Grand Exchange of LIBERNESS Research Funds to be Held at the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields, Tokyo 2026

(Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CCO: Jyo Inoue) at the Super Interdisciplinary Conference Tokyo 2026 to be held on March 6 and 7, 2026 (Friday and Saturday),We will hold the "Grand Exchange Meeting of Riverness Research Funds" where previous recipients of the Riverness Research Funds will gather and discuss.

◾️The current location of the Liberace Research Fund
It has been 17 years since RIVERNESS launched the "RIVERNESS Research Grant" in 2009 for researchers in academia under the age of 40. In addition, the number of research themes has reached 250, and the diversity of research fields in which the grant recipients are engaged continues to increase. In addition, more than 70% of the researchers selected so far belong to academia, and many of them are leading researchers in Japan.

◾️ Potential Community of Research Grant Adopters and Intent to Conduct a Grand Exchange
We believe that the number of recipients of the LIBANES research grant and the diversity of their fields will help researchers in academia to create research that fuses different fields.　Furthermore, we believe that by involving companies beyond the collaboration among researchers, it will lead to the creation of a new form of industry-academia collaboration in which groups of researchers in academia and companies work together to address technological and social issues.
　Against this background, we decided to create a place where researchers can make friends to set up cross-disciplinary research. As a first step, we have decided to hold the "RIBANES Research Fund Grand Exchange Meeting" within the Tokyo 2026 transdisciplinary conference as an opportunity for past recipients of the RIBANES Research Fund to gather, discuss each other's research, and create cross-disciplinary collaboration.

　At the Grand Exchange, a poster corner will be set up in the poster room of the Super Interdisciplinary Conference, where the recipients of the RIBANES Research Grant will gather, and the recipients will make 90-second pitches to communicate their research to each other.

　Taking the opportunity of the Grand Exchange of REVANES Research Funds, we aim to evolve the REVANES Research Funds not only as a project for young researchers with individual passions to take their research ideas one step further, but also as a platform for creating new research through collaboration in different fields.

◾️LibernessResearchFundingGreatExchangeOutline

Registration for the Liberace Research Fund Grand Exchangeschool (e.g. of ikebana)this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)Please register your abstract at
The above is the abstract submission form for RIVANES Research Grant recipients. You can also register whether or not you wish to participate in the RIVANES Research Grantees' Pitches.

Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference Tokyo 2026

Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference is a place where researchers, large corporations, small factories, and venture companies, regardless of their field or industry, can fuse their knowledge and technology through discussion, identify new research themes and issues that humanity needs to face, and promote research together.

There are numerous fields of research that are simultaneously deepening and differentiating. In addition, looking at society, there are many issues that cannot be solved without combining the various types of knowledge that have emerged from research. In a society where knowledge is diversifying and issues are becoming more complex, the Society for Hyper Interdisciplinary Communication will continue to create new disciplines and methods to solve social issues by integrating knowledge through Hyper Interdisciplinary Communication.
At the Hyperdisciplinarity Conference Tokyo 2026, we will raise each individual's perspective through 18 sessions over two days, and accelerate communication to gather knowledge across all boundaries. By uniting the knowledge accumulated through this process based on empathy, we aim to generate new questions and projects, and transform them into practical knowledge that moves industry and society.

Date: March 6 and 7, 2026 (Friday and Saturday)
Location: Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand Conference Center
Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 5F, 8-17-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Planning: about 300 poster presentations in total, 18 sessions, 40 research pitches
Convention URL: https://hic.lne.st/schedule/tokyo2026/

Registration for auditing and participation is now open.

We look forward to welcoming many people from academia, venture companies, large corporations, town factories, local governments, junior high and high school students, and others to the Hyperdifferent Fields Conference.
Click here to register to attend or participate.

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