Oct 8, 2024, LINK-J held "GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCE SESSION 2024" online and at the Nihonbashi Life Science Hub, bringing life science clusters from Japan and abroad together. (Organized by LINK-J)
This was the sixth time for this event. This year, there were clusters from 11 countries and regions and 47 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 BioJapan2024 starting from the following day, and people were exchanging information lively.
Venue
Welocome
Shunichi Takahashi, President and Chief Operating Officer, LINK-J
Yoshiaki Tsukamoto, Executive Director, Japan Bioindustry Association
Presentations by overseas clusters and startups
Rick Fultz, Biocom California
Mari Kawajiri, Embassy of Canada to Japan
Jean-Dominique FRANCOIS, CCIFJ / Hello Tomorrow
Rikesh Patel, London & Partners
Stephen Ip, Ministry of Economic Development
Kentaro Kaneko, Embassy of Spain in Tokyo
Toshi Matsuda, Embassy of Switzerland
Michael Huang, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office Ministry Of Economic Affairs, TW.
Yuka MORITA, Wallonia Export-Investment Agency, Tokyo
Rebecca Skinner, mRNA Victoria
Daniel Gralki,EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
The session was followed by a networking reception.
Nearly 140 participants from Japan and abroad, from a wide range of backgrounds, participated both online and in person.
Participants commented that "In order to get some current lifescience field cases and AI related information, it was a great event" "Good to hear about so many companies at once" .
Thank you very much for your participation.
