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Gifu Tech Planter 2024

ORGANIZER
  • organizing
    Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
  • special co-sponsorship
    Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Ltd.
ABOUT
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The 4th Gifu Tech Plan Grand Prix will be held with the aim of discovering and fostering teams that will change the world from Gifu with their science, technology and passion.
The Gifu Tech Planter aims to create an ecosystem in which industries are created in a sustainable manner by discovering and fostering researchers and technology venture companies in Gifu Prefecture and other research institutions.
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  • Have a vision to change the world or improve the world based on technological seeds in the real tech domain (manufacturing, robotics, mobility, IoT, artificial intelligence, materials, biotechnology, medicine, healthcare, food, agriculture, marine development, resources, environment, energy, etc.) and have the will to establish or develop new businesses. Those who are willing to start up or develop a new business.
  • Both individual and team participation is acceptable.
  • No limitation on the number of years of incorporation, even if the company is already a corporation.
Application period
Monday, June 3, 2024 - Friday, October 18, 2024
Screening Criteria
A panel of judges consisting of LIVERNESS Corporation and its partner companies will review the following items.
  1. 01novelty (patentability)
  2. 02feasibility
  3. 03Are you going to change the world?
  4. 04passion
commendation
Grand Prize: 1
Corporate Awards: Multiple
LocationInterview Location

Tokyo Head Office, LIVERNESS Co.
6F Iidabashi Miyuki Building, 1-4 Shimomiyaibicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0822, Japan
(Attn: Takino, Miyauchi)
Phone: 03-5227-4198 FAX: 03-5227-4199

Interviews will also be conducted online (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Skype, etc.).

SCHEDULE
6/3[MON]

Entry Start

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)Please apply by accessing your LIVERNESS ID (https://id.lne.st/) and filling out the entry form*. If you have any questions about your entry, we can arrange a personal consultation (phone call, online meeting, etc.). Please feel free to contact us.
We will also hold a briefing session for teams (applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be closed when the maximum number of applicants has been reached). The teams will be able to consult with each other and develop business alliances. Please note that participation or lack of participation on the day of the event will have no bearing on the screening process.

*For tips on entry, seethis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)for more information.

8/23[FRI].

Kick-off event

RIVERNESS, partner companies, and entry teams (applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be closed when capacity is reached) will gather and interact with each other. Participants will be able to consult with each other and develop business partnerships. Participation and content of the event will not be considered in the screening process.

10/18[FRI].

Entry Deadline

We will review the application documents based on the information submitted by the entry deadline. Applicants will be asked to submit information about their team, skills, passions, and future plans via web form and video. All applicants will be notified of the screening results and will receive feedback on their applications if they wish.

Finalists determined

Interviews will be held for applicants who pass the document screening to brush up their presentation for the Grand Prix. Interviews can also be arranged with partner companies for the purpose of business consultation and collaboration development.

11/30[SAT]

The 4th Gifu Tech Plan Grand Prix

Contestants will give a 7-minute presentation and participate in a 7-minute Q&A session with a panel of judges from LIVERNESS Corporation and partner companies. The Grand Prix will be a semi-closed event with advance registration by contestants and partner companies. An awards ceremony will be held after the judging.

PARTNER

Regional Development Partners

  • Tokai Corporation
  • Hase Tora Spinning Co.
  • Miyayoshi Glass Co.
  • Yamada Shokai Co.
  • Yoshioka Corporation
  • BIPROGY Corporation
  • Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
  • UntroD Capital Japan K.K.

cooperation

Coming soon

support

  • Gifu University
  • Gifu University of Medical Science
  • Gifu Pharmaceutical University
  • Gifu National College of Technology
  • Gifu Startup Support Consortium
  • Gifu City

Operational Support

  • Gifu University Entrepreneurship Department
DEMO DAY
Grand Prix Name
The 4th Gifu Tech Plan Grand Prix
Location
OKB SCLAMB （OKB Gifu University Plaza 2F, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1112, Japan
Date & Time
Saturday, November 30, 2024, 13:00-19:00
Application period
Monday, June 3, 2024 - Friday, October 18, 2024
Participation Target
Held on a closed, pre-registration basis (finalists, partners, local businesses and universities)
organizing
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
timeline
12:30-13:00
inauguration
13:00-13:25
Opening Ceremony, Explanation of Purpose, Introduction of Judges
13:25-13:45
keynote speech
13:45～14:30
Finalist Presentations (Presenter①-③)
14:30～14:40
break
14:40-15:25
Finalist Presentations (Presenter④-6)
15:25-15:35
break
15:35-16:20
Finalist Presentations (Presenter ⑦ - ⑨)
16:20-17:20
Judging Time / Venue Voting and Lightning Talks / Poster Session
17:20-18:20
Awards Ceremony and Closing Ceremony
18:30-19:00
information exchange meeting
JUDGE
Coming soon
KEYNOTE SPEECH
  • Juhei Irizawa
    CEO and Representative Director, ff fortississimo, Inc.
    Juhei Irizawa
    Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1979, he received his PhD (Engineering) from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2011. Currently, he is an associate professor at Gifu University. Specializing in fiber materials, he has been working on everything from manufacturing technologies for plastic fibers and carbon fibers to the development of new evaluation methods. At the same time he established Future Fiber Factory (FFF) at Gifu University, he started FFF fortississimo Co., Ltd. as a venture business from Nagoya University in order to implement newly developed fiber materials in society as soon as possible. In addition to manufacturing and selling tennis strings, the company aims to enter the carbon fiber business.
FINALIST
  • Yosuke Nishi
    Shirogane Giken Co.
    Presenter] Yosuke Nishi
    Test Flight and Mass Production of the Flying Car Beedol

