Members of the Japan Business Federation visited our university for an inspection.

From Tuesday, July 30, to Wednesday, July 31, the Japan Business Federation (hereinafter referred to as Keidanren) Ba—

Members of the Io Economy Committee* have been certified as a “Regional Bio-Community” by the Cabinet Office and are

He visited Nagaoka City to observe their initiatives.

On Wednesday, July 31, you visited our university, and Mr. Ogasawara from PL shared the university’s vision for the region’s future

He introduced initiatives resulting from industry-academia-government collaboration, such as Vision and COI-NEXT, and Assistant Professor Watari (Project

From Division 5, there was an introduction to the Aquatic and Soil Environment Laboratory, as well as the National Institute of Technology Open Innovation Challenge,

We heard about various initiatives and exchanged views.

A committee member noted that the university should take the lead in building networks with local governments and businesses,

We were commended for our efforts in promoting the Gara Project, among other things.

Following that, the Regional GX Innovation Co-creation Center (tentative name), which is currently under construction, and the Fermentation Department

You were given a tour of our research laboratory.

* Keidanren Bioeconomy Committee

Established in June 2022 as one of Keidanren’s committees. Japan’s world-leading bioeconomy

We are working toward its establishment. In April of this year, we published recommendations for the formulation of the government’s next bio-strategy.

. Approximately 100 companies in industries such as pharmaceuticals, life sciences, food, forestry, chemicals, materials, manufacturing, and machinery are registered. The committee is chaired by Tatsuro Kosaka, Special Advisor at Chugai Pharmaceutical, and Keiichi Iwata, President of Sumitomo Chemical.