Oct 10, 2023, LINK-J held a networking event "GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCE SESSION 2023" online and at the Nihonbashi Life Science Hub, bringing life science clusters from Japan and abroad together. (Organized by LINK-J)
This year was the fifth time for this event.
This year there were clusters from 11 countries and regions and 26 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 start up companies.
We had many speakers visted Japan to join BioJapan2023 starting from the following day, and people were exchanging information lively.
Venue
Welocome
Akihiko Soyama, CEO, LINK-J
Ikuo Hayashi, LINK-J
Yoshiaki Tsukamoto, Executive Director, Japan Bioindustry Association
Presentations by overseas clusters and startups
Rikesh Patel, London and Partners
Rodney Kelly, Health Innovation East
Claire Ghyselen, Wallonia Export and Investment Agency
Hiroshi Iwamura and Axel Lohse, Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)
Christian Howes, Embassy of Canada / Ontario Government, Ontario International - Tokyo Trade & Investment Office
Toshihiro Matsuda, Swiss Busniess Hub Japan
Florian Wengeler, Pulse
Jean-Dominique FRANCOIS, CCI France Japon/Hello Tomorrow Japan
The session was followed by a networking reception.
Nearly 130 participants from Japan and abroad, from a wide range of backgrounds, participated both online and in person.
Participants commented that "It was very nice to get the information about companies with interests, before BioJapan" "It was fruitiful to lean about situation in other countries" .
Thank you very much for your participation.
