The 9th Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference [postponed].

Conference Theme
A New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing
Day & Time
Friday, March 6, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (The 9th Conference on Hyperdisciplinarity has been postponed to April 23, with some content to be implemented.
Place
Ota-ku Industrial Plaza PiOAccess

Digest of Past Sessions/Related Articles

*The 9th Main Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields will be postponed to April 23, 2012.

The main conference of the Society for Hyperdisciplinary Research continues to run as a place where new knowledge that cannot be found anywhere else is constantly being created. The 9th Annual Conference will have up to 40 slots for sessions. We are able to manufacture knowledge that no one else in the world has done yet because we bring together diverse people with different knowledge, such as healthcare, brain science, IoT, data science, materials, energy, organizational development, and local ecosystems, and fuse their knowledge with each other.
This is the essence of a hyperdisciplinary conference, where individuals with a passion for solving global-scale problems can take the first step toward social implementation.

Please join us here and let's start a new project together.

<To whom it may concern
Academia, venture companies, agricultural corporations, large corporations, town factories (fabricators), local governments, junior high and high school students, etc.

<Project Keywords.
Energy, Life Science, Architecture, Chemistry, Mobility, Robotics, Data Science, Materials, Computer Science, Agri, Electronics, Food, Psychology etc.

<Registration
Audience participation deadline: last minute registration possible
Poster abstracts and booth registration closed (Monday, January 27, 2020)

<For Poster Presenters and Booth Presenters
Desks and panels will be provided on the day of the event. Please bring your own display materials on the day of the event.
If you are not the abstract registrant, please click the button above to register as an attendee.
Panel: W900 x H2100
Desk: W900 x D450 x H700
A simplified and tentative version of the information is shared at this link [for presenters on 4/23].The following is a list of the most common problems with theA separate manual will be emailed to you (scheduled for early April) with more details.

<Participation fee for auditing
Grand Partners of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields and Tech Planter Diamond Partners: free of charge
For companies (other than those listed above): ¥113,960 (tax included) per person
For public offices, municipalities, foundations, and incorporated associations: ¥113,960 (tax included) per person
Non-enterprise visitors (researchers, producers, teachers, students, pupils, etc.): free of charge
Booth exhibitor ventures and town factories: free of charge

*Companies: Please contact us at [email protected] 03-5227-4198 if you wish to apply for invoice payment.

Friday, March 6, 2020 9:00 - 20:00

Main hall Session Room A Session Room B Session Room C Poster Room&.
Venture Booth
9:00-9:10 Opening Ceremony
9:10-9:30 Keynote Speech 1
Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa, Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Yamagata University
9:30-9:50 Keynote Speech 2
Masayuki Ozeki, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Information Science, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tohoku University
10:00-11:00 [Award] Tech Planter World Communicate 2020 [Session] Beyond Intersectional Network Analysis, Can New Organizational Forms Be Designed? [Pitch] Technology splash first half/Venture [Session] The Cellular Industrial Age Begins
11:00-12:00 [Award] Tech Planter World Communicate 2020 [Session] New Trends in the Training of the Next Generation of Researchers [Pitch] Technology splash second half/ Researcher [Session] How can universities produce researchers who generate challenging themes?
12:10-12:50 break break break break Poster Discussion Time
13:00-14:00 [Session] Japan and Singapore: The World Beyond the Ecosystem Connection between the Two Countries [Session]Agritech Demonstration Research Real Conference -Venture Businesses, Large Corporations, and Farmers, One Year of Collaboration, What Will You Do Now? ~Session]Agri-Tech Demonstration Research Real Conference [Session]Role of Regional Banks in Local Development [Session] Behind the Scenes of Overseas Venture Manufacturing Support by Local Factories
14:00-15:00 [Session] Dawn of Deep Issue [Session] Environmental Strategies to Create Fusion of Fields [Session] Will Environmental and Ecological Conservation Advance through Business Methods? [Session] "The New Normal of the Future" to be Discovered with Researchers of the Mind
15:00-16:00 Poster & Booth Presentation Core Time
16:00-17:00 [Award]Real Tech Venture of the Year 2020 [Session] How to change people and organizations, and how to get involved in the workplace? [Session] The intestinal environment can be designed. [Session] TECH INSTALL Project - Let's install IP and architect your business!
17:00-18:00 [Session] From "Deep Tech" to "New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing [Session] Softness changes engineering [Session]3rd Cellular Agriculture Conference
~The Future of the Cultured Meat Market: Cell Culture Technology Opens the Door to the Future
[Session] My son goes on a date on a hoverbike and celebrates his anniversary in space - Talking about the world that will come true in 2050.
18:00-20:00 get-together

9:10-9:50

  • Main hall

[The meeting will be postponed to April 23.
Keynote Speech 1 (will be given in English)

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.

9:10-9:50

  • Main hall

[The meeting will be postponed to April 23.
Keynote Speech 2 (will be given in English)

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Information Science, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tohoku University
wrestler of second highest rank Masayuki Ozeki

Using the academic system known as statistical mechanics, which reveals the relationships among a large number of extremely complex elements and their properties as a group, as a starting point, we aim to understand machine learning and other key technologies of today in a unique expression and disseminate it widely in society. He is developing research activities related to "sparse modeling," which can extract essential parts from a large amount of information or reveal the underlying structure with satisfactory accuracy from a small amount of information, and "quantum annealing," which uses quantum mechanics to solve combinatorial optimization problems. He received the Young Scientists' Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2008.

 

10:00-12:00

  • Main hall

[Conducted on March 6We will do it.
Tech Planter World Communications 2020

Since its launch in 2014, TECH PLANTER has been held in a total of 11 countries, including Japan, and has discovered and nurtured a total of 1,760 teams from Japan and abroad. The TECH PLANTER World Communication 2020, which will be held at the 9th GSAE, is a special pitch session in which 12 teams from 9 countries will take the stage, carefully selected from the TECH PLANTER 2019 season, in which a total of 452 teams, the largest ever, have registered from 9 countries in Japan and abroad.

 In this session, each team will have 5 minutes to talk about the "Deep Issue" and the "Deep Tech" technology they are trying to solve. After listening to the 12 pitches, you will be able to get a bird's eye view of the issues in Southeast Asia that need to be solved now, the business directions that advanced technology/venture countries like the US and UK are taking, and where Japan should be heading in light of these issues. Come and experience the world's 2020 swell at the Frontline!

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Arete medical Technologies Ltd:
United Kingdom/TECH PLANTER in UK 2019 Grand Prize.Palm-sized medical device for early diagnosis of asthma

 

 

 

Squishy Robotics:
United States of America/TECH PLANTER in Silicon Valley 2019 Grand Prize.Disaster response rescue robot that can operate even when dropped from 300 m above the ground.

 

 

 

Tech Prom Lab :
Indonesia/TECH PLANTER in Singapore 2019 Grand Prize.Ota Ward, TokyoAdopted for the "Demonstration Experiment Project for Creating Collaboration between Startups and Manufacturing Companies.Paving blocks with good drainage utilizing industrial waste generation.

 

 

Read Ring Co., Ltd:
tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)/TECH PLANTER in Thailand 2019 Grand PrizeDelightexAward.Ota Ward, TokyoAdopted for the "Demonstration Experiment Project for Creating Collaboration between Startups and Manufacturing Companies.Portable Braille conversion device for the visually impaired.

 

 

Nanolabs LRC Co.
Philippines/TECH PLANTER in the Philippines2019  Grand PrizeDelightexAward.Flexible electrodes with low cost and low environmental impact

 

 

 


Teapasar Pte. Ltd:
Singapore/TECH PLANTER in Singapore 2019 Mitsui Chemicals Singapore R&D Centre Award.Tea component analysis equipment utilizing metabolomics.

 

 

Eco-Tech:
Malaysia/Tech Planter in Malaysia 2019 Kobashi Award.Mixed material of eco-silicon carbide (eco-silicon carbide) extracted from waste rice husks and metal powder.

 

 

Irisian:
Vietnam/TECH PLANTER in Vietnam 2019 Roth, SUN, and sihub awards.An inexpensive and rapid tool for diagnosing ocular diseases using AI.

 

 

Aku Planta Corporation
Japan/ 6th Agri-Tech Grand Prix Excellence Award, Roth Award, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Award.Acetic acid-based biostimulant material (plant activator) for plants to combat high temperatures and drought.

 

 

OUTSENSE Corporation :
Japan/ 7th Deep Tech Grand PrixDeep Tech Grand Prix Lightning Talk.Ota Ward, TokyoAdopted for the "Demonstration Experiment Project for Creating Collaboration between Startups and Manufacturing Companies.Simplified three-dimensional structure development Structure utilizing origami technology

 

Singapore Heavy Engineering Pte.
Singapore/Ota-ku, Tokyo ".Adopted for the "Demonstration Experiment Project for Creating Collaboration between Startups and Manufacturing Companies.Biomimetic Air Purification System

 

Wela Online Corp.
Philippines/ TECH PLANTER in the Philippines 2019 Finalists.Online system for school attendance and grade management used in schools

13:00-14:00

  • Main hall

[It will be held on March 6.
Riverness X Enterprise Singapore

Japan and Singapore, the world beyond the ecosystem connection between the two countries
Session Partner Enterprise Singapore

Singapore has built Asia's top venture ecosystem and functions as an international hub for ventures that solve problems in Southeast Asia. Many of the ventures that have grown up within the ecosystem see Japan as an important market, but due to language barriers and differences in business practices, active collaboration between the two countries has yet to be realized. However, the Japanese venture ecosystem has developed in its own unique way, and RIVERNESS and the Singaporean government (Enterprise Singapore) believe that the time has come for international collaboration between the two countries. The two companies have decided to launch an initiative to connect the Japanese and Singaporean ecosystems in the form of support for Singaporean ventures entering the Japanese market in 2020.
This session is a special session combining a pitch and panel discussion by four Singaporean venture companies selected under the above-mentioned Japan Market Entry Support Program. In the panel discussion, in response to the expectations for Japan expressed by the Singaporean ventures, speakers from the Singapore Enterprise Agency, Singapore VCs, and global ventures will discuss the possibility of international collaboration between Singapore and Japan.

<List of ESG Program Ventures and Booth Numbers
B-E01: Sentient IO
B-E02: Articare
B-E03: ELEXR
B-E04: Wavescan Technologies

Cooperation with the Singapore Enterprise Agency:this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)(English text)
About the Singapore Venture Support Program for Venture Businesses in Japan:this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)(English text)

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Enterprise Singapore Regional Group Director Japan, Korea
Sean Ong
Enterprise Singapore is a government agency created in 2018 from the merger of International Enterprise Singapore and SPRING under Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry. It aims to improve innovation and productivity in Singapore, and works to improve the status of SMEs in all sectors in the country.Sean Ong is an engineering graduate from the University of Tokyo and is currently the Far East Regional Representative of Enterprise Singapore with the Singapore Embassy in Japan.


CEO, Focustech Ventures
Kelvin Ong
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 is a trusted human hub for venture capital, large corporations, and government officials in Singapore.


Founder and CEO, Aerodyne Group
Kamarul A Muhamed
He has 25 years of experience as a pioneer in enterprise software and security, interactive multimedia applications and software development, and drone applications. A graduate of Nottingham Trent University, he began his career in London as an auditor. He then became Director and Country Manager of Computer Associates, and in 2014 founded Aerodyne Group, an AI-driven drone-based enterprise management solutions provider. The company has now grown to become the 7th largest drone provider in the world and was awarded UAV company of the year 2018 at Frost & Sullivan's Malaysia Excellence Awards in 2018.

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Director, Leave a Nest Singapore Private Ltd.
Shohei Maekawa
After receiving a Master's degree (M.S., Evolutionary Anthropology) from University College London, he joined Rivanes in 2013 and founded Leave a Nest UK in 2016 in the U.K. after the Brexit resolution. Acceleration Program "TECH PLANTER" in Southeast Asia. From 2019, he will serve as a board member of Leave a Nest Singapore to promote ecosystem connections between Southeast Asia and Japan.

14:00-15:00

  • Main hall

[It will be held on March 6.
Dawn of the Deep Issue: What are the super important social issues in India and Southeast Asia?

Session Partner: ArcNest

It goes without saying that Asia is littered with major untapped challenges. For example, air and water pollution in India, energy and infrastructure issues in the Philippines, and super-aging issues and rising medical costs in Thailand. Understanding these issues and helping Japan solve them as a member of Asia is the new business of the next decade.

 In this session, we will invite the operators of problem-solving incubators/accelerators in three leading countries - India, the Philippines, and Thailand - as panelists to share their perspectives on local issues that are difficult to grasp from the standpoint of Japan. They will also discuss the potential of Japan's technology to contribute to solving issues in their countries.

