5th COINS General Meeting Held on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.

5th COINS General Meeting was held on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 in the main conference room, Life Science & Environment Research Center.
This meeting is held every half year with every participating institutions primarily to present their of research progress.
As there will be a mid-term evaluation of phase 1 to phase 2 next fiscal year (H28), there were presentations for pre-mid-term evaluation on the following:
1.How far the research progressed * Forecasts
2.How close it reached to social Implementation (including intellectual property) * Back casting
3.How to carry out after next fiscal year
Moreover, based on the presentations, there was a panel discussion with each theme leader as moderator.
Ultimately, future roadmaps were affirmed in the meeting, and was followed by a buffet style reception. The participants exchanged their ideas and opinions beyond their sub-themes in a friendly and sociable atmosphere.
Mr. Ogawa, a lawyer, gave a talk titled “How to handle a conflict of interest,” and focused on the social implementation of research outcomes.
Moreover, a poster session took place and there was an active discussion on 30 poster presentations.
The general meeting was a great success, encouraging members to bond with the aim to implement a “hospital inside the body”as COINS begins its phase 2 in April.

【Greetings：Hiromichi Kimura,COINS Project Leader】

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  【Theme1 leader ：Kanjiro Miyata】
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  【Theme2 leader ：Yasutaka Anraku 】
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  【Theme3 leader ：Keiji Itaka】

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  【Theme4 leader ：Takanori Ichiki】
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  【Theme5 leader ：Nobuhiro Nishiyama】
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  【Theme6 leader ：Tomohiro Anzai】

【Panel Discussion 】

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【Poster session】

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• 【Poster session】
  
• 【Special lecture】
  

• 【Advisor Comments：Tatsuro Irimura,COINS Advisor
  
• 【Closing Remarks：Kazunori Kataoka,COINS Research Leader 】