Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference in Tokyo 2025
2025.03.07 [FRI] - 08 [SAT]

Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference in Tokyo 2025

Create Empathy, Expand Territory Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand Conference Center
ABOUT
What is the Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference?

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

Twelve years have passed since the reorganization of the Society from its predecessor, Hyper Interdisciplinary Research Meeting. It has become the one and only place where diverse researchers and companies with their own expertise and passion can come together to form interdisciplinary teams to take on new challenges, inspired by what they would not have thought of doing on their own, in order to envision a future that they could not envision alone and get closer to a place that they could not reach. However, the next step is not created simply by gathering together and enjoying different fields. At Leave a Nest, we value the concept of "creating" rather than "looking for" empathy as the first communication to make friends in different fields. We will create a mechanism to make the two-day event such that participants can create something they can share with someone else and leave with a promise to take the next small action.

Schedule
Friday, March 7 - Saturday, March 8, 2025
Venue
Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand Conference Center
Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 5F, 8-17-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Organizer
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Entrance fee
For companies and government agencies: 100,000 yen/person, 2 days (tax and handling fee not included)
Researchers affiliated with universities and other research institutions, students, educators, junior high and high school students: Free
Target Participants
Academia, ventures, large companies, SMEs, local governments, secondary and high school students, etc.

Timetable

REGISTRATION

Participant (audience) Ticket

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

Researchers affiliated with universities and other research institutions,
Students, educators, middle and high school students

free
*Representatives of poster presenters and booth exhibitors are not required to obtain an auditorium ticket. Co-researchers and accompanying persons must obtain an auditing ticket.

Businesses and government agencies

(Credit card payment) 113,960 yen/person, 2 days (including tax and settlement fee)
(Bill payment) 110,000 yen/person, 2 days (tax included)

Cancellation policy and billing information for paid auditing tickets
Cancellations will not be accepted after the application has been made for the customer's convenience. Please note that your request will not be cancelled even if you fail to show up on the day of the event.
For credit card payment, we will send you a ticket (QR code) for the reception on the day of the event by e-mail after payment is completed.
In principle, the due date for invoice payment is March 6, 2025 (Thursday). (If you are unable to pay in time by the deadline due to the timing of your application, please contact the secretariat by e-mail. [Contact: [email protected]])
In the event that the Tokyo-Kanto Congress of the Association of Transdisciplinary Studies 2025 is cancelled due to the organizer's decision, the request will be cancelled.

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program

Session List

Speakers

  • Masato Abe
    Masato Abe
    • Ehime University Graduate School Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture
  • Kouhei Ito
    Kouhei Ito
    • BIOTA Corporation CEO
    Graduated from Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University. He has been engaged in bioinformatics research on microbiomes at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University. His research focused not only on the human microbiome, but also on the environmental microbiome in cities and buildings. After graduating from Keio University, he founded BIOTA Inc. Ltd. with the vision of "creating healthy and sustainable lifestyles through microbial diversity.
  • Misao Itoga
    Misao Itoga
    • Japan Moss Factory Co. Founder & CTO
    D. from Hiroshima University in 2002. worked as a researcher at RIKEN Plant Science Center in 2003 and as a senior researcher at Environmental Resource Science Center of the same institute in 2013. established JAPAN MOSS FACTORY, Inc. in spring 2019. Awards received include the Incentive Award from the Bryophyte Society of Japan, the Mining Industry Association of Japan Award, and the Grand Prize of the 5th Agritech Grand Prix.
  • Joe Inoue
    Joe Inoue
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. President and Representative Director CCO
    D., Pharmacist, founded LIVERNESS in 2002 while still in graduate school. After completing his PhD process, he worked as an Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Kitasato University, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, and Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Keio University before assuming and concurrently serving as Professor of Advanced Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University from 2018. He is a researcher and manager involved in launching joint research projects with universities and research institutions and supporting the establishment of research institutes while conducting research and development. He has also been involved in the establishment of many venture companies and serves as an advisor.
  • Shinjiro Umetsu
    Shinjiro Umetsu
    • Waseda University Professor, Faculty of Creative Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering
    Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering. D. in Engineering. Specialized in mechanics, mechatronics/robotics, and intelligent mechanical systems. After working as a special researcher in basic science at RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Assistant Professor and Lecturer at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, he joined the Department of Integrated Mechanical Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University in 2014, where he has been in his current position since 2019.
  • Yoshinobu Osaka
    Yoshinobu Osaka
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Director, Center for National Policy Research
    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 Representative Director of GLOKA LINK Corporation, Representative Director of KOBATA HOLDINGS Corporation, and Outside Director of Chalenagy Corporation.
  • Yuka Oshima
    Yuka Oshima
    • Focus Systems Co. Secure Services Office, IT Innovation Division 2
    In 2021, he joined Focus Systems, Inc. He promoted the spread of information security products such as data encryption, and content security products such as copyright protection for still and moving digital data. He is also involved in the planning and promotion of services that utilize IoT devices, and is currently pushing forward in parallel with efforts related to the promotion of collaboration with startups and academia.
  • Tomio Ohori
    Tomio Ohori
    • Air Business Club Inc. CEO
    Starting as an engineer at a system company, he has been involved in the construction and operation of logistics systems, and has developed many projects including the development of a core system for a local government and the launch of the largest automated warehouse system in western Japan. Japan is facing a logistics crisis caused by the 2024 logistics problem. By realizing the next generation logistics system, "Physical MaaS," he aims to solve this problem by improving the efficiency of truck transportation and increasing transportation capacity through optimization.
  • Kensuke Kageyama
    Kensuke Kageyama
    • Saitama University Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
    D. in Advanced Interdisciplinary Engineering from the University of Tokyo. After engaging in research on nondestructive evaluation of various materials using acoustic emissions (AE, elastic waves generated by sudden phenomena), he has developed acoustic and ultrasonic sensors using electrets. He is now working on the practical application of technology that uses electret sensors to capture the invisible movements of plants and microorganisms with AE and monitor their activities. By developing (self-made) the necessary equipment for AE measurement, such as sensor elements, device circuit boards, and analysis programs, in our laboratory, we are challenging activity monitoring in a variety of environments.
  • Sho Kimura
    Sho Kimura
    • Ripper Corporation chief technology officer
  • Haruna Kusunoki
    Haruna Kusunoki
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Director, Hitozukuri Research Center
