"eiicon's 2026-07-16 update release for 'OI SUMMIT 2026': KDDI Chairman 髙橋誠 confirmed as a speaker; 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly join (relative to the lineup before that release, as carried in the announcement) — to be held 2026-09-11 (Fri) at Akasaka Intercity Conference, Tokyo, with 2,000 attendees planned; under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000, the early-bird discount changed from '50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500' (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to '30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300' (as carried in the 7/16 release), and MEMBER PASS from '70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700' to '60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600'; all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases — zero verified official anchors on this card (scale figures such as a cumulative network of 39,000+ companies, 100,000+ matching opportunities, 164+ companies supported, and 140 companies adopted with 143 projects across 20+ prefectures are all the company's self-declared counts)"

TL;DR: 株式会社eiicon (head office Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo; president and representative director 中村亜由子) published an update release on PR TIMES for OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026 (OI SUMMIT 2026) (PRTIMES#1538217, published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST — converted from 2026-07-16 14:00:08 UTC as carried in the source record's metadata, flagged) — KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 is newly confirmed as a speaker (session theme 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」, "The arrival of co-creation 3.0 — where should Japanese industry start changing?", rendering ours); the same release announces 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (announcement context — new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement, relative to the lineup before that release, as carried); judges for STARTUP PITCH 2026 announced — 山田メユミ (director and co-founder, 株式会社アイスタイル), 田中邦裕 (president and representative director, さくらインターネット株式会社), 下薗徹 (eiicon). Event outline (as carried) — 2026-09-11 (Fri) 10:00–20:00, Akasaka Intercity Conference (Akasaka 1-8-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo), 2,000 attendees planned, organized by eiicon. Price ladder (each release dated, as carried) — under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000, the early-bird discount changed from '50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500' (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to '30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300' (as carried in the 7/16 release); MEMBER PASS from '70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700' to '60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600'; VIP PASS JPY 120,000 in both stages. Event chain (all 4 are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases) — 2026-04-01 event announced (8 editions of JOIF evolving into OI SUMMIT) → 2026-05-12 STARTUP PITCH speaker recruitment → 2026-06-06 co-creation pitch battle "Open Innovation Gate" entry opened (application deadline 2026-07-17 23:59 JST = the same day as this card's publication date; a factual relay of the deadline carried in that release) → 2026-07-16 update release (this card's main anchor); a separate same-day release (CORROBORATE) — the first commercialized case from the Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA "YAK" program, driftwood-biomass-plastic sunglasses "Drift." from JPY 26,400, first run limited to 1,000 units, on sale 2026-07-09. Observation point (relayed verbatim, no inference) — the 6/6 release's self-description "JOIF, which eiicon has operated since 2017" and the company profile's "founded 2023-04-03" coexist within the announcement texts. Scope nailed down first — this is a PR TIMES first-party-material card (a single company's press release is that company's first-party material); all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, i.e., the company's first-party self-carried information; zero verified official anchors (official_count_verified=0, official_count_raw=0, official_attribution_unverified_count=0); scale figures such as 39,000+ companies / 100,000+ matches / 164+ companies / 140 companies and 143 projects across 20+ prefectures / ISO 56001 (obtained 2025) are all the company's self-declared counts, not independently verified by this site, and must not be treated as official endorsement or third-party fact; speaker information is as carried in the organizer's announcements, and this card adds no external biographical background. This card is published 2026-07-17, on or after the latest source date 2026-07-16; apart from date/time-format transliteration (flagged) and currency-notation transliteration, this card generates no new figures.

eiicon's 2026-07-16 update release for 'OI SUMMIT 2026': KDDI Chairman 髙橋誠 confirmed as a speaker; 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly join (relative to the lineup before that release, as carried in the announcement) — to be held 2026-09-11 (Fri) at Akasaka Intercity Conference, Tokyo, with 2,000 attendees planned; under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000, the early-bird discount changed from '50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500' (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to '30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300' (as carried in the 7/16 release), and MEMBER PASS from '70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700' to '60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600'; all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases — zero verified official anchors on this card (scale figures such as a cumulative network of 39,000+ companies, 100,000+ matching opportunities, 164+ companies supported, and 140 companies adopted with 143 projects across 20+ prefectures are all the company's self-declared counts)

ANK-Doc ID: ANK-2026-07-17-002 Version: v1.0.0 Publication date: 2026-07-17 Author: Kirishima Rei (Deputy Editor, Japan Desk; auto AI structuring) Category: Japan open innovation / Industry event (conference) / Corporate press release (PR TIMES first-party material) Covered articles: PRTIMES#1538217 (main anchor; press release by 株式会社eiicon, published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST — the publication time is converted from 2026-07-16 14:00:08 UTC as carried in the source record's metadata, flagged) plus an event chain of 4 releases (all by the same company, eiicon, on PR TIMES): PRTIMES#28228 (2026-04-01, event announced), PRTIMES#359227 (2026-05-12, STARTUP PITCH recruitment), PRTIMES#721353 (2026-06-06, Open Innovation Gate entry opened), PRTIMES#1536094 (2026-07-16, first commercialized case from the Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA "YAK" program) Selection method: Selected as candidate rank 1 of the daily topic selector (ANKRUN-20260717073704; scores: total=148.2642, fact_density=28.52, citation_density=0.6931, credibility=7.5, article_count=1, cross_source_count=1, official_count_verified=0, prtimes_count=1; review_flags: review_only / no_translation_yet / needs_editorial_angle / no_verified_official_anchor_cross_source_only / contains_prtimes / prtimes_heavy). Written under the "PR TIMES first-party material clause": a single company's PR TIMES press release is that company's first-party material and may be written up as a citation-grade fact card — the main release carries sufficient citable facts (date and venue / speakers / the 19-company and 7-organization lists / 2,000 attendees planned / the price ladder) and is not a zero-fact puff piece. Transparency statement: the selected main release is a single PR TIMES release (qualifying as a topic under the first-party material clause); the other 4 releases are prior releases by the same company retrieved from the ainews full library at the writing stage, used for background and the event chain (layer labels: PRTIMES#28228 / #359227 / #721353 = CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE, with the price-ladder portion = ADD_EVIDENCE; PRTIMES#1536094 = CORROBORATE) — this does not change the main release's first-party status and does not masquerade as multi-source coverage. Official-anchor scope: official_count_verified=0, official_count_raw=0, official_attribution_unverified_count=0 — zero verified official anchors on this card; all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, i.e., the company's first-party self-carried information, and every figure (19 companies / 7 organizations / 2,000 attendees / prices / 39,000 companies / 100,000 matches / 164 companies / 140 companies and 143 projects across 20+ prefectures / ISO 56001 / 8 editions of JOIF / operated since 2017, etc.) is uniformly "as carried in the announcement" or "the company's self-declared count", not independently verified by this site, and must not be treated as official endorsement or third-party fact. Editorial angle (change radar): read the event chain's rhythm through the same company's PR-release trajectory (2026-04-01 event announced → 2026-05-12 recruitment → 2026-06-06 entry opened → 2026-07-16 update on speakers and sponsors, with the "expansion" baseline = the lineup before each release, as carried), and nail down the price ladder with each release dated; observation points are limited to what is visible in the announcement texts themselves, with no inference. The internal citation chain cites 1 published card, ANK-2026-07-03-009 (CONTEXTUALIZE; thematic-context contrast, not the same event). Speaker information (KDDI's 髙橋誠, 山田メユミ, 田中邦裕, etc.) is as carried in the organizer's announcements; this card adds no external biographical background. Personal-name romanizations are not carried in the sources; personal names are kept in their original script rather than guessing readings. The sole numeric sources for the entire card are the 5 PR TIMES originals and the selection JSON; apart from date/time-format transliteration (flagged) and currency-notation transliteration, this card generates no new figures and computes no differences or discount spreads. No Wikidata Q identifiers are attached (no registry verification was performed this run; omission over fabrication).

