The 6th Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference
- Conference Theme
- melting pot of knowledge
- Day & Time
- Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3, 2017
- Place
- Akihabara UDXAccess
Researchers at the forefront of high-profile research fields and parties and key players in real-tech ventures that are changing the world will gather in Akihabara on Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3. Academia and startups from not only Japan but also Silicon Valley, London, the Philippines, and Singapore will gather to create a chemical reaction of knowledge.
Organizer: Liverness Corporation / Co-organizer: The Nippon Foundation Real Tech Fund
Schedule
Thursday, March 2, 9:00 - 20:00
Main Venue
- 9:00-11:30Livanes Research Funding Award 2017
- 11:30-12:00keynote speech
- 12:30-14:00symposium
Learn about cutting-edge research to connect iPS cells to society - 14:15-15:45symposium
Toward more open seafloor exploration - 16:00-17:20panel discussion
Integrating Enteric Medicine and Data Science - 18:30-20:00get-together
Sub-area D
- 12:10-12:40panel discussion
- 12:40-14:00Venture Pitch
- 17:30-18:20talk session
Striking Back from a Town Factory: From Subcontractor to Front Liner
Sub-venue E
- 14:00-17:00TECH PLANTER Meetup
Sub-area F
- 12:30-18:00Poster Presentation
9:00-11:30
- @Main Venue
Research Oral Presentation
Livanes Research Funding Award 2017
The Liberace Research Fund has been ongoing since 2009 for young researchers under the age of 40.
In 2016, adopters came from diverse fields including regenerative medicine, drug discovery, brain science, data science, child development, economics, and research related to the five senses.
Research presentations will be given by those selected in 2016, and the best of the year will also be selected.
11:30-12:00
- @Main Venue
keynote speech
A heterogeneous group talks about the future of research pioneered by a heterogeneous group, looking beyond whole-body and whole-brain transparency.
Mr. Yasumi Ueda
Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Group Director, Synthetic Biology Research Group, RIKEN (QBiC)
Professor, Department of Systems Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Specializing in systems biology, he is engaged in research on biological "time" with themes such as circadian clocks and sleep-wake rhythms.
12:30-14:00
- @Main Venue
symposium
Learn about cutting-edge research to connect iPS cells to society
Ten years have passed since the first establishment of iPS cells was reported in mice. Not only has basic research progressed, but also applications to drug discovery and regenerative medicine are advancing. On the other hand, there are various hurdles to overcome, such as the establishment of manufacturing processes for industrialization, and challenges continue to be faced by academia and industry. We will invite young researchers who are at the forefront of this field in Japan to give a bird's eye view of the current situation.
<Organizer
Mr. Ryuji Kato
Independent Associate Professor, Graduate School of Drug Discovery Sciences, Nagoya University
We are ambitiously pioneering quality evaluation technology using cell images as a technology development to support the practical application of regenerative medicine. [ [Learn more]
<Speaker
Mr. Dai Koido
Project Assistant Professor of Organ Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
(T-CiRA Yokohama City University Sub-PI)
He is also a sub-PI at T-CiRA Yokohama City University.
<Speaker
Mr. Fumitaka Kosakada
Lecturer, Graduate School of Drug Discovery Sciences, Nagoya University
Engaged in the generation of retinal pigment epithelial cells and photoreceptor cells from iPS cells with the aim of regenerating visual function. By using a clinical human iPS cell bank, he hopes to develop differentiated cells as cellular medicines. [[Research InterestsLearn more]
<Speaker
Kazuo Takayama
Project Assistant Professor, Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
He is engaged in the development of a method for producing human iPS cell-derived hepatocytes with functions comparable to those of human hepatocytes and their application to drug discovery. In the future, he aims to realize optimal drug discovery and drug treatment for various races and individuals.
<Speaker
Mr. Kazunari Minami
Assistant Professor, Center for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University
Engaged in research on mass production and stable supply of cardiomyocytes from iPS cells. This is the world's first resource of human cardiomyocytes. [ [Learn more]
<Speaker
Mr. Hirohisa Abe
(Analytical Instrumentation Division, Shimadzu Corporation
General Manager, Cell Business Development Office, Life Science Business Division
He worked for an analytical instrument manufacturer and was involved in the development of technologies to support the practical application of regenerative medicine, including the quantification of cell culture process management, traceability management, and safety management of cell preparations. He is currently working hard to develop and commercialize new fields using cells.
14:15-15:45
- @Main Venue
symposium
Toward more open seafloor exploration
A symposium for researchers from different fields who feel they have not been players in ocean development and seafloor exploration to bring back cutting-edge ocean development and seafloor exploration topics.
Discuss how multidisciplinary participation is awaited in the innovation process of resource development, seafloor topographic maps, and exploration vehicles, what kind of participation is possible, and what kind of dreams are being pursued.
<Organizer
Yusuke Shinozawa
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Director, Investment Development Research Center
<Speaker
Mr. Mitsuyuki Unno
Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation
After graduating from university in 1990, he joined the Nippon Foundation (then known as the Japan Shipbuilders' Association). After working in domestic welfare projects and public relations for the foundation, he was assigned to the ocean sector, where he spent the next 17 years working on projects related to the ocean both in Japan and abroad. Since 2011, he has been overseeing the marine sector as Executive Director, developing projects under the theme of "handing down the oceans to the next generation.
<Speaker
Dr. Martin Jakobsson
Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Department of Geology, Stockholm University
His research focuses on oceanography and the geological history of the oceans, with an emphasis on the Antarctic Ocean and its sea ice and ice sheets. he chairs the IBCAO editorial board and is vice-chair of the GEBCO leadership committee. He has participated in numerous Arctic and Antarctic icebreaker expeditions and was awarded the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Medal in 2011 for his scientific contributions to the understanding of the Arctic Ocean.
<Speaker
Mr. Ken Ohki
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
technical researcher
He was involved in the construction of DONET, the world's largest cable-based earthquake and tsunami observation and monitoring system deployed in the Nankai Trough using underwater robots. In 2016, he co-founded and co-chaired Team KUROSHIO, a Japanese team challenging the Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.
<Speaker
Mr. Tatsuo Nozaki
Researcher, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Developing technology to discover resources from submarine hydrothermal deposits Winner of the 2016 Deep Tech Grand Prix Grand Prize. [Learn more]
<Speaker
Mr. Toshihiro Maki
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
associate professor
Research and development of a new undersea seafloor exploration system by linking multiple autonomous platforms, including autonomous undersea robots. [Learn more]
16:00-17:20
- @Main Venue
- Supported by: Morishita Jintan Co.
symposium
Integrating Enteric Medicine and Data Science
The relationship between gut microbiota and health has been reported, and attention to the gut has been increasing. This year's event will bring together researchers who analyze intestinal bacteria, young doctors who continue to disseminate information on the intestines, and data scientists who are indispensable in linking the vast amount of data on intestinal bacteria and the human condition, to develop a different kind of discussion.
<Facilitator
Mr. Masatsugu Fukuda
Project Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
Won the top prize at the 1st Bioscience Grand Prix organized by REVANES Corporation for his business plan "Healthy Society Created from Stool" and established Metagen, Inc. He is currently working hard as both a scientist and a manager to implement the results of his research into society. [Learn more]
<Panelists
Mr. Takuya Kitagawa
Executive Officer, Rakuten, Inc.
Director, Data Intelligence Management Division
EC Company CDO
He studied mathematics and physics at Harvard University before completing his Ph.D. at the Harvard Graduate School of Physics. He has published more than 15 papers in Science and other journals as a theoretical physicist. He is currently in charge of big data and data science at Rakuten, where he oversees the creation of organizations and systems to promote the use of data throughout the group.