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Co-Founder, ArcNest & Arc Ventures
Mr. Arjun Aggarwal
After graduating from Imperial College London, he returned to his native India to found Arc Ventures, a VC firm that invests in ventures that solve social issues through technology. In 2019, he will establish ArcNest, a social solutions incubator, in a joint venture with Rivanes. In 2019, he will establish ArcNest, an incubator for social solutions, jointly with Rivanes, to further support ventures, including human resource development. He is a key person who knows every nook and cranny of the capital city of Delhi.https://arc.ventures/ https://arcnest.in/


Chief Executive Officer, TCELS (Thailand Life Science Center)
Mr. Nares Damrongchai
Dr. Nares is one of the key figures in the life science field in Southeast Asia, serving as CEO of TCELS (Thailand Center for Life Sciences, a public institution), established by the Thai government. He promotes higher education, research, and innovation measures based on the seeds generated in Thailand and abroad. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Asian Biotechnology and Development Review and as Executive Director of the APEC Center for Technology Foresight.


Business Development Manager, DOST-UP Enterprise
"Jhaze." Asuncion Jr.(Jay's Asunción Junior)he
Jhaze is the manager of the Innovation Hub established by the Philippine Department of Science and Technology with the only national university in the Philippines, the University of the Philippines at Diliman, and is an entrepreneur himself. He holds an MBA from Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

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General Manager, International Development Division, LIVERNESS Co.
Ryuta Takeda
D. at Ohio State University in the U.S., where he studied the structure of RNA pathogens. At LIVERNESS, as head of the International Development Division, he developed the "TECH PLANTER" seed acceleration program, which discovers and nurtures ventures in overseas strategies, especially in the deep technology field, in more than 10 countries overseas. In addition, he is constantly exploring the interface between technology in Japan and abroad and the social issues that need to be addressed by that technology, through the "TECH PUSH" experimental program, in which he lends unused patents from large companies to overseas ventures to solve problems in those countries.

16:00-17:00

  • Main hall

[It will be held on March 6.
Real Tech Venture of the Year 2020

Since 2015, Liverness Inc. has been recognizing "venture companies involved in unique, novel, and high-growth businesses in the real tech domain" as "Real Tech Venture of the Year". The purpose of the award is to present role models to the next generation of entrepreneurs and to raise awareness of the need to create real-tech ventures in society as a whole. In 2020, the 6th edition, we will be awarding a total of 6 companies, 4 in the "Start-up" category and 2 in the "Growth" category. This will be an opportunity to interact with the ventures and feel the impact of new technologies on the future.

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⭐️ award-winning companies⭐️

Startup Division

Light Touch Technology, Inc.
Representative:Koichi Yamakawa
Vision: To realize people's health and an affluent society by freely manipulating light.
Core Technology: Completely non-invasive blood glucose sensing using solid-state laser technology


Polar Star Space Inc.
Representative: Yukihiro Takahashi
Vision: On-demand remote sensing with a different level of frequency and accuracy to provide solutions
Core technology: Spectral remote sensing using nano-satellites, drones, smartphone spectrometers, etc.


MI-6 Corporation
Representative: Mitsuru Irie
Vision: Achieving Atarimae 100 years from now
Core Technology: Materials Informatics, bringing innovation and efficiency to materials development


Eco-Pork Co.
Representative: Takashi Kambayashi
Vision: Sustainable pig farming from Japan!
Core technologies: Automatic optimization systems for pig farming, including the Porker pig management software.

Growth Division

Fulldepth Corporation
Representative: ITO Shohei
Vision: Dive into frontier
Core Technology: DiveUnit 300, an industrial underwater drone capable of diving up to 300 meters underwater


KAMOMEYA Co.
Representative: Masato Ono
Vision: Aim for an everyday society where goods are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, no matter where you live.
Core technology: Hybrid "land," "sea," and "air" unmanned logistics platform


For more information on the award-winning companies and a list of past award-winning companies, please visit the following website
https://techplanter.com/real-tech/


17:00-18:00

  • Main hall

[It will be held on March 6.
Diamond Partner Commemorative Award Ceremony

From "Deep Tech" to "A New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing."

The book "Deep Tech Deep Tech: The "Sleeping Technology" That Will Pioneer the Future of the World" has become a bestseller with over 20,000 copies sold. Why is this book now being accepted by the world? Where should businesspeople who have awakened to Deep Tech go? Using these questions as a starting point, we will discuss the ideas that will guide us in 2020 and beyond with visionary panelists, and explore the future of the conference theme "The New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing," which will be presented by the Association for Transdisciplinary Studies.

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Special Lecture

President and Representative Director, Euglena Co.
Mitsuru Izumo
After graduating from Komaba Toho Junior and Senior High School and the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo, he joined the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in 2002, and in 2005 founded Euglena Co. In December of the same year, he succeeded in the world's first outdoor mass cultivation of the microalgae green lacewing (scientific name: euglena) for food use. He received the Young Global Leaders Award at the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) and the Prime Minister's Award at the 1st Japan Venture Awards (2015). He is the author of "I decided to save the world with Green Beetle" (Shogakukan Shinsho). (Shogakukan Shinsho).

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Executive Officer, in charge of Research and Development, Euglena Co.
Mr. Kengo Suzuki
While a student at the University of Tokyo in 2005, he was involved in the establishment of Euglena Co. and as one of the co-founders, he is responsible for research and development up to the present. Focusing on the development of technology centered on the mass cultivation of Euglena, a type of microalgae, he received his PhD (Agriculture) from the University of Tokyo in 2016 and his PhD (Medicine) from Kitasato University in 2019. Currently, he is a research director of the microalgae production control technology research team at RIKEN, a visiting professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and a specially appointed professor at Tohoku 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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Representative Director, MANN Co.
Mr. Hitoyuki Kuramoto
Born in 1979. Graduated from Tohoku University, Faculty of Letters. After working for a production company, established MANN in 2016. He is currently in charge of research and composition of "The New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing" (written by Yukihiro Maru), scheduled to be published in December 2020.

10:00-11:00

  • Session Room A

The event will be held at the Osaka Forum on May 16, 2012.
Can new organizational forms be designed beyond inter-sectional network analysis?
Session Partner: Kansai Electric Power Co.

As more and more tasks are automated due to the penetration of AI and robots, an increasing number of companies are searching for ways to organize themselves in order to increase the value of work that can be done only by people. The strength of people may lie in the fact that they can demonstrate value synergistically, rather than additively, through appropriate communication with others. Visualizing communication networks will surely provide hints for each company to consider the appropriate organizational form for the coming era. In this session, we will focus on communication within organizations and discuss the design of new organizational forms.

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Deputy Chief Researcher, Fundamental Technology Research Office, Research and Development Office Technology Research Laboratory, Kansai Electric Power Co.
Shin Goto
After completing his graduate studies in Open Environmental Science at Keio University, he joined Kansai Electric Power Co. After engaging in planning work for thermal power plants, he was transferred to the Research and Development Office. In the R&D Office, he was in charge of planning new business creation and experienced entrepreneurial activities at KEPCO in 2018. Currently, he is engaged in planning for new business creation, etc. at the Technical Research Institute.


Representative Director, Business Research Lab, Inc.
Mr. Yosuke Date
Representative Director of Business Research Lab, Inc. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration. Master's degree in Business Administration. While enrolled in the same graduate school, he founded LLP Business Research Lab in 2009 and Business Research Lab Inc. in 2011. Since then, he has been developing his research business with a focus on the human resource field.


President and Representative Director, Emosta Inc.
Shuhei Ogawa
Graduated from Indiana University, USA. Started his own business after 7 years of working at an investment bank. Founded Emosta Inc. in 2017 after hitting it off with his brother-in-law, Xander, a psychologist; engaged in various projects with companies using their self-developed emotion recognition AI with the goal of social implementation of psychological findings through the use of AI.

 

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General Manager, Human Resource Development Division, Liverness, Inc.
Takashi Okazaki

D. in Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University. D. in Chemistry from the Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan.

 

11:00-12:00

  • Session Room A

New Trends in the Training of the Next Generation of Researchers
presented by: Research Career Center

In order to nurture the ability to survive in these unpredictable times, inquiry activities are now flourishing in school education. However, the on-site environment is not sufficient, and connections with university and corporate experts have not been created. Until now, the involvement of universities and companies in educational activities has been viewed as social contribution activities (CSR) and outreach activities. However, it seems that the value of involvement in the next generation's exploration activities goes beyond that. In this session, we will introduce examples of advanced initiatives involving collaboration between researchers and engineers and school sites, while experts involved in children's inquiry activities will talk about what they have gained and the value they have gained through their activities, and consider the new researcher development that is occurring beyond the organizational framework.

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Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science
Nobuyasu Naruse

D. from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University. D. in Engineering. Visiting Associate Professor at Hokkaido University Organization for the Advancement of Higher Education and Director of Polastar Space Co.
He has been engaged in the development and research of femtosecond time-resolved electron microscopy as well as the characterization of atomic and molecular level structures and properties of nanomaterials and medical materials using various microscopy and spectroscopy techniques. 2014, he has been involved in the development and implementation of an ICT-based advanced science education and research activity program for high school students at Hokkaido University. In 2017, he co-founded Polastar Space, a Hokkaido University venture company, in order to break through the numerous issues surrounding the current university. He is involved in research on a wide range of scales and in a wide range of fields, from the atomic and molecular level to outer space, while also energetically engaging in education and practical business.

General Manager, CSR and Public Relations Department, Nittetsu Engineering Co.
Mitsuko Orikasa
Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law. Since joining Nippon Steel Corporation (at the time), he has been involved in theme park construction, overseas plant sales, recruitment, human resource development, CSR, and public relations. Currently, as the General Manager of CSR and Public Relations at Nittetsu Engineering Corporation, which was spun off as a separate company in 2006, he is working on the integration of sustainability into management, and is also involved in the development of a new company that incorporates the expertise and experience of engineers in the field.Engineering education program for high school students, "Passionate and Advanced Mission-E," is now being offered in Kanto and Kyushu.The following is a list of the most common problems with the

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.

 

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Research Career Center, Liverness, Inc.
Satoko Tachibana
He holds a Master's degree in Life Sciences from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. After completing graduate school, he worked as an editor of teaching materials at Z-kai Inc. before joining LIVERNESS in 2008. In parallel with his educational activities focusing on supporting research activities of junior and senior high school students, he has been working at the Research Career Center since 2019 on the theme of creating educational activities by researchers and maximizing their value.

 

13:00-14:00

  • Session Room A

[The meeting will be postponed to April 23.
Agritech Demonstration Research Real Conference -Venture Ventures x Large Corporations x Farmers, 1 year of collaboration, what will you do now? ~ "What will they do now?
Session Partner: Focus Systems, Inc.

In recent years, research and development has been actively conducted by large corporations, venture companies, and researchers to realize agriculture using robots, IoT, and data. In a wide range of fields, such as paddy rice, open field vegetables, and fruit trees, there has been an increase in the number of efforts to develop demonstrations in actual agricultural fields. In this session, we will focus in particular on sensing technology, which is indispensable for data utilization, and together with three people who have actually worked together in demonstration trials over the past year, we will open up real discussions on the next step forward. (Participants in this session will receive a "Community Support" booklet compiled by the RIVANES Community Development Division with examples of demonstration projects in the community.)

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Focus Systems Co.
Keiichi Mori, President and Representative Director
Born in Ibaraki Prefecture, he graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Keio University in 1989 and joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Co. After working at a tax accounting firm, he joined Focus Systems in 1998. He was appointed as Director in 2006 and Managing Director in 2009. In April 2011, he was appointed President and Representative Director of the Company.


President and Representative Director, Santo Farm Co.
Mr. Takayuki Hazama
After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he took over his family's agrochemical dealership; in 2014, he established e-commerce business ePlus Inc. in 2014; in 2015, he established agricultural business Santo Noen Inc. and in 2018 released "AgriShot," a citrus pest diagnosis app using artificial intelligence.


Representative Director, Kisvin Science K.K.
Kazuhiro Nishioka
He developed a low-cost sap flow sensor that measures the flow rate of sap sucked up by plants from their roots, and founded a venture company at the University of Tokyo to promote its use in the agricultural scene. At the same time, he has served as an advisor to several agri-tech ventures. His love of wine led him to organize Team Kisvin, a viticulture research group, 14 years ago, while he was involved in winemaking in Yamanashi, Japan. This year, he will start winemaking in California, USA.

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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.

14:00-15:00

  • Session Room A

Environmental strategies to generate fusion research

In recent years, there have been calls for the promotion of interdisciplinary research and fusion of different fields. However, the more dynamically interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research is conducted, the more invisible barriers that exist between fields and research organizations loom large. Although many researchers are trying to break down these barriers and actively engage in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research, there are not many successful examples.

In this session, we will discuss how interdisciplinary research between biology and chemistry (interdisciplinary research) is generated and promoted at the Nagoya University Institute for Transformative Biomolecular Research (WPI-ITbM), and strategies on how to create such an environment, Successful examples of ITbM and strategies for creating such an environment will be discussed together with the researchers who are promoting such interdisciplinary research. Through the discussion, we would like to discuss with participants tailor-made strategies for promoting interdisciplinary research that are suited to their own research and research institutes.

