Akiko TanakaCompany ⅿiyako Entrepreneur Club @KRP Background I graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University in 1987. I joined Yokogawa Electric Corporation, where I was engaged in the development of applications for analytical instruments. I joined FALCO biosystems Ltd. (formerly FALCO Life Sciences) in 2009, where I was in charge of quality…
Hidenori ShimadaCompany Medical Corporation Shimada Clinic Background He was born in Tokushima and graduated from Tokushima University school of medicine. After completing his internship, he obtained ECFMG (Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) certification. He entered Kyoto University graduate school of medicine after working as a sub-intern at University of Washington department of general surgery.…
Takeshi KitamuraCompany Soraharu.Inc. Background 2020-present Soraharu.Inc. CEO・Founder 2015-20 Nihonmatsu-Gakuin School Institution 2011-14 Sumitomo Forestry Wood Products Co., Ltd. 2011 M.A in Public Policy, Graduate School of Public Policy (Tokyo Univ. .JAPAN) ・Career Development Facilitator（National Qualification；JAPAN） ・Japan All Career Consultants Network member 2018- Social Issues and The Theme of My Business The challenge of counseling support services is the…
Miharu UchiyamaCompany DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Background Born in Hokkaido prefecture. Graduated from Hokkaido University (2017) Bachelor of Science (Physics) Joined Daikin Industries (2017). Engaged in planning for the launch of new businesses, and development of smartphone applications. Social Issues and The Theme of My Business Our mission is to improve sleep quality and experience by…
Akiko Murai Independent Director and Leadership Coach Akiko Murai is a leadership and career coach with Organizational Development and Talent Management background with more than 30 years of diverse professional experience ranging from the field work in Brazil with a United Nations agency to marketing financial products and services to high net worth individuals at…
Yutaka Iijima Executive Director | Chief Communications and International Officer (CCIO) Yutaka Iijima is a communications and international affairs specialist with 16+ years of collective experience in startup ecosystem, biotech, and higher education. Before Phoenixi, Yutaka worked at Kyoto University for about 13 years, serving as global communications manager of Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated…
Izumi Kobayashi Founder Former Executive Director Director and a board member of OMRON Corporation, ANA Holdings, Mitsui & Co. and Mizuho Financial Group. 2008-2013 CEO and EVP of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group. 2001- 2008 Representative Director and CEO of Merrill Lynch in Japan.
Sachiko Kuno Executive Director and Founder Dr. Sachiko Kuno is the co-founder and Chair Emeritus of Halcyon, a nonprofit dedicated to the power of human creativity. Kuno also serves as CEO of S&R Evermay (formerly S&R Foundation), a 501(c)(3) she co-founded in 2000 to support talented individuals with great potential and high aspirations in the…
Yukiko Hashitera CEO and Founder MBA, Master of Public Health. After graduating of college of pharmacy, Yukiko Hashitera joined pharmaceutical industry and she was involved the development of glaucoma and chronic idiopathic constipation medicine as a researcher. In 2008 she succeeded the listing of R-Tech Ueno, Ltd. in Heracles Market (currently JASDAQ) as a CEO.…
Tsuyoshi Nagano Chairman of the Board of Tokio Marine Holdings April 1975 Joined The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (“Tokio Marine”) June 2010 Senior Managing Director of Tokio Marine & Nichido June 2011 Senior Managing Director of Tokio Marine Holdings Feb. 2012 Senior Managing Director and General Manager of International Business Development Dept…
Hideyuki Yamauchi Current position: Future Project Promotion Office Manager in Advanced Science, Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO(ASTEM) After graduating from Kobe University Faculty of Engineering in 1984, he joined IBM Japan. After working at Fujisawa Laboratories, he worked as a system engineer and IT architect in the sales department and engaged in solutions…
Seiichi Tanida Advisor of Advanced Science, Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO (ASTEM). After retiring Takeda Pharmaceutical Industry in 2006, he engaged in industry-academic collaboration support projects in the life science field at ASTEM. Besides, he served as program officer and evaluation committee member of industry-academia collaboration programs in the field of medicine of…
Kaoru Takara Obtaining B.Eng. in 1979, M.Sc. in 1981 and D.Eng. in 1990 from Kyoto University, Dr. Kaoru Takara has been working for Gifu University as Assoc. Prof., and Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) as Assoc. Prof. and as Professor since 1998, and moved to the Graduate School of Advanced integrated studies in…
Kensei Sumita Kensei Sumita is founder and CEO of Academic Industry Research Inc. (AIR). AIR, based in the Kyoto and Kansai metropolitan area, contributes as a private organization to the development of regional innovation ecosystem through start-ups creation. Prior to founding AIR, Mr. Sumita joined Osaka University’s Office for University-Industry Collaboration in 2004-2013. He worked…
Takayuki Shiose Associate Professor, the Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Japan Takayuki Shiose was graduate from the Department of Precision Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University. He completed the graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in System Engineering, studying the systematization of the transfer of professional skills of manufacturing by using Communication Design Theory and…
Akiko Murai Leadership Coach Akiko Murai is a leadership and career coach with Organizational Development and Talent Management background with more than 30 years of diverse professional experience ranging from the field work in Brazil with a United Nations agency to marketing financial products and services to high net worth individuals at a commercial bank.
