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The Future Session, a series of dialogues on future prospects hosted by Shinshu University as a chief organizer, identified various needs that future societies will have to meet to ensure material comfort, including adequate supplies of food and drinking water, economic prosperity, and health. The discussions made clear that this goal will depend on the ability to secure and circulate adequate water supplies from diverse sources around the world, and that doing so will make a significant contribution to global sustainability.Backed by Shinshu University, Infrastructure Systems Company of Hitachi, Ltd., Toray Industries, Inc., Showa Denko K. K., National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), and Nagano Prefecture, the proposed Global Aqua Innovation Headquarters for Increasing Water Sustainability and Improving Living Standards in the World was selected at the end of October 2013 as one of COI (Center of Innovation) STREAM’s 12 nationwide facilities. The COI STREAM program was founded as a joint initiative between the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). The selection of Global Aqua Innovation Headquarters as a COI STREAM facility was accompanied by a related COI satellite (COI-s) being designated to take part in this project. Led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the collaborative satellite project will work toward the establishment of a sustainable human/water environment based on optimized water recycling processes.By March 2013, joint plans proposed by Shinshu University, Toraåy Industries, Inc., Showa Denko K. K., and Nagano Prefecture had been selected for MEXT’s program to develop “Global Scientific Centers of Innovation Through Industry-Academy Partnership Utilizing Community Resources.” This program will develop the central buildings and related facilities needed for the Center of Innovation (COI). Construction of the central research building is currently underway on the Nagano (Engineering) Campus.A COI is a large-scale R&D project that brings under one roof participants from industry, academia, and government from across Japan. Through partnerships involving all three spheres, COI address interdisciplinary themes that might be risky to develop but could lead to highly rewarding applications. These development themes are based on a broader vision of how we wish to live, the society we wish to be part of, and the societal needs that will ultimately emerge.Selected as a core facility of MEXT’s Center of Innovation Science-and-Technology-based Radical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (COI STREAM), Global Aqua Innovation Headquarter will promote social system innovations toward more sustainable use of water.A center to investigate solutions to emerging global water needs identified through the Future Session

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