Keio University

Great Thinker Series Index

At the Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI), once or twice a year, we invite internationally renowned speakers (Great Thinkers) from overseas to give lectures. The lectures and panel discussions are archived and made widely available to the public.

"The En-ROADS Climate Workshop"

John D. Sterman

Director of the MIT System Dynamics Group and the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA

Date: 2024.1.23

"How Can and Should the Platforms be Governed?: Assessment of EU Digital Services/Markets Acts"

Lawrence Lessig

Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

Opening Remarks: Kohei Itoh

President, Keio University

Discussant: Jiro Kokuryo

Professor, Faculty of Policy Management / Chief Administrator, CCRC, Keio University

Date: 2022.6.24

"Broadly Acceptable Architecture for Data Governance After the Global Pandemic -The Interdisciplinary Dialogues with Prof. Lessig-"

Lawrence Lessig

Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

David Farber

Distinguished Professor, Keio University / Co-Director, CCRC

Jun Murai

Distinguished Professor, Keio University / Co-Director, CCRC 

Jiro Kokuryo

Vice-President, Keio University / Professor, Faculty of Policy Management

Tatsuhiko Yamamoto

Professor, Law School, Keio University / Deputy Director, KGRI

Takehiro Ohya

Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University

Hiroaki Miyata

Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University

Date: 2020.12.18

"Collaborative Pathways to Securing the Cyber Ecosystem"

Gregory J. Rattray

Senior Research Professor, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Date: 2020.1.24

"Globally accepted norms in the fractured cyberspace"

Gregory J. Rattray

Senior Research Professor, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Toshinori Kajiura

Chair of Working Group on Cyber-Security Enhancement, Committee on Cyber Security at Keidanren,

President at Japan Cybersecurity Innovation Committee and Senior Researcher at Hitachi (ICT Policy)

Jun Murai

Co-Director of Cyber Civilization Research Center & Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University

Rikako Watai

Professor, Law School at Keio University

David J. Farber

Co-Director of Cyber Civilization Research Center & Distinguished Professor at Keio University (Moderator)

Date: 2020.1.24

"Moving the Boundaries of Humanity - Regulation by and of Algorithms "

Jonathan Cave

Senior Research Fellow in Economics, University of Warwick, and Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute

Date: 2018.12.7

"Civilizations' Economic Drivers: Babylon to Bitstream"

Gerald Faulhaber

Gerald Faulhaber "Professor Emeritus of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania Former Chief Economist at the Federal Communications and Commissions"

Date: 2018.12.7

"The Role of a Liberal Arts Education in a Technological Civilization"

Lisa Dolling

Provost / Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs, Rosemont College

Date: 2018.12.7

"What is the future of Cyber Civilization in Japan"

DAVID FARBER

Co-Director of Cyber Civilization Research Center and Distinguished Professor, Keio University

JONATHAN CAVE

Co-Director of Cyber Civilization Research Center and Distinguished Professor, Keio University

GERALD FAULHABER

Professor Emeritus of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania, and Former Chief Economist, Federal Communications and Commissions

LISA DOLLING

Provost / Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs, Rosemont College

MIKA TAKAGI

Director of Media and Content Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry if Economy, Trade and Industry

Date: 2018.12.7