Registration Opens
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Networking & Exhibitor Presentations
Opening Remarks
10:30 – 10:40 AM
Chair of the Steering Committee
Richard Dasher
Director,
US-Asia Technology Management Center
Special Guest Remarks:
Yo Osumi
Consul General,
Consul-General of Japan in San Francisco
About the Innovation Awards
10:40 – 10:50 AM
History & How the Awards Are Chosen
Innovation Showcase Presentation
10:50 – 11:40 AM
Alpha Fusion Inc.
Sunao Fujioka
Representative Director, CEO
Josys
Michael J. Case
Global Head of People & Talent at Josys
NanoQT
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Masashi Hirose,
Ph.D
Co-founder & CEO
POCKETALK Corporation
Noriyuki Matsuda
CEO
Thinker Inc.
Takeshi Fujimoto
Division Manager, Global Business Development Division
Special Panel Discussion
11:40 – 12:20 PM
Topic: The impact of the new administration on AI and US-Japan cooperation
Speaker:
Anthropic
Albert Webson
Research Scientist
Speaker:
AI Squared
Darren Kimura
CEO and President
Speaker:
Applied Materials
Ajit Balakrishna
Senior Director PMTS, Computational Products and Solutions
Moderated by:
Geodesic Capital
Divya Sudhakar
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Partner
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Lunch
12:25 – 1:40 PM
Networking & Exhibitor Presentations
SunBridge-John Thomas Emerging Leader Awards
Presentation
& Panel Discussion
1:40 – 2:30 PM
Introduction by: Richard Dasher and Allen Miner | Founder & Chairman, SunBridge Group
Emerging Leader U.S.
Waymo
Mizuki McGrath
VP of Engineering
Emerging Leader Japan
teamLab
Takeshi Yamada
Head Recruiter
Break
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Exhibitor Presentations & Refreshments
Entertainment
3:00 – 3:10 PM
Performer:
Stanford Taiko
Keynote Segment
3:10 – 3:50 PM
Topic: U.S. – Japan Cooperation & Innovation in the Semiconductor Industry
Speaker:
Stanford University
John L. Hennessy
Shriram Family Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars and President Emeritus, Stanford University
James F. and Mary Lynn Gibbons Professor, School of Engineering
Chairman, Alphabet
Moderated by:
US-Asia Technology Management Center
Richard Dasher
Director
Closing Remarks
3:50 – 4:00 PM
Steve Pollock
President, Japan Society of Northern California
Networking
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Networking
