Two Routes to Scale: Innovation Clusters in Tokyo-Yokohama and the Greater Bay Area

What makes a science and innovation cluster thrive, and how can regions scale their global impact? This seminar hosted by explores two of the world’s leading innovation clusters, Tokyo-Yokohama and China’s Greater Bay Area, ranked among the top clusters in WIPO’s Global Innovation Cluster Index. Drawing on interviews and new reports from the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), Executive Director Dr. Andreas Göthenberg will share perspectives from STINT’s Science Intelligence work on global science and innovation, followed by presentations from Dr. Laura Barbieri and Dr. Erik Forsberg on the ecosystems, strengths, and development trajectories of these two regions.

About the speakers:

Dr. Andreas Göthenberg, Executive Director, STINT

Dr. Laura Barbieri, Science Fellow in Japan and South Korea, STINT; Visiting Scholar, GRIPS

Dr. Erik Forsberg, Representative in China and ASEAN, STINT; Associate Professor, Zhejiang University