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[To be held on Friday, March 21, 2025!]
~Free in-person event for students and engineers~

A public interview event for LightsWill, a media outlet that talks about the future of semiconductors. We will hold a discussion between creators and an ideathon using the Raspberry Pi AI Camera - Sony IMX500 12.3MP.

*Please note that photos will be taken on the day of the event and an event report will be published on LightsWill at a later date.

Flow of the day
1. Opening (10 min)
2. Speaker session + Raspberry Pi AI camera demonstration (50 min)
3. Ideathon (90 min)
4. Presentation (10 min)
5. Judging (5 min)
6. General Comments and Commentary (10 min)
7. Closing (5 min)
(After the event) Social gathering
*Drinks and snacks will be provided during the event.

Recommended for:
People interested in edge AI technology
Those who want to learn about semiconductors and sensing technology
Those who want to deepen their interactions with other engineers

Conditions for participation
Those who can arrive at the venue at the event start time *This is an offline-only event
Those who can participate in the ideathon on the day on the theme of AI cameras
Those who are OK with taking photos *Photos of the venue and the Ideathon will be taken and published at a later date.
The guests
Marina Fujiwara
Born in 1993. Artist. His main activity is "Mudazukuri," which involves creating unnecessary objects that pop into his head, and he is spreading his content mainly through YouTube. He started his YouTube channel "Mudazukuri" in 2013. To date, he has created over 200 unnecessary objects. In 2018, he held his first solo exhibition overseas, "Useless Inventions - A Room of No Use in Taipei," which recorded over 25,000 visitors. He was selected for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Innovation Disruptive Challenger Category in 2019. He was also selected for Forbes Japan's "30 Under 30 Who Will Change the World" in 2021. He is a recipient of the TOYP Chairman's Special Award, the youth version of the People's Honor Award.

Gal Electric Kyouko
Formed in September 2016, they are active as an electronic crafting unit called "Gal Den." Their creative activities combine electronic crafting with "Gyaru," a youth culture centered on women from the 1990s to 2000s, which is centered on Japanese street fashion. With the slogan "Today's era of gals is all about electronic crafting," they continue to create technology that is popular at clubs and party events. Their dream is for a future where Arduino can be purchased at Don Quijote.

Ryota Musha (writer, facilitator)
A freelance writer born in 1971. After working for a publishing company in the 90s, he became independent as a writer/editor/photographer. He covers and writes mainly about technology and business fields such as smartphones, mobility, XR, AI, and food tech. He was the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku Japan. His main contributions include Gizmodo Japan, ITmedia News, Toyo Keizai Online, and Yahoo! News. In recent years, he has become obsessed with social VR and works as a host club host in VRChat. He also spends his days serving princesses in the virtual world.

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Organizer Information
The editorial team of "LightsWill," a media outlet that talks about the future of semiconductors
LightsWill is a specialized semiconductor media outlet that supports the next generation of engineers and draws a guidepost to illuminate the future.
Our editorial team believes that semiconductors are an important technology for the future of humanity. And we felt that in order to move towards a more exciting future, we needed a place to connect human curiosity with semiconductor technology.

LightsWill will continue to provide the next generation of readers who aspire to a career in technology with the opportunity to make the decision to "make this future a reality!" In the not-too-distant future, we will see a world where engineers who support semiconductor technology are active as creators of the future.

Let's combine creativity and technology and dream of a better future together.

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