Joichi Ito
Chiba Institute of Technology / Digital Garage · 🇯🇵 Japan
Joichi Ito is a digital architect, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, author, and scholar dedicated to addressing complex challenges in education, democracy, governance, and the systems of scholarship and science. He has held prominent positions, including Director of the Media Lab at MIT, and serves on the boards of Digital Garage and the Digital Agency's Digital Society Planning Council. Since July 2023, he has been the President of the Chiba Institute of Technology and is a co-founder of Neurodiversity School in Tokyo.
Appearances
In the magazine
News · November 6, 2026
Mindfulness Meditation: Moving Beyond Stress Relief to Self-Hacking
Mindfulness meditation can begin as a way to steady attention, but it can also help people examine the habits and reactions that shape their sense of self. At Biohacker Summit talks, Hong Park and Yogetsu Akasaka describ…
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HOLOLIFE Summit 2025 Tokyo · October 10, 2025
Beyond optimisation: what tea ceremony and Zen philosophy reveal about artificial intelligence
Ancient Japanese aesthetic traditions offer radical new perspective on evolution, creativity and human experience In a striking juxtaposition of ancient wisdom and modern technology, a presentation at the Hololife Summit…
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