The 9th Super Interdisciplinary Conference】Why R&D startups are moving toward Asia / March 7, 2020, 10:00a.m.-@Ota-ku, Tokyo

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Director, Technology Promotion and University Collaboration Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Kazuyuki Imazato　
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biochemistry, and Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Public Policy. After joining the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), he worked in the Industrial Structure Division of the Industrial Policy Bureau, the Office of Counselor, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, the Cabinet Secretariat, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, the Industrial Machinery Division of the Manufacturing Industries Bureau, the Industrial Revitalization Division of the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, the General Affairs Division of the Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, and the Accounting Division, Minister's Secretariat. He is currently working on the implementation of research results in society and innovation-related measures.

 

Director, Chief Operating Officer / COO, Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Mr. Satoshi Washiya　
He joined ACSL in July 2016. Previously, he worked for McKinsey & Company in Japan and Sweden on management reform projects for Japanese and European companies. He holds a Master's degree from the Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University.

 

Representative Director and CEO, SAgri Corporation
Mr. Shunsuke Tsuboi　
While a student at Yokohama National University, he founded UCHU Corporation, the first private space education company. Later, he spun off and established SAgri Corporation, a satellite data-based agriculture company. Currently, he is working on projects for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ibaraki Prefecture, and others in Japan, and in India, he is engaged in a microfinance promotion project for rural areas at the Bangalore subsidiary. This is the first project of the Japan-India Startup Hub. Selected by SingularityUniversity, an entrepreneurship training institute. He is also a member of the review committee for this year's digital map for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

 

Executive Officer and CSO, Charenergy Corporation
Mr. Shigeto Mizumoto　
After graduating from Yokohama National University, he joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. In February 2014, he moved to a consulting firm, where he worked on renewable energy projects in Africa and Asia. In February 2014, he moved to a consulting firm, where he worked on renewable energy projects in Africa and Asia. He joined Charenergy in November 2016 with the determination not to leave the problem of climate change to the next generation through Japan's proud environmental technology.

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Director, Investment Development Research Center, Riverness, Inc.
Yoshinobu Osaka　
He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Keio University, Graduate School of Business Administration. After working at Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation, he held positions at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo (Specially Appointed Researcher) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (ACCEL Program Manager). He was appointed as the Director of the Research Center for Investment and Development of LIBERNESS Corporation, where he currently serves as the Director. He has extensive experience in supporting researchers in commercializing their research results, as well as hands-on investment in and fostering pre-startup teams and venture companies immediately after their establishment. Proactively involved as an advisor and director of various companies.