21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States: Lessons from a Decade of Change: Report of a Symposium (2009)
Chapter: Appendix A--Symposium Agenda
Appendix A
Symposium Agenda
“21st Century Innovation Systems for the United States and Japan:Lessons from a Decade of Change”
International Symposium SymposiumOrganized by
The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) (NISTEP)Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan
and
The Board of Science, Technology, and Economic PolicyU.S. National Academy of Sciences
in collaboration with
Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
January 10-11, 2006
Tokyo, Japan
Day 1: January 10, 2006
9:30 AM | Welcome Introduction: Takashi Inutsuka, Director Planning Division,NISTEP Motohide Konaka, Director General, NISTEP, Japan |
9:45 AM | Opening Addresses Chair: Terutaka Kuwahara, Deputy Director General, NISTEP |
| Challenges in the U.S. Innovation System Rep. Ronald Manzullo, Chairman, Committee on Small Business,United States House of Representatives |
| Evolution and Challenges to the Innovation System in Japan Taizo Yakushiji, Member, Council for Science and TechnologyPolicy, and Visiting Professor, Keio University |
11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
11:15 AM | Panel I: Government’s Evolving Role in Supporting CorporateR&D—U.S. and Japanese Models Moderator: Alice Amsden, Professor, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology |
| Technology Policies in Japan: 1990- Akira Goto, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science andTechnology, University of Tokyo, and Faculty Fellow, ResearchInstitute of Economy, Trade and Industry Kazuyuki Motohashi, Associate Professor, Research Center forAdvanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, andFaculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade andIndustry |
| Government’s Evolving Role in Supporting Corporate R&D—Theory and Practice in the Advanced Technology Stephanie Shipp, Director, Economic Assessment Office, AdvancedTechnology Program, National Institute of Standards andTechnology |
| Discussantt Ichiro Nakajima, Director and Professor, New Industry CreationHatchery Center, Tohoku University |
12:45 PM | Lunch |
2:15 PM | Panel II: Government-Industry R&D Partnerships—U.S. andJapanese Experiments Moderator: Lonnie Edelheit, Retired Senior Vice President,Research & Development, General Electric, and NationalAcademy of Engineering |
| Semiconductor Consortia in Japan: Experiences and Lessons Shuzo Fujimura, Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, andVisiting Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science andTechnology, University of Tokyo Hiroyuki Chuma, Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,Hitotsubashi University, and Affiliated Senior Fellow, NISTEP |
| Economic Impacts of International R&D Coordination:SEMATECH, the International Technology Roadmap, andInnovation in Microprocessors Kenneth Flamm, Professor and Dean Rusk Chair in InternationalAffairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Universityof Texas at Austin |
| Discussant Kaoru Honjo, Executive Director, New Energy and IndustrialDevelopment Organization |
3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
4:00 PM | Panel III: Government Programs to Encourage Innovation byStartups and SMEs Moderator: Bradley Knox, Committee on Small Business, U.S.House of Representatives |
| Government Programs to Encourage Innovation by Startups& SMEs: The Role of Innovation Awards Charles Wessner, Board on Science, Technology and EconomicPolicy, National Research Council |
| Programs to Stimulate Startups and Entrepreneurship inJapan: Experiences and Lessons Yasuhiko Yasuda, Professor, Toyo University |
| Discussant Tetsuya Iizuka, President and CEO, THine Electronics |
Day 2: January 11, 2006
9:30 AM | Panel IV: Interaction between Intellectual Property andInnovation Systems Moderator: Shozo Uemura, Former Deputy Director General,World Intellectual Property Organization, and VisitingProfessor, Research Center for Advanced Science and,Technology, University of Tokyo, University of Tokyo |
| Issues and Possible Reforms in the U.S. Patent System Bronwyn Hall, Professor, University of California at Berkeley |
| Reform of Patent System in Japan and Challenges Sadao Nagaoka, Director and Professor, Institute of InnovationResearch, Hitotsubashi University |
| Discussant Mark Myers, Xerox, (retired) and Wharton Business School,University of Pennsylvania |
11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
11:15 AM | Panel V: Industry and University Collaboration Moderator: Toshiya Watanabe, Professor, Research Center forAdvanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo |
| Industry-University Partnerships in the United States Irwin Feller, Senior Visiting Scientist, American Associationfor the Advancement of Science, and Professor Emeritus ofEconomics, Pennsylvania State University |
| Industry-University Partnerships in Japan Masayuki Kondo, Affiliated Senior Fellow, NISTEP, and Professor,Yokohama National University |
| Discussantss Gail Cassell, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Distinguished LillyResearch Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly James Turner, Chief Democratic Counsel, Committee on Science,United States House of Representatives |
1:00 PM | Lunch |
2:15 PM | Panel VI: Government Support for University Research Moderator: Hiroshi Nagano, Principal Fellow, Japan Science andTechnology Agency |
| DARPA and the U.S. Connected Science Model for Innovation William Bonvillian, Legislative Director and Chief Counsel, Officeof Senator Joseph Lieberman, United States Senate |
| Government Support to University Research - Trends andIssues in Japan Ryuji Shimoda, Professor, Integrated Research Institute, TokyoInstitute of Technology |
| Discussant William Spencer, Board on Science, Technology and EconomicPolicy, National Research Council, and Chairman, SEMATECH(retired) |
3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
4:00 PM | Panel VII: Industry-University-Government Cooperation:The Biotechnology Challenge Moderator: William Bonvillian, Legislative Director and ChiefCounsel, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman, United StatesSenate |
| Perspective on Current Trends in Drug Development in theUnited States Gail Cassell, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Distinguished LillyResearch Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly |
| Is There a Sgnificant Contribution of Public Sector inBiomedical Research in Japan?: A Detailed Analysis ofGovernment/University Patenting, 1991-2001 Yosuke Okada, Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University |
| Discussant Shozo Nagai, Patent Attorney and Director, Intellectual PropertyDivision, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association |
5:30 PM | Closing Summary and Remarks Chair: Masayuki Kondo, Affiliated Senior Fellow, NISTEP, andProfessor, Yokohama National University |
| William Spencer, Board on Science, Technology and EconomicPolicy, National Research Council, and Chairman, SEMATECH(retired) |
| Sadao Nagaoka, Director and Professor, Institute of InnovationResearch, Hitotsubashi University |
“21st Century Innovation Systems for the United States and Japan:Lessons from a Decade of Change”
Symposium Planning Committee
Masayuki Kondo, Co-chair
Affiliated Senior Fellow
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
and Professor
Yokohama National University
Sadao Nagaoka, Co-chair
Director and Professor
Institute of Innovation Research
Hitotsubashi University
Akira Goto
Professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Tomizawa
Senior Research Fellow
Second Theory-oriented Group
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
Masaru Yarime
Senior Research Fellow
Second Theory-oriented Group
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
William J. Spencer (NAE), Co-chair
Chairman Emeritus, retired
SEMATECH
Kenneth S. Flamm, Co-chair
Dean Rusk Chair in International Affairs
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin
Alice H. Amsden
Professor of Political Economy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gail H. Cassell (IOM)
Vice President, Scientific Affairs
and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases
Eli Lilly and Company
Lewis S. Edelheit
Senior Research and Technology Advisor, retired
General Electric
Bronwyn Hall
Professor of Economics
University of California at Berkeley
Mark B. Myers
Senior Vice President, retired
Xerox Corporation
Alan Wm. Wolff
Partner
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
