SIP Conference on Materials Innovation Ecosystem
2025.09.26 Finished
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), as the research promotion agency for "Research advancement of the SIP Phase 3 project "Creating a materials innovation ecosystem for industrialization" will host the international event "SIP Conference on Materials Innovation Ecosystem."
At this symposium, we will invite incubators and investors of DeepTech startups from both Japan and abroad, as well as leading experts, to engage in lectures and panel discussions. These discussions will cover advanced examples of startup ecosystems, the current state of academia-originated startups, and strategies for leveraging data and AI.
Through this event, we aim to collaboratively envision the future of a materials innovation ecosystem.
We look forward to your active participation.
Information
- 2025.09.08
The start time and part of the program have been changed.
- 2025.08.25
Registration for participation has begun.
- 2025.07.29
Event information has been published.
Summary
| Event Title | SIP Conference on Materials Innovation Ecosystem |
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| Venue |
Venue: Hall B5, Tokyo International Forum Address: 3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Website: https://www.t-i-forum.co.jp/ Note: The event will also be streamed online. |
| Date & Time | Friday, September 26, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. (Entry begins at 9:00 a.m.) |
| Capacity | ・In-person attendees: 300 ・Online attendees: 500 |
| Language | The official language of the event is English. |
| Registration Fee | Admission is free. The event is open to the public and requires advance registration. |
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Registration
Program
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* The program is subject to change without notice.
* The program is subject to change without notice.
| 9:30- | ■ Opening Remarks Shosuke Kiba, Program Director |
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| 9:35- | ■ Welcome Address Kazuhiro Hono, President of NIMS |
| 9:40- | ■ Guest Address Toshikazu Nambu, Executive Director in charge of SIP/BRIDGE, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan |
| 9:45- | ■ Overview & Progress Report Shosuke Kiba, Program Director |
| 10:00-11:45 | ■ Keynote "Reindustrialization Through Startups: Place-Based Technology Commercialization To Fuel Economic Transformation" Sahil Jain, Vice President, Strategy, Newlab |
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| ■ Keynote "Aiming to create a global hub for scaling up climate tech that will transform the world" Norihiko Fukuda, Mayor, Kawasaki City | |
| ■ Panel Discussion "Achievements and Challenges of Deep Tech Startup Ecosystems" Panelists: Sahil Jain, Vice President, Strategy, Newlab Kazuhiko Tamai, Head Director, Coastal Area International Strategy Headquarters, City of Kawasaki Shosuke Kiba, Program Director | |
| 11:45- | Lunch Break |
| 13:00-14:45 | ■ Keynote "Developing an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for a Green Economy Transition" Lerwen Liu, Associate Professor, NTU Entrepreneurship Academy |
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| ■ Keynote "How do you create a deep-tech startup ecosystem ? the OIST Model" Gil Granot-Mayer, Executive Vice President, OIST | |
| ■ Panel Discussion "What It Takes to Build a Deep Tech Startup Ecosystem" Panelists: Lerwen Liu, Associate Professor, NTU Entrepreneurship Academy Gil Granot-Mayer, Executive Vice President, OIST Taizo Hayashida, Assistant Sub Program Director | |
| 14:45- | Break |
| 15:00-16:45 | ■ Lecture "Data-Driven Catalyst Discovery for a Sustainable Circular Economy" Shinya Mine, AIST |
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| ■ Lecture "Self-driving laboratories enabled by NIMO through cyber-physical integration" Ryo Tamura, NIMS | |
| ■ Lecture "Building the Innovation Ecosystem through Data-Driven R&D Platform" Mitsuru Irie, Co-founder and Director, MI-6 Ltd. | |
| ■ Panel Discussion "Effective Utilization of Data & AI in Deep Tech Startups" Moderator: Masahiko Demura, Sub Program Director Panelists: Shinya Mine, AIST Ryo Tamura, NIMS Mitsuru Irie, Director, MI-6 Ltd. | |
| 16:45- | ■ Closing Remarks Shosuke Kiba, Program Director |
Promotional Exhibits
● Sub-project C(1)
The promotional exhibition will feature posters and videos for themes selected under Sub-project C(1).
"Revolutionizing Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Processes with the Cutting-Edge Carbon Material, Graphene MesoSponge® - Excellence in carbon and slurry is the key to superior batteries - "
Takuma Kuroda (3DC Inc.)
"The World's First Early Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostic Business – Realizing a World Where Cancer Can Be Cured Using Our Proprietary High-Sensitivity Biomarker Technology!"
Masamitsu Konno (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
"Clean energy produced from seawater and freshwater - Large-scale concentration difference power generation plants, the commercialization and global expansion - "
Izumi Ichinose (National Institute for Materials Science)
"Serial creation of material unicorns based on flux-grown crystal"
Katsuya Teshima (Shinshu University)
"Diamond Semiconductors: Enabling Ultra-Fast, High-Power Performance - A Game-Changing Innovation born from the Fukushima Disaster - "
Naohisa Hoshikawa (OOKUMA DIAMOND DEVICE Co., Ltd.)
Contact
Contact for Inquiries SIP Conference on Materials Innovation Ecosystem
Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program
National Institute for materials Science (NIMS)
E-Mail: sip3material_event=nims.go.jp (Please change "=" to "@")
