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In order to contribute to the development of local communities, the College of Science and Engineering of the University and the Sagamihara Industrial Creation Center Co., Ltd. decided to conclude a partnership agreement on support for small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., and the signing ceremony was held on Monday, July 3, 2023 at the Sagamihara Campus of the university.

With the school motto "Salt of the earth, light of the world", the College of Science and Engineering of our university, which conducts cutting-edge education and research on the Sagamihara Campus of our university, which fosters servant leaders who will open up the future for all people and society, and Sagamihara Industrial Creation Center Co., Ltd., which aims to "create a new wind in the region, nurture the breath of industry, and create new businesses", will take this opportunity to collaborate. We aim to further develop the local community by solving the problems of local companies and creating new industries.

[Cooperation matters based on the agreement]
1. R&D through collaboration between industry, academia, government, and finance, and the creation of new businesses
2. Promotion of wide-area cooperation
3. Matters related to industrial promotion and creation of new industries
4. Matters related to the development of industrial human resources
5. Discovering and nurturing university-based startup companies
6. Other matters necessary to achieve the purpose of this Agreement

Comment from Dean of College of Science and Engineering Hideo Naga

We express our sincere gratitude for this agreement. Aoyama Gakuin University University, with its school motto "Salt of the Earth, Light of the World," cultivates servant leaders who will open up the future for all people and society. The Faculty of Science and College of Science and Engineering, which conducts cutting-edge education and research at Sagamihara Campus which opened in 2003, and SIC, which aims to "bring a new breeze to the region, nurture the breath of industry, and create new businesses," will strengthen their collaboration through this agreement, aiming for further development of the local community by solving the challenges of local companies and creating new industries. We have already collaborated with each other in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, including industry-academia collaboration, but we have concluded this agreement to further strengthen our collaboration and contribute to the sustainable growth and revitalization of Sagamihara regional economy. The aim is to exchange technological assets and human resources with each other, and to contribute to the development of the local community through industry-academia collaboration, research, and social contribution activities in a wide range of fields, as well as by solving the challenges of local companies and creating new industries. We would like to work together with other faculties at Sagamihara Campus to further cooperate in the development of the region in the future.

Comment from Masatoshi Hashimoto, President and CEO of Sagamihara Industrial Creation Center Co., Ltd.

I am pleased to have concluded this partnership agreement. Sagamihara Industrial Creation Center Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SIC) was established in 1999 with the investment of Sagamihara City, the Small and Medium Enterprise Infrastructure Development Organization, and private companies with the aim of contributing to the development of the local economy through comprehensive incubation activities. As an incubator, SIC not only supports tenant companies, but also focuses on wide-area cooperation for the development of the local economy, and is actively working to support local companies. Sagamihara City and Aoyama Gakuin University have carried out various projects and activities based on comprehensive cooperation, and through the conclusion of this agreement, we would like to combine research needs and seeds to further contribute to mutual development. Expectations for Sagamihara City are increasing, such as the establishment of Kanagawa Prefecture Station on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen near Hashimoto Station. I would like to work together to create a bright and prosperous region 50 or 100 years from now.

From the right
SIC Kanazawa Nobuyoshi Business Creation Department Manager
SIC Shigeo Ando, Business Creation General Manager
Masatoshi Hashimoto, President and CEO of SIC
Hideo Naga, Dean of College of Science and Engineering
INAZUMI Hiroshige Director, Liaison Center, Institute for Integrated Research
Risa Nakai, Head of Research Promotion Division Sagamihara Campus Administration Department