SPEAKERS:

Koichi Sumikura, Professor, Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Makiko Takahashi, Professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Yoko Furusawa, Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo



FACILITATOR:

Keita Nakazawa, S&T policy Promotion Office, MEXT

Thursday, January 24, 2019

18:30-20:00

Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square Expert Club

Japanese

The discussion on the need of personnel who can be a bridge for matching the university research results and the society's and industry's needs began in late 1990's. The early 2000's saw the development of trainining for ind-univ-gov coordinators or URAs. The importance of their function has been recognized, but how they have actually been involved in bridging has not been made clear.



This seminar will focus on what type of talents are required and should be trained based on how the ind-univ-gov coordinators and URAs have actually been helpful. This seminar will be based on the GRIPS discussion paper 2018-10 "Academic Research Promotion and Administration in Japan: Industry-University-Government Coordinators and URAs from Competition to Collaboration."

SciREX Center and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

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Or, write to "scirex-center@grips.ac.jp"

Koichi Sumikura: Expertise in Intellectual Property Policy and STI policy; BS and MS from the Bio-chemistry division of the University of Tokyo; Ph.D. in Advanced Interdisciplinary Engineering from the University of Tokyo; Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and then Professor at the Graduate Institute for Policy Studies



Makiko Takahashi: Expertise in STI policy, R&D management by industry-university collaboration, Research Administration; MS from Tohoku University Agriculture Department, Ph.D. from Tohoku University Social System Division; Worked at the Tokyo Institute Technology's industry-university-government collaboration department, Associate Professor at Tohoku University, RIKEN's research strategy planning division; Currently Vice President of the Research Administrator Committee Meeting.



Yoko Furusawa: Expertise in management, STI Policy; MS from Keio University Media Research Department and finished the Ph.D. class work at the same university; Worked as Assistant Professor at Hitotsubashi University Innovation Research Center, Researcher at NISTEP, and currently a researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo.