Panelists will appear in-person:

• Hideaki Akimoto, Vice President of Business Development, Yazaki Innovations, Inc.
• Kei Morita, Ph.D., General Manager, ENEOS Americas
• Seiichiro Mukai, Senior Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Silicon Valley Branch
• Richard Dasher, Ph.D., Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center (Moderator)

This seminar introduces the M-Lab Consortium, a coalition of the Silicon Valley innovation groups of Japanese companies led by Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) for the purpose of developing international-scale open innovation partnerships with startup companies, and its “Go Make 2022” accelerator for startups that target supply chain decarbonization.  Our panelists will describe innovation initiatives for sustainability in their parent company as well as their interests in related open innovation possibilities with startup firms.

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This program is part of a 9-week series on "Topics in International Technology Management: New Business in Asia Driven by Climate-Tech and Sustainability", which begin September 29, 2022 and continue weekly until December 1, 2022. Seminars will be held Thursdays, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.  Throughout the series, we’ll have guest speakers from industry and academia present examples of problem-driven innovation for environmental sustainability, climate change amelioration and mitigation, ESG reporting, SDG targeting, and related topics. Focus is on present-day developments in Asia business, technology, and investing, along with their implications for Silicon Valley and the U.S.

Our seminars are being offered in a hybrid format and are open to the public in-person for the first time since 2019!

To attend online, please register at <https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rd--vqzkvGdAJZ5KIFXD116WMknMIg-Z5>. This will register you for the entire 9-week series and the same link will be used for all sessions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting series. You may cancel at anytime.

To attend in-person, please register in advance at <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-corporate-venturing-for-supply-chain-decarbonization-tickets-444196492667>.  Public is welcome on a first come, first served basis.