Forum 2004.04-2005.03

24 March, 2005Bronwyn H. Hall
(
Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley)
James Pooley
(Partner with the PaloAlto, California, law firm Milbank Tweed
)

‘A Patent System for the 21st Century‘
■23 March, 2005Xielin Liu
(
Research Fellow and Professor,
National Center 
for Science and Technology for Development, 
Ministry of Science and Technology, China
)

‘Chinese Model of Catching-up in a New Development Paradigm‘
■15 February, 2005Xielin Liu
(
Research Fellow and Professor,
National Center 
for Science and Technology for Development, 
Ministry of Science and Technology, China
)

‘Small Workshop on Chinese Automobile Industry‘
■13 Januaryr, 2005Hiroshi Nagano
(
Director General, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
)

‘Toward the development of the next basic national plan
for science and technology development
‘
■21 December, 2004Nozomu Takahashi
(
STUDIO GHIBLI, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
Nippon Television Network Corporation
)

‘Penetration and Proliferation of the Subculture‘
(Subculture Workshop)
■17 December, 2004Atsuyoshi Koike
(Chief Executive, Trecenti Technologies Inc.)

‘Development of New 300mm Semiconductor Manufacturing
 Systems‘
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■16 December, 2004Denis Fandel
(SEMATECH
 (USA))

‘Economic Model by ISMI (International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative)‘
■8 December, 2004Keiji Matsuda
(Executive
 Director, East Japan Division Manager and Blast Furnance Project Leader,
JFE Mechanical Co., Ltd.
)

‘Short Term Revamping Technique of Large Scale Blast Furnance; 
De
velopment of Large 
Block Ring Construction Method’

(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■1 December, 2004Hiroshi Murakami
(Director, Recearch and Development Center, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Former Senior Researcher, Science and Technical Research Laboratories,
Japan Broadcasting Corporation
)

‘Development and Commercialization of HDTV Plasma Displays’
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■30 November, 2004Keishi Degawa
(
Managing Executive Officer, 
Corporate Strategic Planning Office, Deputy General Manager, Namco Limited
)

Kenko Yamamoto
(
Human Resources Group, Corporate Strategic Planning Office, Namco Limited)

‘Formation of Game Industry in Japan and the Future Prospects’
(Subculture Workshop)
■17 November, 2004Kunizo Ogoshi
(Department
 Manager, Organic EL Department, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation)

‘Development and Mass Production for Thin-Layer Emitting Organic EL Display’
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■11 November, 2004Daisuke Ueda
(Semiconductor Device Center, General Manager, Semiconductor Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.)

‘Development and Commercialization of Low-Current-Consumption Miniatuarized GaAs
Power Modules for Mobile Communication Systems’

(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■28 October, 2004Bea, Jun-Ho
(Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Hanshin
 University)

‘Privatization of Taiwan Railroad: Lessons from Japan, UK, and Korea Cases’
■27 October, 2004Shoichi Nagao
(W Design & Engineering Group, W Products Development Department,

Watch Operations Division, Seiko Epson Corporation
)

‘Development of a Quartz Watch Having an Automatic Generating System’(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■23 July, 2004Robert H. Pitkethly
(University Lecturer, Said Business School, Oxford University
)

‘Business Method Patents and Venture Capital Investment Decisions’
■18 May, 2004Sachi Hatakena
(Research Fellow, Industrial Performance Center, MIT
)

‘Electronics in Kyoto’
■7 May, 2004Shigeo Inoue
(Japan Bioindustry Association Research Institute, 

Former Technical Adviser, Research & Development Division, Kao Corporation
)

‘Development of Super Concentrated Laundry Detergent Containing Alkaline Cellulase
“ATTACK”‘
(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases)
■21 April, 2004Matthias Kipping
(Academic Director and Associate Professor, Department of Economics & Business
, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain))

‘Beyond Chandler’
■20 April, 2004Paricia A. Nelson
(Research Associate, Management School and Economics
, University of Edinburgh)

‘The Effect of Innovation and Technological Change on Information Flows, Authority and
Industry Associations in Japan’