The 7th Data Business Creation Contest Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony to be Held (3/17)

2018.03.12

The 7th Data Business Creation Contest
Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony to be Held
With the theme of "Value Creation through Washoku Culture," teams will propose measures to create new value in various fields
by utilizing review data from "Tabelog"

The Data Business Creation Lab at the Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University (Location: Fujisawa, Kanagawa; Director: Hiroya Tanaka; Lab Representative: Jun Murai; hereinafter "Keio SFC Lab") is holding the 7th Data Business Creation Contest: Digital Innovators Grand Prix 7 (abbreviated as DIG 7) with the support of this year's business partner, Digital Garage, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and Group CEO: Kaoru Hayashi; hereinafter "Digital Garage"). As part of this, the final presentations, judging, and awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 17. Nine teams that passed the preliminary screening are scheduled to participate in the final presentations.

This Data Business Creation Contest is for high school to graduate school students nationwide. Under the theme of "Value Creation through Washoku Culture," participants compete by proposing measures to create new value in various fields by utilizing consumer-generated review data.

The Keio Research Institute at SFC will manage the contest, including theme setting, judging, and awards, in collaboration with its business partner, Digital Garage. The data for this year's theme will be provided by Kakaku.com, Inc., a Digital Garage Group company, and will include data on the top 1,000 restaurants in the Washoku (Japanese food) category on "Tabelog," along with one year's worth of associated review data. Additionally, "Mieruka Engine" from Plus Alpha Consulting Co., Ltd. will be available as an analysis tool.

This year, 51 teams applied to participate, with 31 of them entering the preliminary round. The nine teams that passed the preliminary screening will give their final presentations at the final presentation event.

[Overview of the 7th Data Business Creation Contest]

■ Theme (Objective):

"Value Creation through Washoku Culture"

■ Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony:

Date & Time: Saturday, March 17, 2018, 1:30 PM–6:30 PM

Venue: North Hall, Mita Campus, Keio University

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo

URL: https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/maps/mita.html

*This is building [1] on the campus map.

■ Finalist Teams

・Ume Shobo (Keio University, Waseda University)

・Omiotsuke (Kanagawa Prefectural Yamato High School, Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen High School, Aoyama Gakuin Yokohama Eiwa High School, Kanagawa Prefectural Kishine High School)

・SUSHI GIRLS (Jissen Women's University)

・Tokei Surungo (Hiroshima University)

・madao.inc (Keio University, Soka University, Seikei University)

・Media Technology Club Mainichi Yakiniku Tabetai Girls (Toyama University of International Studies High School)

・Yamaguchi Lab (Rikkyo University)

・U-girls (Kagawa Prefectural Kanonji Daiichi High School)

・Washoku Chousatai (Jissen Women's University)

■ Eligibility:

Students enrolled in high schools, colleges of technology, universities, or graduate schools in Japan

(Excludes those with professional work experience)

■ Judging Criteria:

• Data Utilization: Effective use of the provided data

• Data Collection: Collection of data beyond what was provided

• Data Analysis: Proper analysis of the data

• Measure Effectiveness: Potential for cost-effectiveness

• Measure Innovation: Originality of the proposal

■ Head Judge:

Jun Murai, Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Governance / Professor of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

■ Organizer:

Data Business Creation Lab, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University

■ Business Partner:

Digital Garage, Inc.

■ Supported by:

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Statistics Bureau of Japan, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; The Behaviormetric Society of Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Research Organization of Information and Systems; Information Processing Education Committee, Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ); The Japan DataScientist Society; National Statistics Center; Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (JIPDEC); The Japan Statistical Society; The Operations Research Society of Japan

■ In cooperation with:

Accenture Japan Ltd; BrainPad Inc.; NTTCom Online Marketing Solutions Corporation; Dentsu Inc.; SAS Institute Japan Ltd.; Kakaku.com, Inc.; Plus Alpha Consulting Co., Ltd.

For details, please visit the official website for the 7th Data Business Creation Contest ( 7th Data Business Creation Contest DIGITAL INNOVATORS GRAND PRIX 7 ).

If you wish to attend or cover the finals, please register using the "7th Data Business Creation Contest Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony Attendance Registration Form" ( "7th Data Business Creation Contest" Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony Attendance Registration Form ).

■ Inquiries about this contest

Data Business Creation Lab Office, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University e-mail: dig-info@sfc.keio.ac.jp

Public Relations, Digital Garage, Inc. e-mail: dg4819.pr@garage.co.jp

[About Digital Garage, Inc. Digital Garage, Inc. ]

Since its establishment in 1995, Digital Garage has focused on three core businesses: investment and incubation support for internet services, marketing, and global online payments. Always ahead of the curve, the company has grown alongside the internet, listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in May 2016. In July 2016, Digital Garage, Kakaku.com, Inc., and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. jointly established "DG Lab ( https://www.dglab.com/ )," an open innovation-based R&D organization. Focusing on "Blockchain," "AI (Artificial Intelligence)," "VR/AR," "Security," and "Biotechnology"—fields expected to form the foundation of various future businesses—DG Lab collaborates with domestic and international portfolio companies with high-level technologies in these areas to engage in R&D and business creation for new products and services.

[About the Data Business Creation Lab, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University Data Business – for Data driven society ]

The Data Business Creation Lab is a group within the Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University that studies the fusion of IT, statistics, and business design. In addition to building a curriculum for training data scientists and conducting joint research on advanced big data aggregation and analysis methods, the lab has been holding the "Data Business Creation Contest" since 2014, a competition of ideas derived from data analysis in collaboration with industry, government, and academia. The 1st contest (April 2014) focused on the development and value of new services using "social data." The 2nd (September 2014) focused on new policies and solutions for local governments using "open data." The 3rd (September 2015) focused on ideas for new products/services and promotional measures using "consumer purchasing behavior data." The 4th (March 2016), under the theme "Bringing Smiles to Child-Rearing with Data and Creativity," involved self-directed information gathering and analysis to deepen understanding of the declining birthrate problem and propose business ideas derived from data analysis. The 5th (March 2017), themed "Regional Revitalization," focused on analyzing the movements of the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan and proposing measures to attract them to regions and promote consumption. The 6th (September 2017), themed "Creating the Future with Sports x Analytics," involved competing on proposals for revitalizing individuals, organizations, and society through the analysis of data related to sports and sports spectating.

[About the Keio Research Institute at SFC Keio Research Institute at SFC ]

The Keio Research Institute at SFC, an affiliated institute of the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Graduate School of Health Management, Faculty of Policy Management, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, and Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care at Keio University, serves as a research hub leading advanced research in the 21st century. Its purpose is to contribute to societal development by conducting cutting-edge research from an interdisciplinary standpoint while fostering bidirectional cooperative relationships between the educational and research activities at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) and all related activities in industry, government, academia, both domestically and internationally.

For details, please see "The 7th Data Business Creation Contest" Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony to be Held ~Digital Innovators Grand Prix 7 (DIG7)~ With the theme of "Value Creation through Washoku Culture," teams will propose measures to create new value in various fields by utilizing review data from "Tabelog".pdf .

[Contact for this matter]

Data Business Creation Lab Office, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University

Email: dig-info@sfc.keio.ac.jp

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