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Business Plan in 2004
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"Sapporo IT Carrozzeria" aims at making the products of IT industries in Hokkaido from "invisible and intangible software" to "visible and tangible prototype." Making full use of industrial design methods and high quality of embedding technology to produce such prototypes can boost Hokkaido's IT prototypes to world-class. Creating a manufacturing base with high level of such added values is the ultimate objective of this initiative.
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Until last year, Sapporo IT Carrozzeria has accelerated to accumulate research element technology to build platforms which develop IT devices with good functions and user-friendly designs in a short period. The IT Carrozzeria has carried out applied research for the next generation's lifestyles which make use of high level of IT technologies produced by IT companies in Hokkaido.
In 2004, the IT Carrozzeria will establish "Manufacturing IT Atelier" which implements the "Sapporo IT Carrozzeria Project". The IT Carrozzeria deals with the following four objectives based on "selection and concentration" of research concepts focusing on the commercialization.
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Promotion of research emphasizing commercialization and marketability
The IT Carrozzeria promotes research emphasizing commercialization and marketability through fundamental and applied research. To carry out such research, the IT Carrozzeria will utilize the market information of companies and researchers who cooperate with the research carried out by the IT Carrozzeria and respond to the needs in the market sensitively and flexibly. |
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Further promotion of fundamental research
The IT Carrozzeria aims to early complete IT Rapid Prototyping System which develops IT devices equipped with functions, designs and user-friendliness as platforms of the Manufacturing IT Atelier in the Sapporo IT Carrozzeria Project. Particularly this year, the IT Carrozzeria intends to further promote research and development of the usability design focusing on human activities, and implement producing prototypes.
To put functioning IT rapid prototyping system into practice, the IT Carrozzeria technically cooperates with manufacturing vendors who have know-how since its system should meet the requirements of the manufacturing market. |
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Realization and commercialization of applied research
The IT Carrozzeria creates prototypes energetically by setting up the priority from the research contents which have higher possibility of commercialization (focusing on the profit-making commercialization.) The IT Carrozzeria aims to enhance maturity of products and market them by polishing the prototypes on the manufacturing platform consisted of fundamental research. |
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Publications of research results and patents filing
The IT Carrozzeria will present results of the project to the public by publications on specialized journals, presentations , and so on. The IT Carrozzeria plans to retain its intellectual properties positively.
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This project recommends the academic, industry and government cooperation to research and develop IT technology, and grow technological seeds into young plants fit for local new industries. To put the above recommendation into practice, the IT Carrozzeria will carry out the following tasks.
- To boost industrialization responding to accountability as regards the project, the IT Carrozzeria will widely send information about the Sapporo IT Carrozzeria Project and its research.
In particular, the IT Carrozzeria will carry out Presentation of Sapporo IT Carrozzeria Research Results, various forums, and exhibitions working with the Hokkaido IT Cluster Forum Project under control of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
- The IT Carrozzeria reflects the market needs through its research and frequently contact the market and industrial sectors.
- The IT Carrozzeria plans to enrich staff members who advise to promote technology transfer for industrialization.
The above activities aim to promote and enrich the use of productions by working closely with academic research focusing on universities and market trends. Good human resources and networks which have various market experiences and coordination abilities can attain most of them. Until today, creating new industry activities and transferring academic technology to the industry have been vulnerable, and information of the results has not been widely shared. Lack of human resources may be one of the reasons. According to this conception, accumulating the know-how by inviting capable domestic and foreign human resources for various programs, and establishing such human resources in Hokkaido and educating younger people in the future are required.
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According to the implementing plan of the promise proposed by the governor, the Hokkaido Renaissance Plan, the Hokkaido government will positively promote intellectual cluster-creating projects.
In addition to the above project, the Hokkaido University Research and Business Park conception where uniform approaches from research and development to commercialization is promoted by the academic, industry and government cooperation, and the Hokkaido Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion Plan (tentative name) which will be the intellectual property strategy in Hokkaido during this year.
According to the motto, "Create New Industries by Utilizing Knowledge of Sapporo," in the medium-term administrative policy, "Sapporo Genki (high spirit) Vision," the city connects the intellectual properties owned by research institutions of universities to the industries, creates new industries in the fields including IT, life science, welfare, environment, sets up the design industry, and publicize information about the Sapporo brand. In particular, besides the conception of Hokkaido University Research and Business Park, the city is discussing foundation of "Sapporo City University (tentative name)" which expands Sapporo School of the Arts including a design department. In addition, the Sapporo Electronics and Industries Cultivation Foundation is discussing the conception as regards the Sapporo Electronics Center as the base where the intellectual properties are effectively used.
Based on those local strategies, the IT Carrozzeria discusses to carry out the realization of the IT Atelier which meets local strategies by working with institutions concerned such as business communities, universities and local governments in and out of Hokkaido to actualize and visualize the Creating Sapporo IT Carrozzeria Project.
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