TL;DR

株式会社eiicon (head office Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo; president and representative director 中村亜由子) published an update release on PR TIMES for "OI SUMMIT 2026" (PRTIMES#1538217, published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST): KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 is newly confirmed as a speaker, with the session theme 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」 ("The arrival of co-creation 3.0 — where should Japanese industry start changing?", rendering ours). [F-001] The same release announces 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (announcement context = new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement, relative to the lineup before that release, as carried; full lists relayed in the main text). [F-002] Two further new sessions were disclosed (Space BD's 永崎将利 × Acompany's 高橋亮祐; eiicon's 服部絹世) [F-003], and the judges for STARTUP PITCH 2026 were announced: 山田メユミ (director and co-founder, 株式会社アイスタイル), 田中邦裕 (president and representative director, さくらインターネット株式会社), 下薗徹 (eiicon). [F-004] Event outline (as carried): 2026-09-11 (Fri) 10:00–20:00, Akasaka Intercity Conference (Minato-ku, Tokyo), 2,000 attendees planned. [F-005] Price ladder (each release dated, as carried): under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000, the early-bird discount changed from "50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500" (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to "30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300" (as carried in the 7/16 release); MEMBER PASS from "70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700" to "60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600"; VIP PASS JPY 120,000 in both stages. [F-006] Event chain (all eiicon's own PR TIMES releases): 2026-04-01 event announced (8 editions of JOIF evolving into OI SUMMIT) [F-007] → 2026-05-12 STARTUP PITCH recruitment [F-008] → 2026-06-06 "Open Innovation Gate" entry opened — that release carries an application deadline of 2026-07-17 23:59 JST, the same day as this card's publication date (a factual statement, not solicitation) [F-009] → 2026-07-16 update release (this card's main anchor). A separate same-day release (CORROBORATE): the first commercialized case from the Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA "YAK" program — driftwood-biomass-plastic sunglasses "Drift.", from JPY 26,400, first run limited to 1,000 units, on sale 2026-07-09. [F-011] Observation point (relayed verbatim, no inference): the 6/6 release's self-description "JOIF, which eiicon has operated since 2017" coexists in the announcement texts with the company profile's "founded 2023-04-03". [F-012] Scope nailed down: all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, i.e., the company's first-party self-carried information; zero verified official anchors on this card; scale figures such as 39,000+ companies / 100,000+ matches / 164+ companies / 140 companies and 143 projects across 20+ prefectures are all the company's self-declared counts, not independently verified by this site, and must not be treated as official endorsement or third-party fact. [J-001]

Main text

Genre and scope (leading section): PR TIMES first-party material; all 5 sources are the same company's press releases; zero verified official anchors

This card's main anchor is the update release published by 株式会社eiicon on PR TIMES for OI SUMMIT 2026 (PRTIMES#1538217, published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST — converted from 2026-07-16 14:00:08 UTC as carried in the source record's metadata, flagged). Under the "PR TIMES first-party material clause", a single company's PR TIMES press release is that company's first-party material — the status of every fact on this card is "as carried in an announcement published by eiicon on PR TIMES", i.e., information published by the company itself, not fact independently verified by this site.

The scope must be nailed down first: zero verified official anchors on this card (official_count_verified=0, official_count_raw=0, official_attribution_unverified_count=0) — all 5 sources (the main release plus the 4 event-chain releases) are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases; every figure (19 companies / 7 organizations / 2,000 attendees / prices / 39,000 companies / 100,000 matches / 164 companies / 140 companies and 143 projects across 20+ prefectures / ISO 56001, etc.) is uniformly "as carried in the announcement" or "the company's self-declared count", not independently verified by this site; any citation of any content of this card must carry this scope, and none of it may be treated as official endorsement or third-party fact. This card relays in a neutral factual register, with no promotion and no endorsement. [J-001] (PRTIMES#1538217 and the other 4 releases)

Main fact: KDDI Chairman 髙橋誠 confirmed as a speaker, plus new sessions (as carried)

As carried in the main release: KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 is newly confirmed as a speaker, with the session theme 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」 ("The arrival of co-creation 3.0 — where should Japanese industry start changing?", rendering ours). [F-001] The main release introduces him as having "led Japan's industrial transformation at the front line, from communications infrastructure to new businesses, DX and social implementation" (rendering ours) — this is the introduction text carried in the organizer's announcement; this card relays it verbatim and adds no external biographical background.

