Become a Member

Become a Member

Applications from companies and organizations agreeing with the purpose and activities of SCI-Japan will be granted membership subject to board review of the application documents.

SCI-Japan's Major Activities

• Information sharing and awareness activities related to smart cities (large-scale forums, webinars, reports, columns, newsletters, etc.)
• Activities in collaborative areas essential for promoting smart cities (policy recommendations)
  1. Development and promotion of the Liveable Well-Being City Index
  2. Development and provision of the City-Region MAP Program, a training programs for smart city promotion professionals
• Support for networking among members (supporting individual matching, organizing social gatherings at events, hosting web salons, etc.)
• Planning of overseas study tours and events
• Educational activities for students (organizing events in collaboration with universities, etc.)

Membership Types / Membership Qualifications

Full Member A: Commercial enterprises
Full Member B: Commercial enterprises with a capitalization of below 100 million yen
Associate Member: Startups that are less than ten years old
*Recommendation by a Full or Associate member is required
Supporting Member: Local governments, universities, research institutions, not-for-profit organizations

Annual Membership Fee

Full member A: 1 million yen
Full member B: 300 thousand yen
*membership granted on a legal entity basis
Associate and Supporting Members: Free

Benefits of Joining Membership

1. Term is from October to September of the following year. Annual fee for the first year of admission during the term are as shown as follows.
   - October to December: annual fee x 100%
   - January to March: annual fee x 75%
   - April to June: annual fee x 50%
   - July or later: annual fee x 25%
2. After submission of the application form, the applicant becomes an official member after review and approval by the Board of Directors.
3. ① A startup company within 10 years of establishment and ② a recommendation of a Full Member or a Supporting Member are required. If the number of years of establishment after admission of SCI-Japan exceeds 10 years, the associate member shall be disqualified upon the conclusion of the term.
4. Free benefits are valid for 5 years on a term basis. They expire at the time of withdrawal. Free cost for training program do not include travel expenses, expenses for local accommodation and meals, and overseas travel insurance premiums.
5. Free benefits are valid for 5 years on a term basis. They expire at the same time of withdrawal. The number of applicable personnel varies according to the training price.
6. Free benefits are valid for 5 years on a term basis. They expire at the time of withdrawal. The benefit amount (equivalent to 250,000 yen) will be discounted from the general price.
   1. (*4) (*5) (*6) Only one benefit either overseas (*4) or domestic (*5) is available. This is equivalent to approximately 250,000 free benefits (equivalent to 250,000 yen per term) which can be used for either overseas (*4) or domestic training (*5, *6). Exercise of benefits will be in units of 0.5 units (125,000 yen).
7. Number of people invited and other details will be announced at each event.
8. Theme and speaker are subject to preliminary review by SCI-Japan Secretariat.

Contact

Please click on the “Contact us” button below to email the SCI-Japan Secretariat for membership application and other inquiries. The Secretariat will provide an application form and the Terms of Conditions of Membership upon request.