"If you want to innovate and create value, Europe and Japan have much to offer each other. I encourage you this evening to form partnerships with the 20 EIT ambassadors that were brought here to Tokyo, and together drive EU and Japanese innovation" H.E Mr Jean-Eric Paquet, EU Ambassador to Japan, welcoming the #Connect_and_Experience_Japan2024 participants, and over 130 key stakeholders from the EU and Japanese innovation ecosystems that gathered this past week at our VIP event in Tokyo hosted at SivanS Lab, to build #strategic_bridges and establish #commercial_collaborations, in partnership with Shibuya Startup Support 🇯🇵 🇪🇺 Connect & Experience Japan immersed 20 of Europe's leading tech players into one of the world's leading and fastest growing economies of the future, through: ☀ Round table deep dives at Deloitte with the leading Japanese industry players that are looking to partner with EU stakeholders: Mitsubishi Chemicals, Hitachi Ventures, Yamaha Corporation music, Panasonic and Toshiba. ☀ One on ones with #VCs looking to enter the European market: Honda Xcelerator, Google Cloud, Cool Japan Fund クールジャパン機構, Energy & Environment Investment and JAPAN AIRLINES VENTURES. ☀ Panel discussions with European investors and business players in Japan that shared invaluable best practices on expanding into this region METRON LISUTO K.K. ☀ Meetings with major Japanese trading companies Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation to explore options for access into the EU innovation market ☀ Insights and hands on tools from the disruptive Shizenkan University （大学院大学至善館） that is building the next generation of Japanese business leaders, with Patrick Newell & Shun Nagao ☀ Access to emerging ecosystem #Gunma, where we were welcomed personally by the Governor of Gunma, and the chance to connect with Subaru, Suntory Global Spirits and local startups. ☀ Opportunities to collaborate with the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation And the work is only just beginning. Connect & Experience Japan has laid a strategic foundation for partnerships and collaborations that will create societal impact for #EU_citizens, as well as for EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology partners in the #industry, #academia, #R&D, and more. EIT Global Outreach, together with EIT Manufacturing and the entire delegation will continue to nurture and strengthen this bridge, and together drive EU innovation and startup growth. Adi Barel Ido Rosenblum Adina Beer Eva Somodi Guglielmo di Cola Laurent Roux Balazs Furjes Johanna Stiernstedt Konstantinos Georgoulias Antoni Pijoan Ivana Unkovic Díaz, PhD Márton Herczeg, PhD Martine Van Veelen Margarita Abakova Andy Kerr
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I love my job. Such an honor to participate in C&E Japan, with fantastic partners, participants, and local counterparts. I'm sure it's just the beginning of a journey that will bring impact for both tech ecosystems, in Europe and Japan
Dan Sobovitz Lucas Grob Peter Kolesar Miquel Anglada Autet Miro Hegedic Luís Saraiva da Silva Nataliya Nikolova Mariya Hristova Georgi Kadrev Drazen Orescanin Amnon Dekel, PhD Marta Kaczmarek Mido Talhouni Catherine Breyssens Adam M. Adamek, PhD Celia Pita Zsolt Bubori Verónica Rodríguez García, PhD Eden Dvir Zano Adi Horesh
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A life changing programme on the personal level, but also impactful no doubt on both ecosystems. I can’t stop thinking of the endless options and tools we now have to achieve that magnificent goal of making people lives better on two sides of the globe 🌍 Thank you EIT Global Outreach & EIT Manufacturing for bringing such an initiative to life! 🇪🇺🚀🇯🇵
Adi Horesh magnificent! Wish I could have been there!
Program Manager Business Creation & Events @ EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology | bringing the startups community to a next level
2wIt was an honour to be part of the Connect & Experience Japan 2024 event. The interactions and partnerships formed with the EIT ambassadors and Japanese stakeholders were truly transformative. I am excited about the potential collaborations that will drive innovation and create value between Europe and Japan. Here's to a future of impactful partnerships and continued growth!