The 2023 (4th) Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation. ITS Djamoe: Translating Science of Indigenous Knowledge for Advancing Humanity.
The Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award is an award program launched in 2020 to promote science, technology and innovation that contributes to solving social issues and realizing a sustainable society in the ASEAN region.
This award recognizes individuals and groups that undeniably served public interests through their outstanding achievements in research and development (R&D) in the fields of science and technology, including their visions of an ideal future society and social implementation plans for R&D as a means of achieving SDGs.
In the fiscal year of 2023, we solicited research and R&D achievements from 27 universities and research institutions in 6 ASEAN countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, and Vietnam) contributing to each of selected targets of Goal 1 (No Poverty) and Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy).