Deployment to the Local Creation from Industry-Academia and Regional Collaboration of Iwate University

Abstract

Iwate University is a medium-sized national university in local area, and has been promoting Iwate Network System (INS) which is free and informal industry-academia-government collaboration activities. After incorporation in 2004 the university has strategically expanded the regional cooperation with local governments. From 2011 we are working united up to the reconstruction of the Sanriku-area, which suffered devastating damage by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Furthermore, from 2015, we are working on "regional revitalization promotion business as the Center of Community (COC +)" to work in the regional revitalization strategy in the region.