Symposium of university-industry-government collaborative research on innovation process
Day: March 15th, 2013
Time: 9:20 to 18:30
Venue: Conference M+ “Success”, the first floor of Mitsubishi Building
Organizer: Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
Joint hosting: National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA), Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)
Sponsorship: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
This symposium aims at discussing the management and policy design to enhance the innovation capability in Japan, based on the findings from the program of University-industry-government collaborative research on innovation process, especially focusing on the semiconductor and bio/pharmaceutical industries. The researches have been supported from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (No. 20223002) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (No. 21243020), and from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST): Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.
Program
9:20 Opening remarks Kentaro Nobeoka (Director, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Session 1: Rapid Globalization of R&D System in Semiconductor Iindustry and Innovations
Chair: Masaomi Kameyama (Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University / Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan)
9:30 to 10:20 Keynote speech (1): “The Increasing Role of Globalized R&D Consortia in the Semiconductor Industry: The Role of International Sematech”
Dr. Jammy, Raj (Vice President of Materials and Emerging Technologies, International Sematech)
10:30 to 11:10 “The Changing Potentiality of Japanese Semiconductor R&D System: Social Network Analysis of High-h/Metal Gate R&D Activities”
Hiroyuki Chuma (Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
11:10 to 11:40 Comments and discussions: Tsunetoshi Arikado (Fellow, Tokyo Electron Limited)
11:40 to 12:00 Coffee break
Session 2: Globalizing Scientists
Chair: Reiko Aoki (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University / Council for Science and Technology Policy
12:00 to 12:50 Keynote speech (2): “Mobile Scientists and International Network: Insights from GloScience Project “
Giuseppe Scellato (Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino)
12:50 to 13:10 Comments and discussions: Masatsura Igami (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, NISTEP)
Session 3: Findings from Breakthrough / Innovative Drugs from Japan and Science Sources of Bio Startups
Chair: Sadao Nagaoka (Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
14:00 to 15:00 Keynote speech (3): “How Actemra was Invented and Developed?: the First Antibody Drug from Japan”
Yoshiyuki Ohsugi (Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
15:00 to 16:30 “Sources of Breakthrough/Innovative Drugs from Japan: Initial Fndings from 10 Case Studies “
Chair: Shinichi Akaike (Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
1) “Features of Research and Development of Breakthrough/Innovative Drugs”
Akira Nagumo (Office of Pharmaceutical Industry Research)
Koichi Genda (Office of Pharmaceutical Industry Research)
2) “Science Sources of Breakthrough/Innovative Drugs”
Sadao Nagaoka (Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
3) “Intellectual Property Rights and Patent Competition of Breakthrough/Innovative Drugs”
Hideo Kawabe (Japan Bioindustry Association)
16:30 to 17:10 Comments and discussions: Kenta Nakamura (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University)
17:10 to 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 to 18:10 “Scientific Sources of Japanese Bio Startups”
Chair: Tomohiro Ijichi (Professor, Faculty on Innovation Studies, Seijo University)
Yuji Honjo (Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University)
18:10 to 18:30 Comments and Discussions: Ikkei Matsuda (Founder, Science and Research for Reconstruction, LLC)
