Business Alliances: How do we achieve innovation for social change？
Business Alliances: How do we achieve innovation for social change？
3rd Competition Policy Research Center Osaka Symposium
November 6, 2020
Competition Policy Research Center
Japan has been facing the significant changes in the social and economic environment such as the progress of the digital economy and IoT, the decrease of population and labor, and the market shrinkage. In these circumstances, companies are going to use business alliances to create new innovations. On the other hand, it is important to promote these innovations by responding accurately to the complicated and sophisticated business alliances under the Antimonopoly Act and competition policy, since business alliances may have an anti-competitive effect.
This symposium will focus on R&D alliances and cross-industry data-collaboration business alliances which have been becoming active more and more in recent years, and will give lectures and have panel discussions by experts on the mechanisms of the impact on innovations and evaluation methods under the Antimonopoly Act.
1 Date and Venue
| Date | 13:30 - 17:10, November 6, 2020 (Fri) |
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| Venue | Online |
| Language | Japanese |
| Admission Charge | Free of Charge |
| Organizers | Competition Policy Research Center (CPRC), Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) |
| Co-sponsor | Osaka Bar Association, Kansai Economic Federation, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association, Kobe University (JSPS KAKENHI Scientific Research(A) ”Rebuilding of a new competition policy for innovation and platform business”) |
2 Agenda
13:30-13:35 Opening Remarks
| 13:30-13:35 | MATSUSHIMA Noriaki (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University / Director, CPRC) |
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13:35-14:05 Opening Report
| 13:35-14:05 | FUJIMOTO Tetsuya (Senior Deputy Secretary General for Policy Management, JFTC) |
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14:05-15:15 Part I: “How to assess the impact on innovation in R&D alliances under the Antimonopoly Act”
| Keynote Speech | |
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| 14:05-14:35 | MIYAI Masaaki (Professor, College of Law, Ritsumeikan University / Chief Researcher, CPRC) |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 14:35-15:15 | Moderator: MATSUSHIMA Noriaki (Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University / Director, CPRC) Panelists: MIYAI Masaaki (Professor, College of Law, Ritsumeikan University / Chief Researcher, CPRC) SAITO Takahiro (Professor, Faculty of Law, Nanzan University / Chief Researcher, CPRC) FUKUNAGA Keita (Director, AlixPartners Asia LLC) |
15:15-15:35 Break
15:35-16:55 Part II: “The Current State of Cross-Industry Data-Collaboration Business Alliances and Antitrust Issues”
| Keynote Speech | |
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| 15:35-16:05 | HIDAKA Yosuke (CEO, MaaS Tech Japan Inc.) |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 16:05-16:55 | Moderator: SAKO Kagenori (Lawyer, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners) Panelists: HIDAKA Yosuke (CEO, MaaS Tech Japan Inc.) OCHIAI Takafumi (Laywer, Atsumi & Sakai) SENSUI Fumio (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University) WATANABE Yasutora (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo / Director, UTokyo Economic Consulting Inc.) |
16:55-17:10 Closing Remarks
| 16:55-17:10 | NEGISHI Akira (Professor, Center for Social Systems Innovation, Kobe University) |
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3 Presentation materials (Japanese Language)
・ Opening Report (PDF：993KB)
・ Part Ⅰ Keynote Speech (PDF：809KB)
・ Part Ⅱ Keynote Speech (PDF：6,996KB)
