To continue last year's Competition theme "ROBOT," this year's theme will be "ROBOT 2." In seeking robot technology solutions to various current challenges, and in developing ideal relations between people and robots (or other products), the 2007 Competition will solicit various design ideas concerning innovative human interfaces. The Competition jury will be comprised of experts from various fields.

Kazuo Kawasaki _Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science Professor, Osaka University Graduate School Emeritus Professor, Nagoya City University Graduate School Director, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization Jury President, 2001-2003 Good Design Award
Katsushi Kunimoto _Design Director, Designer Professor, Graduate School of Design & Architecture, Nagoya City University Director/Councilor, Japanese Society for the Science of Design Chief Senior Researcher, "Strategic Design Utilization Workshop WG," METI Member, "Sensitivity Value Creation Initiative Committee," METI
Keiichi Sato _Design researcher (Design theory, system / Interaction design ) Professor, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology Design Research Society fellow. Japanese Society for the Science of Design, Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Association for Computing Machinery-SIGCHI member.
Masahiko Tsukamoto _Doctor of Engineering (Wearable/Ubiquitous computing) Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University Managing Director, Non-profit Wearable Computer Research and Development Organization (Team Tsukamoto) Director, Non-profit Advanced Institute of Wearable Environmental Information Networks
Tetsuyuki Hirano _Architect, Design Management Consultant President, Hirano & Associates, Inc. Lecturer, The University of Tokyo/Tokyo Institute of Technology/Waseda University Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology Managing Director, Japan Design Business Co-operative Body Member, "Sensitivity Value Creation Initiative Committee," METI

addition, several experts will be appointed as specialist committee members to advise on the business evaluation of each work from the technical and intellectual property rights aspects.

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