What Japanese Companies Should Do to Achieve Global Open Innovation
Date：2021/1/22（Fri）18：00～21：00
Entry fee：Free
Place：Zoom
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The promotion of global open innovation has become widespread, especially among large companies in last few years. However, it is also a fact that many companies have not made much progress in global open innovation due to “the lack of understanding”, “building relationships with global startups”, “developing the innovative human resources” and so on.
At this event, we will have speakers who have achieved global open innovation despite those challenges, and they will share us about organizational structure, human resource development, mindset, and the way to deal with global startups, based on actual.
This event is planned and held with the aim of fostering momentum for global open innovation in Japan, and we are looking forward to welcoming not only domestic companies and startups, but also supporters and institutions.
Event Report
Contents
| Contents/th> | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-HUB Program Overview | X-HUB Administrative Office |
| 2 | Case Studies of Global Open Innovation in Japanese Companies #1 | Mr. Naoki ‘Nick‘ Sugimoto CEO, Honda Innovations, Inc. Corporate Venturing Supervisor, Corporate Planning Supervisory Division, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| 3 | Case Studies of Global Open Innovation in Japanese Companies #2 | Mr. Takashi Sunaga General Manager, Business Innovation Planning Dept., Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. |
| 4 | Case Studies of Global Open Innovation in Japanese Companies #3 | Mr. Masaru Kusutani（Max） General Manager Digital Innovation Dept. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd. |
※Please note that the content of the subject may change.
Speech Case Studies of Global Open Innovation in Japanese Companies #1
Mr. Naoki “Nick” Sugimoto
CEO, Honda Innovations, Inc.
Corporate Venturing Supervisor, Corporate Planning Supervisory Division, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Nick Sugimoto is the CEO of Honda Innovations, Inc., the global open innovation hub of Honda based in Mountain View, California. Nick also serves as Corporate Venturing Supervisor of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Honda’s corporate HQ in Japan. Nick oversees Honda’s technology startup collaboration projects, as well as strategic partnership programs on global basis. Prior to joining Honda, Nick was a successful entrepreneur as well as a venture investor in both the US and Japan. Nick also led the business transformation of Recruit Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading publishing company, from paper-based publishing into internet-based. Nick has been living in Silicon Valley for 26 years.
Speech Case Studies of Global Open Innovation in Japanese Companies #2
Mr. Takashi Sunaga
General Manager, Business Innovation Planning Dept., Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Joined Mitsui Fudosan Co. in 1992. He is mainly engaged in the retail property business, including sales, asset and property management (reconstruction, renewal, and operation), headquarters (business design, M&A, and internal IT development), and marketing (early digital marketing and inbound). As the head of the Business Innovation Promotion Group, which was established in 2018, and became a department in 2020, he has been in charge of business development and incubation of new projects (including the operation of the Mitsui Fudosan Group’s business proposal system). As the first step, he is promoting the “Real Estate x Mobility Project” focusing on MaaS and mobile services.
Speech Case Studies of Global Open Innovation in Japanese Companies #3
Mr. Masaru Kusutani（Max）
General Manager Digital Innovation Dept.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd.
Joined in 1994. After working in the corporate sales department, where he was involved in risk management in the energy and financial sectors, he was engaged in promoting digital innovation across the group.
From 2016, he launched the Tokyo Marine Group’s first digital innovation base in Silicon Valley, U.S., where he worked on developing new insurance services using digital technology and building strategic alliances with startups and platformers.
Returned to Japan in April 2019 to launch a new division, digital innovation department, to oversee strategic alliances with external organization.
Target
Anyone interested in overseas expansion of their startups can join!
Startups aiming to expand overseas
Major corporations, VCs, financial institutions, universities, and other organizations that support startups which is looking to expand overseas.
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