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Strategic Export Negotiator, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Nobuyuki Hiratsuka
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School, and Columbia University School of Public Policy and International Relations. After joining the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), he worked in the Minister's Secretariat, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (in charge of venture promotion), Iraq Transitional Authority, and Director General of the Japanese Business Council in Europe, before serving as Director General of the Corporate Accounting Office, Director General of the Monozukuri Policy Deliberation Office, Trade Negotiation Coordinator, and Director of the Corporate Trade Division at the Fair Trade Commission (executive exchange personnel). Currently, as a Strategic Export Negotiator at the Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, he is in charge of supporting Japanese companies, including venture companies, in their overseas expansion.

Director for Innovation Creation Environment, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Mr. Yoshiaki Ishii
From 2018, he was seconded to the Cabinet Office to work on the formation of innovation ecosystem and promotion of open innovation. In 2018, he was seconded to the Cabinet Office, where he is in charge of promoting the formation of innovation ecosystems and open innovation. He is currently promoting a project in the Open Innovation Challenge of the Cabinet Office, which seeks solutions to policy needs of government ministries and agencies and local governments from startups and coalitions of startups and large companies. D. (Commerce), Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University

Co-founder/Representative Partner, Drone Fund
Mr. Soki Omae
In 2002, he founded Creative Hope Inc. and has successfully led numerous domestic and international projects through strategic web/IT consulting. As a drone grapher (2014-), his activities include winning the runner-up prize in the Drone Movie Contest (2016) and overall supervision for Yomiuri TV Drone Zekkei Kiko (2018) He was appointed to the Drone Fund Advisory Board in 2017 and became co-chair partner the following year. Professor at Business Breakthrough University/Graduate School (specializing in digital marketing)

Group CEO and Representative Director, LIVERNESS Co.
Yukihiro Maru
D. in Applied Biotechnology from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo. 2002, while still a graduate student, he founded LIBANES with only undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering. In 2002, while still in graduate school, he founded LIVERNESS, a business that offers "delivery laboratory classes in cutting-edge science" for the first time in Japan. He operates a "knowledge manufacturing business" that creates new knowledge by combining technologies and management resources that lie dormant in universities and local communities. As the instigator of one of Asia's largest venture ecosystems, he works to solve global-scale social issues by discovering deep tech from around the world. He is also an innovator involved in the launch of numerous deep tech ventures, including Euglena.

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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 the 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 a proven track record of supporting the commercialization of research results by researchers and providing hands-on investment and training to pre-startup teams and venture companies immediately after their establishment. Proactively involved as an advisor and director of various companies.

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Representative Director, Ten no Gijutsu Co.
Yutaka Kudo
After graduating from Tokyo Institute of Technology with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering, he worked for a major telecommunications company, mainly in research on image recognition and teleoperation robots, and in the development of access networks. After working for a semiconductor equipment manufacturer and a space startup, he started StrayCats'Lab, Inc. (later renamed Ten no Gijutsu, Inc.), a space equipment development company. He was the representative organization of CCSD in Project Ikkaku, and promoted the construction of a satellite/drone-based litter drift diagnostic system.

President and CEO, Sustainable Energy Development Corporation
Masahiro Mitsuyama
Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics. After working for an investment bank and an auditing firm, he became the representative director of Marumitsu Sangyo Co., Ltd. and Yamagata Prefecture Water Supply and Sewage Facility Management Co. He also established a scheme (NEDO-commissioned project) with Shinjo City in Yamagata Prefecture and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. to convert sewage sludge generated from public sewage systems into solid fuel and sell it to coal-fired power plants, after which he established our company. In Project Ikkaku, he served as the representative body of Team SBC and promoted the development of an autonomous decentralized waste treatment system.

Representative of G.L.E. LLC
Yukino Goya
In 2016, the company launched the "Coral Friendly Sunscreen" project to promote coral-friendly sustainable tourism, and began selling the product in 2017. Since then, the company has begun selling the product in Thailand and the Republic of Palau, expanding sustainable "tourism x environmental action" throughout Asia. Project Ikkaku serves as the representative body of Material Circulator and promotes the development of products that "leave a lasting impression on people" using marine plastic waste as recycled raw material.

