Susumu Kitagawa and Lab Members Speak at Multi-Sector Business Seminar
September 27, 2011
Nonprofit organization Kyoto SMI ("Smart Materials and Innovation"), founded with the mission of bringing the fruits of iCeMS research to industry and society, recently held its second outreach seminar at the Tokyo offices of Kyoto University.
Attracting over 70 representatives from government and industry, the seminar highlighted the work of Susumu Kitagawa, iCeMS Professor and Deputy Director, who together with his team of researchers is leading the world in the development of porous materials for storage, separation, and transformation of gaseous substances. One example of this research is illustrated in the joint work with Assoc. Prof. 
Takashi Uemura, as described in a recent news release.
This most recent seminar, held on September 26, included presentations by Mr. Masaki Matsuda,
Deputy Director in the METI Chemicals Division, Dr. Hiroshi Kajiro, senior scientist in the Advanced Technology Research Laboratories of Nippon Steel Corporation, together with Prof Kitagawa and four of the top scientists from the Kitagawa Lab (pictured below). Kyoto SMI Chief Director Tsuneo Nakahara, Honorary Chairman of the Engineering Academy of Japan and former Vice President of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, also spoke at the event.
The first Kyoto SMI seminar, held in Tokyo in February, focussed on innovative applications of stem cell research to regenerative medicine. iCeMS Associate Professor and head of the Innovation Management Group (IMG), Dr. Shintaro Sengoku, directs cross-sector efforts at the iCeMS and also serves on the Kyoto SMI board.
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| Kyoto SMI Deputy Chief Director and Mitsubishi Electric Corporate Advisor Katsuhiro Tsukamoto delivering welcoming remarks |
Assoc. Prof. Sengoku |
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| METI Chemicals Division Dep. Director Matsuda |
Prof. Kitagawa |
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| Assoc. Prof. Uemura |
Asst. Prof. Stéphane Diring |
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| Asst. Prof. Satoshi Horike |
Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Ueno |
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| Nippon Steel Corporation's Dr. Kajiro |
Kyoto SMI Chief Director Tsuneo Nakahara delivering closing remarks |
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- Sponsor:
Kyoto SMI (in Japanese) - Cosponsors: Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers project "Integrative innovation management research, human resources development, and support for commercialization in the stem cell science and technology sphere"