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The Creation of a New Innovation

Smart Life

Smart Energy & ICT

Smart Agriculture

Smart Culture & Education

About KICK (Keihanna Open Innovation Center @ KYOTO)

A growing Kansai Science City

KICK is located in the Kansai Science City, also known as the Keihanna Science City – a hub for innovative knowledge and research to open up the future. Situated in the lush green surroundings of the Keihanna Hills region on the borders of Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara prefectures, the city is a leading center for culture, technology, and research in Asia, and brings together an increasing number of research institutions and international exchange projects from across the globe.
Kansai Science City aims to develop a new city model for the future, and through industry-academia-government cooperation as part of a national project, develop groundbreaking technology, create new industries, and promote innovative forms of culture, all while coordinating efforts with other cultural and technological research institutions around the world.

Basic Concepts of KICK

Concept 1
Create a new value through collaboration of Industry & Academia

Through the fusion of the seeds of technology brought about from the R&D of universities and institutions with the needs of the industrial sector, we can accelerate the application and development of products by fostering industry-academia collaboration, as well as among manufacturers and among academic institutions.

Concept 2
Take advantage of the potential of regional resources

The Kansai Region, with its wealth of technology and manufacturers, combined with the abundance of R&D and large field for community trials in Kansai Science City, can be developed into a main hub.

Concept 3
Innovate smart life and culture

Using ICT as a foundation, promote and encourage innovation in various areas such as energy, health and medical care, food supply, infrastructure, education, and culture.

The 4 R&D Themes being developed by KICK

Smart Life

Research that contributes to the development of long and healthy yet safe and secure "smart" lives by providing support for healthcare and life innovation to boost the health of the region's residents.

Smart Energy & ICT

Research that focuses primarily on smart energy sources such as solar energy and hydrogen fuel cells, as well as research into the use of lifestyle ICT systems as a base upon which we can develop an advanced future city model.

Smart Agriculture

Research which contributes to the creation of a healthy and long-lived society and brings out the unique Japanese potential of farms, through the development of high-quality products using cultivation techniques which utilize groundbreaking technology, and application of functional food products, etc.

Smart Culture & Education

Research which works towards creating a future society with new values based on the fusion of science and culture, by training skilled human resources through education which utilizes the region's cultural background and resources, while also working to protect, archive, and pass on those manufacturing skills accumulated over the past generations.