【Experience the open co-creation facility within the university!】ComoNe to hold "Komo-no-Ichi #03" on Saturday, April 11th
ComoNe, a co-creation facility within a university, will hold "Komo-no-Ichi #03" on Saturday, April 11th. This event brings together diverse visitors from children to researchers, featuring over 30 contents including a rooftop festival, an all-weather market, a cross-talk related to the new exhibition "Hello Human!", and workshops, allowing participants to experience co-creation for the future.
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## About Komo-no-Ichi #03
This is ComoNe's market fair held once every three months.
It offers programs where diverse visitors, from children to researchers, creators, and local residents, mix and experience "co-creation for the future" throughout the day.
The main features of this "Komo-no-Ichi #03" are as follows:
- Festival event with the rooftop lawn square opened
- All-weather market where people of all generations, from children to researchers, can experience a "crossing of curiosities"
- Cross-talk between a researcher (Dr. Kohei Ogawa) and a monk (Mr. Yoshiki Ukai) matching the theme of the new exhibition "Hello Human!"
- "NenoNe Program" activity presentation where 17 projects pitch + keynote talk by ComoNe Ambassador Shuji Minamida
- Learning and creative workshops such as "ComoNe Academia" research experience for the next generation, and Japanese paper dyeing experience
- Over 30 contents gathered, including food trucks, art exhibitions, and hands-on workshops, enjoyable all day long
## Highlights of Komo-no-Ichi #03
### ComoNe Program #02 -Hello Human!- Exhibition Start & Cross-talk "What is the 'Essence of Humanity' from Androids and Buddhism?"
"ComoNe Program" is a program where everyone gathered at ComoNe, involving citizens, researchers, and creators, explores together. From April 2026, a new theme "ComoNe Program #02 -Hello Human!-" will be held. In conjunction with the start of the new exhibition, a cross-talk will be held with two guests to deepen this theme.
Dr. Kohei Ogawa, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, who conducts research on robots and AI including androids, and is the theme owner of "Hello Human!", and Mr. Yoshiki Ukai, a monk at Gokurakuji Temple in Kyoto, will together unravel what kind of beings we humans are and what constitutes "humanity."
Time | 13:30–15:00
Venue | ROOTS BOOKS
Guests |
### Dr. Kohei Ogawa (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University)
Completed the doctoral program in System Information Science at Future University Hakodate in 2010, earning a Ph.D. (System Information Science). Joined ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories as a researcher in 2008, became Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University in 2012, then Lecturer at the same university in 2016, and Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 2019. Engages in research on human-artifact interaction based on robotics and AI technology. In parallel with his research activities, he also presents art works using robots, Ar
This is ComoNe's market fair held once every three months.
It offers programs where diverse visitors, from children to researchers, creators, and local residents, mix and experience "co-creation for the future" throughout the day.
The main features of this "Komo-no-Ichi #03" are as follows:
- Festival event with the rooftop lawn square opened
- All-weather market where people of all generations, from children to researchers, can experience a "crossing of curiosities"
- Cross-talk between a researcher (Dr. Kohei Ogawa) and a monk (Mr. Yoshiki Ukai) matching the theme of the new exhibition "Hello Human!"
- "NenoNe Program" activity presentation where 17 projects pitch + keynote talk by ComoNe Ambassador Shuji Minamida
- Learning and creative workshops such as "ComoNe Academia" research experience for the next generation, and Japanese paper dyeing experience
- Over 30 contents gathered, including food trucks, art exhibitions, and hands-on workshops, enjoyable all day long
## Highlights of Komo-no-Ichi #03
### ComoNe Program #02 -Hello Human!- Exhibition Start & Cross-talk "What is the 'Essence of Humanity' from Androids and Buddhism?"
"ComoNe Program" is a program where everyone gathered at ComoNe, involving citizens, researchers, and creators, explores together. From April 2026, a new theme "ComoNe Program #02 -Hello Human!-" will be held. In conjunction with the start of the new exhibition, a cross-talk will be held with two guests to deepen this theme.
Dr. Kohei Ogawa, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, who conducts research on robots and AI including androids, and is the theme owner of "Hello Human!", and Mr. Yoshiki Ukai, a monk at Gokurakuji Temple in Kyoto, will together unravel what kind of beings we humans are and what constitutes "humanity."
Time | 13:30–15:00
Venue | ROOTS BOOKS
Guests |
### Dr. Kohei Ogawa (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University)
Completed the doctoral program in System Information Science at Future University Hakodate in 2010, earning a Ph.D. (System Information Science). Joined ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories as a researcher in 2008, became Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University in 2012, then Lecturer at the same university in 2016, and Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 2019. Engages in research on human-artifact interaction based on robotics and AI technology. In parallel with his research activities, he also presents art works using robots, Ar