Conference

Date

December 2, 2017 10:00～18:20　　　　　　　　　 　　
December 3, 2017 10:00～16:30

Venue

Kyushu University
744 Motooka Nishi-ku,Fukuoka 819-0395 JAPAN
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/

Program

◇Saturday, 2 December
Total Chairmanship：Shingo Igarashi, Deputy Director General of Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center of Kyushu University(QREC), Associate Professor of Kyusyu University Business School (QBS)
10:00～12:00　Parallel sessions(8 rooms)
12:00～13:30　Lunch, Exective board
13:30～17:00　TopicⅠ
“What is the regional ecosystem to support producing technology startups?”
13:30～13:40 Opening address
Chiharu Kubo, President, Kyushu University
13:40～14:20　Keynote speechⅠ “Entrepreneurial ecosystem; Fukuoka City, the Specific District of Startups aims for”
Kenji Nakamura, Director, Fukuoka City Hall
14:20～15:00　Keynote speech Ⅱ “A Process for Starting Business utilizing Results of Advanced Reserches”
Akira Minakuchi, Co-Founder & CFO, Kyulux, Inc.
15:10～17:00　Panel Discussion “A Prescription to develop regional high-tech clusters”
Panelist：Akira Minakuchi, Co-Founder & CFO, Kyulux, Inc.
Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Managing Partner , QB Capital, LLC
Shuhei Ishimaru, Director General, Fukuoka Directive Council (FDC)
Seiichiro Yonekura: Professor of Hosei University and Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University
17:00～18:20　General meeting / Tadao Kiyonari’s JASVE Award / Syuichi Matsuda’s JASVE Award
19:30～21:00　Cocktail Party
◇Sunday, 3 December
Total Chairmanship：Shingo Igarashi, Deputy Director General of Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center of Kyushu University(QREC), Associate Professor of Kyusyu University Business School (QBS)
10:00～12:00　Parallel sessions(7 rooms)
12:00～13:00　Lunch
13:00～16:15 TopicⅡ ” The key elements of producing local unicorns”
13:00～13:10 Welcome speech “Kyushu University as a Open Innovaton Hub”
Masato Wakayama, Executive Vice President, Kyushu University
13:00～13:50 Keynote speech Ⅰ
Koji Osawa, Ph.D., Managing Director & Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners/
Global Catalyst Partners Japan
13:50～14:30 Keynote speech Ⅱ
Hardy TS Kagimoto, M.D., HEALIOS K.K. President, Representative Director and CEO
14:40～16:15　Panel DiscussionⅡ
Panelist：Koji Osawa, Ph.D., Managing Director & Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners/
Global Catalyst Partners Japan
Hardy TS Kagimoto, M.D., President, Representative Director and CEO,
HEALIOS K.K.
Takashi Tsutsumi, CEO and Founder, Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab, Co., Ltd.
Yuichi HARADA,Director of KOINE division, Global Innovation Center,
Leader of Research Strategy Group in Academic Research and Industrial
Collaboration Management Office at Kyushu University
16:15～16:30　Closing Address
Akio Nishizawa, Professor, Toyo University / Chairman, JASVE