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’
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’