October 7, 2025, LINK-J held "GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCE SESSION 2025" online and at the Nihonbashi Life Science Hub, bringing life science clusters from Japan and abroad together.
(Organized by LINK-J)
This was the seventh time for this event.
This year, there were clusters from 11 countries and regions and startups belonging to them from all over the world gathered in Nihonbashi, and made short presentations to share their situation and activities regarding life science, including the introduction of startups.
We had many speakers visited Japan to join BioJapan2025 starting from the following day, and people were exchanging information lively.
The recording is available on LINK-J's YouTube channel.
*Please note that some editing has been applied.
Venue
Opening remarks
Dr. Shunichi Takahashi, President & COO, LINK-J / Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba
Mr. Tetsuya Tanaka, Executive Director, Japan Bioindustry Association
Presentations by overseas clusters and startups
UK BioIndustry Association
Dr. Martin Turner
Invest Northern Ireland
Mr.Oscar Hard
Cumulus Neuroscience Limited. Mr. Siggi Saevarsson
Wallonia Export-Investment Agency
Ms. Yuka Morita
Biocom California
Mr. Joe Panetta
Invest in Skane
Mr. Micael Györei
Department of State Development, Government of South Australia
Ms. Sally Townsend
Fertilis Mr. Roger Yerramsetti
BioCina Mr. Rik Quaghebeur
The Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office (BPIPO) / Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB)
Dr. Michael Huang
Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB)
Dr. Ching-Hsu Yang (speaking on behalf of Dr. Tsai-Kun Li, President of DCB)
CancerFree Biotech Mr. Kazuhisa Nakagama
U-Neuron Biomedical Inc. Ms. Judy Juang
Hello Tomorrow Japan
Ms. Deschamps Diane
GIP GENOPOLE
Mr. Alexis Biton
Xentech Dr. Olivier Déas
BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH
Ms. Ariane Doischer
Ontario, Canada
Mr. Stephen Ip
Acto App Inc. Ms. JoJo Kalita
Copoly.ai Dr. Peng Zhang
Dalriada Drug Discovery Inc. Dr. Diana Kraskouskaya
Northern Vascular Systems Inc. Mr. Joel Ramjist
Rapid Novor, Inc. Mr. Mingjie Xie
Networking reception
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Toast by Akihiko Soyama, CEO, LINK-J
The session was followed by a networking reception.
Nearly 120 participants from Japan and abroad, from a wide range of backgrounds, participated both online and in person.
Participants shared feedback such as:
“It was valuable to have an opportunity where bio-clusters from various countries could come together.”
“It served as a great preview before BioJapan.”
Thank you very much for your participation.
