8 Grand Partner Companies for the 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields decided.

(Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and Vice President CTO: Jo Inoue) has been holding the "Super Interdisciplinary Conference" since 2012 as a place where people from academia, large corporations, ventures, local factories, educational institutions such as junior high and high schools, and local governments gather to generate new knowledge and seeds for projects by combining knowledge among participants. The "Super Interdisciplinary Conference" is held as a place where participants can cross-fertilize their knowledge to create the seeds of new knowledge and projects. We are pleased to announce that eight partner companies have been selected for the 10th main conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields, which will be held on March 5 (Fri.) and 6 (Sat.), 2021.

Previous Tournament,The 9th Main Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fieldswas the first transdisciplinary conference to be held online on Thursday, April 23, 2020, under the conference theme "A New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing. With the government's declaration of a state of emergency following the new coronavirus infection, and under the slogan "Don't Stop Knowledge Manufacturing," seven online panel discussions and two-minute pitches by 51 researchers, ventures, and small factories were held, bringing together researchers from academia, ventures, large companies, core companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, small factories, producers, ministries and agencies, and autonomous bodies, A total of 1,462 people, the largest number ever at a super interdisciplinary conference, participated in the event, including researchers from academia, venture companies, large corporations, core companies, small and medium-sized companies, small factories, producers, ministries and local governments, and elementary, junior high and high school students.

Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, 2021The 10th Main Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fieldswill be held under the conference theme of "Change, Adaptation, and Evolution," with 36 sessions over two days of discussions centered on science and technology. Now, with the global epidemic of new infectious diseases, major changes are taking place in various layers of human activities due to technological advances and changes in the natural environment, as well as in our lifestyles. Because we are a hyper-disciplinary society, we believe that we can not only adapt to the changes that are occurring now, but also generate new knowledge that will further advance us.
The Society for Hyperdisciplinarity website:https://hic.lne.st/conference/

We are pleased to announce that eight grand partners have been selected.
RIVERNESS will continue to promote efforts to move humanity one step forward by creating a place to accelerate the fusion of knowledge among different fields, based on the philosophy of "realizing the development of science and technology and contributing to the Earth".

8 grand partners(in alphabetical order)

Kyowa Hakko Bio Co.
KOBASHIHOLDINGS Corporation
Daicel Corporation
Japan Unisys, Inc.
Focus Systems Co.
Plantex Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Euglena Co.

Outline of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields

• Conference theme: Change, Adaptation, Evolution
• Date & Time: March 5 (Fri.) & 6 (Sat.), 2021, 9:00 - 18:00
• Location: Congress Square Haneda (partially delivered online)
• Address: Haneda Innovation City Zone J, 1-1-4 Haneda Airport, Ota-ku, Tokyo
• Website:https://hic.lne.st/conference/hic2020/

Inquiries and Applications

• auditing participation
  • For companies and government agencies Tickets: 113,960 yen for a visit, 56,980 yen online
  • For academia, educators, middle and high school studentsFree of charge
• Poster presentation and booth registration:Poster PresentationBooth Exhibit (Deadline: January 31, 2021)
• Contact: RIVANES Corporation, Research and Development Division (Attn: Kawana, Tsukagoshi)
• e-mail : [email protected]