Yoshifumi Kitamura is Deputy Director and Professor at Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, and Director of of the Interdisciplinary ICT Research Center for Cyber and Real Spaces. His research interests include interactive content design, human computer interaction and 3D user interfaces, among others. He is active in academic and professional communities, and serves in positions including the Japan Liaison of IFIP TC-13, Liaison for Japan and Chair of ACM SIGCHI Asian Development Committee (2015-2021), Chair of Japan ACM SIGCHI Chapter (2016-2021), Steering Committee Chair of ACM VRST, and SIGGRAPH 2015 Conference Chair, Conference Chair of ACM CHI 2021.