Meet the Judges
Experts who evaluated each project in order to find the most talented people who are developing innovative technological solutions for the problems of modern society.
Masayuki Ohzeki
Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University / Professor, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology / President and CEO, Sigma-i Co., Ltd.
Chieko Asakawa
IBM Fellow and Chief Executive Director, The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Hideyuki Nakashima
President, Sapporo City University
Tadahiro Taniguchi
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Akiko Matsuo
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Tomoko Arai
Director, Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology
Seita Emori
Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
Kanako Tanaka
Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Takashi Kiyoizumi
Executive Manager, Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology (JFIT), UC San Diego / Managing Director, Kiyoizumi Advisory LLC
Kenichiro Hata
Vice Chairperson and Representative Director, Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine