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6. Message from Committee ofHuman Resource DevelopmentDevelopment of Human Resources Related to Intellectual PropertyHideto KuyamaGeneral ManagerHuman Development & Training Course Managing DivisionJapan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)This is my third year to participate in the Committee on Cooperation in Human Resource Development.I have been acting as a member and hoping that I can make a contribution, however small, to the committee.In 2013, when I was working at a company, I served as a training lecturer for the invitation-basis JPO/IPRTraining Course (for IP Protection Practitioners). The subject that I took charge of was "Intellectual PropertyManagement (3) Corporate Example 1 (IT and Electricity)." At that time, I served as Chairman of the TrainingPlanning Committee at the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), and cooperated in the JPO/IPRTraining as a lecturer. I never thought that I would later have an opportunity to cooperate on the trainingproject as a member of the Committee on Cooperation in Human Resource Development.When I served as a lecturer, I was surprised at how engaged the trainees were in participating in thetraining. They were very active and asked so many questions that the Q&A session almost ran short of time.I remember their enthusiasm to master all the content of the lectures they attended.I took charge of only one lecture in the JPO/IPR training program, which has been conducted for 23years since FY1996. I heard that the number of trainees who participated from relevant countries has exceeded6,000, and sincerely appreciate the relevant parties' valuable efforts.One of the priority issues of the Intellectual Property Strategic Program 2018 is "to develop human resourcesand businesses that adapt to the age to come." This includes the specific goal of "development andaccumulation of human resources that support Cool Japan." In this way, making efforts to increase "fans ofJapan" is indicated as the direction of the policy. The acceptance of trainees from relevant countries in theJPO/IPR training program surely increases fans of Japan, and also promotes the country's global IP-relatedhuman resource development.The global business environment has changed rapidly, and technological innovation in particular has beenprogressing recently, including IoT, AI, and big data. Therefore, this is no time to move slowly in developing IPrelatedhuman resources. In the future, in addition to obtaining intellectual property rights to protect businesses,it will be important to use intellectual property rights and obtain them in consideration of their use.Thus, companies will need to consider IP policies and strategies including business and management, anddevelop IP-related human resources who can survive the competition between companies. To this end, itwill be necessary to review the traditional training style centered on classroom lectures (based on listening)and provide many participatory (based on discussion) programs in the JPO/IPR training course. The contentof training will need to cover not only IP, but also the combination of IP with business, such as accountingIP Friends Connections August 2018 No.19ENISHI35