The Japan Society of Northern California in partnership with the US-Asia Technology Management Center and other Bay Area organizations will hold the first Japan-US Innovation Awards and Japan-US Innovation Day conference at Stanford University’s Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, Mackenzie Room, Third Floor, 75 Via Ortega, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. The awards will highlight the “creativity and dynamism of Japanese and U.S. companies creating new technologies and business models that build off US-Japan synergies.” Tickets: $50 for General Early Registration (by 5 p.m. on June 24), $40 Japan Society Member Early Registration (by 5 p.m. on June 24) or $60 if purchased after the aforementioned time. Info or to register: www.usjinnovate.org.