Shuichiro Takahashi Head of Jury
Representative Director, President and COO, Liverness, Inc.
D. (Life Sciences), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He has been involved in RIVANESS since its establishment. After completing his graduate studies, he continued his research activities as a faculty member at the University of Tokyo, while at the same time he established a research institute at RIVANESS and built the foundation of its research and development business. He devised the business model of "Liberace Research Grant," a unique research grant, and "L-RAD," a database of unutilized research ideas, and has initiated many open innovation projects involving industry, academia, and education.

Mikio Tsuzuki
Representative Director, Japan Advanced Science and Technology Education and Human Resources Research and Development Organization
Representative Director of Japan Advanced Science and Technology Education and Human Resources Development Organization (JASTO). Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Specializes in plant physiology. In particular, photosynthesis of microalgae. He is conducting research on the development and social implementation of technology to fix carbon dioxide emitted into or from the atmosphere, which is considered a cause of global warming, and to reuse it as an organic substance (CCU). His publications include "Fundamentals of Modern Life Science" (Kyoiku Shuppan, editor) and "Understanding Life Science" (Gijutsu Hyoronsha, co-authored with Dr. Yoshihisa Kudo).

Kentaro Eto
Manager, Business Development Management Department, Technology Division, THK Co.
Joined THK upon graduation from university. Since joining THK, he has been engaged in product development for new fields (consumer products) in order to make industrial linear motion bearings useful in many fields. He has been involved in the development of new fields such as commercial consumer electronics equipment, and has reaffirmed the potential of linear motion bearings. Currently, he is engaged in new business development by combining external and in-house technologies.

Takeshi Sukai
Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University
Specializing in synthetic research on pharmaceuticals combining biotechnology, bioresources, and organic synthesis, he has helped many high school students to conduct experiments and accept research through the GSC project and the Education and Extension Division of the Chemical Society of Japan.He is a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Agrochemistry.

Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi
Professor of Natural Science Departament, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, International Christian University Director, Research Strategy Support Center
D. in Biology from the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba. After completing his graduate studies, he worked as a researcher at RIKEN and as an associate professor at the University of Tsukuba before assuming his current position. He specializes in molecular biology, molecular genetics, and chronobiology of plants. He is also in charge of the work of the Ministry of Education and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), including Senior Science and Technology Policy Fellow of the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan.

Toshiaki Kabaike
Professor, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
D. in Biotechnology from the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Nagoya University. Specialized in bioengineering and bioinorganic chemistry. Currently serving as vice-chairman of the editorial board of "Chemistry and Education" of the Chemical Society of Japan.

Masaru Minagawa
Vice President (Education), Director of Educational Development Organization, Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo City University
D. in Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, and a Professional Engineer (Construction). He specializes in construction management, construction information management, and engineer ethics. He is currently a member of the BIM/CIM Promotion Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Council for Infrastructure Maintenance.

Eimi Yamamori 
Lecturer, Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Sciences, Hokkaido Bunkyo University
M.S., Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture. Conducted research on the functionality of foods for abnormal bone metabolism in chronic kidney disease (CKD). After completing graduate school, he worked as a teacher at Hattori Nutrition College before assuming his current position. He aims to develop a new research field of compatibility between good taste and health, by utilizing his experience as a Japanese food chef to understand good taste from the viewpoints of culinary science and nutrition.