Jury
Saiki Hase
Deputy Director, DFG Office Japan
Expertise: Immunopharmacology
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Shigenari Hayashi
Faculty of Engineering (Vice-Dean), Hokkaido University
Expertise: Material Engineering
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Sawako Ito
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Innovation Department, Startup Support Division
Expertise: Supporting Japanese startups scale globally through acceleration programs.
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Fumihiro Katakura
Representative Director and President, TOKIN Corporation
Expertise: Innovative industrialization
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Ryoichi Nagatomi
Prof. Emeritus, Tohoku University
Expertise: Health and Sports Science
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Asako Sugimoto
Executive Vice President for Research / Director of the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University
Expertise: Life Science
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