RIETI - System Design of University-Industry Co-operation

System Design of University-Industry Co-operation

Information

Date and Time: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:30-17:30

Place: Science Council of Japan Auditorium (7-22-34 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8555, exit5 of Nogizaka Station Chiyoda-Line)

Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry IAI

Co-Host: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Organizer
	Nobuo Tanaka, RIETI Vice President

12:30-12:45 Opening Remarks: "University-Industry Co-operation: Its Current State and Problems"

12:45-13:35 Keynote Speech 1: "Research Universities in the American Innovation System: Their Perspective for the 21st Century"

Richard Nelson, Professor, Columbia University
Presentation [PDF:48KB]

13:35-14:25 Keynote Speech 2: "Industry-University Cooperation and the Emergence of Spin-off Companies"

David Hodges, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation [PDF:26KB] Paper [PDF:30KB]

14:25-14:40 Coffee Break

14:40-15:30 The current state of Industry-University Collaboration in Japan

	Masaki Esashi, Professor of University of Tohoku
	Hitoshi Ogata, Vice President, Corporate R&D Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

15:30-16:00 Speech by Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy

Koji Omi

16:00-17:30 Panel Discussion: "The Best Practice of Industry-University Cooperation in the Japanese context?"

Chairperson:
	Harayama, RIETI Fellow

Discussants:
	Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Professor, University of Tokai
	Tsutomu Kimura, President, National Institution for Academic Degrees
	Takeru Onoda, Advisor, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
	Keisuke Isoya, Direcor, Office of Technology Transfer Promotion, MEXT
	Masahiko Aoki, RIETI President
	Fukuda, RIETI Visiting Senior Fellow