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In its innovation hub and overall promotional activities, Keihanna RC is establishing global networks and all sorts of communities as a platform to support various tools: integrated R&D in different fields, human resources development, commercialization support, and equipment sharing. Strong bonds are being developed through this platform among companies, start-ups, local residents, research institutes and universities, and government bodies. Accordingly, this platform is growing stronger and is set to become an innovation ecosystem.
Global networks supporting Keihanna RC and communities in the Keihanna area
Keihanna RC has coordination and cooperation relationships with 261 organizations in total: 100 organizations outside of Japan (12 countries including the US, Canada, Israel, Spain, France, the UK, China and South Korea) and 161 organizations inside Japan (as of April 30, 2019).
Partnerships for business support
Partnerships for exchange of human resources
The United States
New York
Silicon Valley
| International Technology Partnership Center (ITPC) |
 – held the event “世界のスマートシティーへの取り組み ～日米欧の最新動向、Smart Mobility、注目のベンチャー～” – held the event “KOSAINNセミナー(第1回)～グローバルな協働を目指して～” – held the event “感情認識技術の最前線～世界のベンチャー企業の動向～” |
Israel
Spain
Barcelona
| 4YFN Community Club |
joined “4YFN Community Club”
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China
Hong Kong
| Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation |
Cooperation in startup support
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Dalian
| Dalian High-Tech Industrial Zone Administrative Commission |
– cooperated in a smart city project based on a memorandum of understanding signed between Dalian City and Kyoto City
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Canada
| National Research Council Canada (NRC) | – cooperated in the industrial field based on a MoU |
Keihanna RC manages the “Keihanna International Internship Program” to accept interns from R&D and business-related fields in cooperation with overseas universities, and it also holds seminars by inviting lecturers from overseas business schools.
● Keihanna International Internship Program
This program assists participating organizations in effectively using skilled young interns from overseas. In this effort, ATR, a company with abundant experience and accomplishments in welcoming interns from abroad, works as a liaison between participating companies and universities, helps interns with the visa application procedures, and offers the newcomers support in everyday life.
R&D
The United States
| MIT-Japan Program |  |
Stanford Japan Center (SJC) |  |
Canada
| The Canada-Japan Co-op Program |  |
| Mitacs |  |
France
| Télécom ParisTech |  |
Télécom Sud Paris |  |
Israel
| Tel Aviv University |  |
IDC Herzliya |  |
| The Sagol Brain Institute Tel-Aviv |
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Business
Spain
| IE business school |  |
IESE |  |
Barcelona Activa(BA) |  |
| InnoEnergy |  |
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| ESADE |  |
Belgium
| KU Leuven |  |
Canada
| HEC Montréal |  |
Keihanna RC manages “Unicorn,” a coworking space for start-ups, business persons, researchers, and individuals in the Keihanna area.
Keihanna RC aims to create new communities and projects by promoting communications between companies and researchers in the Keihanna area through the seminars it holds at Keihanna RC’s participating organizations.
Venues for the seminars in the past