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Team Leader, Molecular Bioregulation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Shinya Hagiwara

He led chemical biology research at ITbM from 2013 to 2018, and in 2015, he published a paper in Science on "Yosimulactone Green," a turn-on fluorescent molecule that captures the germination of parasitic plants. ", which captures the germination of parasitic plants. He actively collaborates with biologists on plant-based research, and his research style is characterized by his ability to accurately understand and gain insight into plant function through the eyes of chemistry.

 

Japan Science and Technology Agency PRESTO Researcher
Project Assistant Professor, Institute for Transformative Biomolecular Research, Nagoya University
Yosuke Toda

He received his degree in Plant Molecular Genetics and Plant Physiology from Nagoya University. He changed his specialty significantly to bioinformatics, triggered by the development of image analysis techniques for screening compounds that affect stomatal aperture in plants. In order to develop fundamental technologies for plant phenotypic quantification, he has been engaged in cross-disciplinary research at JST PRESTO "Information Cooperative Cultivation" since 2017.

 

Project Lecturer, Institute for Transformative Biomolecular Research, Nagoya University
Yusuke Nakane

After receiving his degree from Nagoya University, he worked in drug discovery research in the field of central nervous system diseases at a pharmaceutical company, and since September 2016, he has been working at the Institute for Transformative Biomolecular Research (ITbM) at Nagoya University to elucidate the onset and progression mechanisms of diseases associated with the disruption of the biological clock, as well as to develop chemical screening to identify compounds that regulate the biological clock. The ITbM is also engaged in chemical screening aimed at identifying compounds that regulate the biological clock. He is also involved in the ITbM venture "Craftide" as chief biologist, and is engaged in mid-molecular drug discovery through phenotypic screening of poorly synthesized peptides and proteins, starting with cyclic peptides.

 

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Project Associate Professor, Institute for Transformative Biomolecular Research, Nagoya University; Director for Research Promotion, Nagoya University
Ayato Sato

Leading interdisciplinary research between biology and chemistry at ITbM through compound screening. Over the past 6 years, a total of 1.2 million compounds have been distributed to 120 collaborators. Part of the results will be used to start a venture company. At the same time, the Research Promotion Division, which seamlessly collaborates with researchers from the inside of their heads to the social implementation of research results, has been established to create the ultimate fusion research management scheme.

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The event will be held at the Osaka Forum on May 16, 2012.
How can you get involved in the workplace to change people and organizations?
Session Partner: Duskin Corporation

Today, as working styles diversify, the workplace environment, the place where people physically gather, is changing. Workplace cleaning is outsourced or left to robots, and remote workers who do not show up at the office in the first place are on the rise. On the other hand, many people in Japan have been familiar with the custom of everyone cleaning since elementary school, and the concept of 5S, which was born in the manufacturing industry, has not become old-fashioned. What kind of effect does it have on people and organizations when workers themselves are proactively involved in space creation, as in the case of cleaning, for example? Duskin Inc., a professional in the field of lifestyle and workplace environment improvement, will be joined by a company conducting empirical research on the workplace, as well as a researcher exploring the relationship between people and the greening of space.

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Director, Development Laboratory, Duskin Co.
Mr. Masahiro Imanishi

Joined the company in 1983 and was assigned to the Equipment Engineering Department of the Production Division, which developed cleaning and processing equipment for mops and mats. In 1989, he was transferred to the Product Development Department of the mainstay Ai-no-Ten Business Division (now the Door-to-Door Sales Group). He was involved in product development of cleaning and sanitation products, mainly mops and mats. Later, after working in the head office division, he has been in charge of the Development Laboratory since 2008.

 

Frontier Consulting Inc.
Executive Officer, General Manager, Work Design R&D Dept.
Mr. Shinji Ineda

First-class architect. He joined Frontier Consulting from its inception to head the Design and Design Department, and from 2020 established the Work Design R&D Department to focus more on activity design. He is also responsible for the on-demand media "Worker's Resort," and researches offices and work styles in Japan and abroad.

 

D., Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University
/Representative, Lockak Kay LLC.
Mikiko Kamada

He completed his graduate studies at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University. His major was molecular plant breeding. After completing graduate school, he was involved in planning and development at a vegetable seed manufacturer, then studied indoor greenery and decoration and became an independent plant director. 2015, he founded Rokkakkei, LLC. and started the indoor greenery tool Tanicushion®️He has been engaged in product development and spatial greening projects, such as "The Greening of Space," and is currently a Ph. Currently, he is researching the "relationship between humans and plants" as a doctoral student at a graduate school, and is also involved in plant-based art exhibits.

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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.

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Softness changes engineering.
Session Partner: Murata Manufacturing Co.

The time is coming when it is possible to make use of soft materials, or to add softness to a structure even if it is made of hard materials. For example, in robots that have generally been made of hard materials, easy-to-use, soft materials have great potential to expand the diversity of grasping and movement. However, there have not been many cases where robotics engineers have teamed up with material suppliers, and thus the potential has not been fully exploited. In this session, researchers and venture company executives involved in manufacturing using soft matter will gather to discuss the impact of softness in engineering from the viewpoints of material, structure, and function, as well as the challenges for implementation, with examples provided.

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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tohoku University
Mr. 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.

 

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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.

 

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Pitches by researchers and venture companies in very different fields
technology splash

The word "splash" means "to splash, to splash, or to fall with a zap. In this program, researchers and venture capitalists who are presenters will share the most passionate aspects of their research and business with the participants, transcending the boundaries of their fields and affiliations. Participants, on the other hand, will be plunged into the world of different fields while being exposed to the knowledge and enthusiasm of the researchers who will appear one after another. In a series of short presentations in very different fields, the enthusiasm of the presenters and the enthusiasm of the participants collide, and new research ideas and friends are born as if by splashing. That is what Technology Splash is all about.

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Role of Regional Banks in Local Development
Session Partner: Nihon Unisys, Ltd.

While the crisis over the concentration of business in Tokyo is being discussed in various places, regional banks are playing a role in promoting regional development by taking root in their local communities and revitalizing their industries. As the Cabinet approved the "Long-term Vision for the Creation of Towns, People, and Jobs" and the second phase of the "Comprehensive Strategy for the Creation of Towns, People, and Jobs" in 2028, regional development is seen as an important factor that could influence the future trends of the Japanese economy. In this context, some regional banks are promoting a strategy of identifying and fostering the science and technology accumulated in academia as the nucleus for the creation of industries from local regions.
We will discuss the future of regional banks in regional development by inviting a person in charge of the regional tech planter promoted by RIVANES, who is active as an industry creation partner in discovering seeds, fostering venture companies, and promoting the participation of local companies in projects.

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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.


Manager, Regional Strategy 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.

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Director, Institute for Natural Industrial Symbiosis, LIVERNESS Co.

Yuji Fukuda
Born in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture. Completed the master's program at Nara Institute of Science and Technology. After working at a pig farm run by a livestock feed wholesaler, he joined RIVANES Corporation in 2009. Soon after joining the company, he was assigned to the Okinawa office, where he worked on research into the utilization of unused local resources and built the "Fukkojo Pork" brand pig. in September 2016, he was transferred to Kumamoto Prefecture, where he is promoting research into a nature-friendly industry where local resources, people, and people across generations live in harmony with each other. Director of Fukkojo Farm Co. He arrived at the Osaka headquarters in April 2018.

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Can environmental and ecological conservation move forward through business methods?
presented by: Institute for Nature-Based Industry

Until now, humankind has relied on the natural environment for all of its resources to form societies. While we realized early on that these resources are not infinite, in an economy-first society, environmental destruction is progressing and biodiversity is being lost. The business world's involvement is currently limited to limited activities such as CSR from a long-term perspective, but is there any way to break out of this situation?
In this session, we will invite two young entrepreneurs, Mr. Yota Takakura of Inoka Inc. and Mr. Yuya Miyazaki of Science Groove Inc. who are challenging business based on the theme of ecosystems, and Mr. Wataru Kitamura of Tokyo City University who is engaged in ecological research focusing on birds, to explore the possibility of advancing environmental and ecosystem conservation through business methods through discussion. Through the discussion, we will explore the possibility of advancing environmental and ecological conservation through business methods.

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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Creation, Faculty of Environment, Tokyo City University

Wataru Kitamura
Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Tokyo City University Born in Chiba, Japan in 1979. Specializes in behavioral ecology, conservation biology, and ornithology. After graduating from the College of Liberal Arts at International Christian University, he studied the behavioral ecology of swallows at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo, where he received his Ph. He has been a member of the Little Turn Project, a non-profit organization, since 2004, and has been involved in the conservation of the endangered Koan Tern since 2012. In addition, as a representative of Liferbird, he is involved in activities aimed at the dissemination and development of ornithological research.


Representative Director and CEO, Inoka Co.
Yota Takakura
After graduating from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Engineering degree, he conducted research at the University of Tokyo's Rekimoto Lab, which produced Yoichi Ochiai, among others, on supporting the practice of musical instruments using machine learning. While in school, he founded a hardware development company and was involved in various projects, and in April 2019, he established Inoka Inc. Under the management philosophy of "Delivering the value of nature to people," he is engaged in environmental conservation, education, and research in cooperation with large corporations, utilizing his unique "environmental transfer technology" that reproduces ecosystems.


Representative Director, Science Groove Inc.
Yuya Miyazaki
Representative Director and CEO of Science Groove Inc. He has been developing games and web services since his junior high school days and established a software development company while studying at Kyushu University. He specializes in web front-end development, game development, etc. In October 2019, he founded Science Groove Inc. with researchers from Kyushu University and Tokyo Metropolitan University. He is working on developing simulation tools for science education and is currently developing a demonstration experiment using Virtual ECOSYSTEM, an ecosystem simulation.

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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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The intestinal environment can be designed
Session Partner: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co.

Comprehensive analysis of the intestinal environment has successively revealed the relationship between humans and their intestinal flora. In order to utilize this knowledge for health maintenance and disease prevention, it is important to promote behavioral changes to achieve these goals and to design the intestinal environment appropriately. In this session, researchers involved in intestinal environment, food nutrition, and medicine related to lifestyle-related diseases will gather to discuss how we can design the intestinal environment through diet and lifestyle.

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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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3rd Cellular Agriculture Conference
~The Future of the Cultured Meat Market: Cell Culture Technology Opens the Door to the Future

Cellular agriculture is a new production concept in which the cells that make up an organism are cultured outside the organism's body, without raising animals as in the past. Compared to traditional agriculture, cellular agriculture has a smaller environmental impact and is expected to be a sustainable food production method. In addition, the application of cellular agriculture technology has the potential to produce a variety of products in addition to food.
While technological development related to cellular agriculture is accelerating around the world, issues such as guidelines for new entrants, information disclosure and public understanding of the technology, and the creation of rules that address the entire process from production to distribution have emerged that must be resolved if cellular agriculture is to be realized in a manner that benefits society as a whole.
We are holding this conference in the hope that this year will bring another year of layered collaboration to accelerate the development of the new field of cellular agriculture more than ever before.
In this session, we will introduce our efforts in the field of cellular agriculture, including not only cutting-edge research in academia, but also the formation of rules surrounding cellular agriculture and consumer demand perspectives.

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Growth Manager, Managing Director, Real Tech Fund
Representative of Space Food X
Mizuki Komasa

After completing his graduate studies at Keio University (Bioinformatics) in 2008, he worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and SMBC Nikko Securities before joining the Real Tech Fund in 2015. In 2019, he founded Space Food X, the world's first space food market co-creation program, together with JAXA, Sigmaxy, and more than 50 other companies. He is the founder and president of Space Food X, the world's first space food market co-creation program. His goals are to view the Earth from the Moon's surface and to conduct his own Mars-based life exploration. He is the father of a child.

 


Professor and Director, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Mr. Tatsuya Shimizu
Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine in 1992, and a physician in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dr. Koyama began research at Tokyo Women's Medical University in 1999 on cardiac regenerative medicine using cell sheet engineering, the world's first technology of its kind originating in Japan. Currently, as a tissue engineer, he promotes research and development of various regenerative medicine and drug discovery models. In recent years, he has not limited himself to medical treatment, but has also developed the application of tissue engineering to food production. His motto is "Dream and Belief.

 


Visiting Professor, Institute for Strategic Studies of Rule Formation, Tama University; former member of the House of Representatives
Mr. Mineyuki Fukuda
Born in 1964. Graduated from Rikkyo University, Faculty of Sociology. Member of the Yokohama City Assembly (2 terms) and the House of Representatives (3 terms). He is an assistant minister of the Cabinet Office (in charge of My Number) and vice minister of the Cabinet Office (in charge of IT, cyber security, intellectual property, and science and technology). He is a "policy family member" in charge of hydrogen energy policy, digital society policy, and urban agriculture policy. His motto is to be the first to take on challenges such as online donations, virtual currency crowdfunding, and the establishment of an online news TV show by politicians.