Ikkei Matsuda Ikkei established SARR. LLC –Science, ART & Research for Reconstruction, in April 2011, after the Earthquake and Tsunami 3.11. Out of SARR activities, he is also co-founder of Soramitsu, one of the leading blockchain company in the world and creates Hyperledger Iroha. Ikkei established Hokkaido VC in 2000, the first regional and independent…
Tetsuo Ito Professor-Special Appointment School of Government Kyoto University Tetsuo Ito joined Environment Agency of Japan after graduating from Kyoto University in 1979. His career includes Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat, Director-General of Nagasaki Customs, and Water Environment Counselor, Director-General of Waste Management and Recycling Department, Director-General of Nature Conservation Bureau in Ministry of the Environment in Japan,…
Yuichi Inobori INFOBAHN Inc. Managing Director / design strategist I focused on design-research and user experience design, leading a client’s team building for innovation and a UX design and service design project for exploring undefined needs. In 2011, I joined INFOBAHN Inc. and founded the Kyoto branch (as district and strategic office about strategic design…
Atsushi Hirakawa After an audit corporation and a foreign-funded strategy consulting company, I turned to the venture capital industry. During the consulting period, I engaged in consulting for a number of large companies on Strategy Group, and was mainly in charge of operations related to financial strategy and M & A. In venture capital, I…
Ryosuke Gonotsubo Ryosuke Gonotsubo has an LL.B. from Kyoto University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University. He joined KYOTO-iCAP in September 2015 and his current duties encompass life science (iPSC), energy, IoT, and AI. He is also a Director of Stem Cell and Device Laboratory, Inc.; Thyas Co., Ltd.;…
Toshikazu Furuya Founded and supported multiple technology / healthcare ventures. Responsible for multiple AI projects centered on major companies. While 70% of AI projects are said to fail, all projects have exceeded POC. Selected by 19 outstanding data scientists on behalf of Japan (Weekly Diamond). Exa Wizards Inc. increased its corporate value to 25 billion…
Yujiro YanaiCompany FUJIFILM Corporation Background I joined FUJIFILM Corporation in 2003. I major in optical design of “wide-viewing film” for liquid crystal display by optical simulation, and evaluation of the performance of them. Social Issues and The Theme of My Business Social Issues : Realizing to create the society which the people can manage your…
Hiroki YamaguchiCompany Daikin Industries, Ltd. Technology and Innovation Center Background 1984 Born in Saga prefecture, Japan Education： 2012 Ph.D. in Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University Research on molecular aggregation states of water- and oil-repellent polymer thin films Employment： 2012-Present Daikin Industries, Ltd. Development on water and oil repellent polymer thin films Social Issues and…
Naomi WakaoCompany NPO Art of the rough diamonds Background After working at an art museum and commercial gallery, I started my own company independently. Planning and managing art exhibitions in domestic and overseas. Artist management and gallery management. Since 2013, I have joined NPO Art of the rough diamonds, and hold on outsider art exhibitions…
Misa TakahashiCompany Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. Human Resources Development Department Background In 2015, she joined CCC. She managed and planed the TSUTAYA bookstore and TSUTAYA electrics. In addition, she worked for starting a new store. From 2018, she has engaged in new graduates in the human resources development department. Social Issues and The Theme…
Sohichiro NakamuraCompany FUJIFILM Corporation Analysis Technology Center, R&D Management Headquarters Background My field of expertise is optics. After graduating the master’s program at the University of Tokyo in 2002, I joined Fujifilm corporation. I have been consistently responsible for the analysis works and contributed to the R&D of functional films, materials, cosmetics, medicine and regenerative…
Tatsuya MomoseCompany Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Science & Innovation Center Organic Materials Laboratory Background Experience: ・Over 7 years of experience as a researcher and engineer at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. ・Experienced from the fundamental study to developing manufacturing process of organic photovoltaic. Education: M.S. in Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University in 2012, in the…
Rafael Rodrigues Rocha de MeloCompany Kyoto University, Computer Engineering Department DragApp, Technology Department Background Bachelors in Applied Mathematics from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Gold Medalist in Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad and Brazilian Informatics Olympiad. Worked as a Research Assistant at IBM helping in the development of the Portuguese WordNet. Since 2017 works for DragApp, a startup…
Prakhar SaxenaCompany Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering Background 2016-2017 Fellow of Inspire Scholarship, Department of Science of Technology, India. MEXT Scholarship recipient for 2017-2022. Advisor for Demia Inc., founded by Kyoto University students. Social Issues and The Theme of My Business Women face a lot of stress and anxiety while pregnancy, which might result in…
