Date: November 20, 2025, 17:00–18:30 (JST)
Venue: Online
Schedule
●Introduction (10 min)
Makiko Matsuo / Project Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy and the Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
●Keynote (45 min)
Cassandra Padbury / Associate Director and World Economic Forum Bioeconomy Advisor
●Discussion
Organized by: The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy （SciREX STIG: Representative: Prof. Shiroyama)’s SciREX Co-Evolution Realization Program “Promoting Bio Manufacturing for Bio Economy: Visualization of Policy Issues and Institutional Design” (PI: Makiko Matsuo, The University of Tokyo)
Co-organized by: JST Green Technology of Excellence(GteX) “Establish next generation biomanufacturing platforms with a focus on microorganisms” (FY2023-2027) (PI: Prof. Honda, Osaka University), Bio-Digital Transformation (Bio DX) Industry-Academia Co-Creation Center (Project Leader: Prof. Yamamoto, Director, Center for Genome Editing Innovation), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Social Study on selection and deliberation regarding the application of advanced technologies such as genome editing to the field of food, agriculture, and environment” (Principal investigator: Masashi Tachikawa)
Speakers’ profile
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Cassandra Padbury / Associate Director and World Economic Forum Bioeconomy Advisor She is a consultant with over 20 years of experience supporting international technological innovation and market strategy. She studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and completed a doctoral program in Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford. Through her work with the World Economic Forum and Cambridge Consultants, she has contributed to the implementation of advanced technologies and the support of startups. |
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Makiko Matsuo / Project Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy and the Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo Makiko Matsuo is currently serving as a Project Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo, where she engages in teaching and research on topics within Science, Technology, and Innovation Governance (STIG program). She is also an affiliated faculty member of the Institute for Future Initiatives at the University of Tokyo. She serves as a member and advisor on multiple Japanese government councils and funding agencies. Her areas of concern are interdisciplinary in nature and cover analysis frameworks and approaches such as technology assessment, science and technology policy studies, governance research (technology governance, global health governance), risk research (risk governance, risk regulation, international harmonization), ELSI (Ethical, Legal, Social Implications/Issues), and RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation). Her applied fields of study include new biotechnology (genome editing and synthetic biology/engineering biology), food safety, and global health. https://researchmap.jp/makiko_matsuo?lang=en |