APARC_Research_SVNJ_convenings
Stanford Silicon Valley - New Japan
The Stanford Silicon Valley - New Japan Project (SV-NJ) hosts various events that explore issues related to innovation, entrepreneurship, and the Silicon Valley-Japan relationship, including a public forum series as well as larger-scale conferences and symposia. Gathering Stanford thought leaders and key players within the economic ecosystems of Silicon Valley and Japan, the purpose of these events is to foster dialogue, share research findings, and exchange analytical perspectives, thus enabling Silicon Valley to benefit from Japan and for Japan to better harness Silicon Valley. Select past events and related materials are listed below.
- The Logistics Operations Underlying Retail: US, China, and Japanese Models Compared
Speakers: Ryoichi Kakui, Founder, E-Logit, and Kenji Kushida, Research Scholar, Shorenstein APARC Japan Program | October 3, 2019
- How Obayashi Collaborates in the Silicon Valley Community
Speaker: Hiroto Sato, Obayashi Corporation, COO/CFO of Obayashi SVVL, Inc. (Silicon Valley Ventures & Laboratory) | April 29, 2019
How does venture capital work and how do Japanese corporations leverage venture capital?
Speaker: Hiro Rio Maeda, Managing Director, DNX Ventures (formerly Draper Nexus) | February 28, 2019Innovative Japanese Companies Harnessing Silicon Valley
Speaker: Kenji Kushida, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Japan Program, Research Scholar | January 28, 2019An Insider’s Vantage on 20 years of Japan’s Startup Ecosystem, its Current Challenges, And Attempts to Harness Silicon Valley
Speaker: Hiroaki Yasutake, Co-founder and CSO, Junify, and former CTO, Rakuten | November 27, 2018- Harnessing silicon valley: the strategies, structures, and activities of innovative large Japanese firms in Silicon Valley
Speaker: Kenji Kushida, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Japan Program, Research Scholar | September 27, 2018
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Intelligence Augmentation (IA), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI): Frontier Research and Policies for Navigating the Future Together | May 21, 2019
- Japan in the Bay Area: From Competition to Collaboration | March 18, 2019
- The Rise and Fall of Giants: ICT Disruptions from Silicon Valley, Nokia, China, and Japan | April 4, 2018
- Human Autonomy in the Age of Automation: Envisioning 2045 | November 3, 2017