RIETI Policy Symposium

Japan's Innovation System: Its Strengths and Weaknesses

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  • Date: February 14, 2005, 9:30-18:00
  • Venue: Keidanren Kaikan, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  • Charge: ¥2,000 (an official receipt will be issued)
    (Student discount ¥1,000. Please present your student ID at the reception desk.)
  • Language: Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation in English is available during Session 3)
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Contact: RIETI Ms. Katagiri
    Tel: 03-3501-8398

    • Program

    Moderator
    KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    9:30-9:40 Opening Remarks:
    YOSHITOMI Masaru (President and CRO, RIETI)
    9:40-11:10 Session 1: "Linkages Among Science, Technology and Industrial Innovation"
    Session Chair
    GENBA Kiminori (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Management, Shibaura Institute of Technology / Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
    9:40-10:10 Presentation:
    TAMADA Schumpeter (Fellow, RIETI)
    10:10-10:40 Presentation:
    KODAMA Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
    Comment:
    GOTO Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
    Q&A
    11:10-11:30 Coffee Break
    11:30-13:00 Session 2: "Industrial Clusters and Research Development Networks: The Rise of New-type Small and Medium-sized Enterprises as Innovators"
    Session Chair
    HOSOYA Yuji (Director of Research, RIETI)
    11:30-11:50 Presentation:
    KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    11:50-12:10 Presentation:
    MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI /Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
    Comments:
    YAMASAKI Akira (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University)
    KATO Takeo (Advisor, Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    Q&A
    13:00-14:10 Lunch Break
    14:10-15:40 Session 3: "Corporate Strategy in the Digital Home Appliance Industry: The Role of Software Platforms"
    Session Chair
    Session Chair: SANBONMATSU Susumu (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
    14:10-14:35 Presentation:
    Andrei HAGIU (Fellow, RIETI)
    Comments:
    MURAKAMI Keisuke (Deputy Director, Information Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI)
    MATSUDA Hisakazu (Representative Director, Japan Consumer Marketing Research Institute)
    Q&A
    15:40-16:00 Coffee Break
    16:00-17:50 Session 4: "The Architecture of Product Systems and Coordination"
    Session Chair
    Session Chair: TAKIZAWA Hirokazu (Fellow, RIETI)
    16:00-16:25 Presentation:
    FUJIMOTO Takahiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
    16:25-16:50 Presentation:
    CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
    Comments:
    OKUNO (FUJIWARA) Masahiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
    MAEDA Yasuhiro (Director, MONODZUKURI Policy Planning, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI)
    Q&A
    17:50-18:00 Closing Remarks:
    OKAMATSU Sozaburo (Chairman, RIETI)
    18:00-19:30 Reception
    * The agenda is subject to change.