Symposium: How to nurture global-minded university startups

Oct 26, 2021

DATE & TIME
Wednesday
November 10, 2021
4:00 - 7:00 PM PST

(Thursday
November 11, 2021
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM JST)

VENUE
Online (Zoom)

LANGUAGE
English & Japanese (simutaneous interpretation)

COST
FREE

OVERVIEW

JETRO is partnering with ブラックジャックトランプやり方niversity of Tokyo, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company and other world-top university related institutions including Berkeley Skydeck to hold an online startup symposium. The discussion focuses on how to nurture university spin-out startups, global expansion, and a university startup ecosystem in ブラックジャックトランプやり方.S. and Japan.

SCHEDULE

4:00PM-4:10PM | Opening Remarks

Nobuhiko Sasaki - Chairman & CEO - JETRO

Yukinori Takada - President & CEO - Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

4:10PM-4:30PM | Keynote

Topic: “How ブラックジャックトランプやり方niversity of Tokyo strategically nurtures global university startups”

Teruo Fujii - President - ブラックジャックトランプやり方niversity of Tokyo

4:30PM-5:10PM | Ecosystem Panel Discussion

Topic: “How to foster a university startup ecosystem and support global expansion”

Caroline Winnett - Executive Director - Berkeley SkyDeck
Joseph Huang - CEO - StartX

Tomotaka Goji - Managing Partner and President - UTEC/ブラックジャックトランプやり方niversity of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.

Takaaki Umada - Director - Found X, ブラックジャックトランプやり方niversity of Tokyo
Richard Amato - Director, Strategic & Global Initiatives - ATI (Austin Technology Incubator)

5:10PM-6:10PM | Startup Panel Discussions

5:10-5:40PM | Part 1 Topic: Think global from Day 1
Sukemasa Kabayama - Co-founder and CEO - Uplift Labs
Tomohiro Takano - CEO & Co-Founder - Genomelink
Christian John - President - Tier IV North America Inc.
5:40PM-6:10PM | Part 2 Topic: How can entrepreneurs leverage university resources?
Tania A. Coke - CEO - Tellus You Care
Waichiro Katsuda - Co-founder and CEO - ThinkCyte, Inc.
Yumi Kawahara - President - Space Bio-Laboratories Co.,Ltd.