<Panelists
Yukari Tanaka
Assistant Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization
He is engaged in research on irritable bowel syndrome while providing local medical support in the disaster area. He runs the "Tummy Hacker" website and "Tummy Hackathon," which introduces tips on how to live well with one's stomach. He aims to solve daily life issues of patients through multidisciplinary cooperation. [Learn more]
<Panelists
Mr. Takuji Yamada
Associate Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
He aims to elucidate the interaction between humans and intestinal bacteria via metabolites by compiling a database of metabolic pathways woven by bacterial communities living symbiotically in the human intestine. He also serves as Executive Vice President CTO of Metagen, Inc. [Learn more]
17:30-18:20
- @Sub Venue D
talk session
The Strike Back at the Town Factories -From Subcontractor to Frontrunner
While new manufacturing trends such as 3D printers, digital manufacturing, and IoT are attracting attention, there are also venture companies and "artisan" factories that continue to take on challenges beyond those of large companies. We have invited four presidents of such edgy factories to talk about the future of manufacturing that transcends the conventional image of subcontracted factories.
<Facilitator
Kazuhiro Hasegawa
Executive Officer CKO, LIVERNESS Co.
He participated in the founding period of REVANES Corporation as one of its first employees and experienced the launch, commercialization, and expansion of venture companies. He has been the representative director of GLOKA LINK, a subsidiary of RIVANESS, which provides small investments and hands-on support to technology ventures. He has visited 3,500 local factories in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, and has a network of many local factories, and also provides support for prototyping and mass production.
<Panelists
Mr. Keiichi Hamano
Representative Director, Hamano Manufacturing Co.
In 1993, with the death of the founder, Yoshihiko Hamano, he assumed the position of Representative Director of Hamano Manufacturing Co. With "Omotenashi Spirit" as its management philosophy and "Manufacturing is a service industry" as its motto, the company engages in laser machining, metal molds, precision sheet metal, and press work.Learn more]
<Panelists
Mr. Shinichiro Yokota
President, Night Payer, Inc.
Public Relations, Shimomachi Bobsleigh Network Project Promotion Committee
He started working at a local factory that manufactured camera parts, which his father had founded in 1966. He was angry at a comment from a major parent company that "there are many companies that make parts without asking your company," and around 1992 he began making his own car parts, which started selling well among his friends. He established his own original parts division, "Night Pagers.Learn more]
<Panelists
Mr. Takashi Yoshikawa
Representative Director, HINODE Ltd.
First-class paint technician. He is the second generation of Hinode Coating Kogyosho, a metal baking coating company founded by his father. He paints gas alarms, various measuring instruments, communication equipment, medical equipment, and other products in various fields, and participates in the "manufacturing" of customers by protecting, beautifying, and adding functionality to their products. [ [Learn more]
<Panelists
Mr. Iwao Kibata
Representative Director, Kibata Keiki Seisakusho Co.
Born in January 1968. After graduating from the Faculty of Sociology at Kansai University in 1990, he worked as a sales representative for a major pneumatic equipment manufacturer before joining the family business, Kibata Keiki Seisakusho Co. He became a director of the company in 1996. In 2013, he assumed the position of Representative Director.
In addition to mechanical pressure gauges, which have been its main product for more than 100 years since its establishment, the company is currently taking on the challenge of new development through industry-academia collaboration, including the development of medical equipment and the IoTization of existing gauges, as well as working together with the public and private sectors as the chairman of the "Manufacturing Project Executive Committee" of Taisho Ward, Osaka City, where the company is located.
In addition to mechanical pressure gauges, which have been its main product for more than 100 years since its establishment, the company is currently taking on the challenge of new development through industry-academia collaboration, including the development of medical equipment and the IoTization of existing gauges, as well as working together with the public and private sectors as the chairman of the "Manufacturing Project Executive Committee" of Taisho Ward, Osaka City, where the company is located.
Friday, March 3, 9:30 - 20:00
Main Venue
- 9:30-11:30Special Talk Session/Panel Discussion
Real Tech Venture Takes Large Corporations to Fairytale World
The world's top accelerators and VCs talk about their visions for the venture ecosystem. - 11:30-12:30Lunch Social
- 13:00-15:00Special Lectures by Overseas Ventures & Researchers
Real issue hotspots to watch now - 15:10-17:10Special project
Real Tech Venture of the Year 2017 Awards Ceremony - 18:30-20:00get-together
Sub-area D
- 17:20-18:20panel discussion
Let's talk about the future of open innovation.
