Keihanna RC Opening Symposium2017/03/27
The establishment of Keihanna Research Complex (RC) provides a great opportunity to create new businesses in the Keihanna region, through the utilization of its potential resources and the innovation・ecosystem that will emerge.
| Date / Time | Monday, March 27, 2017 10:00 - 19:20 |
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| Venue | Keihanna Open Innovation Center（KICK） |
| Program | March 16, 14:30 Posted: The program has been changed due to various reasons. Apologize for any inconvenience caused. 10:00 – 10:20 Opening remarks, Guest speeches
10:20 – 11:20 Keynote speech
“Building Innovation Ecosystems: The Israeli Example” Mr. Avi Luvton
Asia Pacific Executive Director, Israel Innovation Authority  [Brief Biography] Mr. Luvton leads international collaboration programs with Asia at the Israel Innovation Authority, the country’s leading agency to promote RD&I among the Israeli industry. Since his appointment in 2009, Mr. Luvton has cultivated strategic relationships with dozens of innovation agencies, government partners and industry associations throughout Asia.（More information are here） 11:30 – 12:30 Let’s Get Started! Keihanna Innovation Ecosystem
13:30 – 15:10 An Endeavor to Create New Businesses and a Meta-Comfort and Smart Society
Lecture “Healthcare Services through Personal Humanity AI”
Kazuhiro SAKURADA, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. Deputy Program Director, Medical Sciences Innovation Hub Program (MIH), RIKEN  [Brief Biography] Completed the master’s program at Osaka University Graduate School of Science in 1988. In the same year, he joined Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. and engaged in drug development research. During that time, he served as visiting research fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University and at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. After that he held various positions including Head of the Research Center Japan of Schering, Germany; Executive Officer of Nihon Schering; Executive Officer and Head of the Research Center of Bayer Yakuhin; and Chief Scientific Officer of iZumi Bio, USA. Since September 2008 he has been working for Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. Since 2011 he has served as a member (and special advisor) of the research strategy committee at RIKEN, and since 2013 he has also acted as a specially appointed fellow for the Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and Project Leader at the Kobe site for MEXT’s Center of Innovation Science and Technology-based Radical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (COI STREAM). Panel Discussion
[Moderator] Dr. Yoshiaki WATANABE, Leader of Human Resource Development, and Common use of Research facilities [Panelists] Mr. Akihisa KOIKE, Group Manager, Central Research Laboratory, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Dr. Kazuhiro SAKURADA, Senior Researcher, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. Deputy Program Director, Medical Sciences Innovation Hub Program (MIH), RIKEN Dr. Michitaka HIROSE, Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Dr. Hiroshi ANDO, Leader of Research and Development 15:20 – 16:30 Global Cooperation between Keihanna RC and ERA
Lecture “Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship”
Mr. Murat Aktihanoglu Founder and Managing Director, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)  [Brief Biography] Murat is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, investor and author. He is the co-founder and Managing Director at ERA (http://eranyc.com), an early-stage investment fund and technology accelerator in New York City since 2011 with a portfolio of 127+ and growing companies（More information are here） 16:40 – 18:20 Open Innovation Connecting Enterprises to Keihanna RC
Company Lecture
■ Keishi KITAMURA, Ph.D., General Manager, Shimadzu Corporation
“From Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration to Integration of Knowledge from Diverse Fields: Expectations for the Research Complex” ■ Mr. Ayumu MITERA, CEO, Mitsufuji Corporation
“From Keihanna to the World—An Endeavor by a Venture Formed as a ‘Second Foundation’” ■ Takayuki KUMADA, Ph.D., CEO, BLUE INNOVATION Co., Ltd.
“Future of Drone Business” Panel Discussion
■ Hardtech Startup
Facilitator: Mr. Narimasa MAKINO, Co-Founder/CEO, Darma Tech Labs Inc./Makers Boot Camp Panelist: Dr. Max Krichenbauer, President, MARUI-PlugIn ■ How to Build a Startup for Foreigners in Japan
Facilitator: Ms. Sabrina Sasaki, Marketing, Darma Tech Labs Inc. /Makers Boot Camp Panelist: Dr. Philip Nguyen, CEO, Gochiso Inc. 18:20 – 19:20 Networking: Poster Session & Get-Together
List of Exhibitors is here *Simultaneous interpretation available
The program may change |
| Fee | ■ Admission free ■ Lunch fee: 800 yen
*Reservation required ■ Poster session & Get-together fee: 2500 yen (Students: 1,500 yen)
*Reservation required |
| Due date for application | Monday, March 20, 2017 |
| Organizer | Keihanna Research Complex |
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