Kyushu University, 1st year doctoral student
Cultured Meat Researcher Eggs
Yuji Matsuyoshi
He is the Kyushu Branch Director of the Shojinmeat Project. D. student who usually uses muscle cells from mice, rats, and sometimes crayfish in her experiments. At the same time, he is conducting a "research on the acceptability of cultured meat to Muslims" with an intramural co-researcher (lecturer Rika Terano), and is the son of a Shinto priest who is devising a social implementation of cultured meat from a religious perspective as well. He will clarify the religious issues in cultured meat production and smoothly introduce it to the Islamic world (halal market).

 

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Director, Japan Cellular Agriculture Association, a non-profit organization
Mayu Sugisaki
Graduated from Hokkaido University, Faculty of Agriculture, and completed graduate studies at the University of Tokyo. In 2017, he joined the Shojinmeat Project, an open-source research and development organization, and has been experimenting with cell culture at home. He has been active in the Japan Cellular Agriculture Association, disseminating information on cell agriculture to introduce the concept of cell agriculture to more people.

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The Cellular Industrial Age Begins
Session Partner: Cell Fiber Inc.

If organs could be created artificially, drug discovery, which is said to have a success rate of 1 in 10,000, could be made unbelievably efficient. It may also be possible to realize treatments that are unthinkable today, such as transplanting a preserved spare organ. Although research on three-dimensional cell masses has been active in recent years, the reproduction of dynamic functions like organs still remains a challenge. In this session, we will look at the frontiers of research on the dynamic properties of cell masses, including muscle contraction, fluid pumping in blood vessels, and the spontaneous assembly behavior of cells inside tissues.

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Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Hiroaki Onoe)he
He received his B.S. degree from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. After working as a visiting researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo in 2009. In April 2016, he was appointed as Director and CTO of Cell Fiber Inc. in April 2016, and has been focusing on commercialization while concurrently performing university work. He received the Young Scientist Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for a series of in vitro tissue formation studies involving cellular fibers in April 2017.

 


Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology
Eiji Nagamori
D. in Engineering from Nagoya University. After working as a postdoctoral fellow at Osaka University, he joined Toyota Central R&D Labs. After working in the Biotechnology Research Laboratory of the Materials Division and the Advanced Research Center at Toyota Central R&D Labs, he became a lecturer at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University (formerly the Department of Fermentation Engineering), and since 2016, he has been an associate professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, where he leads the Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory. He is currently developing novel culture technologies for microorganisms and animal cells based on biochemical engineering, implementing them in society, and conducting educational activities.

 


General Manager, Kawadacho Laboratory, Ogino Memorial Research Institute, Nihon Kohden Co.
Hirotsugu Kubo
D. in Medicine from Tokyo Women's Medical University. Specialized in regenerative medical engineering. After joining Nihon Kohden, he was engaged in the development of medical devices and also in the research and development of cell culture and processing technologies centered on cell sheet engineering. Since 2014, he has been participating in the AMED "Three-dimensional tissue model for drug discovery testing using stacked cell sheets" and conducting research and development of a drug discovery support system using cardiomyocyte sheets.

 

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Representative Director, CELFIBER Inc.
Mr. Yu Yanagisawa
D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Tokyo. Dean's Prize of the Graduate School of Engineering and the President's Prize of the University of Tokyo in 2017.Appointed as Director of Cell Fiber in May 2018.Principal Investigator of AMED "Development of High Density Continuous Production Technology for Antibody Production Using Cell Fiber" in June 2018.Selected by NEDO in October 2018. He was selected for the Entrepreneurs Profgram (NEP) to develop a contractility measurement system oriented to drug discovery applications of cardiac fibers, and was appointed as Representative Director in June 2019.

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How can universities produce researchers who generate challenging themes?
-Considering aggressive human resource development collaboration between universities and companies.

As universities are required to conduct research and education with an awareness of their connection to society, companies and universities have increasingly cooperated in the human resource development of researchers over the past decade. Human resources who can be active as researchers in any field are those who can take up challenging themes and promote research on their own, and those who can expand their own themes. In order to produce such human resources at universities, how can universities and companies take the initiative and cooperate with each other in human resource development? In this session, we will discuss the cooperation between universities and companies for aggressive human resource development.

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Behind the Scenes of Supporting Overseas Venture Manufacturing by Town Factories
presented by: Monozukuri Research Center

Ota City, which has a large concentration of "machi-factories" that support the backbone of Japan's manufacturing industry, is conducting a demonstration experiment to create examples of collaboration between local factories in the city and overseas ventures, with a view to utilizing the Haneda Airport Site Zone 1, which is scheduled to be developed by 2020, together with LEVANES Corporation. This fiscal year, 88 promising manufacturing startup teams from six Southeast Asian countries were identified, and four were selected to develop prototypes. In this session, as a debriefing session of the "Demonstration Experiment Project for Creating Collaboration between Startups and Manufacturing Companies," we will unveil the startups and their prototypes from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and Japan, and talk nakedly about the various challenges and solutions that occurred during the process.

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Representative Director, Seki Ironworks Ltd.
Eiichi Seki
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Born in Ota-ku, Tokyo and raised in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. From childhood, he was involved in the manufacturing environment, drilling holes with a drilling machine and making his own playthings. After working for 10 years in maintenance, repair, remodeling, and design of automatic machines installed on production lines, he joined Seki Tekkosho in 2002. He worked at the main factory in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and became the third president of Seki Tekkosho in 2014. He has also served as secretary general of the Omori Factory Association YM Club, chairman of the Ota Industrial Federation Youth Committee, and vice president of the Omori Factory Association, and is actively working to boost the manufacturing industry in the ward.

Representative Director, Zenda Kogyo Co.
Mr. Yoshihiro Fukutomi
After completing a master's degree (engineering) at Muroran Institute of Technology in 2004, he joined a factory in Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 2014, he was awarded the Next Generation of Artisans in Ota, and in the same year, he completed the biomedical curriculum at Tokyo Women's Medical University. 11 years of training later, in April 2015, he became independent. In 2017, he obtained a doctorate in medicine from Tokyo Women's Medical University in order to strengthen his medical field. In addition, he has been participating in the All Japan Manufacturing Koma Taisen since 2012.

President and Representative Director, Eisho Kinzoku Co.
Yukihiro Sayama
We are a reverse engineering company that is self-appointed as a "rush temple for manufacturing. Our base is our perspective as an inspector of 3D measurement and component analysis, and our generalist skills, which have been used to improve cases of recalls and troubles caused by incorrect transition to mass production. We strive to maintain and grow OTA JAPAN QUALITY by rating the on-site capabilities of companies participating in the "E-Monozukuri Network," for which we serve as a contact point, from the perspective of an inspector, and by trying to provide the best match for their needs.

Representative Director, Sankei Engineering Co.
Mr. Yoshihiro Doba
After retiring from a major manufacturer, he started a venture company with "heating technology" at its core. Backed by the power of a small factory in Ota-ku, Tokyo, the company performs a full range of services, from atari-testing for universities and major companies, to prototyping of equipment and manufacturing of industrial manufacturing equipment. The company has a wide range of customers in the food, automobile, medical, and semiconductor industries. The company aims to become a "prototype laboratory" for its customers, functioning as a place for experimentation, measurement, and prototype assembly, while leaving the manufacture of parts to nearby factories with optimal equipment and technology.

Chief, Industrial Promotion Division, Industry and Economy Department, Ota Ward
Mr. Shoichi Usui
Joined Ota City Office in April 1989. Served as Chief of Cultural Promotion Division and Director of Haneda Special Sub-branch, and has been in his current position since April 2017. He also serves as Deputy Counselor of the Airport Machizukuri Headquarters, and is working to develop local industries and revitalize the local economy in Ota Ward by taking advantage of the location of Haneda Innovation City.

 

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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 of master's degree and later became the first new employee of RIVERNESS. He launched the Human Resources Development Division and became an executive officer in 2012. In 2013, he moved to the Tokyo Head Office, where he is responsible for incubation projects in the manufacturing field, industry-academia collaboration projects, and the revitalization of manufacturing companies.

14:00-15:00

  • Session Room C

The "New Normal of the Future" to be Discovered with Researchers of the Mind
presented by: PsycheTech Institute

Common sense" regarding the human mind is the foundation upon which our daily lives and businesses are built. Just as "mindfulness" and "wellbeing" have long been discussed in the academic world, there are seeds of new common sense for the future in cutting-edge research. In this session, researchers on the human mind and speakers who are working to solve problems in the business world will discuss the "common sense" about us humans that is fluctuating and being renewed by cutting-edge research, and the world in which this common sense has become the norm. Anticipating common sense as it changes with the times will provide hints for designing the society of the future.

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Managing Director, Heuristic Sherpa, Sigmaxis Inc.
Shunichi Shibanumadead horseMr. Shunichi Numa
University of TokyoGraduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, and joined the Bank of Japan in 1995. During his tenure, he was seconded to the Industrial Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for two years. After working for McKinsey & Company, he was involved in the turnaround of a Japanese fund and joined Sigmaxyz Inc. in 2009. He is engaged in corporate innovation and new business development, and at the same time, he is responsible for the company's alliance strategy. He is also a member of the board of directors of SX Capital Corporation, a portfolio company. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Management, Globis University.

 

Assistant Professor, Institute of Human Development and Educational Sciences, Ochanomizu University
Osamu Imaizumi
After completing the Master's program in Design Science at the Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, he worked for a company before completing the Doctoral program at the same university. After working as a researcher at the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, and the University of Sussex, she assumed her current position as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Human Development, Ochanomizu University. Specializing in cognitive psychology, she has worked in various fields on the theme of self-emotional cognitionThe research will be conducted in collaboration with

 

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.

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Director, Sci-Tech Research Institute, Riverness, Inc.
Iori Egawa
M.A. in Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Master (Academic). During his studies, he researched personality psychology.In 2017, he joined LIVERNESS with a desire to install the power of researchers of the mind in society. In October 2018, he launched the Psykitec Institute and assumed the position of Director. He is currently working on a project that crosses the knowledge of researchers of the mind, companies, and technology domains.

 

16:00-17:00

  • Session Room C

TECH INSTALL Project
~ Install IP and Architect your Business~!

Do we need open innovation to search for seeds from outside the company because our own laboratories do not have them? Open innovation is in full swing these days, but are such activities really looking at your company correctly? If you observe calmly, there are a large number of technologies that have been researched and developed but have not yet been implemented in society that are lying dormant in large companies. At LIVERNESS, we are attempting to create a new open innovation mechanism that will shine a light on these seeds that have been crushed by various factors and create new businesses. In this session, we will introduce some examples of cutting-edge projects that are now attracting attention as a form of collaboration between major companies and start-ups, and discuss the results we have achieved and the possibilities for the future.

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17:00-18:00

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My son celebrates his anniversary in space by going on a date on a hoverbike.
~Talking about the world that will be realized in 2050~.
presented by: Monozukuri Research Center

A.L.I. Technologies is developing a hoverbike to be driven on public roads in Japan in 2022; SpaceFoodX is researching and developing a space-based food production system to enable 1,000 people to settle on the moon in 2040; and what was once thought to be a science fiction dream is now a reality! SpaceFoodX has been enthusiastically taking on the challenge of making what has been considered a science fiction dream come true! These adults are trying to create a new reality for their children when they reach their own age. In this session, we will hear their enthusiastic visions together with Mr. Takahashi of WAERU, a company that is engaged in the business of passing on centuries-old traditional techniques to the next generation, and we will discuss the technology, laws, and education necessary for cutting-edge technology to sublimate into tradition and become commonplace, all with an eye toward the year 2050.

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President and Representative Director, A.L.I Technologies, Inc.
Daisuke Katano (Mr. Daisuke)
After working on a wide range of domestic and international projects from manufacturers to food and beverage at Boston Consulting Group and Dream Incubator, he became the representative director of the Japanese subsidiary of one of the largest independent consulting firms in Asia. After promoting overseas expansion projects to Europe, and after more than 10 years of experience in strategic consulting and management support, he was appointed Representative Director and COO of A.L.I. Technologies, Inc. in July 2018, in which he had participated as an angel investor, and was appointed President and Representative Director in March 2019. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

 


Producer, J-SPARC, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Vice President, Space Food X
Yuta Kikuchi
After completing graduate studies in sports science, he joined JAXA. After completing graduate studies in sports science, he joined JAXA, where he was in charge of business promotion in the rocket division and space education projects through external collaboration. After returning to JAXA, he established the Japan Space Program for Space Innovation Partnership (J-SPARC) and has been involved in co-creation activities with private companies and others. He is the vice president of Space Food X, which aims to create the world's first space food market and achieve the SDGs. His dream is to realize the Lunar Olympics and to be able to watch the event in action himself.

