Research and innovation has played a major role in developing the economies of the UK and Japan. However, there is also a growing need for research and innovation to help respond to major global social challenges such as climate change, energy efficiency, food security, health issues and aging societies. The importance of the social impact of research and innovation is increasing with greater recognition attached by funding stakeholders to research and innovation which demonstrates benefits not only to the economy but also to society, public policy, culture and quality of life.

Following on from the CSTP Workshop on Transforming Innovation to Address Social challenges held at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris on November 9-10 2009, RISTEX and the British Council proposes to host with the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX) a symposium to look at how government and stakeholders in the UK and Japan are integrating social issues into the research and innovation process, and to examine specific examples of best practice in the UK and Japan where research and innovation is being used to tackle social challenges.

13:00-13:10 Opening Remarks
13:00 Jason James (Director, British Council)
13:05 Tateo Arimoto (Director General, RISTEX)

Key Note Speech
13:10-13:30
Michael Harris (Research Director, Innovation Policy, National Endowment for Science and Technology and the Arts (NESTA))
Title: Disrupting Innovation: Innovation for Social and Economic Progress
Dr Michael Harris is Director of Public and Social Innovation at the UK National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, where he is responsible for research and policy on innovation in public services. Michael joined NESTA in January 2005. Previously he has led on NESTA's research work on the UK's approach to innovation policy, the creative industries and science education. Before joining NESTA, Michael worked in local government, educational technology in schools, and he lectured in higher education on public policy and reform.

13:30-13:50
Motoshi Shinozaki (Director,the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX))
Title: Unique approaches toward social challenge in RISTEX
Before joining Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Mr. Shinozaki worked at the Science and Technology Agency, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for the promotion of nuclear energy, marine science and technology, information science and advanced medical research. Since November 2007, Mr. Shinozaki has served as director for Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX).
At RISTEX, Mr. Shinozaki has been involved in planning and implementing projects which address social challenges through the application of technology and social innovation such as ‘Protecting Children from Crime’, and ‘Community-Based Actions Against Global Warming and Environmental Degradation’
In April 2010, Mr . Shinozaki launched new projects aimed at designing systems for ‘ Solutions and Basic Research Program for Service Science, Management and Engineering’ and ‘Redesigning Communities for Aged Society,” and has been engaged in overseeing and developing new research management at RISTEX through these programmes.

13:50-14:10
Case Study 1:Masayuki Horio (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Professor, Politics, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University)
Title: Some Novel Attempts of Community Based Energy-Environment Program of JST-RISTEX and their Current Status
Masayuki Horio has been professor of chemical engineering at Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology (Now, Emeritus Prof.). After retirement from TUA&T in 2008 he joined JST-RISTEX. From April this year he also has become professor of Politics, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University (Kyoto) and is teaching regional energy/environment policy, science and technology policy etc. With his wide trans-disciplinary knowledge and the attitude of collaboration for creation he conducted TUA&T’s COE program for agriculture and engineering collaboration for five years, which brought him into the present field.

14:10-14:30
Case Study 2 : Rachel Brazil (Development Manager, Innovation Programmes of NESTA)
Title: Tackling social challenges through interdisciplinary and community-based innovation
Dr Rachel Brazil leads on the interdisciplinary strand of NESTAs programmes which seek to promote collaborative innovation across academic disciplines.
The programmes aim to connect researchers and innovators from across science and social science in tackling some of our global challenges including climate change from both a technical and human perspective.

14:30-14:50
Case Study3: Yukihiro Shimatani (Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University)
Title: Subject Formation for sustainable development for designing watershed and Challenging Approach from R&D social technology
After holding a post at the The Public Works Research Institute of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Shimatani has been teaching in the Faculty of River Engineering and River Environment at Kyushu University. At Kyushu University, Professor Shimatani has been focusing on activities related with nature friendly river works, river restoration, river landscape design, consensus building, integrated watershed management for flood control and the living environment. He has also been involved with riverside, lakeshore and swamp restoration. In his projects involving river formation, Prof. Shimatani pays special attention to consensus-building among local residents and collaboration with researchers from various fields.

14:50-15:10
Case Study 4: Grenville Ham ( NESTA　Big Green Challenge Award Winner)
Title: The Green Valleys: A Community-owned Renewable Energy Model
Grenville Ham is a social entrepreneur from the Brecon Beacons National Park in Mid Wales. Two and a half years ago, Grenville and his partner had a simple idea about how they could tackle the issue of climate change through the use of hydroelectric power from small fast flowing mountain streams. The idea soon developed into The Green Valleys, a not-for-profit community company, that is now installing hydro electric systems throughout Wales. Within the next 4 years they are expecting to produce 20% of the regions electricity with all profits going back into local low carbon initiatives. They were recently announced as joint winners in NESTAs £1 million innovation prize 'The Big Green Challenge'.

15：10-15：30
Break

15:30-16:50　Panel Discussion　Q&A　(OPEN　FLOOR)
Title: Promoting Problem-Solving Oriented Innovation
Masahiro Horio−Moderator−
Michael Harris
Motoshi Shinozaki
Rachel Brazil
Yukihiro Shimatani
Grenville Ham

16:50-17：00　Closing　 Remarks by RISTEX and British Council

Due to the popularity of this event, we have reached the capacity of the hall and registration is now closed. We regret any inconvenience. The symposium will be broadcast on the web live and archived for future viewing at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bc-ristex-symposium-en