including Design Festival EVE held in the previous night) has reached about 2,000.

(Written by Takashi Ikeno)

*You can read each report for all the event days; EVE, Day1, Day2, Day3. Check the lecture archives and materials from the menu on the top

GREETING

At FORUM8 Design Festival 3Days+Eve, new software, systems, and researches are presented every year. This year, in particular, the Digital Agency has been established and the DX has been promoted rapidly at the ministries and agencies, bringing about major changes in new ways of working and corporate activities.

As for autonomous driving, the trend of its development and revolution is expected to continue permanently, and as we can see in the development of MaaS, it is also leading to the revolution of city and urban planning. We will invite experts from 4 ministries as lecturer and hold the 6th Autonomous Driving Conference, where many questions from audience are solved every year. In addition, at the 20th 3D VR Simulation Contest, applicants do presentations on their VR usages in various fields such as research on automobile, driving traffic simulation, city planning, etc. FORUM8 is promoting the cooperation of UC-win/Road and the virtual platform F8VPS and planning to announce new technologies and features related to it.

 

On Day2 we will have the final screening and Awards Ceremony for the 9th Cloud Programming World Cup "CPWC" and the 11th Student BIM&VR Design Contest on cloud "VDWC". Teams from around the world who won the nomination screening will compete for a victory. Visitors can also see the newest technologies at the 5th Hagura Award by the State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association and the 14th International Symposium. On DAY3, we are pleased to invite Audrey Tang, Digital Minister of Taiwan, to an online discussion under the theme "Promotion of infrastructure resilience and disaster mitigation IT for the DX era" with Prof. Fumihiko Imamura from Tohoku University and Prof. Edwin R Galea from University of Greenwich. After that, a variety of works which contribute to the national resilience and disaster mitigation will be presented at the 8th National Resilience Design Award.

As in previous years, we will also hold the Eve event, reveal new publishing, and display real and virtual exhibits. It is my pleasure to host the Design Festival as an opportunity for showing FORUM8's software and services. We are really looking forward to seeing you and thinking together about how we can use FORUM8's software and systems to improve user's and engineer's productivity and innovate your company.

CEO and President of FORUM8, Yuji Ito

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The 20th 3D VR Simulation Contest on Cloud Awards Ceremony on Nov. 17th
High-quality VR works created using a variety of functions of UC-win/Road are presented. Project themes range from civil engineering, construction, transportation, automobiles to disaster countermeasures and education and training.
2021.11.17 15:45-17:30
Hybrid
The 11th VDWC / The 9th CPWC Final Judge & Awards Ceremony on Nov. 18th
CPWC to compete the programming skills for cloud apps and VDWC to compete advanced architecture and civil engineering design. Entry teams are from many top level universities in Asia!
2021.11.18 10:30-12:00
Hybrid
The 8th National Resilience Design Award Awards Ceremony on Nov. 19th
In the fields of structure analysis (civil engineering and construction), geotechnical analysis, waterworks, and disaster mitigation, case studies and great results contributing to the national resilience are presented and awarded
2021.11.19 16:00-17:00
Hybrid

TIMETABLE

11.16

TUE

18:00-21:00

FORUM8 Design Festival EVE

- Follow the Path to the Future | A New Road -

Media arts performance using cutting-edge expression technology with Noh and contemporary music. Presenting a new world view by fusing Noh dances, interactive CG mapping images, and 3D sound!

11.17

WED

09:50-10:00

Opening Speech

"Opening Speech of The 15th FORUM8 Design Festival" CEO and President of FORUM8, Yuji Ito

10:00-15:30

The 6th Autonomous Driving Conference

10:00-11:45 / 13:00-15:30
METI, MIC, MLIT, and NPA deliver 5 lectures
"The METI's involvement to realize autonomous driving"
Mr. Shigekazu Fukunaga, Director of Autonomous Driving and ITS Promotion Office, Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
"Trends in information communication and MIC's involvement toward the realization of autonomous driving"
Mr. Shinji Ide, Director of New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
"Efforts of the Road Bureau of the MLIT regarding autonomous driving"
Mr. Koichi Sakai, Director of ITS Policy and Program Office, Road Traffic Control Division, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Mr. Keiji Furuya, Chairman of the Parliamentary League for Considering Automotive Culture / Member of the House of Representatives
Guest Greetings
"Efforts toward the realization of autonomous driving"
Mr. Yoshitaka Tada, Director of Autonomous Driving Strategy Office, Road Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
"Police efforts toward the realization of autonomous driving"
Mr. Kenichi Ito, Director of Autonomous Driving Planning Office, Traffic Planning Division, Traffic Bureau, National Police Agency
14:40-15:05
Presentation 1
Katsumi Matsuda, FORUM8 Executive Officer, System Sales Manager
"Autonomous Driving and MaaS Solutions for DX Era -VR Digital Platform-"
15:05-15:30
Presentation 2
Pencreach Yoann, FORUM8 Executive Officer, Development Senior Manager
"Latest Information on VR Simulation, Expansion of Platform and Development Roadmap"

