The Cabinet Office announced that it will launch the "Science & Innovation Integration Council" (S & II Council) on July 2017, 7 under the initiative of the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Tsuruho Cabinet Office.

 The "Science & Innovation Integration Council" was named with the meaning of "I want to firmly develop Japan's excellent science and technology seeds into innovation."Creating an autonomous community where diverse human resources engaged in related projects implemented at each ministry, industry, regional level, etc. actively create more flexible collaboration across businesses and inter-industry. The purpose is to aim.

 There are three main activities. One is to promote exchanges of various support personnel involved in research and development projects, open innovation, venture support projects, etc. in various fields such as industry, government, and academia.We will also disseminate the development and sharing of specialized human resources and the ideal career path. The second is a bird's-eye view and visualization of various matching businesses and venture support businesses.It aims to improve the "difficulty of utilization" on the company side. The third is policy proposals.

 To commemorate the establishment of the council, a "establishment presentation / commemorative symposium" will be held at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on July 2017, 7.Keynote speech by media artist Yoichi Ochiai and others on the theme of "New Integration-Hints for the Future-" and "Accelerating New Industries with Ventures! -Toward Co-creation of VB and Large Companies-" In addition to the panel discussions we have made, we are planning a networking exchange meeting.

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