Speaker Profiles for the 29th FMES / 28th JSSPRM Symposium

Updated: June 11, 2010


• Yuko Harayama

Graduated from the Faculty of Science, University of Besançon; completed doctoral programs in the Faculty of Educational Sciences andthe Faculty of Economics at the University of Geneva. Served as Assistant Professor at the same university andFellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), before becoming Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University.Specializes in science and technology policy and innovation studies.From 2010, served as Deputy Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),overseeing innovation, science and technology policy,business dynamics, information and communications policy, and related statistical analyses.Appointed as full-time Executive Member of the Council for Science and Technology Policy in March 2013.

• Koichiro Tsujino
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• Shinya Nagasawa
Graduated from the School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University; completed graduate studies at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University.Doctor of Engineering. Following positions including Professor in the College of Business Administration at Ritsumeikan University,assumed current position in 2003.
Since 2012, has served as Module Leader for LuxuryBranding (endowed course by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) at Waseda Business School, andDirector of the Luxury Branding Institute, Waseda University.Specializes in design and brand innovation management.

• Shingo Ichimura
Joined the Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, in 1982.Engaged in research and development in the Extreme Technology Division of the laboratory.
During administrative corporatization,served as Strategic Planning and Coordination Team Leader at the Preparatory Office for the Establishment of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
Following the transition to AIST, held posts in the Planning Headquarters, as Research Laboratory Director, andas Research Institute Director, before being appointed Trustee in February 2007.Assumed current position in April 2012.

• Manabu Suzuki
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo, and joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1972.
After engaging in sales for government and public offices, from 1986,served almost continuously in the railway business division.
Appointed Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of the Electrical Systems Group, and General Manager of the Transportation Systems Division in 2005.
Appointed President and CEO of the Industrial & Social Infrastructure Systems Company in 2009.
Appointed Executive Technology Advisor in 2011.