AIST REPORT 2012

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Open innovationOne and a half years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. AIST has regained its vitality through everyone’s efforts. Although the affected areas still have many issues to be addressed, we have undertaken various forms of activities that can lead to the recovery of and support to the region.In 2012, the construction of the renewable energy research and development hub facility is well underway. The facility is located in the City of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, and will be a self-contained, highly energy-efficient facility with solar power, geothermal air-conditioning, natural lighting, and novel sensor-based control systems.Areas of research to be conducted in the facility include solar power, wind power, geothermal energy, and energy management, and the world's most advanced research and development of renewable energy technology and demonstration of the technology will be performed. We will make the facility a place where researchers and engineers from various fields from domestic and overseas research institutions, universities and businesses gather to take on the challenge for scientific and technological innovation in renewable energy.Evolving collaborationThe world has entered an era of global issues, such as global warming, and industrial competition by innovation. The industrial competition is not a competition among businesses but a competition among nations that reflects national strategies. Companies cannot win the competition if they try to conduct research and development using their own technology only. Therefore, large and small businesses, research institutions and universities are required to work together to promote open innovation on a global scale beyond any one nation's and region’s borders.With the mission to reinforce its functions as an open innovation hub, AIST has enhanced its functions to promote industry-academia-government collaboration, utilizing its human resources and research facilities, and has been working not only on research and development, but also on technology evaluation and standardization. I think that we are in the era of industry-academia-government collaboration, that is, the era of open innovation to achieve a variety of goals through collaboration where diverse players work together in a synergistic and complementary manner.Using all available resources, we will promote international collaboration, revitalize local industry and provide more effective support to industry, which is in the midst of global competition.In society and for society: Bring technology to societySince its establishment, AIST has undertaken research activities with the slogan “Bring technology to society” based on the philosophy “In Society and For Society” and has undertaken activities to make use of research results for society and with society to achieve a sustainablesociety. AIST Report 2012: Social and Environmental Report describes AIST’s role and efforts as a public institution and its social responsibility and environmental activities in an easy-to-understand manner.Organizational Governance|03Toward a Sustainable Society

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