The "31st Annual Academic Conference of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management" was held on November 5 and 6, 2016 at the Aoyama campus of Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. At the symposium, NEDO Chairman Kazuo Furukawa delivered the keynote lecture titled "How to Map Out a Technology Brand Strategy for Japan". During a panel discussion, NEDO Executive Director Yoshiteru Sato provided a presentation titled "The Role of Research and Development Project Design".
In addition, Dr. Tomohiko Kato, a researcher with NEDO's Technology Strategy Center, received the best paper award, and fourteen NEDO staff members presented project management results along with extensive discussions with the attendees.