
NINEJP Cross-Border Session Pioneering the Future of Agri-Bio Innovation
| Date and time | February 25th (Wed.) 11:00 – 12:30 |
| Location | Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building) “AKARENGA HALL B” 2nd Floor |
A special interregional event sponsored by NINEJP will be held in Sapporo as part of the program of SHAKE H, one of Hokkaido’s largest global startup conferences.
This session focuses on agri-bio innovation, featuring six researchers selected from three platforms across Japan:
PSI (Chugoku–Shikoku region)
Tongali (Tokai region)
HSFC (Hokkaido)
The program includes pitch sessions showcasing research results, followed in the afternoon by a poster session that provides opportunities for direct dialogue between researchers and companies, exploring possibilities for business collaboration and commercialization.
Witness the moment when researchers’ passion and corporate ambition intersect—and the next generation of standards is born.
[SPEAKER]
Yosuke Takita, Head of Startup Support Division, Startup Creation Headquarters, Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido University;
Toshiya Watanabe, Chairperson, NINEJP, Vice President (Startup Initiatives), Office of Research and Innovation Management, Institute of Science Tokyo;
Kikinori Takigami, Head of Startup Promotion Division, Hiroshima University;
Ichiro Oda, Chief University Research Administrator (URA), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Office, Academic Research & Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Headquarters, Nagoya University;
Hiroyuki Ono, Director, Startup Creation Headquarters, Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido University;
Mutsumi Aihara, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University;
Kazuhito Akama, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shimane University;
Tomohiro Sasanami, Education and Research Center for Local Field Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University;
Hiroko Kobayashi, Organization for Research Infrastructure Promotion, Mie University; Yasuteru Mawatari, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology;
Yuji Kishima, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.

NINEJP Cross-Border Session Pioneering the Future of Agri-Bio Innovation
| Date and time | February 25th (Wed.) 11:00 – 12:30 |
| Location | Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building) “AKARENGA HALL B” 2nd Floor |
A special interregional event sponsored by NINEJP will be held in Sapporo as part of the program of SHAKE H, one of Hokkaido’s largest global startup conferences.
This session focuses on agri-bio innovation, featuring six researchers selected from three platforms across Japan:
PSI (Chugoku–Shikoku region)
Tongali (Tokai region)
HSFC (Hokkaido)
The program includes pitch sessions showcasing research results, followed in the afternoon by a poster session that provides opportunities for direct dialogue between researchers and companies, exploring possibilities for business collaboration and commercialization.
Witness the moment when researchers’ passion and corporate ambition intersect—and the next generation of standards is born.
[SPEAKER]
Yosuke Takita, Head of Startup Support Division, Startup Creation Headquarters, Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido University;
Toshiya Watanabe, Chairperson, NINEJP, Vice President (Startup Initiatives), Office of Research and Innovation Management, Institute of Science Tokyo;
Kikinori Takigami, Head of Startup Promotion Division, Hiroshima University;
Ichiro Oda, Chief University Research Administrator (URA), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Office, Academic Research & Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Headquarters, Nagoya University;
Hiroyuki Ono, Director, Startup Creation Headquarters, Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido University;
Mutsumi Aihara, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University;
Kazuhito Akama, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shimane University;
Tomohiro Sasanami, Education and Research Center for Local Field Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University;
Hiroko Kobayashi, Organization for Research Infrastructure Promotion, Mie University; Yasuteru Mawatari, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology;
Yuji Kishima, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.