Representative Director and CEO, Mylops, Inc.
Toshihiko Orisaka
Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Science and Engineering. After working for an electronics manufacturer and a web production company, became CEO and Representative Director of Mylops, Inc. His design activities utilize his experience as a designer and engineer, and recently he has been focusing on design needed in startups. At Project Ikkaku, he is in charge of branding design, production, and direction, focusing on websites as Mylops. He is currently enrolled in a master's program at Musashino Art University.

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General Manager, Founding Development Division, Riverness Inc.
Yusuke Shinozawa
He graduated from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo with a Master's degree in Agricultural Sciences. After working for a PR company, he joined RIVANES in 2009, where he launched the media development business in 2012 and the seed acceleration business "TECH PLANTER" in 2013. 2015, he was appointed as Growth Manager at the Real Tech Fund, where he is in charge of bio- and Since 2018, he has served as the head of the Founding and Development Business Department. Since 2018, he has been working on the theme of "founding a company" instead of starting a business.

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Executive Officer and Senior Research Fellow, Takenaka Corporation
Masahiko Higashino （Mr. Masahiko HIGASHINO
Born in 1957, he joined Takenaka Corporation in 1982, specializing in research and development of building structures, especially seismic isolation and vibration control structures. From 1990 to 1992, he conducted joint research on active control with the State University of New York, U.S.A. From 1993 to 1995, he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. From 2004 to 2008, he worked in the Technology Planning Department, where he promoted the Technology Research Institute and company-wide technology and research planning. From 2004 to 2008, he worked in the Technology Planning Department, where he promoted technology and research planning for the Technical Research Institute and the entire company; from 2017 to February 2020, he served as Executive Officer and Director of the Technical Research Institute; from March 2020, he will serve as Executive Officer and Senior Research Fellow; from 2011 to 2012, he will serve as Executive Officer and Senior Research Fellow.

Representative Director, President and COO, Liverness, Inc.
Shuichiro Takahashi
D. (Life Sciences), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He has been involved in RIVANESS since its establishment. After completing his graduate studies, he continued his research activities as a faculty member at the University of Tokyo, while at the same time he established a research institute at RIVANESS and built the foundation of its research and development business. He devised the business model of "Liberness Research Grant," a unique research grant, and "L-RAD," a database of unutilized research ideas, and has initiated many open innovation projects involving industry, academia, and education.

<Technical Introduction
◆Fe-Mn-Si alloys" with approximately 10 times the metallic fatigue endurance of steel
Yasuhiko Inoue(Advanced Materials Group, Construction Materials Department, Technical Research Institute, Takenaka Corporation)

Fe-Mn-Si alloys (commonly known as FMS alloys) are developed alloys with about 10 times higher metallic fatigue endurance than conventional steel. In the construction field, we have developed and commercialized steel-based control dambers with dramatically improved fatigue resistance by utilizing FMS alloy for energy-absorbing members during earthquakes. We expect to develop a wide range of alloy applications in many industrial fields.
This patent (No. 618275) is a joint patent by the National Institute for Materials Science, Takenaka Corporation, and Awaji Materia Co.

◆Wide-band vibration power generation" that converts various shakes of people, machines, cars, trains, buildings, etc. into power sources
Ryuta Inoue(Electromagnetic and Vibration Environment Group, Building Environment Department, Technical Research Institute, Takenaka Corporation)

This technology converts vibration energy into electric power to supply power to IoT sensors and other devices without the use of wiring or batteries. Conventional vibration power generation can only generate power from a single frequency (period) of vibration, although the vibrations in our daily lives oscillate in different ways at different locations. The patented technology introduced here is capable of converting a wide range of vibrations into electric power, and has already been tested in a variety of facilities and equipment. We hope to utilize and deploy this technology in a wide range of fields and applications in the future.

◆One Team" mathematical model for aggregating multi-factor information and understanding overall activity
Yuushi Takai(Intelligent Information Group, Advanced Technology Department, Technical Research Institute, Takenaka Corporation)

We have devised a mechanism to represent a complex whole composed of diverse elements as a combination of models derived from each element. We have demonstrated this system by analyzing activities in buildings for energy conservation and by estimating stress conditions based on people's life patterns, and we are planning to apply this system to further real-world problems.

