Opening Ceremony / Keynote Panel
Industry-Government-Academia Strategy for Global Leadership
Wed., Dec 14 10:15 - 12:20
East Hall 2, SuperTHEATER
free
Program Agenda
Session Description
SEMICON Japan 2022 will revisit the opening keynote panel from 2020, where three visionaries – Mr. Amari, Prof. Gonokami and Mr. Higashi from government, academia and industry, respectively – discussed recommendations for Japan, especially for its semiconductor industry, under the theme of "Challenges of Building a Prosperous Digital Society." We are pleased to have the three of them back again, along with Dr. Gil of IBM Research and Mr. Koike from Rapidus, to discuss the progress and achievements of the past two years, as well as to hear about new challenges.
Panelists
Akira Amari
Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party
Chairman, Headquarters for the Promotion of Economic Security, Policy Research Council, LDP
Chairman, Diet Members Caucus for the Promotion of Semiconductor Strategy(, LDP)
Terry Higashi
Chairman of the Executive Board, TIA
Chairman, Councils and Study Groups for Semiconductor and Device Industry Strategy
Chairman, Rapidus
Makoto Gonokami
President
RIKEN
Darío Gil
Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research
IBM
Atsuyoshi Koike
President and Representative Director
Rapidus
Moderator
Kiyo Osato
Independent Financial Reporter