Press Release
January 30, 2020
Keihanna Research Complex
Public Foundation of Kansai Research Institute (KRI)
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

ATR and CII, India’s premier business association,
Sign Memorandum of Understanding- Expansion of Global Network on Innovation in the Keihanna Science City -Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on January 13th, to facilitate and support
collaborative projects for various industrial developments in India and Japan and promote mutual
cooperation in the field of technological innovation and industrial research and development. So far,
ATR has been dedicated to nurturing new business and building an innovation hub as a coreorganization of the Keihanna Research Complex project (Keihanna RC, coordinated by KRI), whichaims to generate globally recognized innovations in the Keihanna Science City. CII is an India’s premierbusiness association since it was founded in 1895.
ATR, since the commencement of Keihanna RC in October of 2016, has been building bothorganizational and individual networks on global innovation issues mainly with Israel, Barcelona City inSpain, New York City in the U.S., and Canada, and has been supporting commercialization of various
business ideas into actual businesses taking advantage of these networks, as well as creating open
innovation projects composed of Japanese major leading companies and startups both from Japaneseand overseas.
This MoU avails further collaboration on innovation issues between CII and ATR such as participationof Indian enterprises into above-mentioned activities ATR leads, by so doing aiming to enhance global
innovation ecosystems at Keihanna Science City.

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About Keihanna Research Complex (RC)Keihanna Research Complex project (Keihanna RC), is promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Since
its start in October 2016, Keihanna RC supports the construction of a mechanism producing continuous
scientific and technological innovations in the regions where universities, research institutes andcompanies are strategically integrated. So far, 46 organizations in the Keihanna Science City
participate in this project and cooperate with other large enterprises, SMEs, start-ups, and local
residents in the pursuit of world-class innovations and creation of a global innovation ecosystem.
URL：https://keihanna-rc.jp/en/◼ About Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industrymanaged organization, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. Founded in 1895 andcelebrating 125 years in 2020, India's premier business association has more than 9100 members,from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership ofover 300,000 enterprises from 291 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.
URL：https://www.cii.in/◼

About Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

Aiming to promote innovations and contribute to regional revitalization, ATR pursues world-leading,ingenious research achievements in computational neuroscience, life-supporting robots, wirelesscommunications, and life science as well as their business developments, in collaboration between
industry, academia and government.
Promoting global business-to-business matchings and supports start-ups as one of the coreorganizations in charge of business development support and creation of an innovation hub In theKeihanna RC project.
- President: Tohru Asami- Location: 2-2-2 Hikaridai Seika-cho, Sorakugun, Kyoto, Japan (Kansai Science City)- URL：https://www.atr.jp/index_e.html◼

About Public Foundation of Kansai Research Institute (KRI)KRI is a public corporation established for the purpose of promoting construction of the science city.
President: Yasuo Kashihara (Vice-Chairman of Kansai Economic Federation)
Location: Keihanna Plaza, Laboratory Bldg. 3F, 1-7 Hikaridai Seika-cho, Sorakugun, Kyoto, Japan(Kansai Science City)
URL：https://www.kri.or.jp/en/◼ Contact:
Public Relations, Keihanna Research Complex
Ms. Tatsumi (ATR) and Mr. Yamato (KRI)
Email: rc-presspr@keihanna-rc.jp
TEL: 0774-95-2540 (ATR), 0774-95-5047 (KRI)

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