15:45-17:30

The 20th 3D-VR Simulation Contest on Cloud Awards Ceremony

17:30-17:50

Published Literature Presentation

11.18

THU

09:50-10:00

Opening Speech

"Opening Speech of The 15th FORUM8 Design Festival" CEO and President of FORUM8, Yuji Ito

10:00-10:30

The 22nd UC-win/Road Conference / VR Conference

Presentation
Ken Takatori, FORUM8 Shade3D Development Group, Deputy Manager
"Latest Features of Shade3D and Initiatives on BIM/CIM"

10:30-12:00

16:00-17:00

The 9th Cloud Programming World Cup

The 11th Student BIM & VR Design Contest on Cloud

10:30-12:00 Final Examination / 16:00-17:00 Awards Ceremony

13:15-13:55

Special Lecture

"Process to Achieve Goals -Teamwork and Communication-"
Manager of Omiya Ardija VENTUS, Vice President of Jumonji University, Guest Professor of Biwako Seikei Sport College, Former Manager of Japan Women's Football Team, Former Director of Association for Resilience Japan
Mr. Norio Sasaki

13:55-14:30

The 7th State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association & Latest Technology Art Session

13:55-14:00
Greetings
Mr. Akira Hasegawa, Chairman for the State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association
14:00-14:30
The 5th Hagura Award Awards Ceremony

14:30-15:45

The 14th International VR Symposium

17:00-17:30

The 7th Junior Software Seminar Awards Ceremony

11.19

FRI

10:00-10:10

Opening Speech

"Opening Speech of The 15th FORUM8 Design Festival" CEO and President of FORUM8, Yuji Ito

10:10-15:45

The 15th Design Conference

10:10-11:10
Special Lecture 1 "Digital Social Innovation - Promotion of infrastructure resilience and disaster mitigation IT for DX era"
Audrey Tang,
Digital Minister of Taiwan
One of the themes will be "Promotion of infrastructure resilience and disaster mitigation IT for DX era". The panelists will discuss how IT and DX contribute to the promotion of the "B3W" ("Build Back Better World") concept in the Q&A style lecture.
Panelist
Prof. Fumihiko Imamura, Tsunami Engineering Lab, Risk Evaluation and Disaster Mitigation Research Division, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
Prof. Edwin R Galea, Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG), The University of Greenwich
Moderator
Mr. Ryota Ieiri, Construction IT Journalist
11:10-11:50
Technical Presentation
Prof. Edwin R Galea, Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG), The University of Greenwich
"Latest examples of evacuation simulation in disasters"

Special Lecture 2

13:15-14:15
Special Guest Digital Agency
Mr. Keisuke Murakami, Leader of National Service Group
Mr. Toshinobu Kanaya, executive director, Association for Resilience Japan
"The front line of national resilience and DX -Implementation in the digital society-"
14:15-14:45
Guest Speech
Dr. Fumio Yamamoto, M.D., President of Akita University
Digital Initiatives at Akita University
Presentation 1
Katsumi Matsuda, FORUM8 Executive Officer, System Sales Manager
"National Resilience Solutions for the DX Era -VR Digital Twin Platform-"
14:45-15:15
Presentation 2
Masakichi Yanagi, Group leader of FORUM8 Analysis support Group
"FORUM8 FEM Analysis Solution"
15:15-15:45
Presentation 3
Shiro Nakahara, FORUM8 Executive Officer, UC-1 Development Manager
"UC-1 Design Software Series to Improve Work Efficiency and Future Development"

16:00-17:00

The 8th NaRDA Awards Ceremony

11.20

SAT

All day

Special Event for Premium Users

<Venue>
Camellia Hills Country Club
<Candidates>
Participants of Design Festival Day1, Day2, Day3. Participation fee is required. SPUs are invited.
*Details are announced separately.
*You have to pay your own transportation and accommodation fee to the meeting place.
*In case of too many applications, we will hold a draw for place allocation.

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