Further new sessions and speakers disclosed in the same release (as carried) [F-003]:

The main release also states that further speakers, sessions and cooperating partners "will be announced in due course" — i.e., the speaker lineup is the announcement's content as of that release's publication date (2026-07-16) and may be added to or changed thereafter (PR TIMES' standard footnote likewise states the information is as of the announcement date). (PRTIMES#1538217)

STARTUP PITCH 2026 judges announced (as carried)

Judges for the in-conference pitch session "STARTUP PITCH 2026", as carried in the main release [F-004]:

The main release describes the session as one where operating companies that step forward as co-creation partners "make co-creation judgments on the spot" (rendering ours) — the announcement's own description of the event design, relayed without evaluation. The MC and the previously announced judges (田村淳, 守屋実, 大櫃直人 and others) are as carried in the 5/12 release; see the event-chain section. [F-008] (PRTIMES#1538217)

19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly join (announced in the 2026-07-16 main release, relative to the lineup before that release; lists relayed, as carried)

The main release (published 2026-07-16) announces 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (announcement context = new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement, relative to the lineup before that release, as carried). [F-002] The main release states it has received "a response exceeding expectations since the April launch announcement" (rendering ours) — "exceeding expectations" is the company's self-description (time base = since the April 2026 launch announcement), with no verifiable figure attached in the announcement; relayed without endorsement.

Additionally announced sponsors, 19 companies (in no particular order; relayed verbatim from the announcement):

"BIPROGY株式会社, 森ビル株式会社, 大同生命保険株式会社, 日鉄興和不動産株式会社, 株式会社明治, Spiral Innovation Partners株式会社, ユカイ工学株式会社, 株式会社オンリーストーリー, 株式会社CINCA, 株式会社MinD in a Device, 株式会社日本ソフトウェアアプローチ, 株式会社HERSTORY, 株式会社ams, 株式会社アツラエ, 株式会社クリエアナブキ, パーソルイノベーション株式会社(lotsful), 株式会社高瀬金型, IdeaScaleジャパン株式会社, カフェ英会話株式会社"

Additionally announced Supporting Partners, 7 organizations (in no particular order, honorifics omitted; relayed verbatim from the announcement):

"日本政策金融公庫, 中部ニュービジネス協議会, i2.JP, JaZCaF, Forbes JAPAN, JBPress, 株式会社東洋経済新報社"

(The lists are as carried in the announcement; the form or amount of each company's or organization's participation is not carried in the announcement, and this card does not supply it.) (PRTIMES#1538217)

Event outline (as carried)

[F-005] The "2,000" figure has been carried as "attendance (planned)" at the same number since the 5/12 release, and the 7/16 release carries the same number (all planned figures as carried). (PRTIMES#1538217; also carried in PRTIMES#359227 and PRTIMES#721353)

Price ladder (ADD_EVIDENCE): under the same list price of JPY 49,000, the discount change from the 5/12 and 6/6 releases to the 7/16 release (each release dated, as carried)

Prices as carried in the three releases, side by side (all tax included; relayed as carried; this card computes no differences or discount spreads) [F-006]:

| Pass | As carried in the 5/12 release (published 2026-05-12) and the 6/6 release (published 2026-06-06) | As carried in the 7/16 release (published 2026-07-16) | |---|---|---| | BASIC PASS | JPY 24,500 (50% off until 2026-06-30; list price JPY 49,000) | JPY 34,300 (30% off until 2026-07-31; list price JPY 49,000) | | MEMBER PASS | JPY 14,700 (AUBA-member price; 70% off until 2026-06-30) | JPY 19,600 (AUBA members only; 60% off until 2026-07-31) | | VIP PASS | JPY 120,000 | JPY 120,000 |

That is: under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000 (as carried), the early-bird discount changed from "50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500" (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to "30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300" (as carried in the 7/16 release); MEMBER PASS changed from "70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700" to "60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600"; the MEMBER PASS label also changed from "AUBA-member price" (5/12 and 6/6 releases) to "AUBA members only" (7/16 release) — the above is a side-by-side relay of each release's text (text-collation level); this card does not infer pricing strategy. (PRTIMES#359227, PRTIMES#721353, PRTIMES#1538217)

Event chain (CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE): 2026-04-01 event announced → 05-12 recruitment → 06-06 entry opened → 07-16 update

All 4 event-chain releases are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases (likewise as carried):

1. 2026-04-01 release (PRTIMES#28228, event announced) [F-007]: announced the event for 2026-09-11 (Fri) at Akasaka Intercity Conference; describes the summit as the evolution of "Japan Open Innovation Fes (JOIF)", a conference the release itself calls one of Japan's largest and says was "held over 8 editions" ("Japan's largest-class" and "8 editions" are both the company's self-descriptions); the release says varied sessions will discuss new business models for the "co-creation 3.0" era. Layer = CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE. 2. 2026-05-12 release (PRTIMES#359227, STARTUP PITCH recruitment opened) [F-008]: recruitment of pitching startups opened; MC 田村淳 (TV personality), judges 守屋実 (new-business builder, 新規事業家®) and 大櫃直人 (senior managing partner, 株式会社ミダスキャピタル / formerly managing executive officer, Mizuho Bank) and others; 3 application categories (1. social infrastructure and industrial systems; 2. lifestyle and healthcare; 3. environment and sustainability); selection schedule (as carried): entry until 2026-06-29 (Mon) 17:00, document and interview screening until mid-July, presenting companies decided in late July; on-day slot 2026-09-11 15:30–16:45. Layer = CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (price portion = ADD_EVIDENCE). 3. 2026-06-06 release (PRTIMES#721353, Open Innovation Gate entry opened) [F-009]: entry opened for the co-creation pitch battle "Open Innovation Gate"; carried as an update of "COLLABORATION BATTLE", a popular segment of the predecessor JOIF; roughly 4–5 project units to be selected via document screening, with the final pitch on 2026-09-11 at 17:30–19:00 (planned); 5 evaluation criteria (open-innovation drive / industry innovativeness / problem-solution fit / profitability and economic impact / future scalability and growth); application deadline 2026-07-17 (Fri) 23:59 JST — the same day as this card's publication date (a factual relay of the deadline carried in the 6/6 release, not solicitation; this site has not checked the application status after the deadline, and this card is not an application guide). The same release states that eiicon has "operated JOIF since 2017" and rebranded and relaunched it this year as OI Summit, with this year's theme 「共創3.0 — 私たちはどう進むべきか」 ("Co-creation 3.0 — how should we proceed?", rendering ours). Layer = CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (price portion = ADD_EVIDENCE). 4. 2026-07-16 main release (PRTIMES#1538217): the update on speakers, sponsors and Supporting Partners (this card's main anchor).

