Proposed Exhibit Fields and Sample Topics

Construction and Infrastructure for Society

• Core infrastructure (bridges, roads, flood control, dams, harbors, airports)
• Innovative maintenance technologies (building, civil engineering, marine engineering)
• Disaster management information systems
• Robot technology for use at disaster sites and related operating systems
• Urban infrastructure (housing supply, urban planning, facilities for aging societies)
• Environmentally friendly next-generation architecture
• Other

Energy, Environment, and Green Innovation

• Effective use of water resources, water usage systems, food production & agriculture, food processing
• Renewable energy, new energy forms, biomass, solar heating, geothermal power generation, wind power,photovoltaic generation
• Energy conservation & efficient use of energy, highly efficient clean thermal power generation, heat management technology, air conditioning, home insulation, next-generation lighting, refinement of nuclear power generation
• Energy storage devices and systems, next-generation rechargeable batteries, fuel cells
• Innovations in energy transmission & creation, chemical processes for energy creation, hydrogen production & supply systems
• Smart grids, smart city infrastructure, smart communities
• Environmental innovation, prevention of air pollution, exhaust gas treatment technologies, resource recycling processes
• Other

Machinery

• Advanced transportation systems
• Railroad systems (bullet trains, urban rail, etc.)
• Bicycle & motorcycle technologies
• Marine transport technologies, shipping, ocean development, resource exploration
• Aerospace technologies
• Robot technologies and safety
• Measurement & control system technology
• Resource development, mining machinery
• Logistics systems
• Other

Life Innovation

• Diagnosis & treatment technologies (medical diagnostic devices)
• Medical treatments using new functional materials, biomedical materials, biocompatible materials
• Safety technologies
• Application of engineering to reusable medical technologies
• Technologies for healthy living, medical treatment innovations (nursing and medical care, wearable robotic technologies)
• Other

Chemistry, Materials, Resources, and Industrial Competitiveness

• Development of new materials to support industrial competitiveness
• Utilization of big data
• Resource development, "urban mines," resource recycling, mining machinery
• Ocean development
• Next-generation devices
• High-performance structural materials
• Ceramic materials (glass, electronic components, carbon fiber, environmental & energy materials, industrial & structural materials, biomaterials)
• High polymer materials
• Metal materials
• Manufacturing process equipment & systems
• Industrial testing & evaluation devices
• Other

Electrical, Electronic, and ICT Fields

• Wireless communications & smartphones, fiber optic communications networks
• Next-generation broadcasting systems
• Cloud computing & utilization of big data
• Next-generation electronic components & materials
• Other