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November 4, 2020
P re ss re le as e ma t eri al sPress release
The 7th COINS Symposium“Future Medicine is Comin' to Town”
Friday, December 4, hold the 7th COINS Symposium ONLINE
 Keynote Sessions based on the latest trends under the theme of “Future Medicines”
 The latest information of the research on infectious diseases, cancers, etc. using
nanomachines A roundtable about future medicines through discussions with a medical doctor, a cancer
survivor, and a researcher

The 7th COINS Symposium will be held on December 4th by Innovation Center of NanoMedicine
with Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion, which aims to realize “in-body hospitals” by 2045
in COINS as a part of COI (Center of Innovation) program organized by JST/MEXT. This symposium
consists of three parts and, in the Part 1, Mr. Hiroki Takahashi (Group Manager, Strategy Planning
Dept., Nikkei BP Intelligence Group, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.) and Mr. Teppei Sakano(CEO, Allm Inc.) were invited as the keynote speakers to discuss the future society based on the latest
trends and medicines.
In the Part 2, Dr. Kazunori Kataoka, Research Leader of COINS, will give an overview of COINS
research and development, and then, four scientists from COINS will talk about their recent research
results that lead to the latest information and therapeutic options in each disease area of <infectious
diseases> <brain diseases> <diabetes> <cancers>.
In the Part 3, entitled "Let's Think of Future Medicines Together," there will be discussion of future
healthcare anticipated by a medical doctor, a cancer survivor, and a researcher. We are also planningto have audiences’ participation during the sessions using the online voting system. While listening
to the voices of the general public, we would like to think about desirable future medicines and use it
as a reference for future research.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.
Please apply from the application URL below.
【Application URL】https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/event/sympo2020.html

Symposium operating guideline
Date & Time:
Venue:
Organizer:

Friday, December 4, 2020 at 13:00 – 17:25
ONLINE (ZOOM Webinar)
Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)
KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTIONSupporter:
Kawasaki City
Language:
Japanese・English ※ Simultaneous interpretation available
Registration:
Free ※Communication charges (internet) required for participation will be anindividual responsibility.
Application:
Advance application system. The specified URL is required to attend as thesymposium will be held on the Web using the remote conference system "ZOOM"
Please pre-register from the application URL below before 17:00 on Friday,
November 27th, 2020
Application URL：https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/event/sympo2020.html※ Please see the above URL for program details.

Public Interest Incorporated Foundation KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTIONKAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION was established in 1988 funded 100%from Kawasaki City for the purpose of coping with the hollowing out of industry and changes in thedemand structure.
In order to realize a higher level of market development, transforming R&D type companies, training
technological capabilities to support it, human resources development, understanding market needs,etc., by utilizing the functions of the Kawasaki, KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIALPROMOTION has been contributing to revitalize the local economy by promoting exchanges of local
industry information, advancing technology and corporate exchanges with establishment of a R&D
institutions, developing creative human resources through workshops and promoting businesses suchas expanding sales channels through exhibition business.
https://www.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/

Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)
Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM) started its operation in April 2015 as a core research
center in life science field at King SkyFront on the request of Kawasaki city that KAWASAKIINSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION utilized national policies as a business operator andproposer.
It is a unique research center that the world has ever seen which is designed for the purpose ofpromoting open innovation through industry-academia-government/medical-engineeringcollaboration, prepared with state-of-the-art facilities and experimental equipment, that enables
comprehensive research and development from organic synthesis / microfabrication to preclinicaltesting.
https://iconm.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/index.html

Center of Innovation Program (COI)The COI program is a research and development program under the Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The program
employs the backcasting approach and set interdisciplinary and collaborative R&D themes thatshould be challenged at the present from the issues that are underlying in the future society. Eighteen
centers have been established nationwide to realize radical innovation through industry-academia
collaboration which cannot be accomplished by industry and academia alone.
The Kawasaki center is the only COI center managed by local governments, not universities, and theresearch projects carried out there are called COINS (Center of Open Innovation Network for SmartHealth).
COI: https://www.jst.go.jp/tt/EN/platform/coi.html
COINS: https://coins.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/index.html

November 4, 2020