Organization for Collaborative Activity between Industry, Banking, Academia, and Government

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Universities and institutions: 81

University Science Park Association of China (USPAC),TLO Tokyo International Cooperation Department
Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing Science Park, Others
53 National-level university science and technology parks

Resident universities/research organizations: 13
Participating universities/research organizations: 14
Regional branches: 6(Members: Number of cooperative
universities and research organizations)

Corporations: 1647

Hirosaki University

Kitami Institute of Technology

Akita Prefectural University

Muroran Institute of Technology

Aomori branch(143:10)
Aoimori Shinkin BankToo Shinkin Bank

Niigata Technology Licensing Organization
Nagaoka University of Technology

Gunma University

University of Toyama

Kyushu TLO Co., Ltd.

Saitama branch(613:11)

Toyama branch(131:9)

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Saitamaken Shinkin Bank

Toyama Shinkin Bank
Himifushiki Shinkin Bank
Kamiichi Shinkin Bank

National, Public, and Private University
CONSORTIUM−FUKUOKA
Oita University

University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of
Systems and Information Engineering
Tsukuba Sangaku Renkei Kenkyukai

Shimane University

Digital Hollywood University/Graduate School

Kumamoto University

University of Electro-Communications

Sojo University

Super Collaborative Graduate School
Asia/Pacific information centers(food, agriculture, environment)

Kumamoto branch(220:8)
Kumamoto Shinkin Bank
Kumamoto Chuo Shinkin Bank
Amakusa Shinkin Bank
Kumamoto Dai-ichi Shinkin BankTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology,
Graduate School, Division of Agriscience andBioscience, Laboratory of Zymology
Chuo University
Campus Create(University of Electro-Communications TLO)

Chiba branch(209:8)
Shinshu University

Mie branch(174:8)

Kitaiseueno Shinkin Bank

(Current as of 10/1/2009)

University of Fukui
Gifu University
Mie University

Chiba Shinkin Bank

Organization for
Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration(General Incorporated Association)(Number of headquarter members: 184)

Headquarters support organization
・Asia/Pacific information centers(food, agriculture, environment)・Asahi Shinkin Bank・KPMG AZSA & Co.
・Aflac・Edogawa City・Campus Create
・Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)(Science Portal)
・Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration Corporation
・SGK

・JAFCO Co., Ltd・Daiwa SMBC Capital・Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial
Technology Research Institute・Tokyo Metropolitan Small Business Center・Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Cooperation from regional branches of universities

・Toba National College of・Toyama College【Saitama branches】【Chiba branches】
・Toyama College of Welfare Science Maritime Technology
・Chiba University
・Aomori University of Health and Welfare ・Saitama University・Toyama National College ・Kinki University Technical College・Aomori Public College・Saitama Prefectural University ・Chiba Institute of Technology【Kumamoto branches】
of Industrial Technology, of Technology・CollegeUniversity・Aomori・Saitama Institute of Technology ・Nihon University・Toyama National College of ・Kumamoto Prefectural University
・Aomori Chuo Gakuen University
・Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition ・Chiba University of Commerce
Maritime Technology
・Kumamoto Gakuen University
・Hachinohe University
・Shibaura Institute of Technology ・Tokyo University of Information Sciences ・Hokuriku Polytechnic College・Kyushu Tokai University
・Hachinohe Institute of Technology ・Tokyo Denki University・Shukutoku University
・Katayama Gakuen
・Yatsushiro National College・Kitasato University, School of Veterinary ・Tokyo University of Science ・Kisarazu National College ofof Technology【Mie branches】
TechnologyMedicine and Animal Sciences
・Toyo UniversityUniversityofMedicalScience・Suzuka
・Hachinohe National College of Technology ・Nippon Institute of Technology【Toyama branches】
・Toyama Prefectural University ・Suzuka International University
・Aomori Polytechnic College attached to ・Institute of Technologists
・Yokkaichi University
Tohoku Polytechnic College
・Takaoka University of Law
・Mie Chukyo University
・Employment and Human Resources ・Rikkyo University
・Toyama University ofDevelopment Organization
International Studies
・Rissho University・Suzuka National College of Technology【Aomori branches】

Map by: CraftMAPEvent hallEntrance

Satellite office (Sample)【The role of the Tokyo office】(Regional universities andresearch organizations)①A center of industry-academiagovernment collaborative activity
in Tokyo metropolitan area

Holds 200 people with desks or
500 people with chairs only

Members of universities and research organizations are permitted to use facilities for free.
(Use of the event hall is not free.). The event hall can be used for various meetings andseminars, meetings in Tokyo, and meetings with companies.

②A meeting place for small andmedium-sized enterprises inTokyo metropolitan area
③Student recruitment④A center to collect various typesof information and to conduct
meetings⑤A place to conduct alumni activities
and to coordinate with university
support organizations

About the Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration
The Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration (general incorporated association) wasestablished as a voluntary association in April 2004 with the support of Asahi Shinkin Bank. The Organization
has two main goals. The first is to cooperate with regional universities to expand information communicationin Tokyo and through that to lead companies in Tokyo to make use of the seeds of university R&D. The second
goal is to build a national network of regional branches centered on local Shinkin Bank and vitalize local
industry based on a new model of collaboration that includes industry, academia, government, and banking.
In July 2005, aside from a voluntary association, the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation
was established to promote these efforts. The "Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Fund"(2.56 billion yen) was set up and fund activity expanded in coordination with the general incorporated association.

Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

Further aims are small and medium enterprise (SME) development and the promotion of regional development
based on collaboration between industry (SMEs that require specialist knowledge and technology), academia(intellectual property and human resources held by universities and other research and educational organizations),
government (national/local government SME support system), and banking (funds, information power, andcoordinating power of community-based financial institutions).

Headquarters Director
Representative Director

You Kojima

In December 2008, tthe voluntary association became a general incorporated association.
1. Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration is a nationwide federation of universities and research organizations.
It establishes a link between SMEs and the needs and seeds of universities.
2. Shinkin Bank serve as bureau branches within each prefecture nationwide. These bureaus link the needs of SMEs to universities.
3. In addition to a general incorporated association, the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation is established andthe "Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Fund" is set up with financing from Shinkin Bank.
4. The "Super Collaborative Graduate School" is established to develop innovative, work-ready PhD human resources.

About Network Formation and Innovation Creation Based onCollaboration Between Industry, Banking, Academia, and Government
1. The basic position on SME support through industry-academia-government collaboration▼ Too Bulletin (9/3/2008)

Nobody understands the condition of SMEs better than Shinkin Bank.
Shinkin Bank are thus positioned as the chief coordinating organization topromote collaboration between SMEs and industry, and academia.

2. The nationwide network of the collaboration body and the Shinkin Bank as community-based
financial institutions at the prefectural level combine to form the main regional branches.
This arrangement in turn leads to innovation creation.
3. This is an era in which industry, banking, academia, and government cannot survive alone.
Thus a network of 70 universities and research organizations nationwide and Shinkin Bank
with local power provide a regional branch network system to boost innovation strength.

Through coordination between the Saitama branch and theAomori branch, 3,000 customers of Saitama-based Shinkin
Bank made tourist visits to Aomori. The thirty tours
at 100 people per tour covered a three month period.

4. To raise the level of innovation it is necessary to have a network that understands the strengthsof collaboration among organizations and compensates for weaknesses.
5. Using the specialist knowledge and intellectual assets of universities and the institutional
support measures of national/local government bodies, the aim is to discover"budding industries" from SMEs based on the information power and financial power of
Shinkin Bank, to develop new products and industries, and to promote innovation creation,
which is also a national policy.

The Role of Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration Network Headquarters
1. To serve as the main hub of the nationwide
industry-banking-academia and government network
2. To provide the industry-banking-academia andgovernment network in the Tokyo area to membersof the nationwide network
3. With headquarters located in the Tokyo area,
to enable active information exchange and tostrengthen collaborative activity

Government
Academia
Supporting organizations
Research and (e.g. Government)
educationalorganizations(e.g. University)

Banking
Financialorganizations(Shinkin Bank)

General
IncorporatedAssociation

Nationwide network

Industry
Regional
branches

Banking
Academia

Government

Industry SME(e.g. Member)

Mechanism of cooperation between"industry, banking, academia, and government"sought by the Organization for
Industry-Academia-Government CollaborationPartnership Activities
with the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation
Use of funds in coordination with the Industry-Academia-Government Corporation
As a member of the network of the Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration(general incorporated association), it is possible to use the "Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Fund"(2.56 billion yen) that is managed by the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation.
Aggregation ofnetwork members
Management ofFund services(For members)[Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration(General Incorporated Association)]"Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Fund"[Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation]

Mobility of industry, banking, academia, and government human resourcesin coordination with the Industry-Academia-Government Corporation
The Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation engages in personnel placement and fee-based recruitment.
The corporation has specialists in industry, banking, academia, and government collaboration. Giving full play to the expansive
network of the general incorporated association, the collaboration corporation engages in the dispatchment and introductionof human resources for industry, banking, academia, and government collaboration (e.g. coordinator).
Employment information
Aggregation of human resource needs fromPersonnel placement that gives full play tothe human resource information network

industry-academia-government collaboration organization[Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration(General Incorporated Association)]

Dispatchment/Introduction[Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation]

Support Super Collaborative Graduate SchoolThat Aims to Develop Innovative PhD Human Resources
Seven Aspirations
1. Entrepreneurialism
2. Activity beyond the borders of academia
3. Management capacity combined with a solid
foundation of scholarship in a domain of expertise
4. Visionary and innovative
5. High communication skills
6. Outstanding leadership capacity
7. International sensibility and capacity to thrive globally▲Image of park under examination by workgroup(Taken from the official Super Collaborative Graduate School pamphlet)▲An image of the type of innovative PhD human resourcesthat the Super Collaborative Graduate School aims for(Taken from documents at the Super Collaborative Graduate School symposium)

The Super Collaborative Graduate School is a Support Project for Strategic University Collaboration adopted by theMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2008. The 14 universities (see below)that participate in this initiative are all members of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration. To fully support
this initiative, the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Corporation provides public relations through its network.
Participating universities

Kitami Institute of Technology,Hirosaki University,Akita Prefectural University,Nagaoka University of Technology,
University of Toyama,Shinshu University,University of Fukui,Chuo University,University of Electro-Communications,
Mie University,Fukuoka Institute of Technology,Oita University,Sojo University,Kumamoto University

Industry-Academic-Government
Collaboration
Organization
for Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration

Aggregation of network members

History
Established as a generalvoluntary association

4/2004

Major Achievements ofIndustry-Academia-Government Collaboration

The Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration Corporation was established

7/20057/2006The Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Fund (2.56 billion yen) was set up

10/2008

The Super Collaborative Graduate School was launched by MEXT
as a Support Project for Strategic University Collaboration

12/2008

Became a general incorporated association

Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

Through regional branches, build a networkof 54 universities and research organizations

・Establish six bureau branches based on Shinkin Bank nationwide as the parent organization.
(Current as of 3/2009.)
・At the Aomori branch and the Saitama branch, host a customer exchange program with 3000 participants.
・METI participates through regional power coordination centers as branches and Shinkin Bank participate
as branches.
・As regional power coordination centers, the regional branches receive the METI bureau director's award.
・Regional branches receive recognition from local finance bureaus as model community-based financialinstitutions.
General meeting of Saitama branch (5/19/2009)

Through headquarter members, build a networkof 27 universities and research organizations.

・Each year, host the "University President Forum" and provide a place for strategic planning andcoordination for the top ten universities.

Establishment of the Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration Corporation

・Provide overall support for the activities of the Organization for Industry-Academia-Government
Collaboration (general incorporated association).

Establishment of the Collaboration Fund (2.56 billion yen)・Currently, 1.1 billion yen has been invested on 18 projects. (Current as of 3/2009)
Innovation Japan 2008 Nomura Securities Seminar
The "Super Collaborative Graduate School" promoted
by Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration wasused as a theme for two consecutive years from 2007 to 2008.

Promotion of PR activities
・The headquarter bureau chief participates as chief editor in the establishment and promotion of the Journalof Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration by JST.
・Establish the coordinator network email magazine and make it into a pamphlet.
・As a program of the New Technology Institute, form a committee based on regional collaboration branches
to create an SME development manual.

Hosting of workshops
・Together with the Tokyo Association of Shinkin Banks, host an annual "innovation mastermind workshop"and establish a place to coordinate activities between Tokyo shinkin banks and universities in Tokyo.

Industry-academia-government mastermind "coordinator" network
・The headquarter secretariat is in charge of the coordinator network meeting.
・The headquarter bureau chief participates as a founder and promoter of the coordinator network Tsukubameeting.
Ten university presidents took the rostrum at the 4th
University President Collaboration Forum (9/10/2009).

Launch of the Super Collaborative Graduate School・Together with headquarters and branches, 14 out of 70 university and educational organization membersof Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration participate in the "MEXT 2008 Support Project for
Strategic University Collaboration."・A request is heard from Edogawa City to build a Super Collaborative Graduate School within the city.

Main consultation projects arranged by headquarter hub
・As an Edogawa agriculture (industry, academia, public) project, Hirosaki University and Edogawa City
cooperate on research related to komatsuna (leafy vegetable) and flower cultivation to stimulate agriculture
activity in the city.
・Edogawa City cooperated with Digital Hollywood University on the industry success fair held in the city bymaking the official fair posters and pamphlets used to recruit and select students from the university.
・Technology consultation projects are brought to regional branches of Industry-Academia-GovernmentCollaboration and processed through the wide network of headquarters. Multiple joint research projects
with universities in other prefectures have been established this way.

Director's Meeting (3/2009)

Organization Overview
NameHistoryHeadquarters

Organization for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration(General Incorporated Association)
4/2004
12/2008

Established as a general voluntary association
Became a general incorporated association

5th Fl. Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Plaza in Tokyo
3-5-24 Funabori, Edogawa City, Tokyo
134-0091
TEL 03-5696-9425 / FAX 03-3877-1207

AccessTower

From Tokyo Stn. (34 min)1. Tokyo (JR Yamanote Line) -> Akihabara Stn. -> Walk (6 min.)-> (Toei-Shinjuku Line) Iwamoto-cho Stn. -> Funabori Stn. (34 min.)2. Tokyo (JR Sobu Line - Express) -> Kuro-cho Stn. -> Change lines (2 min.)-> (Toei-Shinjuku Line) Bakuro Yokoyama Stn. -> Funabori Stn. (37 min.)naboriri Stn.

Toei-Shinjuku Funabo
Mitsubishi Tokyo
UFJ Bank

E-mail jimu@collabosgk.com
URL http://www.collabosgk.com
From Narita Airport (1 hr. 8 min.)Haneda Airport: (Toei-Asakusa Line/Keikyu Line) -> Higashi Nihonbashi -> Change lines (4 min.)-> (Toei-Shinjuku Line) -> Bakuro Yokoyama Stn. -> Funabori Stn.

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North exit
Police box

South exit

TOKI Building

Collaboration Plazain Tokyo

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