    Test Flight and Mass Production of the Flying Car Beedol

    Beedol, a flying car that floats on water, made its first successful flight in June this year with a 70 kg dummy doll on board. The next step is to build a second Beedol, redesigned to fit in a commercial van, and conduct unmanned test flights and manned flights at a higher frequency than before in the first half of next year.
  • Daikai Yamamoto / Nagoya University
    Lunar Carpenters ~Carpenters of the Moon~.
    Presenter] Daikai Yamamoto / Nagoya University
    The Moon and the Earth

    Local production for local consumption where the "barren" regions of the moon and earth and their lifestyles are harmonized.

    In order for people to live on the Moon, a living space will be constructed through the circulation of lunar production for lunar consumption. Similarly on the ground, implement a fully cyclical development model that specializes in local production for local consumption. Build a large space in the desert to create a self-sufficient residential and living infrastructure even in "barren" hard-to-develop zones.
  • Satoshi Endo / Gifu University
    Weedy Potential
    Presenter】Tomofumi Endo / Gifu University
    Weeds Weave a Gentle Society

    Weeds Weave a Gentle Society

    While thinning hair is a phenomenon associated with aging, it also has a significant impact on the impression it leaves on people's appearance, whether self or others. By maximizing the power of weeds, which are underutilized plants, we aim to realize a society in which the problem of thinning hair can be eliminated.
  • Kazushige Ohno
    Mirume AI Corporation
    Presenter] Kazushige Ohno
    AI to accelerate commercialization, using all-solid-state batteries as a concrete example.

    AI to accelerate commercialization, using all-solid-state batteries as a concrete example.

    In cutting-edge manufacturing research, Minebea has developed a technology that accelerates the analysis of all-solid-state battery performance using AI, completing analysis in less than 10 minutes instead of the 5 days it used to take. A customer-specific AI model will be provided at a closed site in one day.
  • Tatsuaki Goto
    Tomoshibi Marche Co.
    Presenter】Tatsuaki Goto
    Upcycle food by-products and deploy them domestically and internationally

    Upcycle food by-products and deploy them domestically and internationally

    The company is developing a business to convert food scraps and out-of-spec vegetables, which are inevitably produced in the manufacturing process of agriculture and food manufacturing industries, into food products, cosmetics, daily necessities, etc., by making them more nutritious and extending their shelf life. As the first step in this process, the company produced flour substitute.
  • Mayu Naito / Toyota Technological College
    female scribbling enthusiast
    Presenter】Manyui Naito / Toyota Technological College
    No-fired smart oyster shell tiles that absorb CO₂.

    No-fired smart oyster shell tiles that absorb CO₂.

    In response to the problems of waste oyster shells, which have accumulated in large quantities in recent years and have nowhere to go, and the depletion of tile raw materials, we are developing smart oyster shell tiles as a representative eco-friendly building material, taking advantage of the material characteristics that are carbon negative in the manufacturing process.
  • Hayato Isesaki
    Spacewasp Inc.
    Presenter] ISEZAKI Hayato
    Building a new interior infrastructure from all kinds of plants.

    Building a new interior infrastructure from all kinds of plants.

    The company manufactures and sells plant-derived interior materials from plant waste generated by various industries. In the interior decoration industry, where there is no one who can produce such products, the company will create a new interior decoration infrastructure and provide it to businesses through a system that can automatically create spaces and recyclable interiors that can be re-created over and over again.
  • Shinichiro Kato / Nagoya University
    EXIT CANCER
    Presenter] Shinichiro Kato / Nagoya University
    Developing Technology to Save Patients' Future by Preventing Cancer Recurrence

    Developing Technology to Save Patients' Future by Preventing Cancer Recurrence

    To solve the unmet need of cancer resistance and recurrence, we will develop a drug that targets the mechanism of cancer resistance itself. The goal is to achieve a radical cure for cancer through a completely different therapeutic approach that does not allow cancer to become resistant and leads to a complete remission of the disease.
  • Akiyoshi Takeno / Gifu University
    Suponjihea (Greek goddess of hearth, home and family)
    Presenter] Akiyoshi Takeno / Gifu University
    Transform hair care by making hair more porous

    Transform hair care by making hair more porous

    Conventional hair coloring has mainly involved treating cuticles with chemicals and chemical dyeing. We propose a fundamental change in this concept, and propose physical hair care that makes the hair nano-porous, allowing the colorant to penetrate, heal, and return the hair to a pore-free state.
LIGHTNING TALK
Team Name theme representative
Asahara Giken Co. Challenges in the Machine Vision Systems Industry and Our Mission Yuta Asano
Prospective Technologies, Inc. High-speed, high-precision battery degradation diagnosis Jun Takagi
GIFU11/30holding a meeting
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