EU-Japan AI Bridge - Connecting International Researchers with Japan's AI Start-ups

The event will first offer insights into the AI and Deep Tech-related research directions of four EU researcher organizations in Japan (Italian, French, Spanish, and German), followed by talks on the available EU funding opportunities for researchers and startups in Japan. The event will also feature talks by three top AI startups based in Japan and focused on advanced AI research.

​The attendees will also have the chance to network with AI researchers in both academia and industry, EU funding bodies, and Japan-based startup leaders. Finally, a dozen AI-focused startups will join us to allow researchers to explore paths into the industry.

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4:30 – 14:40 Opening remarks (H. E. EU Ambassador Jean-Eric Paquet)

​14:40 – 15:00 EU-Japan AI activities and strategies (Peter Fatelnig, Minister-Counsellor for Digital Economy at the delegation of the EU to Japan)

​15:00 – 16:00 AI Activities by EU Researchers in Japan

• ​ACE Japon (Spain) - Noa Garcia (Associate Professor, Osaka University)
• ​AIRJ (Italy) - Sarah Cosentino (Chief Researcher, Araya)
• ​JSPS (Germany) - Dominik Köppl (Assistant Professor, University of Yamanashi)
• ​ScienceScope (France) - Florian Richoux (Senior Researcher, AIST)

​16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break

​16:20 EU funding opportunities for researchers and startups in Japan

• ​MCAA - Federico Da Rold (JSPS Fellow at Ochanomizu University)
• ​EURAXESS Worldwide - Judit Erika Magyar (Country Representative, EURAXESS Japan)

​16:50 Frontier AI research startups in Japan

​AI tech ecosystem in Japan - Ilya Kulyatin (Founder @ Tokyo AI)

​Advancing humanity with neuroscience and AI - Ryota Kanai (CEO @ Araya)

​Building a world-class AI research lab in Japan - Llion Jones (CTO @ Sakana AI)

​General Intelligence from First Principles - Andrei Filchenkov (Chief Scientist @ Noeon)

​17:50 - 18:00 Closing remarks

​18:00 - 20:00 Networking and refreshments

​Organizers

​The event is organized by AIRJ, with the support of Tokyo AI (TAI), ACE Japon, JSPS Germany, MCAA Japan Chapter,and ScienceScope, with the collaboration of EURAXESS Japan  and patronage of the Delegation of the European Union in Japan.