Specially Appointed Professor Ebata, Vice Chairperson of NINEJP, Appointed to the ILS2026 Advisory Board

Specially Appointed Professor Tomohiro Ebata, Vice Chairperson of NINEJP,
has been appointed to the Advisory Board for the Innovation Leaders Summit 2026 (ILS2026),
Asia's largest open innovation conference.

Through this appointment, NINEJP will recommend promising researchers and research-originated startups from its network of over 160 universities and research institutions across nine regional hubs in Japan.

The recommended teams will participate in "Power Matching",
a business matching program connecting them with major corporations and venture capital firms.
They aim to create collaborative opportunities geared toward commercialization and global expansion of their research outcomes.

For more details, please visit the official ILS2026 website.