(PRTIMES#28228, PRTIMES#359227, PRTIMES#721353, PRTIMES#1538217) [J-002]

Separate same-day release (CORROBORATE): first commercialized case from the Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA "YAK" program

On the same day as the main release (2026-07-16), eiicon issued a separate release (PRTIMES#1536094): from projects adopted under "YAK" (エール“ガバメント×ベンチャー”アライアンスかながわ), a government-times-startup co-creation program eiicon operates under commission from Kanagawa Prefecture, the first case of social implementation and commercialization has emerged — sunglasses "Drift." made with biomass plastic blended with driftwood collected within Kanagawa Prefecture, jointly developed by Kanagawa Prefecture (Resources Recycling Promotion Division, Environment Department, Environment and Agriculture Bureau) and 株式会社オケアノース (head office Fujisawa City), on sale from 2026-07-09, priced from JPY 26,400, first run limited to 1,000 units; the project was adopted in October 2025 under the "YAK2025" decarbonization track; material name "Argodryas™" (trademark application pending, as carried). The same release also carries that "Business Accelerator Kanagawa (BAK)" has 1,194 participating companies (as of April 2026, as carried). [F-011]

This release's role on this card = the CORROBORATE layer: it supplies one concrete "first commercialization" case for eiicon's self-declared regional-program scale of "140 companies adopted and a cumulative 143 projects promoted across more than 20 prefectures" — but both the case and the scale figures are eiicon's own announcement content, so the corroborating force extends only to "consistency at the level of the company's own account" and does not constitute third-party verification. [J-002] (PRTIMES#1536094)

eiicon's self-declared scale and an observation point in the announcement texts (relayed verbatim, no inference)

Self-declared figures in the main release's "About eiicon" section (all the company's self-declared counts; not independently verified by this site) [F-010]:

Observation point (visible in the announcement texts themselves; relayed verbatim with no inference) [F-012]: the 6/6 release (PRTIMES#721353) self-describes "JAPAN OPEN INNOVATION FES (JOIF), which eiicon has operated since 2017", while the company profiles in that release and in the 7/16 main release both carry "founded: 2023-04-03" — the two statements coexist within the announcement texts; the announcement texts themselves add no note on this, and this card relays without inferring or explaining. (PRTIMES#1538217, PRTIMES#721353)

Risks and unverified matters

FAQ

Q: What is OI SUMMIT 2026, and when and where will it be held?

Per eiicon's releases on PR TIMES, OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026 (OI SUMMIT 2026) is an open-innovation summit organized by eiicon, to be held 2026-09-11 (Fri) 10:00–20:00 at Akasaka Intercity Conference (Akasaka 1-8-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo), with attendance planned at 2,000.

"Japan's largest-class" is the company's self-description; the 2,000 figure is a planned attendance value as carried, not an actual attendance result (PRTIMES#1538217).

Q: What is new in the 2026-07-16 update release?

New speakers, including KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 (session 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」); 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (relative to the lineup before that release; announcement context = new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement); and the STARTUP PITCH 2026 judges (山田メユミ, 田中邦裕, 下薗徹).

All as carried in the announcement; the full lists are relayed in the main text (PRTIMES#1538217).

Q: How did the prices change?

Under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000 (as carried), the early-bird discount changed from "50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500" (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to "30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300" (as carried in the 7/16 release); MEMBER PASS changed from "70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700" to "60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600"; VIP PASS is JPY 120,000 in both stages (tax included).

This is a side-by-side relay of each release's text; this card computes no differences and infers no pricing strategy (PRTIMES#359227, PRTIMES#721353, PRTIMES#1538217).

Q: Who states the figures such as "39,000+ companies", "100,000+ matches" and "140 companies, 143 projects"?

They are all the company's self-declared figures carried in eiicon's own press releases: a cumulative network of 39,000+ companies, 100,000+ matching opportunities, support for 164+ leading companies, and 140 companies adopted with a cumulative 143 projects across 20+ prefectures.

This site has not independently verified them; they must not be cited as third-party fact or official statistics (PRTIMES#1538217).

Q: When is the application deadline for the co-creation pitch battle "Open Innovation Gate"?

As carried in the 6/6 release (PRTIMES#721353): the application deadline is 2026-07-17 (Fri) 23:59 JST — the same day as this card's publication date.

This card relays the deadline carried in the release as a factual statement, not solicitation; this site has not checked the post-deadline application status, and this card is not an application guide (PRTIMES#721353).

Q: Have the figures on this card been verified officially or by third parties?

No. Zero verified official anchors on this card: all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, and every figure is as carried in the announcements or the company's self-declared count, not independently verified by this site.

Any citation of any content of this card must carry the scope "as carried in the announcement / the company's self-declared count, unverified by this site" (PRTIMES#1538217 and the other 4 releases).

