Waseda University and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. have signed an "Agreement on Promotion of Industry-Academia Collaboration" with the aim of solving social issues, acquiring new knowledge, and creating innovative values.We will strengthen cooperation on promotion of joint research, human resources exchange and human resource development, cooperation on support for creating ventures from universities, and cooperation on effective utilization of real estate owned by Waseda University.
Today's society is about to enter a paradigm shift, such as changes in demographic structure and family structure, changes in values such as the spread of the sharing economy and diversity and inclusion, and heightened awareness of environmental issues such as carbon neutrality. There is.Furthermore, with the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), new lifestyles such as hybrid work styles and learning styles that utilize not only the real world but also the digital world have rapidly penetrated.As digital transformation accelerates in various fields, it is time to reconsider the way cities should be.
In order to respond to such a highly uncertain future, Mitsui Fudosan and Waseda University will strengthen cooperation and cooperation, and will jointly engage in practical research.First of all, through a multifaceted approach with an eye on the post-Corona society, we will proceed with research on "aging aging *" in residential areas in the suburbs of the aging city, and not only propose measures, but also new mechanisms such as technology. We aim to realize the creation of innovation in the real estate business through the social implementation of.
In future joint research, various researchers from all fields of Waseda University will participate in the joint research of the humanities and sciences.By multiplying the knowledge of urban development cultivated as a developer of Mitsui Fudosan, we will return the research results to society and contribute to the SDGs.
Waseda University has professors with outstanding knowledge and skills, as well as researchers and students with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are working on the creation of.Regarding university-launched ventures, which are one of the core of this, we have enhanced our intellectual property strategies and strengthened support in terms of business creation and management. In 2020, it was adopted as a JST SCORE (university promotion type) project, and in October 2021, it was also adopted as a JST "research result development project, university-initiated new industry creation program (START) startup ecosystem formation support project". We are actively promoting the creation of university-launched ventures by developing an ecosystem around Waseda University.
* "Aging" is the philosophy of Mitsui Fudosan's goal of urban development, and is the idea of "maturating and increasing value over time."
* The "Waseda Open Innovation Valley Concept" is a concept developed as part of research promotion toward the realization of "WASEDA that shines in the world" advocated by Waseda University.Achieve open innovation by sustaining the cycle of industry-government-academia collaboration, training of doctoral human resources with strong intelligence, intellectual property creation, and venture creation ① Construction of "Waseda Open Innovation Ecosystem" and Silicon in the Waseda area As in the valley, by aggregating open innovation bases including industry-academia collaboration and networking between the bases, a synergistic effect can be demonstrated and new "knowledge" can be imagined. (121) New Research Building Research Innovation Center (Building XNUMX) ) Is the core of the development of research bases, which consists of two pillars.
