09:40 – 10:00
Keynote
Norishige (Noly) Morimoto
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Norishige Morimoto is Vice President and CTO of IBM Japan, and a Board Member since 2024. He joined IBM in 1987 as a hardware engineer and earned his Master’s in EE&CS from MIT in 1995. He has held global leadership roles including Director of IBM Research-Tokyo, CTO of IBM Asia Pacific, and VP of R&D Japan. He formerly chaired the Information Processing Society of Japan and served on boards of Temple University Japan and SMBC Group. He advises METI’s semiconductor strategy panel and is a member of JAOTEX, promoting innovation and leadership in Japan’s tech ecosystem.
IBM Japan, Ltd.
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