The 8th US-Japan Digital Innovation Hub and Advanced Technology Workshop

The Ohio State University hosted the 8^th US-Japan Digital Innovation Hub and Advanced Technology Workshop in Columbus, Ohio, on September 11-12, 2024, the first time it had been hosted on a university campus.

These workshops are designed to strengthen collaboration between the United States and Japan in developing advanced technologies and digital talent while tackling the latest trends and challenges in each country. Since 2015, U.S. universities, industries and government agencies have collaborated with leading universities in Japan to build a platform for innovation creation in the digital and critical and emerging technologies (CET) space.

This year’s event focused on the development of semiconductors, the future of transportation and space exploration, artificial intelligence and quantum information science — vital areas that are impacting industries ranging from health and life sciences to advanced manufacturing and transportation. Rulemaking around data sharing and the Hiroshima AI process implementation was also discussed.

Participating Organizations

Japanese Co-Organizing Universities

• University of Tsukuba (Head of Secretariats)
• Tohoku University (Secretariat)
• Sophia University (Secretariat)
• Nagoya University (Secretariat)
• Hiroshima University
• Osaka University
• Kyushu University
• Keio University

U.S. Universities

• Arizona State University
• Case Western Reserve University
• John Hopkins University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• North Carolina A&T State University
• Purdue University
• The Ohio State University
• University of Chicago
• University of Cincinnati
• Wright State University

Japanese Government and Associations

• Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Japan Science and Technology Agency
• New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
• Japan External Trade Organization
• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Industry

• ABEJA, Inc.
• All Nippon Airways
• Astrobotic
• Blue Abyss
• Canon Healthcare
• Chicago Quantum Exchange
• DENSO
• Fujitsu
• Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
• IBM
• Intel Corporation
• JP Morgan Chase
• MITRE Corporation
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Nippon Electric Company
• NTT DATA
• Shimizu Corporation
• Voyager Space

Participants also engaged with students as part of an interactive Poster Session on September 11.