Norishige (Noly) Morimoto graduated Keio University and joined IBM Yamato Laboratory in 1987 as a hardware engineer. In 1995, he received a Master of Science in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and worked at MIT Media Lab as a researcher. He worked as a researcher at IBM Research-Tokyo, managing consultant at IBM Business Consulting Services, before going on assignment to IBM Watson Research Center in NY during 2006-2009. In 2009, he was appointed to Director of IBM Research-Tokyo and in 2015, he was promoted to VP & Chief Technology Officer in IBM Asia Pacific. In 2020 he was appointed to Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, IBM Research & Development – Japan, and in 2023 he became an Vice President of IBM Japan. Noly has more than 20 patents in digital watermarking and copyright protection and several publications in the area of innovation management. He has been delivered many keynote speeches on advanced technology areas such as artificial intelligence, semiconductor and quantum computer.