Crossing Borders: Points of Departure

What was discussed

The session discussed what kind of trust and support are needed to connect Japanese researchers overseas with companies and young people in Japan. It introduced how the PI Map, which allows researchers to be searched across fields, was created on the premise of each person's consent, and the role of the network of embassies and consulates in supporting cooperation. The problem that support for hosting students locally depends on individual goodwill, and the challenge that existing visa categories do not fit short stays by researchers, were also discussed. Beyond making people visible, the session asked about measures to encourage actual use and hosting.

About this session

The starting point of crossing over. How did researchers active overseas acquire their starting point, and how can we reproduce it? This session is held as part of a series on three aspects of crossing over, connecting Japanese researchers active overseas with industry in Japan.

Speakers

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  Hideo Miura

  ModeratorCross-Border Leadership Association　Representative Director

  Representative Director of the Cross-Border Leadership Association. He researches and supports a form of leadership in which individuals inside companies and other organisations start from their own sense of a problem, cross the boundaries of organisation, business domain and country, and work on social problems through co-creation with other fields. His work spans applied research with universities, behavioural studies, corporate new-business programmes, running communities of practice and designing systems for developing people.

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  Akishige Hokugo

  University of California, Los Angeles　Associate Adjunct Professor, Surgery

  Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. He researches bone regeneration, osteonecrosis of the jaw, wound healing and tissue engineering, and publishes on biomaterials, stem cells and bone formation. He also mentors researchers at UCLA. He is listed as chair of the finance working group of UJA, the network of Japanese researchers abroad, and is active in the Japanese research community in Southern California.

• Satoru Moriaki

  Blues and Company Inc.　Representative Director

  He has spent more than twenty years in the human resources industry, working on employer branding for large companies, recruitment support for overseas IT professionals, and the development of internship programmes. He read political science in the Faculty of Law at Kwansei Gakuin University and holds a degree from the Graduate School of Business Sciences at the University of Tsukuba.

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  Naohiko Kohtake

  Keio University Graduate School of System Design and Management　Professor

  After completing the Graduate School of Science and Technology at Keio University, he joined the National Space Development Agency of Japan, where he was engaged in the research, development, and launch of the H-IIA rocket. After serving as a researcher at the European Space Agency (ESA), he became a chief developer at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, where he oversaw independent verification and validation of software onboard the International Space Station and satellites and was engaged in international collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and ESA on spacecraft onboard software. He moved to Keio University in 2009. He has served as Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of the Asian Institute of Technology, Advisor to the High Performance Strategy Department of the Japan Sport Council, and Principal (Head) of Keio Yokohama Elementary School, among other positions. He is a Director of the Institute of Positioning, Navigation and Timing of Japan, a Steering Committee member of Multi-GNSS Asia, and Representative Director of the Space Service Innovation Laboratory Technology Cooperative. He is Visiting Professor at the Stanford University Design Research Center and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Future Social Creation, Nagoya University. He holds US PMI PMP certification and a PhD in Policy and Media.

• Masahiro Fujikawa

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Science Cooperation Division　Principal Deputy Director