Sub-venue E
- 9:30-12:30TECH PLANTER Meetup
Sub-venue E
- 12:30-18:00Poster Presentations (10:00-12:00 Poster Review)
12:30-14:00
- @Main Venue
Special Talk Session/Panel Discussion
Real Tech Venture Takes Large Corporations to Fairytale World
-The world's top accelerators and VCs talk about their vision for the venture ecosystem.
A Silicon Valley icon and founding member of PlugandPlay, the largest high-tech business accelerator in the U.S., joins the competition! Director of Singularity University in Silicon Valley, which is attracting worldwide attention as a new style of venture acceleration and investment institution, joins the competition!
Today, it is not uncommon for large companies to establish their own collaboration schemes with venture companies, as they are strongly oriented toward joint efforts. However, the fundamental question of why venture companies are necessary and the vision of what kind of world they want to achieve through collaboration are not often discussed. This leads to a state of "open innovation for the time being," and as a result, nothing will happen. In this session, we invite the world's top accelerators and VCs from Silicon Valley and Singapore, each of whom have more than 1,000 contacts with venture companies annually, to discuss their vision of the venture ecosystem.
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Ryuta Takeda
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Director, Global Bridge Institute
<Speaker
Ms. Monique Giggy
Director, Singularity University, Startup Accelerator
Singularity University, an incubation and educational institution that has been described as the new standard in Silicon Valley. He is the director of the Acceleration Program at Singularity University, an incubation and educational institution that has been described as the new standard in Silicon Valley. He has assembled a team of technologists from around the world to develop new businesses that solve problems for one billion people. Before joining Singularity University, he launched Swing by Swing Golf, a free GPS distance-measuring device app, and worked his way to a buyout. He will talk about the unique acceleration program he directs.
<Speaker
Ms. Jackie V. Hernandez
SVP of Operations & Customer Engagement, PlugandPlay TechCenter
As one of the founding members and SVP of PlugandPlay, a Silicon Valley icon and the largest high-tech business accelerator in the U.S., he has helped foster an internal culture of innovation. He shares the secrets behind the creation of a group of unicorn companies with a market capitalization of over 2.5 trillion yen, including PayPal, Lending club, and Dropbox. [Learn more]
<Speaker
Mr. Kelvin Ong
CEO, FocusTech Ventures (Singapore)
CEO of FocusTech Ventures, which focuses on investing in seed-stage technology ventures, Mr. Huang has over 15 years of experience in precision engineering and is an Executive Director of Focus Tech Holdings, a global hard disk driver component manufacturer. a global hard disk driver component manufacturer. He will provide an update on the current state of technology startups in Singapore. [Learn more]
<Speaker
Mr. Maximilan Ge
President, Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club
Maximilian serves as the President of CUTEC, the University of Cambridge's organization for innovators, and as Accelerator for Accelerate Cambridge, a student organization founded in 2003 to promote entrepreneurship in science and technology. Maximilian is the president of CUTEC, a student organization founded in 2003 to promote entrepreneurship in science and technology, and Accelerate Cambridge, an acceleration program run by the university's business school. Maximilian has extensive knowledge of the innovation landscape not only in Cambridge, but in Cambridge as a whole.
13:00-15:00
- @Main Venue
Special Lectures by Overseas Ventures & Researchers
Real issue hotspots to watch now
Aisa Mijeno (SALt Co-founder & CEO), a Filipino social entrepreneur who attracted attention when she spoke with President Obama, will take the stage!
The inauguration of President Duterte in the Philippines, Brexit in the United Kingdom, and the election of President Trump in the United States. How do entrepreneurs in these three countries view their countries now after a turbulent 2016? In this session, we will hear about the challenges that entrepreneurs in the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States are grappling with and how they are solving those challenges to surface their worldviews for 2017 and beyond.
<Special Lecture 1
Dr. Simon Schultz
Imperial College London
Neurotechnology and Director of the Centre for Neurotechnology
In addition to Imperial College, he is simultaneously a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University and Jesus College. His research focuses on the development and application of photon, electrophysiology and information technology to "reverse engineer" the principles of operation of cortical circuits as well as to treat disorders resulting from dysfunctional brain circuitry. The Center for Neurotechnology, where he serves as director, seeks to promote novel interdisciplinary research at the interface between neuroscience and engineering to develop and utilize new technologies for understanding and treating brain science.
