Global Bridge Conference 2025 will be held on 12th December for you to find the "next step" for global expansion

LIVERNESS CORPORATION has developed the "LIVERNESS", a new website for all companies and local governments that are considering and promoting overseas business development.Global Bridge Conference 2025 [GBC2025].will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025.

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The conference will bring together practitioners from large and medium-sized companies, start-ups, and government and local governments to discuss realistic overseas expansion strategies and the latest policies in depth through panel discussions and poster exchanges. It will provide an opportunity to find concrete tips and new connections to accelerate global expansion.

A panel session "TheWhat is the global strategy in the new era of knowledge manufacturing?The "Mere Old Man" will implement the "Mere Old Man" program.

To solve global social issues and achieve sustainable growth, it is essential to bridge knowledge and promote co-creation across national, cultural, and sectoral boundaries. Traditionally, Southeast Asia has been a production base for Japanese companies, but now it is transforming into a "problem-solving site" where huge markets and social issues are concentrated. In this session, we will discuss global strategies in this new era. Focusing on the process of "knowledge manufacturing," which is not simply the one-way import of technology, but rather the combination of local assets and primary information, and the rapid adjustment to the issues and culture of the site to link the project to commercialization, this session will explore the essence and specific tactics of this process.

We will have a program of discussions with researchers, ventures, and companies from a variety of perspectives, not limited to the themes of this session. For more information,Global Bridge Conference 2025Please refer to our website.

What is the global strategy in the new era of knowledge manufacturing?
Date: Friday, December 12, 2025, 13:20-14:10
Place: Nihonbashi Congress Square 3F Hall C & D
(Tokyo Tatemono Nihonbashi Bldg. 3F, 1-3-13 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027, Japan)

speaker

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
Health Science Division New Business Group
Mr. Takeshi Kawakubo

Joined Kirin Brewery Company, Limited in 2009. After joining the company, he was engaged in technical development and production management of beer and chuhai products. Later, he was transferred to the New Business Division through an in-house recruitment system. Experienced the launch of the health science business centered on plasma lactic acid bacteria. Currently, in order to take on the challenge of developing the next mainstay business, he is in charge of service development for the intestinal bacteria business, which has the vision of "resolving people's "disadvantages" through intestinal bacteria regulation," as well as the development of new businesses through open innovation.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Global Strategy Group, Business Planning Office, Advanced Technology Research Institute, Technology Management Division
Mr. Toshiyuki Ikeo

In 2014, after completing the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University, he joined Ricoh Company, Ltd. Miyagi, Japan, where he worked at the Applied Electronics Research Laboratories, where he was involved in the research and development of laser systems using surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).
From 2019, he will be stationed in Düsseldorf, Germany, for the launch of the European R&D base, where he will drive marketing and prototype development of new businesses in the logistics area until September 2024, as well as support the launch of open R&D projects.
He is currently back home and supporting R&D centers in Germany and Singapore from Japan.

Yamada Shokai Holding Co.
President and Representative Director
Mr. Toyohisa Yamada

In March 2004, he graduated from the Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and joined Yamada Shokai Co. After serving as Executive Vice President in September 2004, he was appointed President and Representative Director in May 2008.

Kanemasa Manufacturing Co.
representative director (i.e. someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company)
Seiji Sekine

Born in Ibaraki Prefecture. During his college years, he traveled overland from Southeast Asia to Europe. Wandered in about 30 countries. After graduating from university, joined THK Co. After working in Japan for about 5 years, he was transferred to the UK branch. After 13 years in Europe, he returned to Japan in 2013 and joined Kanemasa Seisakusho Co. In addition to traditional metal product manufacturing, he embarked on energy-related business as his second start-up. Currently, he is focusing on overseas expansion in Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and other regions.

LIVERNESS Corporation
Representative Director, Group CEO
Yukihiro Maru

D. in Agriculture, founded LIVERNESS in 2002 while still in graduate school, exclusively for undergraduate and graduate students of science and engineering. He has developed Japan's first "delivery laboratory class of cutting-edge science" into a business. He runs a "knowledge manufacturing business" that creates new businesses by combining technologies and knowledge from different fields, and is the driving force behind Asia's largest deep tech venture ecosystem, "Tech Planter. He works to solve global issues by discovering deep issues from around the world. His major publications include "DeepTech: The Sleeping Technology That Will Pioneer the Future of the World" (Nikkei BP) and "The New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing" (Rivanes Publishing).

Audience registration is now open.

We look forward to welcoming large and medium-sized companies, start-ups, government and local government officials, and many others to this conference.

Contact Us

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
Strategic Development Division, Liverness Corporation (Attn: Akinaga)
[email protected]