 


General Manager, Marketing Division, Waeru Co.
Sumire Takahashi
Studied abroad in the UK during college and was impressed by the depth of Japanese culture and history. After working in marketing for human resources business, she joined Waeru Inc. in 2018. She is responsible for a wide range of new business launches and business expansion as a "communicating craftsman," including the marketing of "aeru, a brand of traditions from the age of 0," which creates daily necessities that can be used from birth with artisans across Japan, as well as planning and developing learning-based workshops and initiatives centered on traditions with local governments across the country.

 

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General Manager, Manufacturing Research Center, LIVERNESS Co.
Daigo Fujita
Upon entering Tokyo Institute of Technology, he was involved in the start-up of Miraikan volunteers under Director Mamoru Mohri and founded the Science Event Circle. He participated in the founding period of LIVERNESS and developed nearly 100 educational programs centering on manufacturing, including a space education project utilizing the International Space Station and the establishment of a robotics class for elementary school students. He is currently working not only with children, but also with major companies, venture companies, and local factories to support manufacturing for problem solving.

 

Saturday, March 7, 2020 9:00 - 20:00

Main hall Session Room A Session Room B Session Room C Poster Room&.
Venture Booth
9:00-9:10 opening
9:10-9:30 Keynote Speech 1
Masanori Murayama, Team Leader, Tactile Physiology Research Team, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
9:30-9:50 Keynote Speech 2
Kentaro Shiraki, Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
10:00-11:00 [Session]LIBERNESS Research Fund Special Session Part1 Corporate R&D changing with stimulus from young researchers [Session] Challenging the Symbiotic Manufacturing Industry [Session] Why R&D Startups are Heading to Asia [Session] New Rules for Infrastructure Inspection
11:00-12:00 [Session]LIBERNESS Research Fund Special Session Part2 LIBERNESS Research Fund Award 2020 [Session] Can Japanese Drone Ventures Expand Globally? [Session] Academia that fosters new challenges -Entrepreneurship as an academic discipline [Session] Technology Splash
12:00-13:00 break [Luncheon Session] Technology to Expand Diversity of Workers and Work Styles - Creating a Future in which All People Can Thrive break break Poster Discussion Time
13:00-14:00 [Session] Solving the "Marine Litter Problem" with a team of super-disciplinarians [Session] Solving Deep Issues, Frontiers of GovTech (Government x Technology) [Session] What is the mechanism to promote children's excitement and proactive behavior? [Session] How far can agricultural production be mechanized?  
14:00-15:00 [Session] Envisioning the Future of Industry-Academia Collaboration  [Session] What is the Circular Economy Led by Japan? [Pitch] Technology Splash Jr. -Creating Knowledge Across Generations [Session] Can open patents of major companies be a seed for innovation?
15:00-16:00 Poster & Booth Presentation Core Time
16:00-17:00 [Session] Can Human Norms Become Robot/AI Norms? ~Past research and what we should do in the future [Session] Real Tech is by Design! [Session] Taste 5.0 - From its definition to the future [Session] Heavy Duty Inexhaustible Open Innovation
17:00-18:00 [Session] New World of Knowledge beyond the Fusion of Discontinuous Fields [Session] Seeing the World through 4D Thinking [Session] To What Extent Can Humanity Harness the Potential of Plants? [Workshop] Seize your research career by thinking in a very interdisciplinary way!
R&D Venture Careers Meet UP
18:00-20:00 Awards Ceremony & Reception

9:10-9:50

  • Main hall

Keynote Speech 1
Observe the beauty of nature and learn its principles


Team Leader, Tactile Physiology Research Team, RIKEN Neuroscience Center
Mr. Masanori Murayama
D. in Life Sciences from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences in March 2006. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physiology, University of Bern, he has been in his current position since 2010, and has concurrently served as an adjunct professor at the Department of Neurodynamic Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo since 2018. 2016 Young Scientist Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and 2019 Japan Medical Research Development Award, AMED President's Award. His research focuses on elucidating the brain mechanisms of touch perception. Recently, he is challenging to develop the world's one and only microscope through collaborative research with companies.

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Does the mind reside in the brain? If so, what kind of neural activity gives rise to the mind? To answer this question, it is necessary to broaden the scope of observation as much as possible. Sir Sherrington (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932) once wrote in a book (1940), "If we could observe all the neural activity of the human mind when it awakes from sleep, we would see the stars dance. This was his dream, I believe, but it is also the dream of neuroscientists. Eighty years have passed since his words, and no one has realized this dream. However, if combined with today's state-of-the-art technology, the dream could become a reality. The sight of 10,000 stars shining in the night sky with their dazzling lights would be unimaginably beautiful. In the case of neurons, the light radiation may seem random at first glance, but there may be some law behind it. In this talk, I will introduce the development story of the microscope that enables large-scale neuronal activity, a neuroscientist's dream, the elemental technologies required, and some of the results of analysis of neuronal activity.

9:10-9:50

  • Main hall

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Keynote Speech 2
Phase Separation Biology

Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Kentaro Shiraki

1994 Graduated with a degree in Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University
1999 Completed Doctoral program in Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University. Doctor of Science
1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
2001 Research Assistant, School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
2004 Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Engineering, University of Tsukuba
2007 Associate Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2016 Professor, Department of Mathematics and Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, to present Specialty is solution science of proteins.
Recent publications include "Phase Separation Biology" (Tokyo Kagaku Doujin)

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Phase-separation biology is a new field of study that seeks to understand biological phenomena in a unified manner by considering the functional units of proteins as aggregates rather than molecules. Since proteins, RNA, and other biomolecules tend to aggregate in the first place, it is rather more natural to think of them as functioning in a dispersed manner. Aggregates are sometimes referred to as droplets formed by liquid-liquid phase separation. Over the past few years, it has become clear that droplets are involved in a variety of life phenomena, including DNA repair, gene transcription, translation into proteins, regulation of signal transduction, innate immune responses, compartmentalization of functions, substrate storage, responses to external stresses, maturation into amyloid, photosynthesis, etc. The doroplets are now known to be involved in a variety of life phenomena. In this talk, I will give a brief overview of phase separation biology and an interesting way to look at the science.

10:00-11:00

  • Main hall

[Special Session Part 1]
Corporate R&D changing with stimulus from young researchers

The LIBERNESS Research Grant is a research grant program designed to encourage young researchers who are passionate about their own research to pursue it with originality. The number of recipients has reached 281 (as of December 2019), and many of the past recipients are active in industry and academia. Furthermore, this initiative has had a positive effect on the implementing companies by launching new projects in collaboration with different fields and revitalizing young human resources within the company. We will have a key person from a company take the stage to discuss the potential that young researchers feel about the RIBANES Research Fund, which continues to evolve into a place where both parties can grow.

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Self-Medication Development Institute, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co.
Deputy Director, Office of Self-Medication Research Promotion
Yoshinori Nishioku
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. Doctor of Science (Kyoto University). 2002 Joined Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in 2002, where he was engaged in the research and development of pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs for the skin in the OTC drug division. After being involved in product planning and marketing strategy development, he joined the current department in 2016 to support research and development activities in collaboration with external companies, organizations, and experts.



Senior Researcher, Central Research Laboratory, Nippon Ham Co.
Takanori Hasegawa
Completed a master's degree at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Gifu University in 2000. Joined Nippon Ham Corporation in the same year. Since then, he has been engaged in research and development of health effects of ingredients derived from livestock by-products and lactic acid bacteria at the Central Research Institute. Currently in charge of basic research related to livestock production and food nutrition. 2016 Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Ph.D. (Livestock Hygiene) Since 2018, he has been a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

 


General Manager, Future Facilities and Design, Yoshinoya Future Creation Research Institute, Yoshinoya Co.
Mr. Shigeru Haruki
He joined Yoshinoya Co. (now Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.) in 1985, became General Manager of the Tokai-Hokuriku Sales Department in 2000, General Manager of the West Japan Business Department in 2005, and General Manager of the joint venture Fujian Yoshinoya Restaurant in 2008.

 

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Director, Knowledge Foundation Research Center, Liverness, Inc.
Hiroyuki Takahashi
D. from Yokohama City University in 2009. D. in Science, focusing on creating new research projects between industry and young researchers, including the launch of the "Liberace Research Fund" for young researchers under the age of 40. In addition, he continues to organize the "Super Interdisciplinary Society," a place to generate new knowledge and seeds for research and development by combining individual knowledge, technology, and passion for problem solving without being bound by the framework of academia.

 

11:00-12:00

  • Main hall

[Special Session Part2]
Liverness Research Funding Award 2020

What does the world of research look like to young researchers who are now taking on the challenge of being at the point of giving shape to their ideas? In this year's RIVERNESS Research Grant Award, young researchers selected from among the recipients of the RIVERNESS Research Grant over the past year will give presentations on the background of their research, their vision, what new knowledge can be gained by advancing their research, and how the world can be changed. Through this, we aim to encourage participants in the audience to expand their ideas and create opportunities to start new research together.

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Ikeda Rika Regenerative Medicine Research Encouragement Award
How to Handle Natural Pluripotent Stem Cells Learning from Planaria
Makoto Kashima
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
Nippon Ham Prize
Study on Rural Optimization of Insect Farming Technology in the Yeast Weevil Farming Project for Improving Malnutrition in Rural Laos
Shinjiro Saeki
President, Society for the Scientific Study of Edible Insects, NPO
Duskin Development Institute Award
Relationship between lifestyle and sick building syndrome/allergy - Does frequency and quality of cleaning lead to disease prevention?
Norimichi Suzuki
Project Associate Professor, Chiba University Center for Preventive Medicine
Homeostasis Regulation Research Promotion Award
Potential for Novel Therapies Targeting Aging Itself for a Super-aging Society
Daisuke Hisamatsu
D. student, Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine / Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC)
Japanese Research.com Award
Large-scale acquisition of entity-relationship knowledge independent of a specific language
Kohji Matsuda
D. student, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tohoku University
Taisho Pharmaceutical Healthcare and Beauty Care Award
Influence of social networking service (SNS) use on young women's sense of body shape and eating behavior
Yumen Momokina
D. Student, Laboratory of Nutrition Education and Nutritional Physiology, Department of Environmental and Human Studies, Graduate School of Environmental and Human Studies, University of Hyogo, 1 year

 

13:00-14:00

  • Main hall

[The meeting will be postponed to April 23.
Solving the "Marine Litter Problem" with a super interdisciplinary team

Session Partners: The Nippon Foundation, Japan Advanced Institute for Research and Development of Human Resources for Science and Technology Education (JASTO)

The time has come when solving social issues can be the seed of a new business. Project Ikkaku," launched by the Nippon Foundation, JASTO, and LIVANES, focuses on the issue of marine litter, which has been attracting increasing attention in recent years, and aims to create "businesses that contribute to the reduction of marine litter. This is an activity to create business opportunities driven by solving social issues, and it aims to grow based on the empathy of people with various attributes, such as researchers, businesspersons, and designers. In this session, we will discuss with the leaders of the teams that have started their activities under the project, how to tackle the solutions to issues that are not easy to solve, and where the breakthroughs in both technology and business can be made.

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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, it has also 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 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.

14:00-15:00

  • Main hall

Envisioning the Future of Industry-Academia Collaboration
Session Partner: Nagoya University Organization for Future Society

There is no doubt that research results produced by universities are one of the major driving forces that propel our society forward. In addition to the booming university-launched startups, universities have begun to explore ways to promote open innovation, and there is growing momentum within the government, especially among younger staff, to create mechanisms to accelerate R&D and commercialization that transcend sectoral frameworks. However, there are still barriers that need to be overcome between the government and industry, which are the main actors in social implementation.
In this session, we will invite three speakers who are currently challenging this barrier in an ongoing effort to discuss the future of industry-academia collaboration by summarizing the challenges and issues from the respective perspectives of the government, universities, and the private sector.

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Planning and Evaluation Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Director and Planning Officer, Office of Policy Science
Keita Nakazawa
He joined the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2002. He was in charge of industry-academia collaboration and venture policy, space and ocean R&D policy, etc. In 2011, he was transferred to Osaka City Hall, where he was responsible for innovation policy as part of the Osaka Station North Exit development. Currently, he is working for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Cabinet Office's CSTI to formulate the 6th Science and Technology Basic Plan. He is currently implementing operational reforms, believing that innovation is what is needed in the planning and execution of policies at Kasumigaseki.



Representative Director, Bio Impact Inc.
Mr. Junichi Sugihara
The company operates "Nihon no Kenkyu.com," one of the largest databases of research topics and researchers in Japan, which combines information on funding for scientific research by ministries and research institutes with information on researchers and press releases. The company also conducts industry-academia collaboration matching and KOL searches for pharmaceutical companies, etc., using its proprietary analysis algorithms for research fields, etc., built using machine learning and natural language processing.

