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.
Hiroshi Ishii
Professor, MIT and Associate Director, MIT Media Lab
Norio Murakami
Former Chairman, Google Japan
Miyoko Watanabe
Deputy Executive Director, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Chieko Asakawa
IBM Fellow and Chief Executive Director, The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Susumu Furukawa
Former President, Microsoft Japan
Ryutaro Aida
Chairperson of the Board, MIT Venture Forum of Japan and Director of MIT Club of Japan
Jun Murai
Professor, Keio University
Daiyuu Nobori
Researcher, Information-technology Promotion Agency
Hiroyuki Morikawa
Professor, the University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Honorary Professor of Engineering Physics, Osaka University
Hiroaki Kitano
President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories
Hideyuki Nakashima
President and Board Chairman, Sapporo City University
Akiko Matsuo
Professor, Keio University
Masaya Mori
Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting
Chiharu Tokoro
Professor, Waseda University and The University of Tokyo
Kenji Yamaji
President and Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth