[Exhibition Report] Approx. 2,400 Visitors to Booth! NEC Showcases Latest Open Innovation Cases at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026

NEC exhibited as a silver partner at "SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026," held at Tokyo Big Sight from April 27 (Mon) to 29 (Wed), 2026. The booth, themed around NEC's new business development message "Let's Shape the Future," attracted approximately 2,400 visitors over three days, drawing high interest from a wide range of attendees including startups, corporations, and local governments. NEC is promoting "NEC Open Innovation" through diverse co-creation with startups and partner companies to create new social value (Note 1). At this event, actual co-creation cases and initiative themes were introduced, leading to active dialogue with many visitors. ■ Business Days (April 27-28): Active dialogue with startups and corporations. Centered on the NEC Open Innovation initiatives, we introduced collaboration cases with startups, partner companies, and local governments. Mini-seminars held within the booth also introduced the outlines and specific examples of each theme, with many visitors listening intently. In the session programs, NEC's innovation leaders, including CEO Morita, took the stage as speakers, deepening discussions towards the future through a total of four sessions. In the session titled "Who Will Create Trusted AI? - The Responsibility of Technology Companies in an Era of Drastic Change," CEO Morita shared the stage with Hidetoshi Tojo, President of Anthropic Japan G.K., and Miwa Seki, General Partner at MPower Partners Fund. In front of a large audience with standing room only, they shared the idea that now, as AI develops rapidly, appropriate guidance and harnesses are necessary. ■ Public Day (April 29): Experiential exhibition of NEC's advanced technology for the general public. A wide range of visitors, including families and university students, visited the booth and experienced NEC's advanced technology through interactive content such as a quiz competition with an AI avatar. Seminars by Mr. Toru Yamanaka, CEO of LOOVIC Inc. (Note 3), and Ms. Remi Kitahashi, CEO of Estlaughtive Inc. (Note 4), graduates of Japan's first young social entrepreneur training program "NEC Social Entrepreneurship School" (Note 2), also drew large crowds and excitement. ■ Visitor Feedback: A new step towards expectation and co-creation. During the event, various comments were received regarding NEC's initiatives. "NEC's diverse forms of co-creation were very informative" (Corporation). "I'm interested in the startup studio initiatives" (Startup). "Learning about the wide range of initiatives changed my impression of NEC" (University student). The event became a place that generated further expectations for NEC's open innovation and created opportunities for new co-creation. With "Let's Shape the Future" as its key message, NEC will continue to aim for the realization of co-creation where each individual's thoughts and ideas lead to social implementation, without being bound by precedents or stereotypes. [SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 Event Overview] Dates: April 27 (Mon) - 29 (Wed), 2026. Venue: Tokyo Big Sight. Organizer: SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 Executive Committee. Official Website: https://sushitech-startup.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ NEC Event Special Page: https://jpn.nec.com/event/stt2026/index.html (Note 1) https://jpn.nec.com/innovation/index.html (Note 2) NEC Social Entrepreneurship School https://jpn.nec.com/community/ja/resources/npo.html (Note 3) LOOVIC Inc. Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. CEO: Toru Yamanaka https://www.loovic.co.jp/ja (Note 4) Estlaughtive Inc. Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo. CEO: Remi Kitahashi https://remackerel.online/Estlaughtive/ NEC Future Value Co-creation Division, Business Strategy Office. E-Mail: contact@noi.jp.nec.com