 


Director, OI Promotion Office, Organization for Future Society, Nagoya University
Mr. Yoshishige Koike
In 1980, he joined Nippondenso Corporation (now Denso Corporation), where he served as General Manager of the Technology Planning Department and then as General Manager of the Tokyo Branch Office before being appointed as a board member. During his tenure as head of the Tokyo office, he expanded contact points with domestic and international companies, industries, government offices, universities, and research institutions, and greatly accelerated open innovation at the company through various activities.

 

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Representative Director, President and COO, Liverness, Inc.
Shuichiro Takahashi
(Shuichiro Takahashi)
D. (Life Sciences), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. While still a graduate student, he founded LIVERNESS in 2002. While teaching at the University of Tokyo, he devised a unique business model for private-sector research grants and has initiated numerous projects that bridge industry, academia, and education. He is a member of the Graduate School Subcommittee of the University Sectional Committee of the Central Council for Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

16:00-17:00

  • Main hall

[The meeting will be postponed to April 23.
Can the norm for humans become the norm for robots/AI?
~Past research and what we should work on in the future~.
Session Partner: Sigmaxis Inc.

With the development of digital technology and its fusion with real tech, we are approaching an era in which robots (including AI) will play an active role in areas close to real life, and the relationship between humans and robots is entering a new stage. On the other hand, there are many things that are commonplace in human society but unrecognizable to robots. In this session, we will introduce research in related fields and discuss (1) what are the common ground elements necessary for robots to work/communicate smoothly in human society? and (2) What approaches should be taken to build them up? We will invite scientists who are conducting advanced research in these fields and entrepreneurs who are developing service businesses using robots to support people's daily lives as panelists to discuss these issues.

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Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Mr. Toyoaki Nishida
B.S. in Engineering, Kyoto University, 1977; M.S. in Engineering, Kyoto University, 1979; Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 1993; Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1999; Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, 2001; Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, April 2004; 2019 Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, to present. Engaged in research on artificial intelligence and interaction. Proposes conversational informatics. Member of the AI Network Society Promotion Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Affiliate Member of Science Council of Japan (2006-); Fellow of Information Processing Society of Japan; Fellow of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.



Project Professor, Center for Education and Research in Mathematical and Data Sciences, Osaka University
Mr. Wataru Takano
He received his B.S. in Physical Engineering from Kyoto University in 1999, M.S. in Precision Engineering from Kyoto University in 2001, and M.S. in Precision Engineering from Kyoto University in 2001. D. in 2006 from the Department of Intelligent Machines and Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. 2006 Project Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo; 2007 Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo; 2009 Lecturer, The University of Tokyo; 2015 Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo; 2017 Project Professor, Center for Education and Research in Mathematical and Data Sciences, Osaka University, To present. D. in Information Science and Engineering. D. in Information Science and Engineering, and is engaged in research on human motion measurement and mathematical modeling, and motion planning and control of humanoid robots.

 


Representative Director and CEO, Mira Robotics K.K.
Ken Matsui
After graduating from college, he developed smartphone apps/web systems for various new businesses.In 2011, he founded Mira Corporation, an IoT device developer, to develop and mass produce various hardware products. In 2018, he founded Mira Robotics Inc. He is developing robotics services for the future society.

 

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Director, IoT & Robotics Team, Digital Sherpa, Sigmaxis, Inc.
Mr. Shinya Kirihara
After graduating from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, he worked for a foreign consulting firm before joining Sigmaxis in 2013. He has worked on a number of themes such as advanced digital technology utilization, new business development, and R&D innovation for the manufacturing industry, including industrial machinery and materials. He has lectured at numerous training programs for engineers and external seminars. In recent years, he has focused on efforts to realize "an exciting society where humans and robots coexist in harmony. He is also a member of the review committee and technical advisor for the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the Strategic Innovation Program (SIP) of the Cabinet Office. He is the author (supervisor) of the book "New Manufacturing: The Frontline of 3D Printer Applications" (NTS Publishing).

17:00-18:00

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A New World of Knowledge Beyond the Fusion of Discontinuous Disciplines

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10:00-11:00

Session Room A

[The meeting will be postponed to April 23.
Taking on the challenge of a symbiotic manufacturing industry
Session Partner: Aoki Manufacturing Co.

While the drone industry in Japan is thriving, drone companies from countries other than Japan are already expanding their business around the world, and Japan's presence is still low. In this situation, what is required for drone ventures born in Japan to not only be active domestically but also to go global? We will discuss this issue with the people behind the drone industry and the players who are trying to support the foundation for drones to be utilized from the institutional level.

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Representative Director, Aoki Manufacturing Co.
Mr. Keita Aoki

Aoki Seisakusho was established in 1995 as a parts processing manufacturer. The company's business focuses on the design, processing, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment and jigs for automobile, aircraft, and can makers. With the management philosophy of "taking on the challenge of a symbiotic manufacturing industry," the company has established a symbiotic network with various organizations such as partner factories, universities, ventures, and companies from different industries, aiming to create manufacturing that will change the world. Garage Tochigi" is operated as a member of the RIVERNESS SUPER FACTORY Group, which gives shape to the enthusiasm and ideas of venture businesses.

 


VAIOCorporation  Chief Innovation Officer(in Japanese history)CINOPartner and Representative Director, SUNDRED, Inc.
Mr. Masanobu Tome
Graduated from Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics. Lenovo Japan Co,NECFormer President and Representative Director of Personal Computer Co. After serving as Chief Strategy Officer of Shiseido Co,2019counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)7since AprilSUNDRED.As a representative of the Corporation, "100Launched the "New Industry Co-Creation Studio" with the aim of "co-creating individual new industries.2019counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)8since AprilVAIOCorporationCINOHe was appointed to the

 


MISUMI Corporation Representative Executive Officer, President of 3D2M Entity
Mitsunobu Yoshida

"In 2008, he joined MISUMI Corporation. After working in domestic business, China subsidiary, and new business development, he became the company's 3D2M corporate entity Representative Executive Officer and President of the corporate entity in 2018. He is leading the digital transformation of the parts procurement domain in the manufacturing industry by developing "meviy" (mevy), which has the No. 1 market share in on-demand manufacturing services. Prior to joining MISUMI, he worked for a major Japanese telecommunications company and a major foreign software vendor, where he was involved in the launch and expansion of many new businesses utilizing digital technology since the dawn of the Internet.
meviy official site:. https://meviy.misumi-ec.com/
Twitter ID: @misumi_meviy"

 

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Group CEO and Representative Director, LIVERNESS Co.
Yukihiro Maru
In 2002, while still in graduate school, he founded LIVERNESS with only undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering. He has turned Japan's first "delivery experiment class of cutting-edge science" into a business. He operates a "knowledge manufacturing business" that creates new knowledge by combining technology 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.

 

11:00-12:00

Session Room A

Can domestic drone ventures expand globally?
presented by: Fukushima Hamadori Forum, Japan Society of Hyperdifferent Fields

While the drone industry in Japan is thriving, drone companies from countries other than Japan are already expanding their business around the world, and Japan's presence is still low. In this situation, what is required for drone ventures born in Japan to not only be active domestically but also to go global? We will discuss this issue with the people behind the drone industry and the players who are trying to support the foundation for drones to be utilized from the institutional level.

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President and Representative Director, Aerodyne Japan K.K.
Akira Ito
He is the Japan representative of Aerodyne Group, a drone solution provider with a presence in 25 countries worldwide, and from July 2019, he will join Japan Infrastructure Waymark, an infrastructure inspection company using drones launched by NTT West, as an evangelist.


Deputy Director, Fukushima Robot Test Field, Fukushima Innovation Coast Organization
Osamu Akimoto
Graduated from the National Defense Academy's Graduate School of Science and Engineering in 1988. After working at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Weapons School and the National Defense Academy, he joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1991. Engaged in R&D and commercialization of vehicle systems, bridge systems, simulators, unmanned aerial vehicles, and hybrid vehicles. Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, he has been involved in policy advocacy activities through projects such as "Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy to Chemical Energy" and "Social Implementation of Disaster Response Robots" of the Council for Industrial Competitiveness, while promoting the development of the Fukushima Robot Test Field, environmental improvement related to small unmanned vehicles, and institutionalization of radio waves for robots. He is also promoting the development of the Fukushima Robot Test Field, environmental improvement for small unmanned vehicles, and institutionalization of radio waves for robots.

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Co-founder/Representative Partner, Drone Fund
Mr. Soki Omae
In 2002, he founded Creative Hope Inc. to provide web consulting services with an emphasis on strategic aspects. (Professor at Business Breakthrough University Graduate School, specializing in digital marketing.

12:00-13:00 Luncheon Session

Session Room A

Technology that extends the diversity of workers and ways of working
〜Creating a future where all people can play an active role

Session Partner: Yoshinoya Holdings Co.

With the rapid changes in technology, such as robots and artificial intelligence, opportunities for humans to play an active role are changing. For example, teleworkers using robots to participate in the workplace and power-assistive suits to lighten the workload of heavy laborers are beginning to be implemented in society in ways that were difficult not long ago. How will the concept of social participation change with the use of technology?
Ltd., which operates 3,481 stores worldwide and continues to employ many people in the service industry, and Kentaro Yoshifuji, CEO of OriHime, a remotely operated robot used for telework and distance education, and developer and provider of communication devices for the physically disabled, will discuss the future in which all people can play an active role. OriHime is a remote-controlled robot that can be used for telework and distance education, as well as a communication device for physically disabled patients. The moderator will be Yukihiro Maru, Group CEO and Representative Director of LIVERNESS Co.

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President and Representative Director, Yoshinoya Holdings Co.
Yasutaka Kawamura
In 1993, he joined Yoshinoya D&C Co. After working as a store manager, supervisor, and in the management planning department of Yoshinoya, he transferred to Hanamaru Co.


Co-Founder and CEO, Oly Research Institute, Inc.
Kentaro Yoshifuji
After studying artificial intelligence at a technical college, he entered the School of Creative Science and Engineering at Waseda University. Based on his own experience of not attending school, he developed "OriHime," an alter ego communication robot for use against loneliness. He established OriHime Research Institute Inc. in order to make it available to many people. He has been developing the robot under the philosophy of "eliminating loneliness of human beings through communication technology".

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Group CEO and Representative Director, LIVERNESS Co.
Yukihiro Maru
In 2002, while still in graduate school, he founded LIVERNESS with only undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering. He has turned Japan's first "delivery experiment class of cutting-edge science" into a business. He operates a "knowledge manufacturing business" that creates new knowledge by combining technology 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.

 

13:00-14:00

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The forefront of GovTech (government x technology) to solve deep issues
Session Partner: Drone Fund

GovTech (Government x Technology), which uses new technology to solve long-standing problems faced by governments and municipalities, has begun to attract attention in recent years.
Disaster preparedness is an area where GovTech is needed, as exemplified by the recent natural disasters in Japan, such as typhoons that caused extensive damage in the Kansai region in 2018 and in the Kanto region in 2019. In addition, there are many issues that need to be solved by the entire country, such as education, food/agriculture, and health/healthcare.
In this session, key persons from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Cabinet Office will discuss how governments and private companies should promote GovTech by making full use of "DeepTech," technology to solve the deep global issues that humanity is facing. The key persons from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Cabinet Office will join Drone Fund, a VC firm specializing in drone and air mobility, to discuss the forefront of GovTech and how government and private companies should promote GovTech.

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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
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)

 

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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 worked at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo (Specially Appointed Researcher) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (ACCEL Program Manager). Since joining RIVANES, he has been responsible for supporting the commercialization of research results by researchers and the investment and development of venture companies. He also serves as President and Representative Director of Glocalink Inc. and Growth Manager of the Real Tech Fund.

 

14:00-15:00

  • Session Room A

What is the Japan-led Circular Economy?
Session Partner: Euglena Co.

In recent years, the circular economy has been attracting attention as a new economic concept after the Industrial Revolution. It is said that Europe was the first country to advocate this concept for solving global issues, but the actual industrial approach is still in its infancy in all countries. Japan, which has long been imbued with the Mottainai spirit, may have the potential to create its own unique way of thinking from an oriental perspective and lead the Circular Economy. In this session, we will invite players who are currently promoting circular economy businesses to discuss.

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Executive Officer, in charge of Research and Development, Euglena Co.
Mr. Kengo Suzuki

While a student at the University of Tokyo in 2005, he was involved in the establishment of Euglena Co. and as one of the co-founders, he is responsible for research and development up to the present. Focusing on the development of technology centered on the mass cultivation of Euglena, a type of microalgae, he received his PhD (Agriculture) from the University of Tokyo in 2016 and his PhD (Medicine) from Kitasato University in 2019. Currently, he is a research director of the microalgae production control technology research team at RIKEN, a visiting professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and a specially appointed professor at Tohoku University.

