ToTAL/OPEN Programs "Challenge of creating new business by large traditional companies" (AY2023 3Q4Q)

We are happy to announce "Call for Entries" to the subject class. Any of Tokyo Tech students, who are belonging to the categories below, are being encouraged to apply the workshop.

Professionals who are creating leading edge of values (innovations) in various fields including enterprises, start-ups, NPO/NGO, journalism, government and academic present the leading edge of information about their business, development, vision of their activities, and problems to be overcome to the students. Then, try to have in-depth discussions among participants.

Students are being requested to engage in preparation work; to research outline of the organization the professionals are belonging and to clarify aims for having communication with them, in advance.

Thursday, December 21, 2023, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Room S4-201, Ookayama Campus

General Mgr., Life Style Innovation Dept., Smart Life Company,
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Director, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.

Telecommunications companies have been engaging in creating new business such as content platform services and payment processing services, which may lead changing pillars of their business from telephone business from telephone services. I will talk about how large traditional companies create and incubate new businesses, including in-house planning, open innovation, and the use of corporate venture capital, with their case studies. I would also like to share my thoughts on what kind of human resources and organization should be in order to create such new businesses with all of you, and to have a discussion on this issue with you.

Monday, December 18, 2023, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.　
Room S6-309B, Ookayama Campus and Online (Zoom)

Please see the description of "ToTAL/OPEN Programs" below.

Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) is offering more than 20 kinds of workshops annually for fostering and developing leadership and entrepreneurship. Any of Tokyo Tech students, regardless of whether you are a ToTAL student, an undergraduate or a graduate student can apply for participating any of workshop. In addition, graduate students can register for ToTAL courses that consist of a combination of the above workshops (acquisition of credits), in which case they can also obtain a GA.

The most of ToTAL/OPEN Programs are a part of "Entrepreneurship Development Programs" of Tokyo Tech and are also "events" listed in "Cross the border! Tokyo-Tech pioneering doctoral research program".

Schedule (and Attending Plan) and outline of ToTAL courses and workshops, as contents of the courses (and if the workshop are part of "Events" designated by "Cross the border! Tokyo-Tech pioneering doctoral research program") can be downloaded from URL below.

If you want to join any workshop(s) of ToTAL/OPEN Programs, please select "Attend" in the column of the schedule (and Attending Plan) to be downloaded as above and send it back to followings;

Assoc. Prof. Kamura, Assoc. Prof. Matsuzaki and Prof. Yamada Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL)
total.tokunin@total.titech.ac.jp