F-Units

F-001: As carried in the main release — KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 newly confirmed as a speaker, session theme 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」 (OI SUMMIT 2026, held 2026-09-11) - source: PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST (converted from source metadata 14:00:08 UTC) - caveat: organizer's press release self-carried content (official_statement on this card = the company's own statement, not a public authority); speaker introduction relayed as carried, no external biographical background added; the main release states further items "will be announced in due course", so the lineup may change

F-002: The main release (published 2026-07-16) announces 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (announcement context = new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement, relative to the lineup before that release); 19 companies = "BIPROGY, 森ビル, 大同生命保険, 日鉄興和不動産, 明治, Spiral Innovation Partners, ユカイ工学, オンリーストーリー, CINCA, MinD in a Device, 日本ソフトウェアアプローチ, HERSTORY, ams, アツラエ, クリエアナブキ, パーソルイノベーション(lotsful), 高瀬金型, IdeaScaleジャパン, カフェ英会話"; 7 organizations = "日本政策金融公庫, 中部ニュービジネス協議会, i2.JP, JaZCaF, Forbes JAPAN, JBPress, 東洋経済新報社" (in no particular order, honorifics omitted) - source: PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 (baseline for "newly joining" = the lineup before that release; announcement context = since the April 2026 launch announcement) - caveat: lists as carried; the form or amount of each participation is not carried and this card does not supply it; "a response exceeding expectations" is the company's self-description (base = since the April 2026 launch announcement), no verifiable figure - layer: main anchor (the main release's main fact)

F-003: Further new sessions disclosed in the main release — 「成長の再定義 日本企業は何で勝つのか」 with "永崎将利" (president, Space BD) and "高橋亮祐" (CEO, Acompany); 「成功する共創は“組織と制度”と経営のコミット」 with "服部絹世" (Consultant, Consulting Division, eiicon) - source: PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 - caveat: as carried; speaker titles relayed as carried, no external background added

F-004: The main release announces the STARTUP PITCH 2026 judges — "山田メユミ" (director and co-founder, 株式会社アイスタイル / representative director, 一般社団法人バンクフォースマイルズ), "田中邦裕" (president and representative director, さくらインターネット株式会社), "下薗徹" (Quality of Open Innovation officer, Incubation Quality Office, 株式会社eiicon) - source: PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 - caveat: as carried; the MC 田村淳 and judges 守屋実, 大櫃直人 and others are as carried in the 5/12 release (F-008)

F-005: Event outline (as carried) — OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026, 2026-09-11 (Fri) 10:00–20:00, Akasaka Intercity Conference (Akasaka Intercity AIR 3F/4F, Akasaka 1-8-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo), attendance (planned) 2,000, organized by 株式会社eiicon - source: PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 (event date 2026-09-11); the "2,000 (planned)" figure carried at the same number since the 5/12 release (2026-05-12) - caveat: 2,000 is a planned attendance value as carried, not an actual attendance result; also carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases (PRTIMES#359227, #721353)

F-006: Price ladder (each release dated; all tax included; as carried) — under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000, from "50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500" as carried in the 5/12 release (2026-05-12) and the 6/6 release (2026-06-06), to "30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300" as carried in the 7/16 release (2026-07-16); MEMBER PASS from "AUBA-member price, 70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700" to "AUBA members only, 60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600"; VIP PASS JPY 120,000 in both stages - source: PRTIMES #359227; PRTIMES #721353; PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000897.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: 5/12 release published 2026-05-12; 6/6 release published 2026-06-06; 7/16 release published 2026-07-16 - caveat: side-by-side relay of each release's text (text-collation level); this card computes no differences or discount spreads and infers no pricing strategy - layer: ADD_EVIDENCE (price portion of the event-chain releases)

F-007: The 4/1 release (published 2026-04-01) — OI SUMMIT 2026 announced (2026-09-11, Akasaka Intercity Conference); the release describes the summit as the evolution of "Japan Open Innovation Fes (JOIF)", held over 8 editions and called one of Japan's largest by the release itself - source: PRTIMES #28228 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000883.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-04-01 - caveat: "Japan's largest-class" and "8 editions" are both the company's self-descriptions, unverified by this site - layer: CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (earlier chapter of the event chain)

F-008: The 5/12 release (published 2026-05-12) — STARTUP PITCH recruitment opened; MC "田村淳" (TV personality); judges "守屋実" (new-business builder, 新規事業家®), "大櫃直人" (senior managing partner, ミダスキャピタル / formerly managing executive officer, Mizuho Bank) and others; 3 application categories; selection schedule (as carried) = entry until 2026-06-29 (Mon) 17:00, document and interview screening until mid-July, presenting companies decided in late July; on-day slot 2026-09-11 15:30–16:45 - source: PRTIMES #359227 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000897.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-05-12 (all schedule items are planned dates as carried) - caveat: as carried; "presenting companies decided in late July" is a planned date as carried, and this site has not checked the subsequent outcome - layer: CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (earlier chapter of the event chain)

F-009: The 6/6 release (published 2026-06-06) — entry opened for the co-creation pitch battle "Open Innovation Gate"; carried as an update of the predecessor JOIF's popular segment "COLLABORATION BATTLE"; roughly 4–5 project units selected via document screening, final pitch 2026-09-11 17:30–19:00 (planned); 5 evaluation criteria; application deadline 2026-07-17 (Fri) 23:59 JST = the same day as this card's publication date; the same release states eiicon has "operated JOIF since 2017", rebranded and relaunched this year, with this year's theme 「共創3.0 — 私たちはどう進むべきか」 - source: PRTIMES #721353 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000914.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-06-06 (the 2026-07-17 23:59 JST deadline is as carried in the release) - caveat: the deadline relay is a factual statement, not solicitation; the post-deadline application status has not been checked by this site; "operated since 2017" is the company's self-description (see the F-012 observation point) - layer: CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (earlier chapter of the event chain)

F-010: The company's self-declared scale in the main release's "About eiicon" section — a cumulative network of 39,000+ companies; 100,000+ matching opportunities created; support for 164+ leading companies; municipal-partnership business with 140 companies adopted and a cumulative 143 projects across 20+ prefectures; "AUBA" obtained ISO 56001 certification in 2025 (the release also carries that the AUBA paid plan holds this certification); expanded to Singapore in 2025; company profile = founded 2023-04-03, head office Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, president and representative director 中村亜由子 - source: PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 (each cumulative value is as of the announcement date, as carried) - caveat: all the company's self-declared counts, not independently verified by this site; must not be treated as third-party fact or official statistics

F-011: Separate same-day release (published 2026-07-16) — the first commercialization from projects adopted under Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA "YAK": driftwood-biomass-plastic sunglasses "Drift.", jointly developed by Kanagawa Prefecture (Resources Recycling Promotion Division) and 株式会社オケアノース (Fujisawa City), on sale 2026-07-09, from JPY 26,400, first run limited to 1,000 units; adopted in October 2025 under the "YAK2025" decarbonization track; material "Argodryas™" trademark application pending; the same release carries BAK's 1,194 participating companies (as of April 2026) - source: PRTIMES #1536094 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000940.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: published 2026-07-16 (sale start 2026-07-09, as carried) - caveat: all as carried; "first commercialization" is the release's own count (population = YAK-adopted projects); the case's corroborating force extends only to consistency at the level of the company's own account and does not constitute third-party verification - layer: CORROBORATE

F-012: Observation point (visible in the announcement texts themselves; relayed verbatim, no inference) — the 6/6 release self-describes "JAPAN OPEN INNOVATION FES (JOIF), which eiicon has operated since 2017"; the company profiles in that release and in the 7/16 main release both carry "founded: 2023-04-03" — the two statements coexist within the announcement texts, with no note added by the announcements themselves - source: PRTIMES #721353; PRTIMES #1538217 - source_url: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000914.000037194.html - confidence: medium - basis: official_statement - period: 6/6 release published 2026-06-06; main release published 2026-07-16 - caveat: a pure relay of textual coexistence; this card infers, explains and concludes nothing from it

J-Units

J-001: Zero-verified-official-anchor scope — all 5 sources of this card (PRTIMES#1538217, #28228, #359227, #721353, #1536094) are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, i.e., the company's first-party self-carried information; every figure (19 companies / 7 organizations / 2,000 attendees / prices / 39,000 companies / 100,000 matches / 164 companies / 140 companies and 143 projects / ISO 56001 / 8 editions of JOIF / operated since 2017, etc.) is uniformly "as carried in the announcement" or "the company's self-declared count", not independently verified by this site — any citation of any content of this card must carry this scope and must not treat it as official endorsement or third-party fact; this card relays in a neutral factual register, with no promotion and no endorsement - confidence: high - basis: official_statement

J-002: Layer labels and their limits — PRTIMES#28228 / #359227 / #721353 = CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (earlier chapters of the same event chain; price-ladder portion = ADD_EVIDENCE); PRTIMES#1536094 = CORROBORATE (a regional-program "first commercialization" case whose corroborating force extends only to consistency at the level of the company's own account); ANK-2026-07-03-009 = CONTEXTUALIZE (thematic-context contrast, not the same event); observation points are limited to what is visible in the announcement texts themselves (such as the textual coexistence in F-012), and this card infers no conclusion from them - confidence: high - basis: official_statement

J-003: Timeliness scope — the "Open Innovation Gate" application deadline carried in the 6/6 release, 2026-07-17 23:59 JST, falls on the same day as this card's publication date; this card relays the carried deadline as a factual statement, not solicitation; the post-deadline application status has not been checked by this site; this card is not a ticketing or application guide - confidence: high - basis: official_statement

P-Units

P-001: Independent verification of eiicon's self-declared scale figures (cumulative 39,000+ companies / 100,000+ matches / 164+ companies / 140 companies and 143 projects across 20+ prefectures / ISO 56001 certification) remains pending; until completed, this card retains the "company's self-declared count, faithfully relayed" scope (open) ### P-002: Follow-up on subsequent official announcements (per the timepoints carried in each release): the STARTUP PITCH presenting-company decision (late July per the 5/12 release), the Open Innovation Gate document-screening outcome (roughly 4–5 units presenting per the 6/6 release), the additional speakers and sessions "to be announced in due course" per the main release, and the actual attendance on 2026-09-11 (against the planned 2,000) (open)

同事件・三視角 / Three Perspectives on the Same Event / 同一イベント・三つの視点

Internal citation chain

This card cites 1 published card on this site (relation = CONTEXTUALIZE; thematic-context contrast, not the same event):

Sources

1. [PRTIMES #1538217] (main anchor) PR TIMES (press release issued by 株式会社eiicon; the company's own first-party material), "Latest update on Japan's largest-class open innovation summit 'OI SUMMIT 2026' — KDDI Chairman 髙橋誠 and other new speakers confirmed; sponsors and nationwide partners also greatly expanded" (rendering ours; "greatly expanded" is the source title's own wording, baseline = the lineup before that release; Japanese original title: 「日本最大級のオープンイノベーションサミット「OI SUMMIT 2026」最新情報公開！ KDDI会長 髙橋誠氏ら新登壇者決定、スポンサー・全国パートナーも大幅拡充」), published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000942.000037194.html 2. [PRTIMES #28228] PR TIMES (press release by 株式会社eiicon), "Japan's largest-class open innovation summit 'OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026' confirmed for September 11 (Fri) — applications open for exhibitors, exhibiting organizations and general attendees" (rendering ours; Japanese original title: 「日本最大級の規模を誇るオープンイノベーションサミット「OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026」9月11日（金）開催決定！出展社・出展団体、一般参加者の申込受付を開始」), published 2026-04-01. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000883.000037194.html 3. [PRTIMES #359227] PR TIMES (press release by 株式会社eiicon), "Recruitment of pitching startups opened for 'STARTUP PITCH' within Japan's largest-class open innovation summit 'OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026'" (rendering ours; Japanese original title: 「登壇スタートアップの募集を開始！日本最大級の規模を誇るオープンイノベーションサミット「OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026」内「STARTUP PITCH」」), published 2026-05-12. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000897.000037194.html 4. [PRTIMES #721353] PR TIMES (press release by 株式会社eiicon), "[OI Summit 2026] The gateway of open innovation — entry opened for the co-creation pitch battle 'Open Innovation Gate'" (rendering ours; Japanese original title: 「【 OI Summit 2026 】オープンイノベーションの登竜門！共創ピッチバトル「Open Innovation Gate」エントリー受付を開始」), published 2026-06-06. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000914.000037194.html 5. [PRTIMES #1536094] PR TIMES (press release by 株式会社eiicon), "[Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA co-creation case] First commercialization realized — biomass-plastic sunglasses 'Drift.' using driftwood from Kanagawa Prefecture go on sale; government × startup co-creation program 'YAK'" (rendering ours; Japanese original title: 「【 神奈川県 × AUBA共創事例 】初の商品化が実現！神奈川県の流木を活用したバイオマスプラスチック製サングラス「Drift.」販売開始！行政×スタートアップ共創プログラム「YAK」」), published 2026-07-16. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000940.000037194.html