    He joined LIBANES in 2003. After serving as the general manager of the Educational Materials Development Division, the Education Development Division, and the Human Resources Development Division, he became the director of the Research Career Center in 2016. He was involved in the launch of RIVANES' education support project and the creation of an education CSR project to accelerate corporate participation in education. He also has extensive experience in developing and implementing human resource development programs for companies and universities, with a focus on fostering science bridge communicators, which is the cornerstone of RIVANES' human resource development. Master of Science
  • Kodama, Yuyun
    Kodama, Yuyun
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. General Manager, Founding Development Division
    Director of Founding Development Division / Investment & Research Center / Master of Fisheries Science, Graduate School of Marine Life Science, Kitasato University / Specialized in aquatic ecology and planktonic ecology / While engaged in elucidating the causes of mass outbreak of poisonous jellyfish as a student, participated in business development, deployment, and establishment of venture companies / Communicator for marine litter reduction project "Project Ikkaku" / Currently working on AIRAS (ASAHI Innovative RAS Project), WASHI-TASUKI-Project, and general foundation. Communicator of "Project Ikkaku" / Currently engaged in creating and promoting missions across disciplines to pursue the richness of the ocean, including AIRAS (ASAHI Innovative RAS) Project, TASUKI Project, and TIDAMARI FOUNDATION. He is a member of the following organizations.
  • Akito Kobayashi
    Akito Kobayashi
    • DigiTaste Senior Faculty Member, Department of AI Systems, IT College, Nihon Kogakuin Hachioji College
  • Makoto Sasaki
    Makoto Sasaki
    • SPHinX Corporation Chief Operating Officer
    Born in 1997 in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Currently 27 years old, he is enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Tsukuba Graduate School from 2022 to the present. In August 2024, he founded SPHinX Inc. with his advisors and became COO of the company. He specializes in polymeric materials and biomaterials. His hobbies are sauna and tennis.
  • Yusuke Shinozawa
    Yusuke Shinozawa
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Executive Officer
    Graduated from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo (Master of Agricultural Science). 2008 Worked for a PR company before joining RIVERNESS in 2009. In the same year, he launched the Silicon Valley training program for graduate students, the first overseas business for Riverness. 2012, he launched the media development business. 2013, he launched the seed acceleration business "TECH PLANTER". 2018, he became the head of the foundation development business. Started working on the theme of "founding a business" instead of starting a business. started Project Ikkaku in 2019. executive officer since 2021.
  • Hiroyuki Takahashi
    Hiroyuki Takahashi
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Director, Knowledge Foundation Research Center
    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. He has also been involved in the creation of "super interdisciplinary academic societies," a place where individuals can combine their knowledge, skills, and passion for problem solving to create new knowledge without being bound by the framework of academia, and the establishment of real laboratories for knowledge manufacturing, among other activities to create seeds for research and development.
  • Ryuta Takeda
    Ryuta Takeda
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Executive Officer
    D. in 2011 after studying the structure of plant pathogens at The Ohio State University. After joining RIVERNESS, he served as Director of the Human Resource Development Division and Director of the International Development Division before assuming the position of Director of the National Policy Research Center and Director of the National Policy Research Center. He has contributed to the overseas strategies of each of RIVANES' businesses, especially the development of TECH PLANTER, which discovers and nurtures university-originated deep technologies, in 10 countries. He has a wide network of key players in the overseas venture ecosystem and is currently involved in creating a place where Japanese science and technology can solve deep issues in Southeast Asia.
  • Yutaka Nomura
    Yutaka Nomura
    • Meiji University BCP/SCM Research Institute visiting researcher
    He has worked in international logistics, supply chain management, production control, production engineering, and medical equipment business divisions at Canon Inc. where he was involved in the start-up of overseas factories and the establishment of logistics networks in North America. He later became a director of MF Logistics Solutions, Inc. and a visiting researcher at Meiji University's BCP/SCM Research Institute, as well as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Technology Management, Nippon Institute of Technology.
  • Shinji Hamaguchi
    Shinji Hamaguchi
    • Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Founding Development Division
    D. from Osaka University. D. in Science. Impressed by the mechanism of living organisms, he has conducted research from cell culture to model animals, focusing on molecular biology and neuroscience. He aims to create a mechanism to accelerate research and business in the bio-medical field, where hurdles such as regulatory approval are high. He is also involved in the creation of incubation facilities that can be used as wet laboratories, and serves as the laboratory manager.
  • Satoshi Hidaka
    Satoshi Hidaka
    • YAXIE Corporation
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Schedule