 


President and Representative Director, Nihon Kankyo Sekkei Co.
Mr. Masaki Takao

Born in 1980. Graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University High School, Tennoji Campus, and entered the Faculty of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2000. After graduating from the same school, he majored in technology management at the University of Tokyo Graduate School in April 2004. After leaving the graduate school, he established Nihon Kankyo Sekkei Inc. in January 2007 and assumed the position of Senior Managing Director. After joint research with Osaka University, he succeeded in refining cotton into bioethanol and putting it to practical use; he was appointed President and Representative Director in March 2016; he has also been a part-time lecturer at Waseda University since 2013.

 


President, Circular Economy Japan, a non-profit general incorporated association
Kazuhiko Nakaishi

After 20 years of experience in accounting and finance and corporate planning at Matsushita Electric Industrial (now Panasonic) and Fujitsu, and after serving as an executive in the corporate planning department of an IT venture and a trading company specializing in food ingredients (listed company), he established Biologique Philosophy Inc. and Japan Bio Hotel Association in 2013. In order to accelerate the transition to a circular economy for the industrial sector from 2018, he has established the "BIO HOTEL" brand in collaboration with BIO HOTEL, a European hotel brand specializing in sustainability, to develop a sustainable lifestyle proposal business and certification system. Co-founded CIRCULAR ECONOMY JAPAN to accelerate the transition to a circular economy for industry. The company is approaching the realization of a sustainable society from both production and consumption perspectives.

 

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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.

 

16:00-17:00

  • Session Room A

Real tech is by design!
Session Partner: Amada AI Innovation Institute, Inc.

Real-tech ventures often view design as a superficial element, such as "look" and "shape," and as a result, there are many cases where the appeal of the product is not fully brought out. However, design originally refers to all planning activities that have an aesthetic root, and real-tech, whose goal is to solve problems, can be considered design itself.
Therefore, two designers from universities and companies who face essential design, together with Mr. Kashimura of Amada Holdings, Inc. who is a machine tool manufacturer and places design perspectives at the center of product development, and Mr. Yukihiro Maru, CEO of RIVANES Group, who is also a science art producer, They will discuss the relationship between the essence of design and real tech.

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President and Director, Amada AI Innovation Institute, Inc.
Mr. Yoji Kashimura
Graduated from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Tsukuba with a Master's degree. He has been in charge of a research institute of a major office equipment manufacturing and sales company, a director of its U.S. research subsidiary, and a research branch office in Singapore. Consistently engaged in research and new business development. He is in charge of strengthening current businesses and developing new businesses from a manufacturing perspective based on AI-related technologies.


Associate Professor, Department of Visual Communication Design, Musashino Art University
Ms. Masako Kitazaki
Completed the Design for Interaction course at the Faculty of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology. Master of Science. His research focuses on the design of artifacts and design methodologies that generate new behaviors and communication among people, combining design, sociology, and cognitive psychology in order to contribute to the formation of a sustainable society.


Group CEO and Representative Director, LIVERNESS Co.
Yukihiro Maru

D. in Applied Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo.In 2002, while still in graduate school, he founded LIVERNESS with only undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering. He has turned Japan's first "delivery experiment class of cutting-edge science" into a business. He operates a "knowledge manufacturing business" that creates new knowledge by combining technology 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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KANDO Founder & CEO

Yuki Tazaki
Envision Design" is a trinity of creation, liberal arts, technology, science, finance, and business, and is responsible for the creative implementation of technology in society and the creation of next-generation culture that fuses technology and the humanities. Design" is an example of Envision Design in action, and is the subject of a REAL TECH FUND investment in the cyborg venture "MELTIN" (see below).www.meltin.jp), an artificial cultured meat venture called Integral Culture (https://integriculture.jp/(Japanese only), Personal Mobility "WHILL" MaaS Vision Movie (Japanese only)https://whill.jp/maas(Tokyo Institute of Technology), and others. Art projects include "Kou Niwa", a collaborative work with sculptor Kohei Nawa, "UNITY of MOTION", a HYUNDAI commission work, "Enceladus", a research work for the Institute for Earth and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and "AURA", an exhibition of original drawings by Hirohiko Araki.www.kando.vision

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  • Session Room A

Seeing the world through 4D thinking
Session Partner: Kobashi Kogyo Co.

In a world like Japan, where the economy has become a maturity issue, finding deep issues on a global scale that each individual wants to solve (deep issues) and solving them with a collection of technologies (deep tech) will lead to a sustainable society and the development of new businesses. However, different countries and cultures face different challenges and have different evolutionary timelines, so in looking at deep issues, "4D thinking," in which knowledge and research from different countries with their own unique vectors are viewed in terms of aspects, is important.
Since 2017, RIVERNESS has planned and implemented deep tech tours to discover unique challenges and foster 4D thinking through encounters with government agencies, university researchers, startups, and incubators in Southeast Asia, the United States, and Europe. In this session, we will invite panelists who have visited more than 4 countries with RIVANES to discuss how to collaborate with each country and the challenges they have found through their visits.

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President and Representative Director, Kobashi Kogyo Co.
Shojiro Kobashi
Born in Okayama, Japan in 1982, he graduated from the Graduate School of Business Administration, Waseda University. Graduated from the Graduate School of Business Administration, Waseda University, and joined Kobashi Kogyo in 2008, becoming President and Representative Director of the company in 2016. Since its establishment in 1910, Kobashi Kogyo has worked to solve problems in the agricultural sector and increase food production as a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, and has promoted the mechanization of agriculture. In 2017, he formed a capital and business alliance with Euglena Co. In 2018, he joined the Drone Fund to support startups in the drone field to mass-produce their products. With the philosophy of "Cultivate the Earth," he aims to realize a sustainable society by tapping the infinite possibilities of not only the land, but also the sky and the sea.

 


Manager, Future Innovation Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Kenji Minefuji
Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 2011. He was engaged in research and development of optical communication technology at the Information Technology Research Institute. He was later in charge of R&D strategy formulation, resource allocation, and implementation support at the same institute. Currently in charge of promoting new business development and strengthening existing businesses through open innovation with venture companies.

 


President and Representative Director, Looop Co.
Soichiro Nakamura
Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1978. In 2002, he joined Beijing Kangmao Business Consulting Service Co. In April 2011, he decided to start his own business in Japan after installing solar power plants in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. He founded Looop Inc. and became President and Representative Director, and in 2017 he also became Director of LOOOP ENERGY MALAYSIA SDN.BHD.

 


Manager, Global Business Center, Corporate Planning Division (in Singapore), Toppan Printing Co.
Hidenori Ogawa
Born in Niigata Prefecture in 1969. Graduated from Nagaoka University of Technology (Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering), and joined Toppan Printing Co. in 1995. After working at the General Research Institute, the U.S. Technical Representative, the International Business Department, and the Corporate Planning Division, he has been working in Singapore since 2018. He is in charge of business development and looking for various collaboration opportunities with startup companies in ASEAN and India. He is committed to building fruitful relationships with startups, business units, group companies, and clients, while leveraging his experience in overseas acquisitions and business consolidation projects he has been involved in.

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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.

10:00-11:00

  • Session Room B

Why R&D startups are heading to Asia
presented by:Investment Development Research Center

The importance of innovation has long been emphasized in Japan, and startups have been attracting attention as bearers of such innovation. Startup support is being promoted by the public and private sectors, as exemplified by the "J-Startup" program of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Against this backdrop, R&D startups are gradually emerging and creating technologies to solve deep issues. R&D startups are exploring approaches to solving problems as they progress with their R&D and business operations, and are accelerating their efforts in Asia, where deep issues are piling up and the market scale is expanding.
 In this session, based on the efforts of three R&D startups that are actually expanding in Asia, we will discuss what kind of support the government/local government should provide to accelerate their efforts and how business companies can work together to build businesses that solve problems and are economically viable at the same time.

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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.

11:00-12:00

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What is the academic discipline that fosters new challenges - Entrepreneurship to academia

In this era of rapid change, students entering society are expected to have various qualities, especially the ability to create new things. Companies are also calling for open innovation and are vigorously launching new businesses, but Japan has not accumulated much know-how when it comes to nurturing the human resources needed to accomplish these tasks. Thus, the need for a system to develop the human resources required by society is increasing day by day in Japan, where global thinking is gaining strength.
In this session, Mr. Ito, who has initiated several new projects within the company, Mr. Inoue, who created a business for young people, and Mr. Mizuguchi, who started his own business after entrepreneurial education during his graduate school days, will be invited to passionately discuss the disciplines that foster new challenges. The moderator will be Mr. Jyo Inoue, Vice President and CTO of LIVERNESS Co.

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Corporate Evangelist, Yahoo! Academia President, Yahoo!
Representative Director, Weiwei Co.
Yoichi ItoMr.
After working in corporate finance, corporate turnaround support, logistics, marketing, business restructuring and turnaround, new business development, and business management at Industrial Bank of Japan and Plus Corporation, he moved to Yahoo Japan Corporation in April 2015. Academia, Yahoo! Academia, Yahoo's corporate university, and as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Management, Globis University, he develops next-generation leaders and conducts presentation skills training. He is the author of "Speak in One Minute," "Move in Zero Seconds," and "You Don't Have to Do What You Want to Do.

 


Representative Director, BYD Co.
Evangelist, Game Culture Association of Japan
Mr. Sota Inoue
While in college, he founded the Be Your Dream Project, a student organization, and gave presentations and other workshops to more than 500 students. He has led many students to win presentation contests and business contests. Currently, he is the founder and president of BYD Corporation, where he runs the "3rd Class" school business for young people. In addition, from April 2020, he will be a visiting professor at the Information Management Innovation Professional University, where he will be involved in supporting the development of entrepreneurs.

 


Director CSO, Metagen, Inc.
Yoshinori Mizuguchi
In 2011, he graduated from Oyama National College of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; in 2015, he received the EDGE INNOVATION CHALLENGE COMPETITION, GOLD AWARD. In the same year, he co-founded and became a director of MetaGen Inc. while he was a master's student at the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology. 2018, he completed the doctoral program of the same school and the doctoral program of Information and Life Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, MEXT/JSPS PhD Education Leading Program, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. D. in Engineering. He specializes in biomaterials and biological tissue engineering.

 

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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 his doctoral studies, 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 and concurrently serving as a specially-appointed associate professor at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University in 2015, and as a professor of advanced pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University and a visiting professor at Keio University's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2018. 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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What is the mechanism to encourage children's excitement and proactive behavior?
presented by:Liberty Education Research Center

The environment surrounding society is changing drastically, and the nature of school education is about to undergo a major transformation. The concept of the new guidelines also points out the importance of fostering not only knowledge and skills, but also "the ability to think, judge, and express" and "the ability to face learning. At the LIVERNESS Center for Education and Research, we have been conducting research since 2018 on the concept of "excitement" as the driving force that motivates children to "want to know more" and "want to try" and to take independent action in regard to things they are interested in. In this session, we will discuss the environment and mechanisms to create and further develop children's excitement based on the relationship between excitement and behavior that we have discovered through our research up to last year.

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Director, Services Policy Division, Commerce and Services Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (and Director, Education Industry Office)
Daisuke Asano
Joined the Ministry in 2001. After working in Natural Resources and Energy (oil and gas), Distribution, Logistics, and Crisis Management, Intellectual Property Management, Regional Economy and Industry, Macroeconomic Analysis, etc., he became Assistant Director of Policy Division, Natural Resources and Fuels Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (departmental supervision) in June 2015, and Assistant Counselor, Commerce and Distribution Security Group (Policy Planning Officer, Minister's Secretariat) in July 2016. In charge of departmental reorganization and launched the Education Service Industry Office (now the Education Industry Office); concurrently serving as Planning Officer of the Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat since July 2017 and Director of the Education Industry Office since October 2017; assumed the post of Director of the Service Policy Division in July 2018. He continues to serve concurrently as Director of the Education Industry Office.

 

CEO, Mimikuri Design Inc., Project Assistant Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Yuki Anzai
D. in Interdisciplinary Information Studies from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. While researching workshop design and facilitation theory for cultivating the soil of creativity in organizations and individuals, he has implemented many projects for product development, organizational development, and human resource development. His major publications include "Workshop Design Theory: Learning by Creating" (co-authored, Keio University Press) and "Designing Places for Collaboration and Creation: Workshops Change Businesses and Communities" (Geijutsu Gakusha).

 

Executive Vice President CTO, Riverness Riverness, Inc.
Jyo Inoue
D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. He is a founding member of LIVERNESS. After completing his doctoral studies, 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 and concurrently serving as a specially-appointed associate professor at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University in 2015, and as a professor of advanced pharmaceutical sciences at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University and a visiting professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University in 2018. Researcher involved in launching joint research projects with universities and research institutions and supporting the establishment of research institutes while conducting research and development.

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Research Career Center, Liverness, Inc.
Satomi Maeda
After graduating from high school, he moved to the U.S. He earned his master's and doctorate in ergonomic psychology from Wright State University. 2010, he joined LIVERNESS, where he was involved in human resource development planning and development. In May 2013, she joined the International Development Division, where she has been engaged in the development of teacher training programs and international education programs for junior high and high school students. Working together with.

