Free Webinar for Business Planning and Corporate Planning Departments: 'Future Open Innovation / M&A Strategy ~Building Co-creation Strategies with Global Intellectual & Investment Information x Company's Intangible Assets~' Re-hosted

Astamuse Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Ayumu Nagai) will re-host a free webinar on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, from 12:00-13:00. This webinar is aimed at individuals promoting open innovation through partnerships, M&A, CVC, etc., regardless of industry, and business planners considering sustainable business strategies. The title is 'Future Open Innovation / M&A Strategy ~Building Co-creation Strategies with Global Intellectual & Investment Information x Company's Intangible Assets~'.

▼Register (free) here https://www.astamuse.co.jp/event/38447/ *Those who register will receive an archive video at a later date. Those who answer the questionnaire will also be able to download the slide materials. Please register even if you are unable to attend on the day.

▼Overview Many companies are promoting partnerships, M&A, CVC, etc., to 'promote open innovation for further growth.' However, is the business they want to realize through open innovation truly attractive to potential partners? Is their own company suitable for realizing it? In many cases, evaluation/verification from the partner's perspective is not sufficiently conducted. In an uncertain world, a crucial point for involving innovative companies and people is whether 'the business emphasizes sustainable issues/empathy.' In an era where both medium-to-long-term economic value and social value are required, it is difficult to attract many companies solely based on short-term business scale or profitability. Furthermore, it is necessary to evaluate whether the assets held by the company, especially intangible assets with high imitability difficulty, can demonstrate a competitive advantage. In other words, 'whether the business can draw a sustainable co-creation strategy' is the most important point. Based on this background, this webinar will discuss the following points with concrete examples: Setting challenges that form the core of co-creation strategies and extracting the company's competitive advantages for those challenges. Approaches to searching for co-creation partners based on these. Leveraging global intellectual information to launch businesses and co-creation strategies with lean or leverage effects. This 60-minute session will provide hints for thinking about future open innovation strategies. *This lecture will be a recorded distribution of a past webinar video.

▼Event Outline [Title] Future Open Innovation / M&A Strategy ~Building Co-creation Strategies with Global Intellectual & Investment Information x Company's Intangible Assets~ [Date] Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 12:00-13:00 [Method] Zoom [Participation Fee] Free [Target Audience] Individuals promoting open innovation through partnerships/M&A/CVC, regardless of industry, and business planners considering sustainable business strategies. *Please note that participation from competitors or those outside the target audience may be declined. [Application Method] Please apply via the link below. [Capacity] 500 people [Application Method] Please apply via the link below. https://www.astamuse.co.jp/event/38447/ *Those who register will receive an archive video at a later date. Those who answer the questionnaire will also be able to download the slide materials. Please register even if you are unable to attend on the day.

▼Speaker Astamuse Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President Ayumu Nagai <Biography> Founded Astamuse while in graduate school. Built the world's largest intangible asset visualization database, encompassing over 700 million items from 193 countries and 39 languages. Based on 136 uniquely defined 'growth areas' and 105 'social issues' aligned with SDGs, he launched new business/open innovation support, future strategy building through data, social issue resolution SaaS, and corporate value/intangible asset valuation businesses through data analysis. He has given numerous lectures at various universities (University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, etc.), Business Breakthrough University, Cabinet Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Patent Office, Japan Association of Corporate Executives, etc., on new business strategies, future predictions, and R&D/intellectual property strategies for cutting-edge technologies (quantum, space, 3D printers, etc.). Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Department of Systems Quantum Engineering.

▼How to Participate (1) Entry from the URL below https://www.astamuse.co.jp/event/38447/ ▽ (2) Check invitation email An invitation email will be automatically sent after entry. The email will contain the participation URL and password, so please keep it until the day of the event. *You can also participate from mobile devices.