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Under the Japanese government's "Five-Year Startup Development Plan," efforts to encourage startups to expand overseas, such as programs to send entrepreneurs overseas, are expanding in order to create "startups that can compete globally. However, did you know that there are already startups from Okinawa that have gone global?

At this event, JETRO will provide updates on Japanese startups' international reach. We will then hear directly from the ambitious founders of these pioneering local companies as they share their innovative offerings, global opportunities and challenges, and keys to bringing their ventures worldwide. This is a co-organized event of OIST Innovation and RYULAB, center of open innovation at University of Ryukyus.

Please join this invaluable chance to connect with and learn from inspiring global-minded entrepreneurs.

 

Program

14:30-15:15	Current Status of Japanese Startups Overseas Expansion (JETRO)
15:15-16:00	Startup Pitch (ThinkNature, HelloWorld, GenomeMiner, Osaka Heat Cool)
16:00-17:00	Talk session: Global Visions of Okinawa Startups
17:00-	Networking

*You're welcome to participate partially, joining only the sessions that pique your interest.

Speakers

Takuma Hasui Startup Support Devision, JETRO	Takuma Hasui joined JETRO in 2022. He is in charge of assisting Japanese startups to expand their business in the U.S. He has supported Japan Pavilion exhibits at CES, TechCrunch Disrupt, Collision, and other startup conferences in North America. He also dispatches entrepreneurs to North America, supports individual startups, and manages programs in the space field.
Yasuhiro Kubota CEO, Think Nature Inc. / Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus	Yasuhiro Kuboata graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, completed his master's degree at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, and received his doctorate in Science from Tokyo Metropolitan University. He then worked as a JSPS PD at the Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, and as a lecturer and associate professor at the Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University before assuming his current position as a professor at the Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus. He promotes applied research on sustainability of global natural capital through long-term fieldwork in forest ecosystems in Japan and around the world, and visualization of biodiversity using his originally constructed biodiversity big data and AI. He has served on a number of committees related to biodiversity conservation and restoration, including the Scientific Committee on World Natural Heritage Candidate Sites on Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima, northern Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island. He started a start-up "Think Nature Inc." with his research team and is challenging to create a biodiversity market.
Tatsuma Konno General Manager, CEO Office, Hello World Inc.	Born and raised in Okinawa, he studied education at Hiroshima University's Faculty of Education and transferred to Sanno University to study management with the intention of starting his own startup business. After returning to Okinawa, he joined the Okinawa-based startup HelloWorld Inc. He promoted the company's first large-scale introduction of "WorldClassroom," an international exchange and English learning tool for schools, and currently manages comprehensive business planning and planning for all business divisions as the General Manager of the CEO Office.
Eli Lyons Co-Founder / CEO, GenomeMiner	Eli Lyons is Co-founder and CEO of GenomeMiner. Originally from California, Eli moved to Japan for PhD studies in the Department of Computational Biology and Medical Science at the University of Tokyo. His research included analyzing data from high-throughput mutagenic screens, wet-lab work in retinal development, and transcriptome analysis. While enrolled in his PhD he joined a Japanese startup and designed detailed protocols for applying Next-Generation Sequencing to phage display screens and performed business development. Eli has an MSc in Computer Engineering and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Kenzo Ibano CEO, Osaka Heat Cool Inc.	Originally from Illinois, USA, Kenzo Ibano received his degree in fusion energy research at Kyoto University before joining Osaka University as an Assistant Professor in 2014, where he has been conducting thermal design research on plasma facing devices. In 2020, he founded Osaka Heat Cool Co., Ltd. to promote social implementation of thermoelectric technology through collaborative research with Sugawara on thermoelectric semiconductor mounting technology.

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