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  • Session Room B

Technology Splash Jr.
~Create knowledge across generations...

In this program, young teenage researchers who will lead the next generation, including the outstanding presenters of "Science Castle," a conference for junior high and high school students, will give presentations on the research they have been working on. In addition, a poster pitch "Technology Splash" will be held at the same time to present the hottest points of their research to the audience for the poster session. We hope you will join us for discussions on topics that interest you, transcending the boundaries of disciplines and generations.

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16:00-17:00

  • Session Room B

Taste 5.0 - From its definition to the future
Session Partner: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Liquor, tea, coffee, cigarettes - we enjoy a wide variety of luxury items in our daily lives. Tobacco is defined as "food and beverages that are not intended for nutritional intake, but for flavor or stimulation. However, recent technological advances have brought about changes that have diversified the definition of luxury goods, and a variety of goods and activities are now used in a luxury way to provide a moment of comfort and enrichment to our lives. What is the "richness" that luxury goods bring to us? What will be the next generation of luxury goods in the digital age? We will expand the discussion on the role of luxury goods from various perspectives and their future visions.

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R&D Group, Tobacco Business Division, Japan Tobacco Inc.
General Manager, Science and Technology Strategy
Shikata Hiroki Mr. Hiroki
Born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1965, he graduated from the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo in 1989 and joined JT Corporation. He was engaged in research on chemical sensory perception, such as taste and aroma, and spent two years as a Visiting Scientist at the Monell Institute for Chemical Sensory Research in the U.S. from 1995. After returning to Japan, he worked on the development of D-spec (low odor tobacco products) technology and led the application of this technology to products. In 2010, he became Director of the R&D Planning Department, in 2012, Director of the Product Technology Development Department, and in 2015, Director of the Central Tobacco Research Institute, before assuming his current position in 2019. He is currently experimenting with cross-divisional technology collaboration and the creation of a more open alliance system, based on his belief that innovation is born from "intellectual nonsense. D. in Human Sciences.

 


Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Shiga University / Director, EVECARE Co.
Ms. Masako Ohira
D. from Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in 2011. In the same year, he became a researcher at Nagaoka University of Technology's Center for the Development of Top Runners in the Fusion of Industry, Academia, and Government. In the same year, he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Shiga University. 2015 Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Shiga University. Since his graduate school days, he has been consistently engaged in research on stress evaluation using hormones in saliva. In recent years, he has been engaged in the research and development of methodologies for stress assessment that do not use saliva, such as mental stress assessment using biochemicals derived from body tissue fluid, nails, and hair.

 


Japan Representative, LinkedIn Japan K.K.
Shin Murakami
Graduated from the Department of Physics, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University. While still in college, he founded the limited company "Dennou-tai" with his friends.
In August 2000, he joined Yahoo Japan Corporation following the merger of PIM Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation.
After retiring once in 2011, he again joined Yahoo as Executive Officer and CMO in April 2012, where he was in charge of planning strategy for the mobile business. in November 2017, he became the Japan representative for LinkedIn, a business-specific network used by 610 million people. He also serves as a strategic and technical advisor for several startups.

 

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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 his doctoral studies, 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 and concurrently serving as a specially-appointed associate professor at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University in 2015, and as a professor of advanced pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University and a visiting professor at Keio University's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2018. 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.

 

17:00-18:00

  • Session Room B

How far can mankind go in unlocking the potential of plants?
presented by: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center

Since humans began farming, they have sought to increase the yield and improve the quality of their produce. As the world population increases and global climate change occurs in the future, humanity will be required to draw on the potential of plants to meet these challenges in order to ensure a stable food supply. In this session, we will invite researchers on plant growth and functionality to hear about their approaches to unlocking the potential of plants, and discuss the future envisioned when this potential is reflected in future production sites.

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Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Production and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki
Mr. Masaaki Kirimura 

In his master's and doctoral studies, he worked on "Research on nutrient management system based on ion concentration control" related to hydroponic cultivation. He participated in research on genetically modified plants for the purpose of increasing biofuel production at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2015. Currently, he is involved in research on plant factories, farm-based solar power generation, and resource-recycling agriculture under the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and in collaboration with companies.


President and Representative Director, Joban Phytochemical Laboratory Co.
Mr. Hitoshi Tatsuzaki 

He graduated from Gakushuin University with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and completed graduate studies at the University of North Carolina Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He received the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun's 36th Excellent Manager Award and Young Managers Award in 2019. In addition to his business, he is also engaged in phytochemical research and was awarded a doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Chiba University in 2019. He serves as Executive Director of the Tokyo Crude Pharmaceutical Association, Director of the Japan Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Manufacturers Association, and Director of the Japan Institute of Health Food Standards (JIHFS).


Founder & Director, Plantex Inc.
Mr. Shunsuke Sakaguchi 

D. in 2011 from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Life Science and Engineering. Engaged in research and development of diagnostic imaging devices at Panasonic Healthcare Co. In 2018, he developed the world's first closed-type cultivation equipment for mass production and demonstrated the world's highest area productivity.

 

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Director, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center, Riverness, Inc.
Yosuke Miyauchi 

During his master's and doctoral studies, he went to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to establish high-yield soybean cultivation technology together with local researchers under the research theme of "Development of high-yield soybean cultivation technology in arid areas of China". In 2019, he will establish the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research Center to actively promote cross-disciplinary research not limited to agriculture and livestock industry with companies, ventures, and universities.

10:00-11:00

  • Session Room C

The New Normal in Infrastructure Inspection
presented by: Fukushima Hamadori Forum, Japan Society of Hyperdifferent Fields

In addition to advances in diagnostic technology, the use of drones is lowering the hurdles for inspecting locations that are difficult for people to access at any time. In addition, with the advancement of digitalization, the field of infrastructure inspection is becoming capable of not only inspecting but also predicting aging and optimally designing structures based on accumulated data, something that was difficult to do in the past. In this issue, we would like to invite three players involved in infrastructure inspection to discuss the future of infrastructure inspection and how the utilization of inspection data will progress with the entry of new players.

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Representative Director, Liberaware, Inc.
Hong-Kyu MinMr.
Master of Mechanical Engineering (Major: Robot Development). Participated as a researcher at Chiba University in the "Project for decommissioning of nuclear power reactors and development of safety technology infrastructure in 2013" of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, where he was engaged in the development of a drone system. He also participated in the "Flying Robot Division of ImPACT, Tough Robotics Challenge" and was engaged in the system development of a disaster response flying robot (April 2013-August 2016). In August 2016, he established Liberaware, Inc. and became its representative director. [ Author ] "Leapfrogging Drones: Development and Applied Research of Multi-Rotary Wing Unmanned Aircraft, Overseas Trends, and Risk Countermeasures," published by NTS Co.

 


Director, Head of Creative Business Department, Measurement Research Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Shozo Nishimura
After graduating from university in 1978, he joined Keisoku Research Consultant Inc. in 1982. In 2010, he applied the latest measurement technique, UAV, to the deterioration monitoring of Gunkanjima Island, which was being prepared for registration as a World Heritage site, and also to the development and research of social infrastructure inspections such as bridges. He entered the doctoral program of the Graduate School of Engineering at Nagasaki University as a working student to conduct research and development for the inspection of social infrastructure such as bridges. He received the Prime Minister's Award of the Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award in 2007 and the Maeda Engineering Award (civil engineering field) in 2015. D., Professional Engineer (Construction), First-Class Architect, Surveyor, Heritage Manager.

 


President and Representative Director, Aerodyne Japan K.K.
Akira Ito
He is the Japan representative of Aerodyne Group, a drone solution provider with a presence in 25 countries worldwide, and from July 2019, he will join Japan Infrastructure Waymark, an infrastructure inspection company using drones launched by NTT West, as an evangelist.

 

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General Manager, Human Resource Development Division, Liverness, Inc.
Takashi Okazaki
D. in Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University. D. in Chemistry from the Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan.

11:00-12:00

  • Session Room C

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To what extent can agricultural production be mechanized?
presented by: Fukushima Hamadori Forum, Japan Society of Hyperdifferent Fields

Not only is the term "smart agriculture" becoming more widely used, but IoT and AI practices are being implemented in the agricultural field. In addition, robot farm machines have been introduced to the market, and mechanization of agriculture is expected to further advance in the future. As the population of farmers native to IoT and other technologies grows, how far will agriculture mechanize? Through discussions among smart farming ventures and researchers who are developing technologies, we will consider the extent to which agriculture can be mechanized when the population of farmers native to IoT and other technologies increases, and what kind of field usage is possible as mechanization progresses.

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Representative Director, Ginza Noen Co.
Kazuki Iimura
Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1974. After graduating from Nihon University's College of Industrial Engineering, he worked as a first-class architect planning and designing condominiums and buildings, and then engaged in structured finance business such as real estate fund management as the head of strategic investment consulting at an Internet real estate auction venture. In 2009, he founded Ginza Noen Co., Ltd. with the philosophy of "enriching agriculture with technology. With "Smart Agriculture Spirits" as its corporate slogan, the company is engaged in the business of building data for the operation of AI-based agricultural robotics in the primary industry, as well as providing agricultural systems for high value-added agricultural products such as high-sugar tomatoes and fine muscat grapes. The company provides companies with agricultural systems for high value-added agricultural products, such as high-sugar tomatoes and pineapple muscats.


Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kyushu University
Takashi Okayasu, Ph.
His research interests include the measurement of field environments using information and communication technology (ICT), plant phenotyping technology that automatically extracts growth characteristics such as plant shape and size under various growing conditions, smart agriculture that contributes to the sustainable development of agriculture in Japan, and the creation of new mechanisms that connect farmers and consumers and enable them to share the value and necessity of agriculture. We are also conducting research on smart agriculture, which contributes to the sustainability of Japan's agriculture. He is currently involved in several research projects with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), other ministries, and companies.


Associate Professor, Utsunomiya University
Masaru Kashiwazaki
After completing his graduate studies at the University of Tokyo, he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (now the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)) before coming to Utsunomiya University, where he has been in his current position since 2009. He is a full-time faculty member of the Faculty of Agriculture. Consistently engaged in research and development with the aim of practical application, and in 2014 established a joint venture company, the Institute of Agricultural Technology (now I-Eat Co., Ltd.), as a venture company originating from Utsunomiya University. Awarded the Invention Grand Prize (Tokyo Governor's Prize) in 2017 for the practical application of his research results.

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Director, Knowledge Foundation Research Center, Liverness, Inc.
Hiroyuki Takahashi
D. from Yokohama City University in 2009. D. in Science, focusing on creating new research projects between industry and young researchers, including the launch of the "Liberace Research Fund" for young researchers under the age of 40. In addition, he continues to organize the "Super Interdisciplinary Society," a place to generate new knowledge and seeds for research and development by combining individual knowledge, technology, and passion for problem solving without being bound by the framework of academia.

14:00-15:00

  • Session Room C

Can open patents of major companies be a seed for innovation?
Session Partner: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

While many major companies are seeking open innovation through collaboration with venture companies, Mitsubishi Electric and LEVANES have focused on their own "open patents" and have worked to bring together various entities, including students, local factories, and venture companies, with their own researchers who created the patents. In the course of these activities, we have succeeded in adding new knowledge to open patents, and in finding new ways to utilize them. Can this experimental method really become a method that can be used by other companies? And is there any idea to develop it into an even better method?
In this session, Professor Shichitake of Tokyo University of Technology, who is involved in innovation research in academia and also researches R&D strategies of major companies, and Mr. Takata, who supports IP utilization by small and medium-sized companies and venture companies at the Japan Patent Office, will be invited to discuss innovation methods based on dormant patents of large companies. The discussion will focus on innovation methods for large companies' dormant patents.

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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.

 


Industrial Property Specialist, Dissemination Support Division, General Affairs Department, JPO
Mr. Tatsuya Takada
After joining the JPO in 2004, he worked at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Trade Policy Bureau and the Japanese Embassy in Kenya before assuming his current position in September 2015. He belongs to the department in charge of supporting small and medium-sized companies and venture businesses, one of the JPO's important policies, and travels throughout Japan as a sales representative for support measures.

 

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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.

17:00-18:00

  • Session Room C

[Career Workshop].
Grab a research career too, with super interdisciplinary thinking!
R&D Venture Careers Meet UP

The hyper-disciplinarity concept, in which different fields and industries are linked to create new knowledge, is also useful for researchers when considering their careers. If researchers can extend their research themes and act beyond their fields and industries to develop their careers, they will be able to develop interesting careers.
Find an interesting career in a very different field while talking with researchers from R&D ventures who are active in cutting-edge science and technology, utilizing the wisdom of researchers.

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Career Pitches by R&D Ventures
Discussion and question session with participants
How to find a hyperdisciplinary research career

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