{"id":238,"date":"2022-01-11T05:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/?p=238"},"modified":"2022-01-24T02:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T02:24:50","slug":"university-based-startup-cluster-in-ai-research-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/en\/2022\/01\/11\/university-based-startup-cluster-in-ai-research-field\/","title":{"rendered":"[Online Symposium] University-Based Startup Aggregation in the AI Field Comparison between Hongo, Tokyo and Toronto, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >\u3010Online Symposium\u3011<br \/>University-Based Startup Aggregation in the AI Field<br \/>&#8211; Comparison between Hongo, Tokyo, Japan and Toronto, Canada &#8211;<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Overview<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo has become the core of a cluster of AI startups in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsui Fudosan UTokyo Lab relational asset Working-Group will conduct a comparative study of the AI startup cluster in Hongo and Toronto, Canada, which was formed mainly by University of Toronto, and develop a project to find the key to the development of an AI cluster in Hongo.<\/p>\n<p>As a kick-off to the project, we will have a panel discussion on issues for future research development, focusing on a discussion between Professor Yutaka Matsuo, a key figure in Hongo AI research, and Visiting Professor Shane Gu, a young leading AI researcher who studied at University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_timeline  avia-builder-el-first  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Contents<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  id=\"avia-timeline-1\"  class='avia-timeline-container    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last ' ><ul class='avia-timeline avia-timeline-vertical av-milestone-placement-left avia-timeline- avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-timeline-animate'>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-odd  av-milestone-valign-baseline '><h2 class='av-milestone-date  ' style='color:#000000; ' id='milestone-1000%ef%bd%9e1005'><strong>10:00\uff5e10:05<span class='av-milestone-indicator'style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='milestone_icon avia-font-entypo-fontello' ><span class='milestone_inner' style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><i class='milestone-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87b' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox' ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 style='color:#000000; ' class=' '>Introduction<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content' style='color:#000000; '><p>Introduction by Dr. Toshiya Watanabe, Deputy Director, Institute for Future Initiatives<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer style='background-color:#9dc9c5; ' class='entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-even  av-milestone-valign-baseline '><h2 class='av-milestone-date  ' style='color:#000000; ' id='milestone-1005%ef%bd%9e1105'><strong>10:05\uff5e11:05<span class='av-milestone-indicator'style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='milestone_icon avia-font-entypo-fontello' ><span class='milestone_inner' style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><i class='milestone-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue80b' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox' ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 style='color:#000000; ' class=' '>Prof. Matsuo, Visiting Prof. Shane, Discussion on \"Hongo (Toronto) and AI Research\" 60 min.<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content' style='color:#000000; '><p>Discussion by Professor Yutaka Matsuo, a leading AI researcher in Japan, and Visiting Professor Shane Gu, who was trained by Professor Hinton.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer style='background-color:#9dc9c5; ' class='entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-odd  av-milestone-valign-baseline '><h2 class='av-milestone-date  ' style='color:#000000; ' id='milestone-1105%ef%bd%9e1115'><strong>11:05\uff5e11:15<span class='av-milestone-indicator'style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='milestone_icon avia-font-entypo-fontello' ><span class='milestone_inner' style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><i class='milestone-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue84d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox' ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 style='color:#000000; ' class=' '>Business introduction by Mr. Maruyama, Mitsui Fudosan: \" Current Status of Startup Ecosystem in Hongo area\" 10 min.<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content' style='color:#000000; '><p>Introduction of the current status of the startup ecosystem in Hongo area<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer style='background-color:#9dc9c5; ' class='entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-even  av-milestone-valign-baseline '><h2 class='av-milestone-date  ' style='color:#000000; ' id='milestone-1115%ef%bd%9e1125'><strong>11:15\uff5e11:25<span class='av-milestone-indicator'style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='milestone_icon avia-font-entypo-fontello' ><span class='milestone_inner' style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><i class='milestone-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8c9' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox' ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 style='color:#000000; ' class=' '>Research Presentation \"Key Points and Issues of Technology Clustering in the Redevelopment of Toronto\" 10 minutes<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content' style='color:#000000; '><p>Introduction of case studies on redevelopment in Toronto.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer style='background-color:#9dc9c5; ' class='entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-odd  av-milestone-valign-baseline '><h2 class='av-milestone-date  ' style='color:#000000; ' id='milestone-1125%ef%bd%9e1205'><strong>11:25\uff5e12:05<span class='av-milestone-indicator'style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='milestone_icon avia-font-entypo-fontello' ><span class='milestone_inner' style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><i class='milestone-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue83c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox' ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 style='color:#000000; ' class=' '>Panel Discussion \"Agglomeration through AI Research and Projects: Application and Hypothesis to Hongo\" 40 minutes<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content' style='color:#000000; '><p>Discussion on key success factors for AI research and business in Hongo, based on case studies discussed above<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer style='background-color:#9dc9c5; ' class='entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-even  av-milestone-valign-baseline '><h2 class='av-milestone-date  ' style='color:#000000; ' id='milestone-1205%ef%bd%9e1210'><strong>12:05\uff5e12:10<span class='av-milestone-indicator'style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='milestone_icon avia-font-entypo-fontello' ><span class='milestone_inner' style='background-color:#9dc9c5; '><i class='milestone-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87b' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox' ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 style='color:#000000; ' class=' '>Closing<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content' style='color:#000000; '><\/div><\/div><footer style='background-color:#9dc9c5; ' class='entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Target<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li>Stakeholders in general, including universities, start-ups, companies, local governments, NPOs, etc., who are practicing the creation of university-originated innovations and start-ups through industry-academia and regional cooperation, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the press<\/li>\n<li>Other people and organizations interested in the accumulation of research and business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-12  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Schedule<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Monday, February 28, 2022<br \/>\n10:00-12:10 (JST UTC+9)<br \/>\n(Held online)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-15  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Speaker<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-17  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-41 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-41 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/watanabe-180x180.jpg\" alt='Toshiya Watanabe'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/watanabe-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/watanabe-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/watanabe-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/people\/watanabe-toshiya\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/people\/watanabe-toshiya\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Toshiya