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Human Autonomy in the Age of Automation: Envisioning 2045
September 29, 2017
The conference is brought to you by the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Japan Program's Stanford Silicon Valley-New Japan Project and Mistletoe, Inc.This event is at full capacity.
GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
September 25, 2017
GROW is an automated solution to evaluate job candidates, developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup, Institution for a Global Society (IGS).
SAFECAST AND FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT: THE POWER OF CITIZEN SCIENCE
August 22, 2017
This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Silicon Valley-New Japan Project and the Japan Society of Northern California.When the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experienced a meltdown after...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Perspectives from Chile
May 12, 2017
Chile, being positioned on the Pacific-facing rim of South America, has a natural tendency toward Asia, not only geographically, but also politically, culturally and economically.
Silicon Valley Does it Repeatedly: From Fairchild to Uber and Beyond
March 8, 2017
Martin Kenney is a Distinguished Professor of Community and Regional Development at the University of California, Davis; a Senior Project Director at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International...
Is Financial Inclusion only an emerging markets, bottom-of-the-pyramid problem or is it also a challenge for the middle class and in developed countries too?
November 21, 2016
Over two billion adults in the world (38% of all adults) are unbanked. Several more are underbanked and may have basic accounts but do not have access to credit or insurance services and not ...
Managing Open Innovation: Lessons from Harnessing Silicon Valley
May 9, 2016
For firms around the world, the question of how to harness Silicon Valley's innovation engine is increasingly important.
Overcoming Economic Malaise: Strategic, Educational and Social Innovation for South Korea
May 4, 2016
South Korea has relied on its export-oriented development model to become an economic powerhouse, but has now reached the limits of this model.
Big Data: Lessons from the Field
May 4, 2016
Gaurav Kataria is a Big Data leader at Google who is responsible for driving Production Adoption initiatives across various Google for Work product lines - Gmail, Drive, G+, Hangouts, Google Docs,...
Back to the Source: Yamaha Motor's Challenges on Business Development
March 9, 2016
Hiroshi “Hiro” Saijou is CEO and Managing Director at Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley.
Chronicles of the Silicon Valley - Japan Relationship and Lessons Learned: An insider's view of large firms, startup firms, and entrepreneurs since the 1970s
February 4, 2016
Masa ISHII is founder and a Managing Director of AZCA, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in US-Japan corporate development for high technology companies. To date, AZCA has helped...
Understanding Silicon Valley and Startup Ecosystems: New research and academic classics you should know
December 3, 2015
Kenji Kushida will provide an overview of canonical works of Silicon Valley, including work of Martin Kenney and his classic co-edited volume "Understanding Silicon Valley" and other more recent...
Smart Nation, Silicon Valley Technology and Asia Growth Strategy
December 1, 2015
Co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for International Development and the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Technological advances have brought us to a potential tipping point in the...
The IT-Enabled Services Transformation, Cloud Computing, and New Production Paradigms: Implications for Dynamics of Competition in the US and Asia
September 29, 2015
RSVP RequiredRegister to attend at http://www.stanford-svnj.org/sv-nj-public-forum-september-29-2015 Agenda4:15pm: Doors open4:30pm-5:30pm: Lecture, followed by discussion5:30pm-6:00pm: Networking...
The Japanese Software Industry: What Went Wrong (and Why is it Important?)
January 28, 2015
The Stanford Silicon Valley-New Japan ProjectPublic Forum Series with Networking Speaker: Robert Cole (Bio)Tuesday, January 27, 20155:00 – 5:30 pm Networking5:30pm - 7:00pm LectureCypress...
Stanford-SPF New Channels Dialogue 2015
January 22, 2015
Stanford-Sasakawa Peace Foundation New Channels Dialogue 2015"Innovation: Silicon Valley and Japan" January 22, 2015Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, Stanford UniversitySponsored and...
NHI Reform in Taiwan: Recent Developments
October 14, 2013
Co-sponsored by the Center of East Asian Studies, Stanford University Prominent health policy expert—Rachel Lu from Taiwan—will share her view on recent health policy developments in the region,...
Advancing Science to Reduce Premature Mortality Worldwide
October 1, 2013
Co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia, Stanford University Human life expectancy improved more in the last 50 years than in the preceding 5000 years.
Asia's Rise: Thirty Years of Connecting Asia to Stanford
May 2, 2013
Stanford faculty, former visitors, and other special guests will explore Asia's transformation over the past thirty years, developments in U.S.-Asia relations, and the trajectory of Shorenstein...
Child Adoption in Japan and the U.S.: Comparative Historical Analysis
April 23, 2013
Adopting a child, as an alternative to bearing a child, is a widely accepted means of creating a family in America today.
China Goes Global - The Partial Power
April 5, 2013
WE ARE AT FULL CAPACITY - PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY FOR A SEAT In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book many have been waiting for—a sweeping account of China's...
The Rule of Mandates: How China Governs Over Law and Democracy
March 15, 2013
In this talk, Mayling Birney presents evidence that China uses a distinctive form of governing, what she calls a “rule of mandates” in contrast to a rule of law.
Mere Straws in the Wind or Genuine Change? Society, Culture and Public Opinion under China's New Leadership
March 14, 2013
Early returns suggest that it may not be business as usual in state-society relations, with the Party-state being compelled to respond to an increasingly discontented and vocal society, and that a...
Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Experts on Climate Change in Southeast Asia
March 4, 2013
Officials, scholars, and activists have long believed in improving environmental policy in developing countries by fostering desirable values and practices through networks of experts.