GIES Global Innovation Ecosystem

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Workshop

Program

Opening Address [09:50-10:00]

Tatsuo Hatta President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
   

Part I: Plenary Session [10:00-12:00]

Keynote Address:
"What is the Global Innovation Ecosystem?"
Toshiaki Ikoma Chair, GIES2007 Organizing Committee
Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Setting the Tone:
"Three-tiered framework to make Global Innovation a reality"
Itaru Yasui Vice-Rector, United Nations University
Dale W. Jorgenson Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Short Panel Discussion:
Panelists
W. Edward Steinmueller Professor of Information and Communication Technology Policy, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research University of Sussex
Richard Byrd Dasher Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
Eiichi Yamaguchi Deputy Director of Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness (ITEC), Doshisha University
Dirk Pilat Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Itaru Yasui  
Dale W. Jorgenson  

Moderator
Toshiaki Ikoma  

Part II: Parallel Sessions [14:00-17:00]

Session 1:
How Can We Establish and Utilize Information and Knowledge Infrastructure for Collaboration and Innovation?
Chair
Masaru Yarime Associate Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Discussion leaders
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh Senior Researcher, United Nations University, UNU-MERIT Institute
Ellis Rubinstein President, The New York Academy of Sciences
Ed Steinmueller  
Hideaki Takeda Professor, The University of Tokyo / National Institute of Informatics
Session 2:
What are international cooperative strategies to cultivate science-based human resources and promulgate their contributions to global innovation ecosystem?
Co-Chairs
Takahiro Ueyama Professor, Department of Economics, Sophia University
Yuko Harayama Professor, the Management of Science and Technology Department the Graduate School of Engineering of Tohoku University
Executive Member of the CSTP

Discussion leaders
Monte Cassim President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Richard Byrd Dasher  
Sachi Hatakenaka Independent consultant/researcher
Research Affiliate, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atsushi Sunami Associate Professor, Director of Science & Technology Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Poh Kam Wong Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre Singapore
Session 3:
Is global alliance feasible to remove the air pollution of East Asia?
Chair
Eiichi Yamaguchi  

Discussion leaders
Holger Robert Bungsche Associate Professor, Institute for Industrial Research, Kwansei Gakuin University
Zhidong Li Professor, Department of Management and Information System Science, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
Masayoshi Sadakata Professor, Dept. Environmental Chemical Engineering, Kogakuin University
Lin Sun Research Associate Professor, Institute of National Economy of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
Hiroyuki Watanabe Senior Technical Executive, Toyota Motor Corporation
Session 4:
Establishing Benchmarks for the Global Innovation Ecosystem
-What is the measure for "Outcome of Innovation" and How to evaluate "Effect of the Policy Instruments"? -
Chair
Masahiro Kuroda President, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

Discussion leaders
Dale W. Jorgenson  
Hiroshi Ohashi Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and School of Public Policy The University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Odagiri Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Dirk Pilat  

Final Session [17:30-18:00]

Chair
Toshiaki Ikoma Chair, GIES2007 Organizing Committee
Director-General, Center for Research and Develpment Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Masaru Yarime from session 1
Yuko Harayama from session 2
Eiichi Yamaguchi from session 3
Masahiro Kuroda from session 4

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