📊 引用級事實單元（F-Units）

As carried in the main release — KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 newly confirmed as a speaker, session theme 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」 (OI SUMMIT 2026, held 2026-09-11)
F-001 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1538217 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-07-16 23:00:08 JST (converted from source metadata 14:00:08 UTC)
The main release (published 2026-07-16) announces 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (announcement context = new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement, relative to the lineup before that release); 19 companies = "BIPROGY, 森ビル, 大同生命保険, 日鉄興和不動産, 明治, Spiral Innovation Partners, ユカイ工学, オンリーストーリー, CINCA, MinD in a Device, 日本ソフトウェアアプローチ, HERSTORY, ams, アツラエ, クリエアナブキ, パーソルイノベーション(lotsful), 高瀬金型, IdeaScaleジャパン, カフェ英会話"; 7 organizations = "日本政策金融公庫, 中部ニュービジネス協議会, i2.JP, JaZCaF, Forbes JAPAN, JBPress, 東洋経済新報社" (in no particular order, honorifics omitted)
F-002 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1538217 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-07-16 (baseline for "newly joining" = the lineup before that release; announcement context = since the April 2026 launch announcement)
Further new sessions disclosed in the main release — 「成長の再定義 日本企業は何で勝つのか」 with "永崎将利" (president, Space BD) and "高橋亮祐" (CEO, Acompany); 「成功する共創は“組織と制度”と経営のコミット」 with "服部絹世" (Consultant, Consulting Division, eiicon)
F-003 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1538217 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-07-16
The main release announces the STARTUP PITCH 2026 judges — "山田メユミ" (director and co-founder, 株式会社アイスタイル / representative director, 一般社団法人バンクフォースマイルズ), "田中邦裕" (president and representative director, さくらインターネット株式会社), "下薗徹" (Quality of Open Innovation officer, Incubation Quality Office, 株式会社eiicon)
F-004 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1538217 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-07-16
Event outline (as carried) — OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026, 2026-09-11 (Fri) 10:00–20:00, Akasaka Intercity Conference (Akasaka Intercity AIR 3F/4F, Akasaka 1-8-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo), attendance (planned) 2,000, organized by 株式会社eiicon
F-005 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1538217 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-07-16 (event date 2026-09-11); the "2,000 (planned)" figure carried at the same number since the 5/12 release (2026-05-12)
Price ladder (each release dated; all tax included; as carried) — under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000, from "50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500" as carried in the 5/12 release (2026-05-12) and the 6/6 release (2026-06-06), to "30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300" as carried in the 7/16 release (2026-07-16); MEMBER PASS from "AUBA-member price, 70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700" to "AUBA members only, 60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600"; VIP PASS JPY 120,000 in both stages
F-006 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES ; PRTIMES #721353; PRTIMES #1538217 #359227 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 5/12 release published 2026-05-12; 6/6 release published 2026-06-06; 7/16 release published 2026-07-16
The 4/1 release (published 2026-04-01) — OI SUMMIT 2026 announced (2026-09-11, Akasaka Intercity Conference); the release describes the summit as the evolution of "Japan Open Innovation Fes (JOIF)", held over 8 editions and called one of Japan's largest by the release itself
F-007 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #28228 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-04-01
The 5/12 release (published 2026-05-12) — STARTUP PITCH recruitment opened; MC "田村淳" (TV personality); judges "守屋実" (new-business builder, 新規事業家®), "大櫃直人" (senior managing partner, ミダスキャピタル / formerly managing executive officer, Mizuho Bank) and others; 3 application categories; selection schedule (as carried) = entry until 2026-06-29 (Mon) 17:00, document and interview screening until mid-July, presenting companies decided in late July; on-day slot 2026-09-11 15:30–16:45
F-008 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #359227 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-05-12 (all schedule items are planned dates as carried)
The 6/6 release (published 2026-06-06) — entry opened for the co-creation pitch battle "Open Innovation Gate"; carried as an update of the predecessor JOIF's popular segment "COLLABORATION BATTLE"; roughly 4–5 project units selected via document screening, final pitch 2026-09-11 17:30–19:00 (planned); 5 evaluation criteria; application deadline 2026-07-17 (Fri) 23:59 JST = the same day as this card's publication date; the same release states eiicon has "operated JOIF since 2017", rebranded and relaunched this year, with this year's theme 「共創3.0 — 私たちはどう進むべきか」
F-009 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #721353 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-06-06 (the 2026-07-17 23:59 JST deadline is as carried in the release)
The company's self-declared scale in the main release's "About eiicon" section — a cumulative network of 39,000+ companies; 100,000+ matching opportunities created; support for 164+ leading companies; municipal-partnership business with 140 companies adopted and a cumulative 143 projects across 20+ prefectures; "AUBA" obtained ISO 56001 certification in 2025 (the release also carries that the AUBA paid plan holds this certification); expanded to Singapore in 2025; company profile = founded 2023-04-03, head office Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, president and representative director 中村亜由子
F-010 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1538217 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 published 2026-07-16 (each cumulative value is as of the announcement date, as carried)
Separate same-day release (published 2026-07-16) — the first commercialization from projects adopted under Kanagawa Prefecture × AUBA "YAK": driftwood-biomass-plastic sunglasses "Drift.", jointly developed by Kanagawa Prefecture (Resources Recycling Promotion Division) and 株式会社オケアノース (Fujisawa City), on sale 2026-07-09, from JPY 26,400, first run limited to 1,000 units; adopted in October 2025 under the "YAK2025" decarbonization track; material "Argodryas™" trademark application pending; the same release carries BAK's 1,194 participating companies (as of April 2026)
F-011 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES #1536094 Grade B · 平台審查企業發稿 published 2026-07-16 (sale start 2026-07-09, as carried)
Observation point (visible in the announcement texts themselves; relayed verbatim, no inference) — the 6/6 release self-describes "JAPAN OPEN INNOVATION FES (JOIF), which eiicon has operated since 2017"; the company profiles in that release and in the 7/16 main release both carry "founded: 2023-04-03" — the two statements coexist within the announcement texts, with no note added by the announcements themselves
F-012 · Confidence: medium · Basis: official_statement PRTIMES ; PRTIMES #1538217 #721353 Grade U · 未分類／不可主張已驗證 6/6 release published 2026-06-06; main release published 2026-07-16

❓ FAQ

What is OI SUMMIT 2026, and when and where will it be held?

