RIETI Open BBL Webinar: RIETI-METI Joint Project - "New Horizons of Economic Security" Series

An Overview of Economic Security (5): From an Industrial Policy Perspective

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The international economic order surrounding Japan has been shaken by the forming of the U.S.-China confrontation, Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the dysfunction of the WTO, and the weaponization of economies.
In this RIETI session series, Hirohide Hirai, special adviser and former Vice Minister for International Affairs in METI, who has been in charge of steering Japan's foreign economic policy, will discuss economic security with experts from universities and other institutions that are engaged in cutting-edge research both in Japan and overseas, corporate executives who are dealing with the business scene, and government officials (including former employees) who are familiar with the relevant fields.
Starting with Mr. Kazuto Suzuki in the first session, and followed by Nobukatsu Kanehara, Mitsunobu Koshiba, Matthew Goodman, and Daleep Singh, we have had discussions with prominent domestic and foreign experts and officials in the field of economic security. For this sixth session, we invited Dr. Gill Pratt, Chief Scientist and Executive Fellow for Research of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC). Based on his experience at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as well as his experience as a university researcher and corporate executive, he talked about how Toyota can apply the lessons of DARPA's technological development and innovation in his presentation titled "Thoughts about Organization from DARPA to TOYOTA". The lessons mentioned in this presentation regarding the management of technology development will be meaningful to many industrial sectors.
After the presentation, Hirohide Hirai, who has led Japanese economic and industrial policy discussed a wide range of topics, such as the role of DARPA in U.S. industrial policy, securing talented researchers and engineers in an increasingly globalized world, the future of start-ups, and the relationship between economic security policy and innovation policy in the private sector.

Information

  • Time and Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023
  • Language: English
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Contact: Ms. TAKEKAWA, Conference Section
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Speakers

Speaker:
  • Gill PRATT (Chief Scientist, Toyota Motor Corporation / CEO, Toyota Research Institute)
    Dr. Gill Pratt is Chief Scientist and Executive Fellow for Research of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), founding Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Research Institute (TRI), and Executive Advisor of Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (TCRDL).
    As TMC Chief Scientist and Executive Fellow for Research and as Executive Advisor at TCRDL, Dr. Pratt helps guide research strategy for TMC and the Toyota Group. At TRI, Dr. Pratt directs research to create new tools and capabilities focused on improving the human condition through research in Energy and Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, Machine Learning and Robotics.
    Dr. Pratt previously led the Robotics Challenge, Robotics Research, and Neuromorphic Computing research programs for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he served as a program manager in the Defense Sciences and Tactical Technology Offices from January 2010 through August 2015.
    Prior to his work at DARPA, Dr. Pratt was a founding professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Research at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.
    Prior to his work at Olin, Dr. Pratt was an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Leg Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Director of Network Development for Lisp Machine, Inc., and worked for the Physics and Computer Science Research Departments of Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
    Dr. Pratt’s academic research focused on robotics and intelligent systems. Specific areas of interest included interfaces that significantly enhance human/machine collaboration, mechanisms and control methods for enhanced mobility and manipulation, low impedance actuators, the application of neuroscience techniques to robot perception and control, and the impact of Robotics and AI on society.
    Dr. Pratt holds several patents in robotics, intelligent prosthetics and orthotics, computer design, and electric vehicle power systems.
    Dr. Pratt earned Doctor of Philosophy (1990), Master of Science (1987), and Bachelor of Science (1983) degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. His Ph.D. thesis was in the field of spiking computation in natural and artificial neural systems.
Commentator:
  • HIRAI Hirohide (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor, Former Vice-Minister for International Affairs, METI)
Moderator:
  • FUKUOKA Noriyoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Principal Deputy Director, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)