■Theme : New Innovative Approaches to Social Challenges
■Date : Friday, July 9, 2010 13:00～17：00
■Venue : FUJISOFT Akibaplaza 5F Akiba Hall
■Language : English and Japanese
( simultaneous translations will be provided)
■co-host: British Council, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society(RISTEX)
■URL http://www.ristex.jp/eventinfo/preother/international/100709/english.html#top
■Program
13:00-13:10 Opening Remarks
13:00 Jason James (Director, British Council)
13:05 Tateo Arimoto (Director General, RISTEX)
13:10-13:30 Michael Harris (Research Director, Innovation Policy, National Endowment for Science and Technology and the Arts (NESTA))
Title: Disrupting Innovation: Innovation for Social and Economic Progress
13:30-13:50 Motoshi Shinozaki (Director,the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX))
Title: Unique approaches toward social challenge in RISTEX
13:50-14:10 Case Study 1:Masayuki Horio (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Professor, Politics, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University)
Title: Some Novel Attempts of Community Based Energy-Environment Program of JST-RISTEX and their Current Status
14:10-14:30 Case Study 2 : Rachel Brazil (Development Manager, Innovation Programmes of NESTA)
Title: Tackling social challenges through interdisciplinary and community-based innovation
14:30-14:50 Case Study3: Yukihiro Shimatani (Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering、Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University)
Title: Subject Formation for sustainable development for designing watershed and Challenging Approach from R&D social technology
14:50-15:10 Case Study 4: Grenville Ham ( NESTA Big Green Challenge Award Winner)
Title: The Green Valleys: A Community-owned Renewable Energy Model
15：10-15：30 Break
15:30-16:50 Panel Discussion Q&A (OPEN FLOOR)
Masahiro Horio－Moderator－
Michael Harris
Motoshi Shinozaki
Rachel Brazil
Yukihiro Shimatani
Grenville Ham
16:50-17：00 Closing Remarks by RISTEX and British Council