Watanabe<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Vice Director, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo<br \/>\nProfessor, Institute for Future Initiatives<br \/>\nExecutive Director \/ Executive Vice President<br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering (Additional Post)<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-19  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-194 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-194 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Matsuo-scaled-300x300-1-180x180.jpg\" alt='Yutaka Matsuo'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Matsuo-scaled-300x300-1-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Matsuo-scaled-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Matsuo-scaled-300x300-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Matsuo-scaled-300x300-1-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/weblab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/weblab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Yutaka Matsuo<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-21  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class='wp-image-196 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-196 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shane.png\" alt='Shane Gu'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shane.png 150w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shane-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/shane-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/research.google\/people\/104824\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/research.google\/people\/104824\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Shane Gu<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Google LLC Google Brain, Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-23  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-201 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-201 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u798f\u5d8b-180x180.jpg\" alt='Michi Fukushima'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u798f\u5d8b-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u798f\u5d8b-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u798f\u5d8b-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u798f\u5d8b.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/read0052241?lang=en<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/read0052241?lang=en' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Michi Fukushima<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Professor, Department of Economics and Management, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-25  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-45 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-45 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/maruyama-180x180.jpg\" alt='Yuki Maruyama'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/maruyama-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/maruyama-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/maruyama-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Yuki Maruyama<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Mitsui Fudosan Co.<br \/>\nSolution Partner Division<br \/>\nDirector, Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Division<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-27  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-44 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-44 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-180x180.jpg\" alt='Shohei Nishikata'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-1500x1500.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nishikata.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/people\/nishikata-shohei\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/people\/nishikata-shohei\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Shohei Nishikata<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>The University of Tokyo<br \/>\nInstitute for Future Initiatives<br \/>\nCommissioned Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-29  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-316 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-316 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u66fd\u6211\u90e8\u5b8c_-\u5199\u771f-180x180.jpeg\" alt='Masaru Sogabe'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u66fd\u6211\u90e8\u5b8c_-\u5199\u771f-180x180.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u66fd\u6211\u90e8\u5b8c_-\u5199\u771f-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/\u66fd\u6211\u90e8\u5b8c_-\u5199\u771f-36x36.jpeg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/gridpredict.jp\/en\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/gridpredict.jp\/en\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Masaru Sogabe<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>GRID INC. CEO<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-30  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-31  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class='wp-image-337 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-337 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profile_image-1-300x300.jpg\" alt='Kazuya Tanaka'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profile_image-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profile_image-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profile_image-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profile_image-1-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profile_image-1.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/kazuyatanaka.com\/en<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/kazuyatanaka.com\/en' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Kazuya Tanaka<\/h3><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Director, CSO, scheme verge Inc.<br \/>\nAI Director, HONGO AI<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-33  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How to Join<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Please apply from the following link.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/event\/12110\/\">https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/event\/12110\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-35  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fourth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-36  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Organizer<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-37  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fourth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-38  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-210 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-210 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ifi-1-180x180.png\" alt='Institute for Future Initiatives'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ifi-1-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ifi-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ifi-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ifi-1-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ifi-1.png 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Institute for Future Initiatives<\/h3><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-39  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section  class='avia-team-member   avia-builder-el-40  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-215 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-215 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-180x180.png\" alt='Mitsui Fudosan UTokyo Laboratory'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-1500x1500.png 1500w, https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mf-1-705x705.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class='team-social'><div class='team-social-inner'><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"url\" >https:\/\/mfut-lab.ducr.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/<\/span><a rel=\"v:url noopener\" target='_blank' class=' avia-team-icon ' href='https:\/\/mfut-lab.ducr.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue832' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'    itemprop=\"name\" >Mitsui Fudosan UTokyo Laboratory<\/h3><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >AI\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u95a2\u4fc2\u6027\u8cc7\u7523\u306e\u89e3\u660e<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-42  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Contact<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Co-organized by Institute for Future Initiavives of The University of Tokyo, Mitsui Fudosan UTokyo Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Secretariat of the Symposium &#8220;University-Based Startup Agglomeration in the AI Field&#8221; (within Japan Counselors, Inc.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ifi-mfutlab@jc-inc.co.jp\">ifi-mfutlab@jc-inc.co.jp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be held on Monday, February 28, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/?p=138"},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yasuda_kodo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ai-ecosystem.academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}