Date: Saturday, December 23, 2017, 10:00-17:30 (tentative)
Place: TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion (2-8-44 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0061)
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<The flow of a dayUpdated (12/15/2017)

Research and Development for the Future〜Businesses that change the world are born from research.
Scientific research truly has the potential to change the world. At the Kanto Conference, we will gather entrepreneurs who are actually using technology born from their research to solve problems around them and change the world, and we will prepare a project to let you realize that world-changing businesses can be born from research. We invite you to expand your dreams about what kind of world their technology will bring and what kind of world your research could create.

12 oral presentations

108 poster presentations

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Mr. Yuki Hanyu, Representative Director, Integriculture Inc.

In the future, humans will surely cultivate and eat meat in tanks. Mr. Hanyu is seriously trying to create such a science fiction-like technology. With this technology, he aims to eliminate the environmental impact and public health risks associated with livestock production and provide a sustainable means of supply for the growing demand for meat around the world.

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The Nippon Foundation, Liverness Corporation, JASTO

."Marine Challenge Program〜 Seeking junior high and high school students who want to try their hand at research related to the sea! ~"

We provide research grants and research support for junior and senior high school student researchers who are challenging all kinds of research related to the ocean, fisheries field, and aquatic environment. Join us, friends who want to learn about the fun of scientific research and the ocean, and who want to improve their ability to take on new challenges for which no one knows the answers!

THK Corporation

THK Co-education Project - We support those who want to try their hand at manufacturing!

."Science Castle Research Fund THK Awardand "Monozukuri Business Trip Class ProgramWe are conducting a "Make Your Own Stuff" event. If you would like to try your hand at manufacturing, please visit our booth! You can touch the contents of the traveling class on the theme of robot hands and wind power generation, as well as the actual products such as LM guides provided by the results of this year's research grant recipients and the next year's research grant.

Japan Model Rocket Association, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Launch into the sky! Rocket Development Challenge"

The Girls' Rocketry Challenge, in which junior high and high school girls take on the challenge of developing original model rockets, will be introduced and interim presentations of development by schools participating in the program will be made.

LIVERNESS Corporation

Support your research! Research Support Booth"

We are sure that you have many problems when you are doing research, such as, "I don't know how to proceed with my research," "I need useful information," "I don't have enough money to buy equipment," and so on. The RIVANES staff will provide you with hints and tips to make your research easier.

Project NEST: "Nurturing Researchers in Elementary and Secondary Schools."

At NEST, mixed teams of elementary and junior high school students from different schools and grades are working on seven research themes. On the day of the event, members of the team will present their research and future plans. We look forward to discussing with you, so please stop by.

Research Well-Being Conference."

Let's discuss your research activities at the university with sempai researchers who have been doing research a little longer than you. Feel free to consult with them about your research life at the university, how to proceed with your own research, and so on!

Other updates as needed!

Mr. Shuichiro Takahashi Head of Jury
Ph.D. (Life Sciences), President and COO, Liverness, Inc.

D. from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo. After completing his graduate studies, he continued his research activities as a faculty member of the University of Tokyo, while at the same time he established a research institute of REVANES and built the foundation of its research and development business. He also devised a business model for the "Liberace Research Grant," a unique research grant, and "L-RAD," a database of unused research ideas, and has initiated many open innovation projects involving industry, academia, and education.

Mr. Koji Hase
Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University

D. from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University (now the University of Toyama). He is analyzing host-microbe interactions in the immune system of mucosal surfaces such as the intestine, elucidating the mechanisms of inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis, and developing next-generation mucosal vaccines that do not use needles.

Mr. Taisuke Oshima
Representative Director and CEO, Nature Architects K.K.

In May 2017, he founded Nature Architects, a company that researches, develops, and provides new design and fabrication methods in the areas of free-form architecture, products with deformation, and stretchable electronic circuits, based on the technology of controlling elasticity and deformation using geometric structures. He is also a part-time researcher at the University of Tsukuba.

Mr. Shiro Yamazaki
D. in Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology

D. in Physics from the University of Tokyo. He received the 10th Young Scientist Award from the Physical Society of Japan for his research on quantum surface physics. Also known as Dr. Koma, he was the winner of the preliminary round of the Koma Taisen. His motto is "Let's play with scientists and science," and he spends his days conveying the joy of science.

Mr. Yui Matsumoto
D., National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

D., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
His research focuses on social behavior and emotion, and he is currently engaged in research on acoustic environments at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry. He is currently studying the relationship between communication and sound in animals, especially mice.

Organized by: Education Support Project Science Castle Executive Committee
Co-organized by TEPIA (The Association for the Promotion of an Advanced Technological Society)