Dr. Jun Kurihara
The Canon Institute for Global Studies, Japan
Biography
Jun Kurihara is a Research Director of The Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS), a Tokyo-based think tank (2009 to till date). He also serves as a Corporate Director of a Japanese company (Ono Pharmaceutical, 2013 to till date) and teaches as a Visiting Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (2006 to till date). Between 2003 and 2012, he was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Ash Center and the Center of Business and Government (CBG). Currently he is working on Japanese companies’ innovation strategies including service robotics and artificial intelligence. He has served as a Chairman and Member of various committees established by the government and business organizations including a Senior Member of the Japan Statistics Council for the Government of Japan. He has earned an MS from the Graduate School Agriculture of Kyoto University.
Abstract
Abstract : The significance of robot safety standards for the development of life support robots