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.
Kaoru Ota
Director, Computer Science Center and Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology
Masayuki Ohzeki
Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University / Professor, School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo / President and CEO, Sigma-i
Hideyuki Nakashima
President, Sapporo City University
Tadahiro Taniguchi
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Akiko Murakami
Director, Japan AI Safety Institute (J-AISI) / Chief Data Officer, SOMPO Holdings
Akiko Matsuo
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Tomoko Arai
Director, Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology
Seita Emori
Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
Kanako Tanaka
Senior Sustainability Scientist, Asset Management One
Takashi Kiyoizumi
Executive Manager, Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology (JFIT), UC San Diego / Managing Director, Kiyoizumi Advisory LLC
Kenichiro Hata
Representative Director,Chairperson, Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine