{"id":1490,"date":"2018-01-30T04:25:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2018\/01\/innovation-day-2018-italian-startups\/"},"modified":"2018-01-30T04:25:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T03:25:14","slug":"innovation-day-2018-italian-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2018\/01\/innovation-day-2018-italian-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Innovation Day 2018 \u2013 Call for Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Innovation Day in Tokyo is back for the third year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The new edition, organized by the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo, the Japan External Trade Organization JETRO (TBC) and one of the biggest ICT companies in Japan, NTT Data, will be held at Ark Mori Building, in the heart of Tokyo, on May 30th, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The event is supported by innovation business journalists Emil Abirascid from Italy and Masaru Ikeda from Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to match Italian innovative companies and scale-ups with Japanese industrial and financial organizations in order to create opportunities for business partnerships and collaborations, as in the previous editions, when for example an Italian startup specialized in fashion products signed a partnership agreement with a local R&#038;D company.<\/p>\n<p>VC and CVC capital market is growing fast in Japan, providing a fertile ground for companies aiming at international expansion and dimensional growth.<\/p>\n<p>Ten scale-ups will have the chance to pitch in Tokyo in front of a wide public of large corporations and investors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Main sectors of interest are:<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u2022 Fintech, Insurtech<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AI, robotics, wearable<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 IoT, big data<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Smart factories, smart communities and smart home<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cyber-security<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AR\/VR<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mobility, Connected car<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 E-commerce<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Marketing services<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Agritech<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Materials and Nanotechnologies<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Social innovation<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sustainable Development<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Energy, environment, green economy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Healthcare tech<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Creativity and design<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Special requirements are:<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Being on the market and ready for international expansion<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Not having already any formal technology transfer agreement with a Japanese company<\/p>\n<p>To have the opportunity to pitch at the event, all interested Italian based companies are invited to fill in the application form (please use one of the following options):<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/UNJHO7bn4dUCmpsD2\">Google form<\/a><\/strong> (application online)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"resource\/doc\/2018\/02\/application_form_word.docx\">Word file<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"resource\/doc\/2018\/02\/application_form_pdf.pdf\">PDF file<\/a><\/strong> for handwritten application to be sent to <strong><a href=\"maito:econaff.tokyo@esteri.it\">econaff.tokyo@esteri.it<\/a><\/strong> or via fax to +81-3-3456-2319.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador of Italy to Japan will appoint an Evaluating Committee in order to select the Italian companies based on their innovative potential confronted with available products, services and technologies in Japan and on their capability to match Japanese corporations\u2019 and investors\u2019 demand.<\/p>\n<p>The names of the members of the Evaluating Committee will be published here after the deadline of the call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline for application is February 28th, 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Italian Innovation Day in Tokyo, please visit the website at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/italianinnovationday.weebly.com\">https:\/\/italianinnovationday.weebly.com<\/a><\/strong>, where you can find videos, interviews, scale-ups and startups invited for the previous editions and special guests that brought their own experiences on stage.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please send an email to <strong><a href=\"mailto:econaff.tokyo@esteri.it\"><\/a><a>econaff.tokyo@esteri.it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italian Innovation Day 2018<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La III edizione dell\u2019Italian Innovation Day, organizzata dall&#8217;Ambasciata d&#8217;Italia a Tokyo in collaborazione con l&#8217;organizzazione per il commercio estero giapponese JETRO (TBC) e NTT Data, una delle pi\u00f9 grandi aziende di ICT in Giappone, si terr\u00e0 il 30 maggio 2018 presso l&#8217;Ark Mori Building, nel cuore di Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;evento \u00e8 supportato dai giornalisti dell&#8217;imprenditoria innovativa, Emil Abirascid dall&#8217;Italia e Masaru Ikeda dal Giappone.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;obiettivo \u00e8 quello di far incontrare aziende e \u2018scale-up\u2019 italiane innovative con organizzazioni industriali e finanziarie giapponesi, al fine di creare opportunit\u00e0 di partnership commerciali e collaborazioni, come \u00e8 accaduto nelle precedenti edizioni, quando &#8211; ad esempio &#8211; una startup italiana del settore fashion tech ha siglato un accordo di partnership con una societ\u00e0 R&#038;D locale.<\/p>\n<p>Il mercato dei capitali VC e CVC sta crescendo rapidamente in Giappone, fornendo un terreno fertile per le societ\u00e0 che mirano all&#8217;espansione internazionale e alla crescita.<\/p>\n<p>Dieci scale-up avranno la possibilit\u00e0 di presentarsi a Tokyo di fronte a un pubblico di grandi aziende e investitori.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I principali settori di interesse sono:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fintech, Insurtech<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AI, robotics, wearable<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 IoT, big data<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Smart factories, smart communities and smart home<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cyber-security<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AR\/VR<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mobility, Connected car<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 E-commerce<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Marketing services<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Agritech<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Materials and Nanotechnologies<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Social innovation<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sustainable Development<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Energy, environment, green economy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Healthcare tech<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Creativity and design<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requisiti speciali per la candidatura sono:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Essere sul mercato e pronti per l&#8217;espansione internazionale<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Non avere gi\u00e0 alcun contratto di trasferimento tecnologico formale con una societ\u00e0 giapponese<\/p>\n<p>Per avere l&#8217;opportunit\u00e0 di presentarsi all&#8217;evento, tutte le aziende italiane interessate sono invitate a <strong>compilare il modulo di domanda<\/strong> (si prega di utilizzare una delle seguenti opzioni):<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/UNJHO7bn4dUCmpsD2\">Modulo Google (applicazione online)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; File <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambtokyo.esteri.it\/AMBASCIATA_TOKYO\/resource\/doc\/2018\/02\/application_form_word.docx\">Word<\/a> o <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambtokyo.esteri.it\/AMBASCIATA_TOKYO\/resource\/doc\/2018\/02\/application_form_pdf.pdf\">PDF<\/a> per la domanda scritta a mano da inviare a <a href=\"mailto:econaff.tokyo@esteri.it\">econaff.tokyo@esteri.it <\/a>o via fax al + 81-3-3456-2319<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;Ambasciatore d&#8217;Italia in Giappone nominer\u00e0 un Comitato di valutazione al fine di selezionare le societ\u00e0 italiane sulla base del loro potenziale innovativo rispetto ai prodotti, servizi e tecnologie disponibili in Giappone e della loro capacit\u00e0 di soddisfare la domanda di innovazione da parte delle aziende e degli investitori giapponesi.<\/p>\n<p>I nomi dei membri del comitato di valutazione saranno pubblicati qui dopo la scadenza del bando.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La scadenza per l&#8217;iscrizione \u00e8 il 28 febbraio 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Per maggiori informazioni sull\u2019Italian Innovation Day a Tokyo, visitare il sito web all&#8217;indirizzo <a href=\"https:\/\/italianinnovationday.weebly.com\">https:\/\/italianinnovationday.weebly.com<\/a> , dove \u00e8 possibile trovare video, interviste, informazioni sulle scale-up e startup invitate nelle precedenti edizioni e sugli ospiti speciali che sono venuti a raccontare le proprie esperienze sul palco.<\/p>\n<p>Per ulteriori informazioni, si prega di inviare una email a <a href=\"mailto:econaff.tokyo@esteri.it\">econaff.tokyo@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Innovation Day in Tokyo is back for the third year in a row. 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