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President and CEO, Metagen, Inc.
Project Professor, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
Shinji Fukuda)he
In addition to his current position, he has been a visiting professor at the University of Tsukuba's School of Medicine and Medical Sciences since 2016, a group leader at the Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Industrial Technology since 2017, a visiting professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia since 2019, and a deputy research director at JST ERATO. 2013 Young Scientist Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; 2015 Science and Technology In 2015, he was selected for "Outstanding Contribution to Science and Technology 2015" by the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). In the same year, he won the top prize at the 1st Bioscience Grand Prix for his business plan "Healthy Society Created from Stool" and founded Metagen Inc. He became President and CEO. He is the author of "Understanding More! Intestinal Microflora" (Yodosha).

Project Professor, Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Hisanori Kato
D. from the University of Tokyo, worked as an assistant at the University of Tokyo, a researcher at NIH, and an assistant professor at Utsunomiya University before assuming his current position. He specializes in molecular nutrition. He combines various comprehensive analyses of genomes, proteomes, metabolomes, and microbiomes to explore new functions of foods. He is the Vice President of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science, the Organizing Committee Chairman of the 22nd International Congress on Nutrition to be held at the Tokyo International Forum in 2021, and an Affiliate Member of the Science Council of Japan. He is a curry lover.

Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Hypertension Medicine, Kagoshima University
Mitsuru Oishi
Graduated from Osaka University School of Medicine in 1990, and worked in cardiovascular emergency and cardiac catheterization since 1991. 1995 returned to the 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University, and then to the Department of Pathology, Osaka City University to conduct research on atherosclerosis. 1997 to 2 years of study at the Howard Florey Research Institute, Australia. After working as a lecturer at the Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University, he became a professor at the Department of Cardiovascular and Hypertension Medicine, Kagoshima University in 2013, where he has also served as deputy hospital director since 2015. He is conducting three cohort studies and 30-year health checkup data analysis for 1 million people in Kagoshima in collaboration with industry and academia.

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Representative Director, Vice President CTO, Liverness, Inc.
Jyo Inoue
D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. He is a founding member of LIVERNESS. After completing the doctoral program, he worked as an assistant professor and lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Kitasato University, and an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University before being appointed as a specially-appointed associate professor at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University in 2015. While conducting research and development, he is a researcher involved in launching joint research projects with universities and research institutions and supporting the establishment of research institutes.

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Manager, Growth Support Promotion Group, Community Support Department, Kansai Mirai Bank, Ltd.
Mr. Tsuyoshi Uraguchi
Graduated from Ritsumeikan University's Faculty of Economics in 2009 and joined Biwako Bank, Ltd. After working at Yohkaichi Branch, Osaka Ekimae Branch, and Umeda Branch, he was transferred to the Monozukuri Promotion Division, Commerce, Industry, Tourism, and Labor Department of Shiga Prefecture in FY2016, where he was involved in the launch and operation of the "Shiga Tech Planter" and "Shiga Growth Industry Discovery and Development Consortium". In charge of industry-academia-government collaboration and business matching. Visiting coordinator for social cooperation at Shiga University.

Research Manager, Regional Business Development, Corporate Consulting Group, Solution Sales Department, The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.
Norikazu Takeda
After graduating from Kagawa University's Faculty of Economics in 1999, he joined The Chugoku Bank, Ltd. He was in charge of business restructuring at the sales branch and loan department, and in 2014, he was transferred to the Iwate Prefecture Industrial Restoration Consultation Center to assist in the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. After returning to Iwate, he assumed his current position. He participated in the establishment of the Okayama Innovation Project, a program to support founders, and led the organization of the Okayama Tech Planter, and plans to hold the Science Castle Chugoku-Shikoku in Okayama in 2020. He aims to establish an ecosystem for fostering local industries, and to discover and nurture companies that will change the world from the local area.

General Manager, Regional Development Office, Regional Development Department, The Higo Bank, Ltd.
Mr. Shogo Takeshita
Born in Kumamoto, Japan, he joined Higo Bank's Udo Branch in April 1997, worked at Minami Hakata Branch in 2002, Minami Kumamoto Branch in 2004, and was transferred to Mizuho Corporate Bank on an advisory basis in 2008; returned to Higo Bank's Information Sales Department in 2009, Deputy Research Officer, Regional Development Office, Regional Development Department in 2015, and April 2019 Current position from April 2019.

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Executive Officer, LIVERNESS Co.
Shuhei Tsukada
D. in Applied Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. D. in Agriculture. Participated in the management of RIVERNESS since 2003, when the company was in its early stages of establishment. After accumulating practical experience in experimental classes and various types of writing, developed and introduced advanced technologies in the agri-field and launched a project to build an ecosystem for regional startups. Committed to technology and business development in collaboration with large and medium-sized companies, venture companies, researchers, etc. on a field-oriented basis.

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Manager, Exploring Group, Future Innovation Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Satoshi YamanakaMr.
He joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1998. Since 2015, he has been in his current position, promoting open innovation with venture companies. As a communicator, he focuses on strengthening existing businesses through matching with venture companies and creating business opportunities by utilizing intellectual property within companies.

Professor, Graduate School of Tokyo University of Technology
Mr. Naohiro Shichijo
D. in Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. After serving as Associate Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Waseda University, and Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT, he became a professor at the University of Tokyo in September 2016. He specializes in bibliometrics, innovation research, science and technology policy, and creative industries.

JPO Open Innovation Promotion Project Team
Mr. Tatsuya Takada
After joining the Japan Patent Office, he worked for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before assuming his current position. He prepared the pamphlet "Four Points for Corporate Collaboration Using Intellectual Property", which explains contract risks in corporate collaboration through case studies. Currently, he is in charge of the JPO's open innovation-related measures (business matching project using patent information, project to establish guidelines for technology transaction agreements for R&D ventures, etc.).

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Executive Officer CKO, LIVERNESS Co.
Kazuhiro Hasegawa
He holds a master's degree in engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University. He joined RIVERNESS in his first year as a master's student, and later became the first new employee of RIVERNESS. He launched the Human Resources Development Business Department and became an executive officer in 2012. In 2013, he moved to the Tokyo head office, where he is in charge of incubation business in the manufacturing field and industry-academia collaboration business. He also serves as the representative director of Glocalink Co.

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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tohoku University
Kenjiro Tadakuma
D. in 2007 from the Department of Mechanical and Space Systems, Tokyo Institute of Technology. D. in Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007, Postdoctoral Associate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007, Research Fellow at Tohoku University in 2008, Assistant Professor at the University of Electro-Communications, Assistant Professor at Osaka University, and Associate Professor at Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University since May 2015. Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tohoku University since May 2015. Currently. Consistently engaged in research and development of robot mechanisms, including omni-directional moving and driving mechanisms and flexible and rigid switching gripper mechanisms.

Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Mr. Yasuaki Kakehi
Interactive media researcher and media artist. D. in Interdisciplinary Information Studies. After working at Keio University and MIT, he has been Associate Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo since 2018. Using advanced technology, he pioneers interaction expression that extends the characteristics of human sensation, perception, and physical materials. In addition to his engineering research, he has exhibited his works in Japan and abroad, and has received numerous awards, including the ACM CHI Best Paper Award and the Young Scientist Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the field of science and technology.http://xlab.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jpThe following is a list of the most common problems with the

CEO and Representative Director, Nature Architects, Inc.
Mr. Taisuke Oshima
He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Regional and System Sciences. After working as a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1) and as a part-time researcher at the University of Tsukuba, he founded Nature Architects in May 2017. He is engaged in research on mechanical metamaterials, computational design, and digital fabrication, and in the development of technologies to calculate the elasticity and deformation of materials and to design, fabricate, and control them at will through geometric structures. He is certified as an "Unexplored Super Creator" by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, and as a member of the Cross-cultivation Program by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.

Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University
Mr. Hidemitsu Furukawa
He is the head of the Soft and Wet Matter Engineering Laboratory (SWEL) at Yamagata University. after moving to Yamagata University in 2009, he started developing a 3D gel printer, which became the focus of attention when the 3D printer boom came. in April 2018, he established the Yawaraka 3D Co-Creation Consortium, and became its chairman, He also focuses on social implementation of the technology. His research on enhancing 3D digital fabrication of polymer gel, utilizing 3D printers in education, and social implementation of cutting-edge technology has taken the creation of new value from local to global.