Outline

Bridge to Future Business: Innovating Nanotechnology

nano tech is a place where innovative materials and next-generation devices are gathered to explore the implementation of future technologies in society based on nanotechnology, an important common base technology for research and development.

Name nano tech 2025 The 24th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference    
Theme Bridge to Future Business: Innovating Nanotechnology
Date Wed. 29 Jan. - Fri. 31 Jan. 10:00-17:00
Venue East Halls and Conference Tower, Tokyo Big Sight
Hosted by

nano tech Executive Committee
(Updated July 2024)

Chairman
Tomoji Kawai(Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University / Honorary Fellow, Technology Strategy Center, NEDO )
Vice-Chairman
 Yoshinobu Baba(Director General, Institute of Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)/ Specially Appointed Professor, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University)
Members
Nobuaki Ishii (Secretary-General, Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative (NBCI)) 
Tadashi Ito, Sub-Program Director of "Process Science Construction Project for Social Implementation of Materials (Materealize)", Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Mitsugu Uejima(Manager, Business Incubation Department / External & Government Affairs Department, ZEON Corporation)
Kazuo Kaneko (Director, Materials and Nanotechnology Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)
Takashi Kurokawa(Professor, School of General Education, Liberal Arts Program, Chubu University/Specially Appointed Professor, Tohoku University)
Kazuki Goto  (General Manager, R&D Planning Dept., Corporate Research Planning Dept., Technology Center Planning Dept. , Toray Industries, Inc.  )
Akihiro Kobayashi (Director & Executive Officer, JEOL Ltd.)
Naoya Shibata (Professor, Director of Research Organization, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
Yoshiki Shimizu(Director, Nanomaterials Research Institute,  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
Masayuki Shirane (Director, Quantum Computing Research Group, Secure System Platform Laboratories, NEC Corporation)
Yoshiko Takenaka (Senior Researcher, Functional Chemistry Research Division, Materials and Chemistry Field, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
Masahiro Takemura, (Office Chief, Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program Office, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
Hideyoshi Tanaka (Director, Kobe Frontier Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT))
Masahiko Demura (Director, Research Network and Facility Services Division, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
Makio Naito (Emeritus Professor, Osaka University)
Norio Nagayama(Executive Technology Expert, Management of Technology Center, Advanced Technology R&D Division, RICOH)
Kazumi Nishijima(Senior Research Fellow, Tohoku University / Visiting Professor, Yokohama City University)
Masahiko Hara(Specially Appointed Professor, Jeonju University, Korea / Professor Emeritus and Tokyo Tech Research Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology / Visiting Professor, Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University / Visiting Researcher, University of the Arts London, UK)
Masaru Yoshida(Director, Research Center, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
Shinichi Yorozu, Deputy Director, Quantum Computing Research Center, RIKEN
Masayoshi Watanabe (Nanocellulose Japan, President of Nanocellulose Juku)
Secretary General
Takahiro Matsui (JTB Communication Design, Inc.)

JTB Communication Design, Inc.

Supported by Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, National Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Quantum Science and Technology Development Organization, Nippon Keidanren, Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative
Cooperation with The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Biomaterials, Japan, The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, The Nano Society, The Society of Fullerene, Nanotube and Graphene Research, The Japanese Society of Microscopy, The Japanese Society of Industrial Powder Technology, The Ceramic Society of Japan, The Physical Society of Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Nano Cellulose Japan (TBD)
Exhibition Scale to be announced
Number of Expected Participants 45,000* Including Concurrent Events
Admission Fee Free  (All visitors must register in advance)

Sustainability Initiatives for Exhibitions

JTB Communication Design (JCD) promotes sustainable exhibitions as an exhibition Organized by and management company.
We make proposals from the planning stage, including sustainability policies, procurement codes, and operational methods,
Organized by JCD supports the proactive efforts of companies and organizations to realize sustainability. We aim to realize a sustainable society not only through the conventional ecosystem of the industry, but also in cooperation with local communities.


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