Feb. 14th: Symposium “The kinds of worker that will survive the new era”

At Kyushu University, we are developing a new graduate-level educational program that combines design studies, business management and entrepreneurship education. We aim to create new business values for tackling global challenges, produce innovation in society, and nurture a new generation of leaders who can play an active and sustained role in the international community.

As part of this initiative, we held a symposium about the partnership between design and business. This symposium featured keynote speeches by business people driving design within the business world, as well as panel discussions with guest speakers and faculty members. Through this symposium, we also hope to link to information for the new course plan being scheduled for the Faculty of Design.

Before the symposium, we reported the results of the Faculty Content Business Producer Development Program (Ciao).

The kinds of worker that will survive the new era
— a symposium on design × business × the future of entrepreneurship —

[Program]
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.   Announcement of the results of the Graduate School’s Content Business Producer Development Program (Ciao)

6:00 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.  Opening remarks
Masakazu Tani, Dean of the Kyushu University Faculty of Design

6:05 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.  Keynote speech 1“The past and future of Japan’s design policy”
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

6:15 p.m. – 7:05 p.m.  Keynote speech 2“The development of human resources to achieve superior service design”
Takumi Matsui, Representative, Matsui Service Consulting

7:05 p.m. – 7:55 p.m.  Panel Discussion“What sort of workers should be trained in the design studies and business education of the future?
Moderator:
Hideki Kusano, Manager, PwC Consulting LLC
Panelists:
Megumi Takada, Professor, Department of Business and Technology Management, School of Economics, Kyushu University
Shingo Igarashi, Deputy Director, Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center of Kyushu University
Hiroyuki Matsuguma, Associate Professor, Department of Content and Creative Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
Takumi Matsui, Representative, Matsui Service Consulting

7:55 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.   Closing remarks
Akinori Isogai, Dean of the Kyushu University Faculty of Eonomics

[Organizers]
Kyushu University Faculty of Design
Kyushu University Faculty of Economics (Department of Business and Technology Management: QBS)
Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center of Kyushu University (QREC)

[Partners]
Nikkei Business School