★ INTERACTIVE
This is the Bay Area’s very first Japanese tech-innovation event. As J-POP SUMMIT is located in San Francisco, the world’s leading tech-center, we are inviting many faces of the industry to the event: from hardware and software, arts and sciences, to entertainment companies. The Interactive Pavilion will also showcase the most updated technology and information through trade show, panel discussions, idea-thons and more! Here we gather to conceptualize our near future together. We also want to rebrand Japan as the leading technology giant of the world – once again!
◉ Major Sponsors in the past:
Mazda, Fujitsu, Nifty, YAMAHA, TOSHIBA, Ricoh, CANON, Panasonic, JINS, Union Tool Co, Mesh, Shikumi Design, Fove, Vufine, whill, TechShop, Omron, Kodansha Comics, Marukome, Figure Stage, SunBridge Corp, Wearable World, Scrum Ventures, Women’s Startup Lab, Garage Technology Ventures, TRUSTe and many more!
* Banner Image: KAGURA by Shikumi Design (Participated in 2015)
◉ Trade Show (2015):
Ricoh 
TOSHIBA 
JINS 
YAMAHA 
FOVE 
Nifty 
Panasonic 
Panasonic 
FUJITSU 
MARUKOME 
CANON 
Mesh ◉ Keynote and Panel Discussions:
Kaoru Sugano 
Kelvin Kazumi Hiraishi (Mazda) 
Panel Discussion “The Future of the ‘Maker Movement'” 
◉ Idea-thons:
YAMAHA Idea-thon 
Mesh Idea-thon 
◉ Pitch Contest:
Pitch Contest :Innovation Weekend SF x Japan X” 
