Presentation Session: The most advanced Digital Transformation (DX) based on our Founder Ikeda-Sensei’s peace philosophy

2023/01/10 11:00

Presentation Session: The most advanced Digital Transformation (DX) based on our Founder Ikeda-Sensei’s peace philosophy

    Soka University, Graduate School of Economics, International Business Studies Program (IBSP), has commenced research on the most advanced Digital Transformation (DX) based on our Founder Ikeda-Sensei’s peace philosophy, as it is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Ikeda and British historian Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee dialogue. This research conducted a historical review on IT revolution accelerated during and after 1990's, and discovers our adaptive approach to the most advanced DX based on the founder Ikeda-Sensei's peace philosophy. The research team, master’s degree students of IBSP, Alves Pietrowski Leonardo (Brazil), Risky Revily (Indonesia), Tai Wen Fei (Malaysia), and visiting professor of IBSP, Dr. Hideyuki Matsumoto (Japan), presented their discoveries at Global Square, Student Performance Acceleration Center (SPACe), 2nd Floor on 23rd December 2022.
    Dr. Hideyuki Matsumoto
    At the beginning of the presentation, Dr. Matsumoto shared his experience when he completed his research “Cross-Cultural Comparison of Global Strategic Information Systems Management in the Multinational Investment Banking Industry” at Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck college, University of London. He presented various lectures delivered by the founder in overseas universities from 1974 to 2007 with master’s degree students. In addition, he shared the founder’s definition of globalization as disappearance of distance in reference to English historian, Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee’s dialogue. He empathized the importance of revisit on the philosophical concepts explained by the founder to interpretatively conduct social science research in order to create peaceful, valuable and wealthy human society.
    Alves Pietrowski Leonardo
    Alves Pietrowski Leonardo firstly explained the reason why he selected Soka University. He chose Soka University as he believes that the humanistic values of the university as well as the focus on global citizenship can transform me into a professional and person capable of contributing to society, while also assisting him in furthering his own research goals in the field of Economics. He secondly shared his research topic selection. Virtual Reality (VR) is a term used to describe an immersive kind of technology that allows the user to transport themselves and their sense into a "makeshift" VR, usually through lens-like device. He investigated VR from the philosophical perspective of the founder Ikeda-Sensei’s lecture, “Thoughts on Education for Global Citizenship”, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, June 1996. He emphasized that it is clear that the concepts of VR can become a tool for furthering the founder Ikeda-Sensei’s vision for Global Citizenship through their use in the field of education, as well as aiding in community building, and in conclusion, the applications of VR are multiple and, if based on a strong philosophical and ethical sense, can help in furthering citizens that strive for peace and a more equal world.
    Risky Revily
    Risky Revily firstly explained that Soka Universityʼs ideas of a value-creating or humanistic education deeply resonated with him, and he believes it allows him to discover his potential and use it for the benefit of society through his education. He secondly moved on to his research topic selection. Metaverse is a hypothetical iteration of the internet as a single, universal and immersive virtual world that is facilitated by the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) headsets. He investigated Metaverse from the philosophical perspective of the founder’s lecture, “Makiguchi's Lifelong Pursuit of Justice and Humane Values”, Simon Wiesenthal Center, USA, June 1996. He emphasized that establishing a metaverse through the founder Ikeda-Sensei’s peace philosophy could fundamentally change not only how humans interact with other people and the world around them by giving them access to a peaceful digital ecosystem, but also expand a people's movement of peace, gaining cultural knowledge, broadening their worldview, being more culturally aware of others' cultures. He added that establishing the founder Ikeda-Sensei’s peace philosophies, which are peace, dialogue, determination and courage, in metaverse is one step that could lead to a better and more creative world of peace for everyone into the coming millennia, where people are being awakened to an invaluable sense of justice and make people aware of their potential. This gives hope and courage to face challenges coming.
    Tai Wen Fei
    Tai Wen Fei firstly mentioned that he had been inspired by his fellow friends who studies here as reason why he selected Soka University, and he would like to experience the humanistic education that had been instilled in Soka University. In addition, he wanted to approach the founder Ikeda-Sensei’s spirit. He secondly shared his research topic selection regarding 5G which is known as fifth-generation broadband cellular network. It provides a new kind of network which used to connect virtually every network enabled electronic devices and enable communication between devices to be established and provide real-time feedback to user with little to no delay. He conducted his research on 5G and other DX technologies from the philosophical perspective of the founder Ikeda-Sensei’s lecture, “From the Crossroads of Civilization: A New Flourishing of Humanistic Culture”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, March 2007. He demonstrated the following discoveries. DX brings forth the future that more people will be connected, more info will be able to obtained easily and much more convenience. As VR is revolutionary in field of Education, Metaverse will change how people interact in the future, and 5G is the crucial component in making all those DX possible. However, without correct philosophy of life, DX will also magnify hatred, division among people and security concern. Hence, lectures conducted by the founder signifies three important point in building a world towards harmonious and peace which are exchange among civilization as a source of value creation, spirit of open dialogue and the creation of culture of peace through education.
    At the end of the presentation, the team conducted a questions and answers session with master’s and bachelor’s students from other faculties of Soka University regarding the discoveries of the research on the most advanced DX based on our Founder Ikeda-Sensei’s peace philosophy.
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