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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.

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