Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will hold TAIWAN EXPO in Japan from November 9 (Thu) to 11 (Sat) in Shinjuku in Tokyo.
   One of the event’s sidelights is the Japan-Taiwan industrial collaboration forum titled AI to Reality, the Edge of the Metaverse, which the MOEA and TAITRA will co-organize along with Taiwan International Trade Administration (TITA).
   Recent survey forecasts revealed the advancement of cross-reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will expand the global metaverse market to about ¥100 trillion (US$667 billion) by 2030. One of the crucial factors to sustain the growth trajectory is identifying the right-fit applications of the metaverse.
   The forum will propose strategies to create a metaverse business while introducing business models of leading companies that lead metaverse industries in Taiwan and Japan.

Event Details:
□ Date and Time: November 10, 2023 (Fri) 10:00 – 11:40 (Seating Starts 9:30)
□ Organizers:
                        Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) 　https://www.moea.gov.tw/
                      Taiwan International Trade Administration (TITA) 　https://www.trade.gov.tw/
                      Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) 　https://www.taitra.org.tw
□ Co-organizer: Japan Metaverse Association　
□ Event Format: On Site Event 　
□ Participation Fee: FREE
□ Sign-up Deadline: November 9, 2023 (Thu)
□ Venue: Conference rooms 5, 6, and 7, 47th floor Shinjuku Sumitomo Building 2-6-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo　
Access: Toei Oedo Line “Tocho-mae station” Exit A6 direct connection, Marunouchi Line “Nishi-shinjuku station” 4-minute walk from Exit No. 2 Yamanote Line, Chuo Line, Marunouchi Line, Toei Shinjuku Line, Toei Oedo Line, Odakyu Line, Keio Line, Keio New Line “Shinjuku station” 8-minute walk from West Exit
□ Application Form: https://forms.office.com/r/y0FeJByV6x

Inquiries:
Office of Japan-Taiwan Latest Technology Seminar, Event Team Dempa Publications, Inc.
Tel. 03-3445-6131 tasaka-h@dempa.co.jp　

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Timetable for AI to Reality, the Edge of Metaverse

Date: November 10, 2023 (Fri)
Time: 10:00 – 11:40
Venue: Conference rooms 5, 6 and 7 on the 47the floor of Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

10:00-10:10	Opening Remarks Simon Wang, President & CEO, TAITRA	Kunimi Mabuchi, Representative Director, Metaverse Japan
10:10 - 10:30	[Keynote Speech] AI: Our Companion in the Metaverse	James Lee, Senior Adviser, 3D Project Team, TAITRA
10:30 - 10:50	[Keynote Speech] Metaverse Update 2023	Kunimi Mabuchi, Representative Director, Metaverse Japan
10:50 - 11:40	Pitch	Japan: HIKKY Co., Ltd. Holoeyes Inc. 1-10, Inc. Taiwan: TG3D Studio Inc. LightMatrix Inc. KryptoGO Co., Ltd.

Keynote Speakers and Lecturers Information
From Taiwan James Lee, Senior Adviser, 3D Project Team, TAITRA Topic: AI, Our Companion in Metaverse As a senior adviser and 3D project team leader of TAITRA, Lee deploys multiple research projects on geopolitics, macroeconomy, and industrial science and technology. He exhibits leadership in the introduction and operation of AI applications, providing strategic directions in a cross-cutting manner, including evaluations of risks relating to communities and industries, metaverse, and social media.		From Japan Kunimi Mabuchi, Representative Director, Metaverse Japan Topic: Metaverse Update 2023 Leading Metaverse Japan, Mabuchi aims to create new economic values in Japan through collaborations on metaverse among industry, government, and universities. He has specialized in digital marketing for over many years, and served as executive director of Facebook Japan (presently META). At present, he is a partner of PwC Network. He also works actively as a member of UTokyo University Corporate Relations Network, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
Participating Japanese Companies
HIKKY https://www.hikky.co.jp/ As a VR company, HIKKY aims to achieve an open virtual world wherein anybody can freely create and access. As its main business, the company provides its original metaverse solutions, such as Vket Cloud. Also, the company plans and operates metaverse events, and supplies consulting services to companies that are entering the VR/AR industry. All its members are famed creators who lead the industry. The company’s goal is to develop living, economic, and cultural domains in the virtual world and create a society where all creative people can live freely and in prosperity.
Holoeyes Inc. https://holoeyes.jp/ Holoeyes Inc. was founded in 2015. The company provides virtual reality software for clinical examination and treatment and medical education. VR software provided by the company includes Holoeyes MD and Holoeyes VS, which enable anyone to learn leading-edge anatomy and surgical operation techniques whenever and wherever. The company also provides Holoeyes Edu, a VR medical education platform.		1-10, Inc. https://www.1-10.com/ 1-10, Inc.’s specialty is to dramatically enhance various AI experiences by combining AI and XR technologies. For example, the company constructs a Mirror World platform that creates a cross-interaction between an interactive digital twin and the real world. Also, the company creates interactive AI characters, and immersive cross reality (XR) space.
Participating Taiwanese Companies
TG3D Studio Inc. https://dmktz.io/ DMKTZ, a new brand of TG3D Studio, is a co-creation platform of Phygital 3D fashion, which combines “digital” and “physical.” The company provides services to clients through DMKTZ platform that employs cutting-edge digital technologies. Using EMKTZ simplifies the production process of 3D clothes. Thus, it enables fashion lovers around the world to create their own distinctive digital clothes or physically produce such clothes simply by uploading images with a single click.
LightMatrix Inc. https://www.lightmatrix3d.com/ LightMatrix Inc. specializes in three-dimensional (3D) display technologies. The company develops bodily sensor applications, such as 3D modeling, volumetric capture, augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR)/mixed reality (MR), and cross reality (XR). Thus, the company enables its clients to implement more creative marketing and realize business development both in virtual and real spaces. High-speed image streaming and AR rendering are technologies to transmit images captured by a camera to the screen and visualize the images in real-time. They can achieve various operations at high-speed transmission speed without delay. Also, in a 360°3D mode, they enable users to view three-dimensional stereoscopic images of target objects in real-time without using special glasses. 3D images reflected on the built-in UHD 4K screen are very clear even seen by the naked eyes.		KryptoGO Co., Ltd. https://www.kryptogo.com/ KryptoGO Co., Ltd. was established in 2019. In 2020, the company received five major awards, particularly the 1st Taiwan RegTech Challenge 2020. The company became the victorious team comprising only Taiwan teams. In 2021, the company earned ISO 27001 and 27701 certifications for information security and privacy information management. It was the first to acquire two ISO certifications as a blockchain development team in Taiwan. The blockchain attorney certificate presently used by the Legal Department is one of systems KryptoGo developed in its early days. Main clients are broadly classified into financial institutions, investment and trust advisers, and third-party settlement and virtual asset service providers. Meanwhile, the company has partnership with YGG Japan, the largest game guild in Japan, and is developing a blockchain wallet called Stickey Wallet targeting players. The partnership attracts attention as an example of international alliance.