TIME THEME SPEAKER
09:30 Main hall

Opening Ceremony

10:00 Short Pitches by Researchers and Venture Companies "Hyper Interdisciplinary Splash" Main hall

Short Pitches by Researchers and Venture Companies "Hyper Interdisciplinary Splash"

The name "Splash" comes from the meaning of the word "splash," which means "a splash of water or other substance." Researchers and venture capitalists give 90-second pitches to the audience, telling them what they want to do and what they are looking for from the participants. The aim is to find passionate researchers and to use their pitches as inspiration to come up with new ideas. We then aim to develop the discussions into more in-depth discussions at the poster presentations, leading to the creation of new collaborative research. List of Speakers
11:00 Poster and booth

Poster & Booth Core Time

List of Poster and Booth Abstracts
12:30

Lunch break

13:30 Keynote Speech 1] "Development of 3D Printer Technology for Applications from Space to Health Care" in the Social Implementation Category of the Livanes Research Award 2025 Main hall

Keynote Speech 1] LIVERNESS Research Award 2025 Social Implementation Category Development of 3D Printer Technology for Applications from Space to Health Care

The LIBERNESS Research Award is a system to recognize researchers who are passionate about their own research, carry out original research, and are making great strides right now while expanding the boundaries of their own research, as role models for the next generation of researchers. The award recipients are selected every year, focusing on past recipients of the LIBERNESS Research Grant. At the Tokyo Conference of the Association of Hyperdifferent Fields 2025, the award ceremony for the REVANES Research Award 2025 will be held, and keynote speeches will be given by the winners in each category. Keynote Speech Release
  • Shinjiro Umetsu (Waseda University)
13:50

Movement

14:00 Main hall

Session d1m1

Session Room A

Session d1a1

TECH PLANTER World Communication -Go to Asian Market-. Session Room B

TECH PLANTER World Communication -Go to Asian Market-.

The six best teams from TECH PLANTER, Asia's largest deep tech venture ecosystem in FY2024, will make serious pitches for the right to be invited to the "Asia Final" to be held in Malaysia in August 2025. The event also serves as an opportunity for venture companies from around the world who are aiming to enter the Japanese and Southeast Asian markets to gather and showcase the challenges they face and the technologies they have to solve. Let's get a head start on the future with a group of ventures active in Japan and Southeast Asia! session release
  • Ken Honkura (Element neutral)
  • Sho Kimura (Lipper Inc.)
  • Satoshi Hidaka (YAXIE Corporation)
  • Akito Kobayashi (DigiTaste)
  • Makoto Sasaki (SPHinX Corporation)
  • Masaomi Mogi (CHATENT)
  • Chee How Tan (Spinoff Robotics Pte. Ltd.)
  • Malikul Ikram (PT. BIOPS Agrotekno Indonesia)
14:50

Movement and break (no break in Session Room B)

15:10 Main hall

Session d1m2

Will "standardization" that creates robust logistics be realized? Session Room A

Will "standardization" that creates robust logistics be realized?

Session Partners:
Air Business Club Inc.
The logistics industry, which underpins the industry, is said to face a mountain of challenges, and both the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are pushing for the digitization and structural reform of logistics. However, the transportation and warehousing industry is dominated by small businesses and remains under the old system of operation. In fact, there are approximately 700,000 trucks in operation each day, and their loading rates are below 401 TP3T. Improving the loading rate will lead to solving the problems facing logistics, and "standardization" is the key to achieving this goal. In this session, with "standardization of logistics" as the main theme, we will discuss technologies to realize standardization and demonstration ideas with a particular focus on procurement logistics, and explore the development of supply chains. session release
  • Yutaka Nomura (Meiji University BCP/SCM Research Institute)
  • Tomio Ohori (Air Business Club Inc.)

[Moderator]

  • Kazuhiro Yoshida (Leave a Nest Co.,Ltd.)
Session Room B

TECH PLANTER World Communication -Go to Asian Market-.

16:00

Travel & Rest

16:20 Main hall

Session d1m3

Connecting the Earth's Abundance, Creating a Standard of Value Session Room A

Connecting the Earth's Abundance, Creating a Standard of Value

Session Partners:
Focus Systems Co.
Our lives are supported by "ecosystem services," which are the blessings derived from biodiversity, such as food and water supplies and climate stability, which are essential for human survival and a good quality of life. Proposals have been made around the world to realize nature positivity, and more concrete and practical action plans are needed. However, methods for managing and measuring biodiversity have not been standardized, and there are still few examples of verification, especially in real environments. In addition, we believe it is important to train the next generation of human resources to ensure that efforts are not transitory. Therefore, in the TASUKI-TASUKI project, the next generation and companies are working together to evaluate aquatic biodiversity in the field of rivers and Lake Biwa, which are connected to Tokyo Bay. In this session, we will introduce practical examples and discuss the development of assessment techniques and standards. session release
  • Yuka Oshima (Focus Systems, Inc.)
  • Muneya Fujita (Fishpath Inc.)
  • Takeshi Mizumoto (HiLable, Inc.)

