Kazuo Yano
Member, Hitachi, Ltd.
CEO, Happiness Planet Co., Ltd.
Ph.D. (engineering), IEEE Fellow
Joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1984 and was assigned to the Central Research Laboratory. In 1993, he became the first person in the world to successfully operate a single-electronic memory at room temperature. Since 2004, it has focused on the collection and use of wearable technology and big data, as well as AI research and development, and has filed more than 350 patents. His books include “The Invisible Hand of Data: What Wearable Sensors Reveal About People, Organizations, and Society” and “The Age of Unpredictability: Data Reveals New Ways of Living, Business, and happiness “.