Per eiicon's releases on PR TIMES, OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2026 (OI SUMMIT 2026) is an open-innovation summit organized by eiicon, to be held 2026-09-11 (Fri) 10:00–20:00 at Akasaka Intercity Conference (Akasaka 1-8-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo), with attendance planned at 2,000. "Japan's largest-class" is the company's self-description; the 2,000 figure is a planned attendance value as carried, not an actual attendance result (PRTIMES#1538217).

What is new in the 2026-07-16 update release?

New speakers, including KDDI Corporation chairman and representative director 髙橋誠 (session 「共創3.0の到来：日本の産業はどこから変わるべきか」); 19 sponsor companies and 7 Supporting Partner organizations newly joining (relative to the lineup before that release; announcement context = new participation since the April 2026 launch announcement); and the STARTUP PITCH 2026 judges (山田メユミ, 田中邦裕, 下薗徹). All as carried in the announcement; the full lists are relayed in the main text (PRTIMES#1538217).

How did the prices change?

Under the same BASIC PASS list price of JPY 49,000 (as carried), the early-bird discount changed from "50% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 24,500" (as carried in the 5/12 and 6/6 releases) to "30% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 34,300" (as carried in the 7/16 release); MEMBER PASS changed from "70% off until 2026-06-30 = JPY 14,700" to "60% off until 2026-07-31 = JPY 19,600"; VIP PASS is JPY 120,000 in both stages (tax included). This is a side-by-side relay of each release's text; this card computes no differences and infers no pricing strategy (PRTIMES#359227, PRTIMES#721353, PRTIMES#1538217).

Who states the figures such as "39,000+ companies", "100,000+ matches" and "140 companies, 143 projects"?

They are all the company's self-declared figures carried in eiicon's own press releases: a cumulative network of 39,000+ companies, 100,000+ matching opportunities, support for 164+ leading companies, and 140 companies adopted with a cumulative 143 projects across 20+ prefectures. This site has not independently verified them; they must not be cited as third-party fact or official statistics (PRTIMES#1538217).

When is the application deadline for the co-creation pitch battle "Open Innovation Gate"?

As carried in the 6/6 release (PRTIMES#721353): the application deadline is 2026-07-17 (Fri) 23:59 JST — the same day as this card's publication date. This card relays the deadline carried in the release as a factual statement, not solicitation; this site has not checked the post-deadline application status, and this card is not an application guide (PRTIMES#721353).

Have the figures on this card been verified officially or by third parties?

No. Zero verified official anchors on this card: all 5 sources are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, and every figure is as carried in the announcements or the company's self-declared count, not independently verified by this site. Any citation of any content of this card must carry the scope "as carried in the announcement / the company's self-declared count, unverified by this site" (PRTIMES#1538217 and the other 4 releases). ---

🧠 編輯判斷（J-Units）

Zero-verified-official-anchor scope — all 5 sources of this card (PRTIMES#1538217, #28228, #359227, #721353, #1536094) are eiicon's own PR TIMES releases, i.e., the company's first-party self-carried information; every figure (19 companies / 7 organizations / 2,000 attendees / prices / 39,000 companies / 100,000 matches / 164 companies / 140 companies and 143 projects / ISO 56001 / 8 editions of JOIF / operated since 2017, etc.) is uniformly "as carried in the announcement" or "the company's self-declared count", not independently verified by this site — any citation of any content of this card must carry this scope and must not treat it as official endorsement or third-party fact; this card relays in a neutral factual register, with no promotion and no endorsement
Confidence: high
Layer labels and their limits — PRTIMES#28228 / #359227 / #721353 = CONNECT + CONTEXTUALIZE (earlier chapters of the same event chain; price-ladder portion = ADD_EVIDENCE); PRTIMES#1536094 = CORROBORATE (a regional-program "first commercialization" case whose corroborating force extends only to consistency at the level of the company's own account); ANK-2026-07-03-009 = CONTEXTUALIZE (thematic-context contrast, not the same event); observation points are limited to what is visible in the announcement texts themselves (such as the textual coexistence in F-012), and this card infers no conclusion from them
Confidence: high
Timeliness scope — the "Open Innovation Gate" application deadline carried in the 6/6 release, 2026-07-17 23:59 JST, falls on the same day as this card's publication date; this card relays the carried deadline as a factual statement, not solicitation; the post-deadline application status has not been checked by this site; this card is not a ticketing or application guide
Confidence: high

🔮 待驗證假設（P-Units）

Independent verification of eiicon's self-declared scale figures (cumulative 39,000+ companies / 100,000+ matches / 164+ companies / 140 companies and 143 projects across 20+ prefectures / ISO 56001 certification) remains pending; until completed, this card retains the "company's self-declared count, faithfully relayed" scope (open)
Status: open
Follow-up on subsequent official announcements (per the timepoints carried in each release): the STARTUP PITCH presenting-company decision (late July per the 5/12 release), the Open Innovation Gate document-screening outcome (roughly 4–5 units presenting per the 6/6 release), the additional speakers and sessions "to be announced in due course" per the main release, and the actual attendance on 2026-09-11 (against the planned 2,000) (open)
Status: open

Verification Record

AI-structured, registry-verified, editorially sampled — Kirishima Rei (AI Editorial Desk)

⚠️ This article was AI-structured (not authored by an individual human reporter).

Cross-verified by multiple AI models.

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