[Moderator]

  • Kodama, Yuyun (Leave a Nest Co.,Ltd.)
Session Room B

Session d1b3

17:10

Movement

17:30 Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition Workshop / Reception

Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition Workshop / Reception

Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition (Ignition: ignition, ignition) is a project prototyping program conducted among researchers, ventures, business companies, and producers from different fields who gather at the site. Project initiators are invited to present the collaborative project proposals that emerge from the day's dialogue, and RIVANES will accompany and support the project proposals selected by the partner companies and help them materialize their ideas.
TIME THEME SPEAKER
09:30 Main hall

Opening Ceremony

09:45 Short Pitches by Researchers and Venture Companies "Hyper Interdisciplinary Splash" Main hall

Short Pitches by Researchers and Venture Companies "Hyper Interdisciplinary Splash"

The name "Splash" comes from the meaning of the word "splash," which means "a splash of water or other substance." Researchers and venture capitalists give 90-second pitches to the audience, telling them what they want to do and what they are looking for from the participants. The aim is to find passionate researchers and to use their pitches as inspiration to come up with new ideas. We then aim to develop the discussions into more in-depth discussions at the poster presentations, leading to the creation of new collaborative research. List of Speakers
10:15 Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition" Co-Creation Pitch Main hall

Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition" Co-Creation Pitch

Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition (Ignition: ignition, ignition) is a project prototyping program that brings together researchers, ventures, business companies, and producers from different fields who gather on site.
Selected teams from the entries gathered on Day 1 will be invited to present a 3-minute pitch.
11:00 Poster and booth

Poster & Booth Core Time

List of Poster and Booth Abstracts
12:30

Lunch break

13:30 Main hall

Keynote Speech 2

13:50

Movement

14:00 Overcoming the valley of death, how to use GAP funds Main hall

Overcoming the valley of death, how to use GAP funds

Session Partners:
UntroD Capital Japan, Inc.
The GAP Fund was established at various universities as a source of funds to overcome the "valley of death" between research and commercialization, but in order to obtain a larger budget and proceed with a full-scale study of commercialization, the cooperation of a commercialization promotion organization is essential. We invite two researchers who are working on STEP 1 of the GAP Fund and Mr. Yamaya of UntroD Capital Japan, which supports researchers as a commercialization promotion organization, to discuss when and how to start communication with them.
  • Masato Abe (Graduate School of Ehime University)
  • Kensuke Kageyama (Saitama University)
  • Hajime Yamaya (UntroD Capital Japan, Inc.)

[Moderator]

  • Hiroshi Fukuda (Leave a Nest Co.,Ltd.)
Session Room A

Session d2a1

Session Room B

Session d2b1

14:50

Travel & Rest

15:10 Main hall

Session d2m2

Session Room A

Session d2a2

Session Room B

Session d2b2

16:00

Travel & Rest

16:20 Main hall

Session d2m3 Regenerative City

Japan has long practiced community development in which people and living organisms coexist in harmony, starting with Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Today, as the value of biodiversity is being redefined around the world, this concept is attracting a great deal of attention under the name of "regenerative. What will the future of urban development look like when cutting-edge science and technology are crossed with this concept? In this session, we will discuss with three regenerative startup companies about future city planning where people can coexist with biological communities of wood, microorganisms, and moss.
  • Misao Itoga (Japan Moss Factory Co.)
  • Kouhei Ito (BIOTA Corporation)

[Moderator]

  • Yukihiro Maru (Leave a Nest Co.,Ltd.)
Session Room A

Session d2a3

Session Room B

Session d2b3

17:10

Travel & Rest

17:30 Main hall

Awards Ceremony and Closing Ceremony

18:00

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

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