Seminar Series on Nanotechnology
Can Japan lead the global market in nanotechnology? Ms. Tomoe Kiyosada
SRI InternationalFriday, September 26, 2003 2:00- 3:30 p.m.
Wiegand Teleconference Room, Arts and Sciences Building
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In Japan, the central government announced the "Strategy for Creation of New Industry" last December in order to create a new industry based on nanotechnology, which can enable Japan to lead the global market in a decade. Behind the announcement is the fact that Japanese semiconductor companies who had a difficult time in global competition asked the government to support their cutting edge R&D. Japan has a rich history of government-industry cooperation such as VLSI Consortium, which was established in 1974 and modeled after US SEMATECH. Will this new industrial policy be able to bring the second wave for Japanese semiconductor industry to lead the global market again? This seminar views Japan's current competitiveness in nanotechnology using data of "International nanotechnology benchmark study," which was sponsored by Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center of Japan (http://www.nanonet.go.jp/english), and conducted recently by SRI International. It will also examine how effective the new strategy will be for Japan to strengthen her competitiveness.
In addition, the importance of considering societal implications of nanotechnology is discussed, as most scientists and engineers tend to ignore this aspect of any emerging technology.
Biography of Ms. Tomoe Kiyosada |
Ms. Tomoe Kiyosada is currently Senior Science and Technology Policy Analyst of the Policy Program at SRI International and also holds visiting fellow positions at Japanese National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Japanese National Institute for Materials Science. Before joining SRI International, she worked for the Japanese government and provided a series of insightful analyses on emerging technologies, notably information and communications technology for decision makers of the Council for Science and Technology Policy, Japanese Cabinet Office. She received a Master of Engineering degree from University of Tokyo in 1997 and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Osaka University in 1995.
