2015
UNDERSTANDING SILICON VALLEY AND STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS: NEW RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CLASSICS YOU SHOULD KNOW
December 2, 2015
Kenji Kushida, Research Associate, Shorenstein APARC Japan Program and Stanford Silicon Valley - New Japan Project leader
Kanetaka Maki, Research Associate, Shorenstein APARC Japan Program
<Harnessing Silicon Valley>
BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION IN JAPAN - CREATING ENVIRONMENT FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH
November 12, 2015
Kan Suzuki, Professor, University of Tokyo and Keio University
<Towards a New Japan>
THE IT-ENABLED SERVICES TRANSFORMATION, CLOUD COMPUTING, AND NEW PRODUCTION PARADIGMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPETITION IN THE US AND ASIA
September 29, 2015
Kenji Kushida, Japan Program Research Associate, APARC, Project Leader, Stanford Silicon Valley New Japan Project
<Innovation and Silicon Valley>
JAPAN'S NEW LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND OPEN PLATFORMS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND MEDICAL DEVICES: TOWARDS A NEW ERA OF SILICON VALLEY-JAPAN SYNERGY
June 19, 2015
Yoshiaki Tojo
Chief Executive Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) San Francisco
Program Advisor, New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO)
Hidetaka Nishimura
Director, Bio-Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) (MUFG)
Fuyuhiko Mori
Secretary General
Regenerative Medicine Industrialization Task Force (RMIT)
Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine (FIRM)
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Professor of Genetics, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University
Michael Needels
CEO, Fogerty Institute for Innovation
Joint seminar by JETRO, NEDO, and Stanford SV-NJ
Technology Innovation Partnership (TIP) series and Stanford-NJ Public Forum Series
<Towards a New Japan>
CURRENT TRENDS AMONG STARTUP COMPANIES IN JAPAN: HOW THEY KEEP MOMENTUM
April 7, 2015
Yusuke Asakura, Visiting Fellow, Stanford University's US-Asia Technology Management Center and former CEO of Mixi
Joint seminar with US-Asia Technology Management Center EE-402T Speaker Series
<Towards a New Japan>
BUSINESS EXPANSION FROM JAPAN INTO SILICON VALLEY, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ~THE CASE OF DENA~
February 17, 2015
Dai Watanabe, VP corporate Development & Strategy, Dena West
<Harnessing Silicon Valley>
THE JAPANESE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: WHAT WENT WRONG (AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?)
January 27, 2015
Robert Cole, Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
[Slides]
<Towards a New Japan>