1. Office for Sustainable Development of Okinawa Two missions of the OIST Graduate University Act World-Class Research and Education Sustainable Development of Okinawa Develop IP from OIST research Establish spin-off companies and corporate partnerships Develop an Incubation Center Work with local and international experts to create an R&D Cluster in Okinawa 1

2. FY 2015 Business Plan Build on existing Business Development and Technology Licensing efforts Continue to strengthen collaboration within Okinawa and Japan Broaden the program to include more international activities 2

3. Strategic Plan for May BOG meeting Mission statement Technology transfer Developmental research/proof of concept Business development Sponsored research with companies Incubation center Entrepreneurial training Policies and guidelines 3

4. Move to Lab 3 in May 2014 Sustainable Development offices Technology Transfer Center Developmental research Company partner offices 4

5. Recent Appointments Lauren Ha (Associate Vice President) Antony Galea (Physics and Materials Science, TLS) Shahriar Ahmed (Technology Transfer, TLS) 5

6. 6 Technology Licensing & Business Development Sections (Takanari Ichikawa, Senior Manager) Technology Licensing Section (Shingo Ohyama, Asst Mgr) IP acquisition, management and licensing Promotion of technology transfer IP Training Business Development Section (Anna Nagamine, Asst Mgr) Promotion of joint R&D projects with industries Startup preparation/incubation Entrepreneurship training

7. 7 Technology Licensing Process DiscoveryDisclosureEvaluationFilingMarketingLicensing POC Prototype Prosecution

8. What is a Proof of Concept (POC) Program? A process designed to enhance the commercial value of intellectual property/technology through focused milestone based applied research experiments InstitutionGrant SizesInitial Funding Control/Source Program Cycle Massachusetts Institute of Technology (The Deshpande Center) Phase 1 Grants Up to 50K USD Phase 2 Grants Up to 250K USD Internal/ Philanthropic donation ($17.5M USD) 2 proposal rounds per year University of California, San Diego (The von Liebig Center) Seed Funding Up to 75K USD Internal/ Philanthropic donation ($10M USD) 1-2 proposal rounds per year

9. 9 Invention & Patent Status Filed patents (Orange bar) includes patents transferred from Karolinska institute. Invention Disclosures were counted from 2010

10. 10 Companies in Contact with OIST FieldNumber Agriculture3 Biotechnology8 Business Association4 Chemical 2 Construction 1 Drug 43 Energy 6 Environment 15 Finance 12 Information Technology 5 Manufacturing 17 Research Institution 12 Service 1 Transportation 1 Total Number of Companies130 Headquarters LocationNumber Okinawa44 Japan79 Overseas7 Total130

11. 11 Joint Projects with Okinawan Industries, Universities & Research Institutes Kitano Satoh Yanagida Tanaka Goryanin Saze

12. 12 Establishing a Startup Ulf Skoglund FY2012-FY2014 MEXT Grant Molecular Electron Tomography to visualize macromolecules in 3D Creating Startups from Advanced Research and Technology (START) June 2014 Okinawa Protein Tomography, LTD launched

13. Okinawa R&D Cluster Promotion Organization R&D Cluster Task Force transition to Promotion Organization and Stakeholders Platform “The R&D Cluster Promotion Organization will build up a cluster of knowledge-intensive industries by independently delivering programs, events, and services to promote and facilitate the functioning of a regional innovation system in Okinawa.” 13