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< Premium Session > Tsuruoka Science Park started – The small town in Yamagata prefecture is now receiving world’s attention

  • 11/19 SAT 14:30 - 16:00
  • Tokyo Midtown Tower 4F Conference
  • room9
The Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB) is the main institute of the Tsuruoka Town Campus of Keio (TTCK), which was established in collaboration with Yamagata Prefecture and Shonai area in April 2001. The IAB does not only work as an excellent institute for a biological research but also focuses to capitalize upon the outcome of university-level research, resulting in the appearance of several venture companies in Tsuruoka City. In this session we introduce the reasons why this drastic change was come true in a small provincial town and discuss the suitable strategy for a revitalization of our country Japan with Director General of IAB, Prof. Masaru Tomita, and COEs from the world-class companies and venture companies in Tsuruoka area.

Updated on 19th November 2016 (Sat): We are sorry to announce that Mr. Nobuo Hanai could not participate in this session.
  • Joe Inoue

    Technical Advisor, Metagen Inc.

  • Ryu Ogawa

    CEO, Molcure Inc.

  • Ryuji Kanno

    CEO, Human Metabolome Technologies Inc.

  • Kazuhide Sekiyama

    Director and Representative Executive Offider, Spiber Inc.

  • Nobuo Hanai

    Executive Director of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.

  • Akiyoshi Hiraoka

    Representative Director, President & CEO, CHO, Nihon Unisys, Ltd.

  • Daisuke Yamanaka

    Representative Director, YAMAGATA DESIGN Incorporated

  • Moderator: Masaru Tomita

    Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies / Director General of The Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University