AI Steps into the Physical World—Redefining Media.
What is INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO ?
AI is moving from simply “creating” content to understanding and interacting with the physical world. From Physical AI and Spatial Intelligence to trust and security in the AI era—and new businesses emerging from collaboration between broadcasters, media companies, and startups—discover the future of AI-powered media.
Program
Online Pre Session
Keynote
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11/18
16:00〜17:10
Convention Hall A
KN-184 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO KEYNOTE Tsugumi Award Commemorative Dialogue — Creativity Beyond the Screen: Katsuhiro Otomo × Yoichiro Kawaguchi — The Deepening and Evolution of Art
Katsuhiro Otomo
Manga Artist/Film Director
Moderator
Yochiro Kawaguchi
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Artist
Special Session
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11/18
10:30〜12:00
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-181 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Advanced Imaging Society Japan Committee: Awards Ceremony for Lumière Japan Award 2026
We are pleased to announce and honor this year’s recipients of the Lumiere Japan Awards
Takashi Kawai
Japan Chapter Chair,
Advanced Imaging Society
Kouji Kizaki
Awards Committee Chair
Advanced Imaging Society
Kazumi Fukuda
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11/18
12:40〜13:40
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-182 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION INTER BEE IGNITION x DCEXPO Exhibitor Presentations
Pitch
2dotV inc. Moon Technica inc. Double Nest Chammi Inc. momiji ai Inc. Immersive Content Society AICU Japan K.K.
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11/18
14:00〜15:10
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-183 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Frontiers of XR: Expanding the Boundaries of Body, Space, and Experience
English-Only・AI Translation App ServicePanelist
Masahiko Inami
Special Advisor to the President for The University of Tokyo,
Deputy Director / Professor for Advanced Science and Technology
Saskia Groenewegen
SIGGRAPH 2027 Emerging Technologies Chair,
Principal Expert Immersive Technologies, Sopra Steria
Moderator
Kouta Minamizawa
Professor,
KMD: Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
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11/18
15:30〜16:30
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-184 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION -
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11/19
11:00〜11:50
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-191 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION The Internet Moves into the Physical World: How Spatial Intelligence Is Transforming Robots, Cities, and Business
Panelist
Setsuto Murai
Vice President
Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Moderator
Mariko Nishimura
Founder and CEO
HEART CATCH Inc.
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11/19
12:10〜13:10
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-192 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION -
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11/19
13:30〜15:00
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-193 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION INTER BEE IGNITION x DCEXPO Exhibitor Presentations
Pitch
Midori Green Corporation TOKAI TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO., LTD REVORN Co., Ltd. RAYGUN Laboratory, Inc. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Meiji University Graduate School Video Rebirth Limited Gugenka HIKKY
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11/19
15:20〜17:20
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-194 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION TV Broadcaster CVC × Startups: Co-Creation Session 2026
Pitch critic
Takahiro Fukui
Senior Mnager, Corporate Management Planning, Corporate Strategy,
NIPPON TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.
Kazuki Fujimori
Principal,
TV Asahi Corporation
Naoki Nishikawa
Managing Partner,
TBS Innovation partners, LLC
Yoshiyuki Hayashi
Producer,
TV TOKYO CORPORATION
Toshihiro Shimizu
Senior Producer,
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Startup
Shuzo Ueki
Acompany Co., Ltd.
Rieko Muramoto
CEO,
Alice Style Inc.
Nobuo Tomita
CEO / Attorney at Law,
AtoJ Inc.
Harami
Head of the "Gal-Style Brainstorming®" Division,
CGO.com Inc
Eruma Maruhashi
CEO,
Starley, Inc.
Yuichiro Inagaki
CEO,
Tacticart, Inc.
Tomohide Takamura
Director,
HAMONI Inc.
Shuntaro Okamoto
Representative Director & CEO,
Vook Inc.
Takayoshi Serizawa
CEO / Urban Farming Producer,
PLANTIO, Inc.
Hiroto Yamanaka
Representative Director, COO,
MINTFLAG Inc.
Moderator
Mariko Nishimura
Founder and CEO,
HEART CATCH Inc.
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11/19
17:45〜19:15
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-195 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Inovative Networking
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11/20
11:00〜11:50
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-201 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Confidential AI and Encryption: Media Strategies for the Era of Secure Data Utilization
Panelist
Shuhei Igarashi
VP of Business Development
Acompany Co., Ltd.
Hisanori Nonomura
Acompany Co., Ltd.
Moderator
Kohei Kawakami
Senior Specialist
Baycurrent Technology Inc.
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11/20
12:30〜13:45
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-202 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION The Present and Future of Immersive Content: “Metaverse Live!” (Tentative)
Hiromitsu Kohsaka
Live Company Ltd,
Toru Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe
Head, Immersive Content Society,
Professor Emeritus, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo
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11/20
14:30〜15:30
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-203 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, Shaping the Future of the AI Content Industry
Japanese-Korean Consecutive InterpretationKim Pyung Han
Ph.D.,
NETRO
Kim Woo Jeong
Manager
OLIMPLANET INC.
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11/20
15:50〜16:50
Exhibition Hall 4
IG-204 INTER BEE IGNITION × DCEXPO SESSION International AI Creator Award 2026 - Award Ceremony: A New Light for Global Creativity
MC
Anna Skrypka
Founder, Augmented Society / Author, "Culture Decides" / Member of the Jury
Jerry Chi
Member of the Jury
Moderator
Akihiko Shirai
CEO, AICU Inc. / Representative Director, AICU Japan K.K. / Organizer, International AI Creator Award 2026 / Professor, Kaishi Innovation University / Project Professor, Digital Hollywood University Graduate School
Exhibitors
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