Jan 16 - "EU-Japan Regional & Cluster New
Cooperation"
Moderator
Dr Virginie Fermaud, Coordinator of the EU-Japan Regional Cooperation Helpdesk
Welcome speech
Mr Christophe Guichard, Policy officer – cluster internationalisation, DG Grow,
European Commission
Manuel Hubert, Managing Director of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperationand Minister Counsellor of the Delegation of the European Union to Japan , EUJapan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Mr. Takeshi Chinen Principal Deputy Director, Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
EU-Japan Regional Cooperation Helpdesk Consortium
Ms Catherine Trautmann, President CEEJA and former French Minister of Cultureand Communication
Mr. Kenichirô Hamada, President Institute for Regional Collaboration – IRC
Mr. Antonio Novo Guerrero, President of the European Clusters Alliance) EuropeanCluster Collaboration Platform - ECCP
EU-Japan Regional & Cluster New Cooperation
Testimonies and new developments from the EU & Japan (Clusters Managers,European Regions and Japanese Prefectures)
Ibaraki Prefecture – cooperation agreement with Emilia Romagna Region – Italy(Friendship Region since 1986) Mr. Tomoo Nishiguchi
Deputy Director Ibaraki International Business Development Division Department ofBusiness Strategy Ibaraki Prefectural Government
Cluster Renewable Energy Hamburg - Hamburg and Fukushima deepen cooperation on energy policy (new agreement signed April 2023)
Mr. Jingkai Shi International Cooperation Renewables at Erneuerbare Energien
Hamburg Clusteragentur GmbH
Panel discussion on the new “Cluster to Cluster Short-term mobilityProgramme”
Presentation of the “Cluster to Cluster Short-term Mobility Programme”

Mr. Fabrizio Mura (EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation)
Presentation of 4 of the 5 clusters selected for the FY2023- CIMES Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France) Mr. Loïc MARIN European projectmanager- CleanTech Cluster Lithuania (Lithuania) Mr. Alfred Šostko Community andInnovation Manager- Ukrainian Automotive and Mobility Cluster (Ukrainian)Ms. Olga TROFYMOVA
Cluster Manager- Finance Innovation (France) Ms. Gisela Sanchez Cluster Manager
Q&A session
Panel discussion on local innovation in aviation related industries,biotechnologies, green transformation & digital
Presentation of the new webinar series of the EU-Japan Regional & Clusters
Cooperation Matchmaking Webinars – Meet Japanese Prefectures & Clusters –- Iwate prefecture / ILC (Green Transition)
Prof. Maxim Titov (CEA Saclayn France)
Prof. Marc Winter (IJCLab/IN2P3)
Prof. Masakazu Yoshioka (Iwate, Japan)- Okinawa Prefecture / MRO Cluster (Aviation Related Industries) Mr. Yasuhisa Iida
Senior Researcher All Nippon Airways (ANA)/ Institute for Regional Collaboration(IRC)- Akita Prefecture (Green Transformation) Mr. Yasuhisa Iida Senior Researcher All
Nippon Airways (ANA)/ Institute for Regional Collaboration (IRC)- Okayama Prefecture/Tsuyama Stainless Metal Cluster (Digital) Mr. Yasuhisa Iida
Senior Researcher All Nippon Airways (ANA)/ Institute for Regional Collaboration(IRC)- Ibaraki Prefecture/Tsukuba Life Science (Biotechnologies) Mr. Tomoo Nishiguchi
Deputy Director Ibaraki International Business Development Division Department ofBusiness Strategy Ibaraki Prefectural Government
Q&A session
Closing remarks

Jan 17 - "Pitches &Matchmakings"
Moderator
Dr Virginie Fermaud, Coordinator of the EU-Japan Regional Cooperation Helpdesk
Welcome speech
Ms. Catherine Trautmann, President of CEEJA and former Minister of Culture andCommunication
PitchesMatchmaking session