Activity Report
Release of the “Resolving Societal Issues through Innovation: Listings of Societal Issues 2025” (280 pages)
We are pleased to announce the release of the revised Listings of Societal Issues 2025 (LSI 2025) on March 28. Since its initial publication in 2017, the LSI has been well received, and the latest version has already been downloaded over 700 times.
For details on the updates, features, and how to obtain the latest LSI, please refer to the news release below.
https://www.mri.co.jp/news/press/20250328.html
(in Japanese)
Sixth session of ICF Online Discussion: Co-Creation Ecosystems in Manufacturing (Mar. 26)
We introduced up-to-date information on business co-creation ecosystems through the presentations from the open-innovation platforms of two of Japan’s leading manufacturing companies, Co-Creation Park – KAWARUBA created by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Yokohama Hardtech Hub (YHH) created by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
The meeting report and video are available below: (in Japanese)
Report: https://icf.mri.co.jp/activities/activities-22686/
Recorded Video (member-only website): https://icf.mri.co.jp/limited/field/field-22698/
Member-only website
The member-only website has been opened.
At this point, we mainly feature archive videos from 2024 activities categorized by field.
Since it is exclusively for members, please refrain from sharing login information with individuals not affiliated with your company or organization.
Activity Report
The “2024 Activity Report,” which summarizes the activities for the fiscal year 2024, has been completed. Prior to its public release, it is being made available exclusively to ICF members.
Please download it from the member-only website below and take a look:
https://icf.mri.co.jp/limited/foundational/#report
(in Japanese)
If there are activities that interest you or you wish to participate in, feel free to contact the ICF Promotion Office!
New ICF Members
From March 14 to April 10, 2 companies/organizations joined ICF.
《Current list of ICF members》
https://icf.mri.co.jp/member/
(in Japanese)
Announcement
Change in name of the ICF Secretariat
Since the establishment of Initiative for Co-creating the Future in April 2021, we have been referring to our administration body as the “ICF Secretariat.”
From April 2025, to further promote co-creation activities among our members, we will change this name to “Future Co-creation Promotion Office.”