RIETI-GRIPS Workshop

Public Research Institutes and Innovation

  • Program

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:30 - 17:45, Thursday, January 20, 2014
  • Venue: RIETI's seminar room
  • Hosts: RIETI / National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
  • Languages: English and Japanese

Program

13:30 Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

GOTO Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, GRIPS)

Session 1: Presentations

13:40–14:30 "Public Research Institutes and Innovation in the United States"

John P. WALSH (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology)

14:30-15:20 "Public Research Institutes and Innovation in Asia"

Patarapong INTARAKUMNERD (Professor, GRIPS)

15:20-16:10 "AIST, RIKEN, and JAXA through the Lens of Patent Data"

TSUKADA Naotoshi (Research Associate, RIETI/ Associate Professor, GRIPS)

16:10 - 16:25 Coffee break

Session 2 Presentations by Research Institutes and Roundtable Discussion

16:25 - 17:45 "The Role of Public Research Institutes in Innovation Systems"

Panelists:

HAMAKAWA Satoshi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

MAEKAWA Haruhiko (RIKEN)

MIHO Kazuyuki (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA))

17:45 Closing Remarks

GOTO Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, GRIPS)

*Agenda is subject to change