<Special Presentation 2
Mr. Raymond McCauley
Digital Biology, Singularity University
chair
Chair of Singularity University, he is also the Co-Founder of Biocurious, a bio hacker space. In addition, he has been involved in the launch of numerous biotech ventures and organizations.
<Special Lecture 3
Ms. Anna Skaya (left)
Basepaws CEO
Mr. Shan Zhao (right)
Basepaws CEO
A technology venture originating from Singularity University that builds a database of feline genes. Starting with a simple genetic testing business for the pet lover market, the company aims to utilize the database to investigate the causes of human diseases in the future.
Basepaws Website
Basepaws Website
<Special Lecture 4
Ms. Aisa Mijeno
SALt
Co-Founder & CEO
A Filipino social entrepreneur who is trying to bring light to areas without electricity using lamps that light up with seawater. President Obama has taken a shine to him and has spoken with him. [Learn more]
SALt Website
SALt Website
15:10-17:10
- @Main Venue
Special project
Real Tech Venture of the Year 2017 Awards Ceremony
The awarding of prizes to venture companies selected by RIVANES for their unique, novel, and high-growth businesses in the real-tech field will be followed by presentations by representatives of the award-winning companies.
<Selection Criteria
To have a Question and Passion that can change the world.
Businesses in the real-tech field that have uniqueness, novelty, and growth potential
Promotion system with execution capability
*Real tech refers to research-based innovative technologies that contribute to solving the problems of the earth and mankind.
*Awarded in the Startup category if the company has been in business for 3 years or less, and in the Growth category if the company has been in business for 3 years or more.
Real Tech Venture of the Year 2017 Award Winners!
<Startup Division
Chalenazy Corporation
KAKAXI Inc.
Metagen Inc.
Inupacy Co.
Rhelixa Corporation
NeuroSpace Inc.
Kyulux Corporation
<Growth Division
Thinkland Corporation
E-Thermogenetics, Inc.
17:20-18:20
- @Sub Venue D
panel discussion
Let's talk about the future of open innovation.
The "open innovation" method, in which various organizations such as large corporations, start-ups, universities, and local governments collaborate with each other to create new research ideas and technological seeds, is becoming increasingly important these days. The need to go beyond existing networks to create new value by combining ideas and resources from inside and outside organizations. Various efforts have been made to create new industries and promote R&D in Japan. This session will discuss the path that open innovation should take in the future from a variety of perspectives, drawing on the knowledge and expertise that each company has cultivated.
<Facilitator
Shinichiro Sakamoto
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer CRO
He joined RIVERNESS as its first employee and has been involved in building commercialization strategies for seeds, including intellectual property strategies for various companies and research institutions. He travels around the country as the initiator of "L-RAD," an open innovation platform that turns the research ideas of researchers that have not been adopted and implemented into seeds for joint research with companies.
<Panelists
Mr. Eiji Atsumi
Vice President, Nine Sigma Co.
He holds a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Tokyo. After working as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland (U.S.A.), Mitsubishi Electric, Nokia, and Samsung, he joined Nine Sigma Japan Co. He is active in a wide range of activities including support for open innovation activities, solution search programs, alliance support, and joint development.
<Panelists
Mr. Hidekoh Kafuku
Representative Director and COO, Rinkers Corporation
After studying Computational Fluid Dynamics as a master's degree, he joined Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. In 2013, he left Nomura Research Institute and joined Distty Corporation (now Rinkers Corporation).
<Panelists
Mr. Tomoyuki Mizuno
Creww Corporation
Director/Managing Director, Open Innovation Business
After graduating from a university in the U.S., he worked for 10 years as a sales and business manager at an IT venture company in Japan. 2011, he co-founded a social ticketing service and was involved in the launch of the startup. At Creww, he serves as the executive officer in charge of business and sales for the open innovation program between large companies and startups.
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